For the 100th anniversary of the death of Schubert in 1928, the Columbia Graphophone Company sponsored a worldwide symphony competition in which composers were to write a symphony completing, or inspired by, Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony. Atterberg entered his Symphony No. 6 in C major, Op. 31, and was awarded first prize, winning $10,000. The symphony, which was later known as the "Dollar Symphony", was recorded by Sir Thomas Beecham. The symphony was performed by Arturo Toscanini in 1943, during an NBC Symphony Orchestra broadcast concert; a performance which Atterberg praised on hearing the recorded broadcast.
@elfinowl
9 жыл бұрын
Where has this composer been all my long life? Truly enjoyable!
@clangingchimes
7 жыл бұрын
A fan of Brian Eno, Bach, Tom Waits, REM, Herbie Hancock, Mozart, Nirvana, Anne Briggs, Bob Dylan, Wilco, The Beatles, Grandaddy, Neutral Milk Hotel, Beethoven, Nick Cave, William Basinski, Arab Strap, Thomas Tallis and The Rolling Stones, among others, I am pleased to call this one of my all-time favourite pieces of music...
@brianknapp8645
10 жыл бұрын
Until a few weeks ago I had never heard this piece. Now it is one of my favorite symphonies.
@mateuszdybka4743
5 жыл бұрын
19:20..... I just love this moment when the adagio theme comes back for the last time.
@jorgefraile218
3 жыл бұрын
14:07 how beautiful can something be?
@thejoyofmusicPax
7 жыл бұрын
After listening to this I purchased a collection of Atterberg's symphonies. Great music for studying, insomnia, reading, daydreaming, and listening any time of day or night.
@gerardbegni2806
7 жыл бұрын
Kurt Atterberg is one of the most prominent swedish composers keeping a firm link with the academic tonal language - with Stenhammar, of course. Here, we have a strange and attractive symphony, with its parts of light and darkness, evidence and mystery. A work deserving ro be better known by music lovers.
@jamesdeaville9731
3 жыл бұрын
I especially like the way he adds harmonic interest through secondary ideas like in the first movement here through the trumpet fanfares or in the last movement of the piano concerto through the offbeat embellishments added by the solo instrument. The percussion section solo at the end of this symphony is a brilliant stroke!
@stevehutchinson5399
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful piece, especially the incredible adagio. Just think what the concert halls and public are missing!
@MassiveMoment
5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic, wonderful music, which builds endless sound cathedrals. Divine, breathtaking, infinitely beautiful ... from the abysses of the dark to the highest peaks of light...
@faureisthefuture2716
3 жыл бұрын
After number 4, this is probably his most acessible symphony. Number 3 is still my favorite.
@stevehutchinson5399
2 жыл бұрын
and no 2 perhaps?
@AvntXardE
4 жыл бұрын
In 1928 Kurt Atterberg won with this symphony the "International Schubert-Competition".
@MichaelConwayBaker
4 жыл бұрын
At last a composer who knows that music that is tonal needs to present memorable themes that hold the listener's attention. Atonal music is just not important in this respect. This symphony should prove successful for the average listener. This is also a very good recording. A wonderful addition to the symphonic repertoire.
@andrewpetersen5272
3 жыл бұрын
Average listener?
@jashepoon
2 жыл бұрын
@@andrewpetersen5272 average listener.
@DougSturm
8 жыл бұрын
I find the background image very misleading. This is a symphony full of veiled magic and mystery, and also of heroic themes. One of my favorite new findings.
@universalquestion2995
3 жыл бұрын
same!
@martinwall8006
3 жыл бұрын
@@universalquestion2995 This is the difficulty in broadcasting music. Today it likes to come packaged with a picture. NOT IN THE ORIGINAL!! Misleading every time.
@cp0bo593
3 жыл бұрын
this shall be the background of symphony no 5
@kenjitatekawa3254
22 күн бұрын
I would choose Sweden's beautiful natural landscape instead. But do not forget Atterberg was an electrical engineer either.
@9221BOKU
10 жыл бұрын
今まで聴いた中で最も素晴らしいアッテルベリの6番です。ありがとうございます。
@brunocostapiano
4 жыл бұрын
The second movement is amazing.
@user-sy2lf1sn7c
4 жыл бұрын
Music is what brings everyone to heaven. Please bless the muse to all those who love music.
@loicrenier7619
4 жыл бұрын
J'adore cette survivance du grand orchestre romantique.
@ericmoninpianocomposer5454
4 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful symphony! I love especially the second movement!
@bowerdw
5 жыл бұрын
I used to think I was hard to please concerning my listening affections. There are either a great number of great works, or I am not as hard to please as I used to think. I like this work. I still fancy myself as hard to please though.
@sydshrimp
10 жыл бұрын
A considerable composer, beautifully clear lines and great tunes.
