Beethoven's best piece and one of the greatest songs of all time.

I cried when the 3rd movement turned into the 4th movement, ‘Triumphant.’ That self-overcoming. That becoming. That ideal of hero. Those are what I need.

These two movements must be in the top three pieces of music ever composed. They are truly inspiring.

Every part of the third movement is extraordinary, but the limelight he gives to the woodwinds from 3:28 to 4:28, then the storm beginning right after, with the triumphant segue into the 4th movement, is transcendental. Good god, what a composer the man was!

*_4:48_**_ This buildup is beautiful_*

Wow, what a cool, intuitive and beautiful way of visualizing a whole symphony orchestra! I really like it. Btw, anyone else that get the feeling that Beethoven for the 4th movement was all like "wonder what happens if I string together all possible ways to end a piece and make a movement out of it?" ;)

I kind of wish this video included the full version of the 3rd movement. I know it's repetitive, but keeping the full scherzo-trio-scherzo-trio scherzo structure makes the transition to the 4th movement that much more triumphant.

04:28 That transition from the scherzo to the finale is incredibly awesome. It just sounds like walking on a staircase to heaven.

As gratifying to watch as to listen to!

So advanced and futuristic modern composers can not compare whatsoever!

So advanced and futuristic modern composers can not compare whatsoever!!!!!

The last note was MAJESTIC

I don't know why I like 00:23 so much

The last five chords: Take out the fourth chord. What do you get? A concise summary of the four note motif of the entire symphony. Thank you Beethoven for so many of these musical marvels

I love this scherzo. The pizzicato at the end is amazing. And the way the piece gains momentum before the 4th movement is the climax.

I've been waiting nearly 2 years for you to do the rest of the 5th Symphony. Thank you!

The is a special thrill in hearing the music go from pianissimo to fortissimo in a matter of a second or two during the bridge between the third and fourth movements. The thrill is rather reduced when both movements are played in a mezzoforte.

Beethoven's #5.3, my favourite of all masterpieces. Deep, deep, deeper still when the cellos dominate.

12:53 - 13:02 don't overlook how awesome that is! Long notes followed , after a slight downward trajectory, by three short notes! I know the four note motif is omnipresent in this symphony but there are so many that go by unnoticed!

woah after watching the video everything looks like it's moving to the right.

12:41 The angels of music becoming happier and happier and happier as they circle around Beethoven's imagination

I watched this so intensely that afterword when i scrolled own to the comments, everything was shifting and kinda weird. I legitimately thought someone had put LSD in my coffee for a moment...

From France, To me, these 2 last movements are the perfect original soundtrack of Napoléon's legend, from victories to defeat and then Eternity… Even if ludwig didn't like him ! "just a man in fact" said he after The Emperor self crowned himself in Notre Dame...

Probably the best performance of Beethoven's 5th I ever heard.

Whoever took the time to provide such a wonderful graphical representation of such a magnificent piece of musical work: you are great!!!!!!

00:00 3rd movement 04:28 Cutscene 05:04 4th movement Honoka's solo part ("Todokete setsuna saniwa") in Snow Halation was quite satisfying, but the transition/cutscene (interlude) section between the 3rd and 4th movements of this symphony is much greater than that!

The 5th symphony is n unbelievable ;masterpiece. The whole lot of it. Not just the 1st movement!!

1st mvt: Sinful world of destruction, Hell so close. 2nd mvt: Prayers, Repentance, Asking for forgiveness. 3rd mvt: (While still in the sinful world) Attempts to overcoming Satan, trying to resist temptation. 4th mvt: Heaven, Eternal life.

1:02 is the 1st movement motif, its all over the symphony and in other Beethoven works.

It seems Beethoven did have some difficulty concluding the 4th movement. The original version had a longer ending. Beethoven thought it was too short, and added 16+ more measures of bombast. Then he realized that his original vision was not too short, but not short enough, giving us the conclusion we know and love.

I love the colorful graphics of the pitches! AMAZING

The beginning arpeggio figure is a nod to the 4th movement of Mozart's 40 symphony. A great master in the steps of another great master.

17 people w/ no taste/talent disliked this. sad. this is beautiful.

love the mixture of march and beethoven

5:04 4th movement

So bombastic ! All (not really) the grandiousness, all those feelings of joy, victory, triomph ! And the great mastering of the dynamics ! Those nuances... Those (this) movement(s) represents exactly what Berlioz spoke about : « Mais c'est au Finale que la Salle du Conservatoire eût offert un curieux spectacle à un observateur de sang froid. Au moment où quittant l'harmonie sinistre du scherzo pour la marche éclatante qui lui succède l'orchestre semble nous faire passer tout à coup d'une caverne du Blocksberg sous le péristyle d'un temple du soleil, les acclamations, les chut, les applaudissements, les éclats de rire convulsifs, contenus pendant quelques secondes, ont tout d'un coup ébranlé la salle avec une telle force que le puissant orchestre, submergé par cette trombe d'enthousiasme, a disparu complètement. Ce n'est qu'au bout de quelques instants d'une agitation fébrile que le spasme nerveux, dont l'auditoire entier était possédé, a permis aux instrumentistes de se faire entendre. » Merci encore de nous faire partager cette œuvre monumentale !

I love Beethoven and Mozart. Pure genious!

