Ben Zander, a true purpose driven person, love his work, but especially the tempo in which he plays this! Amazing....

Given the respect Mr. Zander has for Beethoven’s works I feel like he is giving us the most authentic Beethoven experience he can think of and he is a legend so it doesn’t get better than this joyful performance

No doubt, this is the best Beethoven, I have ever heard.

After watching the pre-symphony master class, who else was watching the trombone guys through the first, 2nd and third movements? After having nothing to do the first three movements, they came on like gangbusters on the first notes of the fourth. They were probably happy they finally got to play.

One of the best 5ths I've ever heard.

You can't get closer eternal excellence than Beethoven in the hands of Maestro Zander. I hope God and Beethoven are watching.

4th movement starts at 4:26

Some of my favorite Beethoven is this movement. I particularly love the entire recap in pizzicato.

I am here because, I could understand every single movement of the Beethoven 5. Thank you.

this "wake up" version of the first movement really gives another view toward the fifth that i've always known. this performance along with Jarvi + DKB are probably two of the most uplifting interpretations of the piece. Bravissimo!

Watching this is even more fun, if you watched the masterclass of Benjamin with this piece

Bravo! One of the best interpretations ever. Great performance 👏👏👏

The mike placement is superb. The core woodwinds announce themselves clearly, without being shrill.

Woah. I just played this in my orchestra (we're all 16-18 so we're not as good lmao) and it's so cool to see people play this so extremely well. It's always nice to hear something you've played down well.

This is absolutely magical.

Ausgezeichnet. Kraftvoll, majestätisch, Beethoven!

that's really so crazy when you see how much they had done, perfect.

Bravissimo Maestro Zander, grande orchestra!!!!!!!! What a performance!

I find some of his tempos a bit fast for my taste, but by Jove can I hear every detail AND every line of every phrase. He’s brilliant, and Beethoven would approve.

Can I have a LOVE button instead of a LIKE button?

I am just realizing that at these tempi, the first plus second movement take 15 minutes, and so do the third and fourth movement. That kind of sense of proportion can't be a coincidence.

A revelation! Thank you!!

transition back to the exposition repeat of the finale is magnificently handled as an intensification of the texture - never understand why some people don't play the repeat, it's a crucial intensification of the opening material of the finale and I think needs to be played with this degree of tightness my only point of critique would be that I prefer hard sticks on the timpani in Beethoven - I think the music needs that "thwack" the passage beginning at 12'23" is my favorite thing in the entire symphony and the way he lets the 1st trombone ring out at the top of the passage at 12'41" is rarely this impressive in performances but that note is critically important to resolving the harmony. that alone makes this a miraculously god performance - what Beethoven is doing is resolving an implied diminished 7th chord at that moment and it's critical to making this feel like the tension and violence of the preceding material is becoming something affirmative and joyous. Beethoven said music is like an "electrical soil" and this performance has high voltage as it should. bravo

Bravo!

When the gates of heaven are opening and you're going through.

My only critique: play the whole symphony as one video. Breaking it up by movements (yes thankfully they kept the third and fourth together) goes against everything Maestro Zander und Herr van Beethoven would want, I suspect. Otherwise, brilliant! 👏

That was a solid one.

Thank you.

Bravo, Maestro!

Wonderful!

amazing

Amazing! 183 persons liked the first movement, 116 liked the second and only 89 liked the last two movements! Explain this please!

我有幾張詹德的馬勒音樂錄音，我覺得他的音樂都是無與倫比的。

Someone played an Eb on the last note!😡

4:25

is this available on dvd?

Where are mvts 1 & 2?

1:38

2:08

He must have had a late date or a plane to catch. The tempi are all too fast. What's the hurry? It's hard to hear the trio section of III at this insane tempo. It reminded me of speed chess!

4:25

1:25