@rkentburke
11 жыл бұрын
This is the third recording of this largely unheralded masterpiece I've heard. Maestro Westerberg brings out more detail and subtlety than either of the others. Amazing performance. I really love this work.
@paullewis2413
5 жыл бұрын
His recording of Stenhammar's wonderful 2nd symphony is also the best by far IMO.
@TheLightAhead
4 жыл бұрын
I'm also highly impressed by this recording. Somehow I can't manage to find some CD or Vinyl to buy of that. Do you have any more information (e.g. label) on that recording?
@indol2
10 жыл бұрын
Wow! What an excellent symphony! The first movement was especially strong!
@aramkhachaturian8043
3 жыл бұрын
25:24 one of my most favorite melodies. But it's toooo short!
@KijiroBugboy
8 жыл бұрын
I've been listening to Kurt Atterberg's pieces as of late (truly masterpieces), and it's a shame that this composer isn't well-known to the populace. His works most certainly rival those of all the greatest composers of recent years (namely John Williams).
@jdoggtn7
4 жыл бұрын
His not-so-veiled pro-Nazi sentiments during World War II destroyed his reputation afterwards.
@andrewpetersen5272
3 жыл бұрын
@@jdoggtn7 Explain Wagner.
@universalquestion2995
3 жыл бұрын
oh hi! fellow avali
@rogerwhite95
3 жыл бұрын
@@andrewpetersen5272 Not quite sure I understand what you mean; but I don't see any analogy between Wagner's antisemitism and the Nazi's. Wagner lived in a sort of out there intellectual world and said all kinds of things; but I believe he would have been as horrified at death camps as any civilized person. In fact, it would be untrue to claim that he was alone in any antisemitic feelings he had. It was rife in European culture in those days, but as in Wagner's case, it was largely philosophical. Atterberg's views are more disconcerting because of the Nazi's obvious evil actions. At any rate, beautiful music is still beautiful music, regardless of who writes it.
@SpecialtyHorseTraining
5 жыл бұрын
Love the adagio..........!!
@thetime140794
9 жыл бұрын
Wow, it's simply magnificent.
@gerardbegni2806
7 жыл бұрын
For sure, the neoclassical/ neoromantic style of Atterberg was a bit outdated in 1928. Nevertheles, this symphony is greatly powerful and very well written. Together with Stenhammar and Alfven, Atterberg is one of the leading composers of the szwedish shool. Attergerg qhould deserve a room in our concet halls.
@towardthesea_
5 жыл бұрын
His piano concerto is truly brilliant
@SuperArkleo
9 жыл бұрын
Wonderful symphony! Thanks for posting ! Image is meant only for those who instead of listening to music prefer to pay attention to whatever else...I am even surprised why they stumble on Kurt Attenberg...
@MsVerlinden
9 жыл бұрын
il a écrit de magnifiques symphonie et concertos
@jorgesavarino7430
7 жыл бұрын
Obra brillante.Un adagio increíble.Ni hablar del vivace final.Vale la pena escuchar la 6de Atterberg.Bellisima
@ryohagitani892
2 жыл бұрын
Good piece! I enjoyed it. The conductor and the orchestra's rendition is also satisfying.
@gregorypalmer5403
Жыл бұрын
The old Stig Westerberg records were really nice.
@patriciaboardman3868
9 жыл бұрын
I'm glad he decided to become a composer rather than engineer. He was influenced by the Russian Five, Brahms, and Reger. No wonder I love his music.
@elegantfowl1
5 жыл бұрын
He was also an engineer.
@rkentburke
4 жыл бұрын
Also head of the Swedish Patent Office.
@darrylschultz6479
3 жыл бұрын
Yes but think of the trains we'd have now!☺👍
@jorgefraile218
3 жыл бұрын
@@elegantfowl1 How could he be all that and compose beautiful music?! That man is a genius
@nassauleclus6449
8 жыл бұрын
What a find!!! I just loved this resourceful score!!
@yowzephyr
4 жыл бұрын
0:00 is a good place to start. ^
@darrylschultz6479
2 жыл бұрын
Yes-but it's never a bad thing to be able to look forward with anticipation to the highlights while listening from 0:00.
@antonincharvat
5 жыл бұрын
Why there is a delay effect on such a masterpiece??
@clangingchimes
8 жыл бұрын
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I like this a lot).
@stephenvessels9483
8 жыл бұрын
Marvelous.
@mosaicclassics
10 жыл бұрын
Nice, but I don't get the image in connection with the music.
@medviation
7 жыл бұрын
Or USA's economy just totally collapsing on its own.