Third movement recap in pizzicato works so well.

12:23 that piccolo is amazing!!!

when I want to listen to classic music I just come to your channel. The sound is very clear, I can recognize each note accurately, the speed of the music is very fine... It's Just perfect. Thanks a lot

THIS...is what got me to subscribe to this channel. Watching and waiting for those horns to cut loose at the 23 second mark just did it for me. Beautifully done, these videos are.

These visuals get inside the music amazingly. You hear so much more and with such clarity. Whole new musical experience. This should be the music when God appears. Too Good.

Imagine if Beethoven could see THIS... BRAVO !!!

When we finally blows ourselves up, you have to hope this music survives somewhere in the rubble so people will know it wasn't all bad.

The transition beetween the two movements reminds me of the transition beetween the Opera and the rock part of Bohemian Rhapsody...

Ba Ba Ba Baaam, Ba Ba Ba Baaam, Ba Ba Ba Baaam Ba Baa Ba Baaam.

No greater music has ever been written than these ~14 minutes

I like the finale. Of course, everybody knows about the first movement. A fun fact is that many people suggest that pieces in the minor key end in minor. In Beethoven's words, joy will follow Sunshine, sorrow and rain. In Beethoven's 9th Symphony in D Minor, it's pretty much almost the same thing that Beethoven's 5th Symphony does. The Fourth movement ends in D Major.

I like the small thing you did at the end, with the blue :)

I consider this masterpiece the best of Beethoven's art !

Smalin that's the best graphical score I' ve ever seen

I love 9:16 to 9:47, it's really complicated but sounds perfect

It would be interesting to have an interface where you could touch any note on the score with your mouse pointer and hear that note sounded in isolation.

A man who was reluctant to ever care about how difficult a piece was to perform for the musicians -- look where it got us today! He gave those gears of music a good ol' kicking, and added a few new evolutionary parts as well :)

Makes you heart and soul soar

Do I have this right? I think I do, but I'm not entirely certain. C: Blue C Sharp: Olive D: Purple E Flat: Teal E: Red F: Cerulean F Sharp: Yellow G: Indigo G Sharp: Green A: Magenta B Flat: Cyan B: Orange

Gave me such chills. Thank you for your work.

THIS FUCKING SLAPS 🔥🔥🔥

5:04 cool part.

Main theme of the last movement is C E G (in half notes) then F E D C .... You can divide the motif into two part, the triad C E G and the scale G F E D C In the coda Beethoven plays with these two ideas Triad: 11:56, 12:20 Scale: 12:41 Triad again (first note accentuated by timpani): 12:53 Scale again in case you missed it the first time: 13:03 Beethoven didn't do this by accident. He does a similar thing in the Harp quartet (which shares many aspects with the fifth) finale also in the accelerando.

Brilliant . I love it.

That accelerando is legendary

It's the Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, and Jansug Kakhidze is the conductor. :) The album is "The symphonies Vol. 4: Specific symphonic pieces (Symphonic drama in the 18th century)"

having the score of this really helps to know when the last movement starts. It's rather obvious to me now. These videos definitely make it easier to follow along in a score though.

incredibly mathematical and simultaneously artistic. How can we arrive at such a medium in modern day? It seems the lines are drawn between the two, when in actuality are co-dependent.

I have perfect pitch. However, I don't have that perfect pitch where I associate a certain pitch with a certain color. That must be maddening! So seeing whatever color for whatever note doesn't bother me. I also just like to listen while watch the full conductor score.

The last six chords were later re-used at the end of Dvorak 9 finale.

Amen. Thanks again, Smalin, for the gift.

Magical!

3:37 great

Thanks for the great music smali and letting us look at the mind of a musical genius.

You can’t have the 3rd movement without the 4th...just like you cannot have Jackson Browne’s Load Out without Stay

John Williams 5:50

very nice, arigatou gozaimas.

so many fantastic colors

I love this except the color choice. I have a image for each note and this is so great to understand the every instruments are coordinated by one guys mind. Only bad thing happen to me is after watched this display, even after the music, my eyeball moves right to left in quite a speed for a minute...

Spectacular!

4:28

Thank you, smali

Incredible! I love it!

13:18 Ultimate warmth of C major

With these lights and symbols....I feel like I'm bowling with Beethoven....and The Dude. ;)

Please do a 3D animation of the orchestral version of peaches en regalia :-) if you have the time.

Brilliant,

Wondering where the fourth movement starts? It's at 5:04.

the fugue part begins at 1:52 and ends at 3:16.

Man tears

delicieusement hypnotique !!

ingenious!

amazing

Beethoven didn't know when to end so he just kept on going. that ending just keeps on going on and on lol

Smalin, you forgot to light up all the notes in orange when the piccolo, contrabassoon, and the trombones started playing!

Absluteley Superb, please do Vaugn Wiliams variation on a theme of Thomas Tallis.

very very beautiful

thank you steve...!!!

explain to me what happens please

May I ask why you didn't include the repeat at 7:00 where it's supposed to restart at the beginning of the movement?

Can I make a suggestion about the timpani, I think you will be more easy to identify if the format is also a timpani (like a bowl).

Proud I am subscribed to you!

the issue is with the audio and also i feel that the fourth movement should be faster. other than that its good.