@pascalmayer9421
Жыл бұрын
Kurt Magnus Atterberg (né à Göteborg le 12 décembre 1887 - mort à Stockholm le 15 février 1974) est un compositeur et un chef d'orchestre suédois. Biographie Atterberg étudie le violoncelle et en joue parfois dans l'orchestre. Il publie sa première œuvre en 1908 : Rhapsodie pour piano et orchestre opus 1. En 1910, il présente sa Rhapsodie et une version inachevée de sa première symphonie opus 3, pour le concours d'admission au Conservatoire de Stockholm. Il y étudie la composition et l'orchestration avec Andreas Hallén (1846-1925) et parallèlement, l'année suivante, obtient son diplôme d'ingénieur à l'Institut Royal de Technologie. De 1912 à 1968, Atterberg est employé au bureau suédois des brevets. En 1912, il achève et dirige sa première symphonie. De 1916 à 1922 il est le chef de l'Opéra Royal de Stockholm. Après la guerre et jusqu'en 1957 il exercera aussi le métier de critique dans un journal de la capitale (Stockholmstidningen). En 1924, Atterberg participe à la fondation de la Société des compositeurs suédois et de la Société pour les droits d'interprétation. En 1926, il est nommé membre de l'Académie Royale suédoise de musique et il en deviendra le secrétaire perpétuel de 1940 à 1953. Bien qu'ayant dirigé dans les grandes capitales d'Europe, le nom de Kurt Atterberg ne fut découvert par le public qu'en 1928, lors du centenaire de la mort de Schubert, la Columbia lui offrit le premier prix, doté de 2000 livres (10 000 dollars) pour avoir terminé la Symphonie Inachevée. Grâce à cette dotation, il compose une œuvre qui n'est autre que sa Symphonie no 6 plus connue sous-titrée Dollar Symphony. Créée à Cologne par Abendroth, elle est gravée par Sir Thomas Beecham, Arturo Toscanini et Atterberg l'enregistra lui-même plus tard. Un prix Atterberg (sv) a été institué et il est décerné chaque année depuis la mort du compositeur. Il récompense des compositeurs suédois. Style Atterberg a composé dans un style romantique que l'on peut rapprocher de celui des musiciens du courant nationaliste nordique, notamment Edvard Grieg ou Jean Sibelius. On retrouve cependant chez lui à la fois des influences plus diversifiées dont il se réclame lui-même : les russes, Brahms et Reger et est pourvu d'une grande imagination, tant sur le plan thématique qu'orchestral.
@shin-i-chikozima
2 жыл бұрын
This splendid is undisputed
@gloomyloser_
Жыл бұрын
marvelous!
@lawrencechalmers5432
5 жыл бұрын
Speaking of the picture what is it and by whom.
@koujikakou4249
3 ай бұрын
this is best😊
@k.t.7561
2 жыл бұрын
エコーもかかっていて良き
@katieloayza9738
5 жыл бұрын
Anyone else hear lots of similarities between mvt 3 and March to the Scaffold?
@hillcresthiker
8 жыл бұрын
Nice symphony with an ending very similar to the Mahler 5th!
@charlesmchugh8811
6 жыл бұрын
hillcresthiker -- You're right, it certainly does.
@jamesstuart5904
8 жыл бұрын
Great upload! But are you certain this is by Stig Westerberg? The sound quality tells us that it is from CD, but I cannot locate any information of a recording by Westerberg on Symphony 6.
@KuhlauDilfeng2
8 жыл бұрын
+James Stuart It is Westerberg indeed, it is some sort of swedish radio recording.
@jamesstuart5904
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your response. I really appreciate you uploading this and many other great pieces of the 20th century. Keep up the great work! James : )
@johnsalacan23
8 жыл бұрын
James, you can tell whether it is a CD or a vinyl? I find that interesting. Can you tell me anything about how you do it?
@jamesstuart5904
8 жыл бұрын
Well, this recording sounds very clear to me. Too 'clear' for a LP rip, so I am guessing it's from a good radio/digital radio broadcast.
@TheLightAhead
4 жыл бұрын
@@KuhlauDilfeng2 So is this a broadcast recording you made or is it some pressing (e.g. CD)? If so - I'm urgently looking for this to buy and need your help as I can't find it anywhere. :-)
@slevemcdichael3712
2 ай бұрын
the final movement sounds like Berlioz's Marche au Supplice
@SuperPeacebreaker
6 жыл бұрын
25:01
@SuperPeacebreaker
6 жыл бұрын
2:40
@MikeAndersenPiano
10 жыл бұрын
cool
@josealexandreferreiradacos193
8 жыл бұрын
Some Vaugham Williams, Bax and Sibelius... Not that I´m saying it´s a paste and copy ! Just tones, styles and "leitmotivs" you can identify.... Great, reaaly great "discovery". A "new" composer to X ray, analyze and appreciate.
@philippecirse4872
5 ай бұрын
Çevremizdeki dünya zayıfladığında, bir medeniyetin yapıları sarsıldığında, tarihte zayıflamayan, tam tersine cesareti geri getiren, ayrılanları bir araya getiren, yara almadan sakinleştiren şeye geri dönmek iyidir. Yok olmaya mahkum bir evrende de yaratılışın dehasının iş başında olduğunu hatırlamakta fayda var.
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