Skip Fretwell: I just want to tell you our almost identical circumstances: I am one year younger, and was introduced to Beethoven one year later than you were. Listening to the third pianoconcerto was love at first hearing.. Regards.-

dinulipati If you liked Beethoven's 3rd piano concerto you really should try the 5th.

You couldn't be more right, Caleb Hu! In 1953, I used the carefully accumulated savings of my first job to start my musical treasury with Beethoven's fifth concerto by Arthur SchnabeI with the Chicago Symphony whose conductor I am not sure of but think it was Rafael Kubelik. An album with five vinyl records. And would you believe that I still remember some of the interruptions when the changer pushed the following record in? I repeated that marvelous experience with the other four concertos, before giving attention to other composers.

dinulipati I am currently a junior in high school and I can only hope to someday have the wonderful experiences you've had with music. Its beautiful how great music can connect people even with 70 years of difference in age.

Personally, the 4th Concerto is my favorite....

Thank you.

Thanks!

It is perhaps impossible to have a successful performance without a good audience.

izckloable 2nd movement is the best

gracias

I agree. ❤

The first, second of course, third and fourth. Its a robust, complex, integrated masterpiece, you can not isolated only second movement!!!

One of the most famous movements in classical music history of all time !!!!!

Seems like that may have been the passion put into the second movement. Also, if you add in Figlio Perduto lyrics which seem to me to portray a story of an 18th century man on horseback carrying his dying son (I'm guessing fever) to get him help only to have his son die along the way as he is carrying him.

Me too my all time favorite

The passion makes me want to change the world

Thank you to the entire production team of Carl Sagan's Cosmos for introducing me to this beautiful magnificent music. Yes, in this instant case, the execution is wonderful. All of the joy, passion and exuberance is there. Thank you for putting this on KZfaq.

same

@Daniel Ortiz splendidly not polite. Work on intonation though 😂

This s*** is so dope but I hate your comment

@Daniel Ortiz Wretchedly uncouth, yet delightfully apropos !

So polite? Well, Music sootheth the savage breast, - yes?

He's been known to go and see Kiss too.

He has no T.

😂😂😂

And did you know there is a person hit by a car every 22 minutes? And she is getting pretty tired of it.

Delightful humour! Thank you... But now I can't get the image out of my head.

Indeed... The string section handled the beginning of the second movement with so much sensitivity I was overwhelmed by it, and I've heard it played by so many different orchestras and read through the score so many times it's ludicrous, but this is one of the best executions I've heard in years.

Yes. Something not common.

100% indeed. Even every single 8th note in 1st movement is unbelievably tense. Have never seen such perfectly conducted and executed 7th symphony. I am listening to this magical music since several years and it never fails to amaze me and every time I listen I recognize the real deepness of this performance.

@@manopchoi1755 this one is actually the 7th...

@@memattia3198 yeah.. ofc i meant the 7th. Thx for reminding

Yes, it does seem totally amazing but you know what, I suggest that the answer is very simple: Beethoven's creative genius.

my sentiments exactly!

Marcellus Sinclair- I agree too. I personally enjoy the 3rd movement its a bit more invigorating in my estimation. I love how the music is building up to a climax. It’s such a beautiful piece associated with ‘Horse of the Year’ in equestrian terms. The total symphony is very well done I love the drum roll. Ivan Fischer is so immersed in conducting. Wonderful to watch him. The R.C.O. are great.

I feel the same way every time I listen to it. What a wonderful theme! Love the chord progression so much. This orchestra is for me one of the best in the world - as far as I know others. I had the pleasure to see and hear it live in the Konzerthaus in Berlin last year. It was amazing.

@@wiejetze8397 - I think Ivan Fischer and the R.C.O. in my opinion too are one of the best. I would love the opportunity to see them in a live performance presenting this wonderful Symphony. Beethoven certainly was a maestro to compose something so joyful. I absolutely love this it’s what we need right now enjoyment, composure and to feel safe.

je suis dans le même état quand je l'écoute; j'ai 70ans...

Dutch people. Amazing! I miss Holland a lot!

Bro that had me ROLLING

Not sure you would have heard them over the dynamic levels of this 1st movement anyway.

You should listen to N.B.A Youngboy or Lil Baby

@@hoodiekd1647 kid🤓

I'm almost 71, wondering where the time went, until these sounds, this magic bathes my old ears and makes them forever

I remember listening to a part of this song several years ago in a game called War Thunder. They removed the song since and I've been trying to find the song until now. And when I listened to it along with the other parts, let me just say I had my jaw on the floor the entire time. I never knew classical music could be this good.

There is still plenty of time! I am 24 and have listened to symphonies for at least 10 years. Actually, it is probably closer to 15 years. They can bring you a lifetime of joy and pleasure. I am still finding new pieces, but it takes times since there's so many masterpieces and I never get bored of them, I must listen to them over and over again. But that is a mark of a good and beautiful piece of art, whether it is a painting, book, poem, movie, music or a video game. The first piece was probably Vivaldi's Four Seasons, and in retrospect, Sibelius' Finlandia, although I didn't view it as such in the time. Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto was another. I quickly progressed to Beethoven and Bach, and the piano lessons I started helped me tremendously to understand classical music. I wish I knew more about jazz! I like to listen to it, but I never received an education on it in the conservatory. There is plenty of really interesting stuff there to listen and discover.

Unless your married and have kids

Rodeo1202 *you’re

Yes sir

It is miraculous.

True

I agree, but it does have to compete with Mozart's 15th Piano Concerto. Yet, this 2nd movement is beyond doubt a strong favorite.

It really is a magnificent piece :’)

Listen to Mahler's Adagietto from 5th Symphony :)

@@bmrm2004 I will!

Tears in my eyes, every time

Beethoven is an asset to the human race

On est d'accord

So you talk about symphony no 10 for Beethoven,l listen to 2ed movement every morning.

i couldnt agree more with you. This song is Just something else

My grandparents were Tanglewood season pass holders. Every year in the Berkshires. My grandmother told 7 year old me that the 2nd movement allegretto in A minor is the sound of angels climbing up the stairs to heaven. We were there in August of 1990 when Leonard Bernstein conducted his final concert and played this, 2 months before he died. My grandpa was a vascular surgeon and could tell by the coughing that Lenny had very little time left. He retired 3 weeks after, and passed in October.

Maravillo

some day they will appreciate as much as we do right now!

You understand, of course, that this is trolling and not actually honest reviews.

They clearly have no brains

@@DR-bp1yu Agreed, lowlife people who get satisfaction by negating excellence. In fact, we should feel sorry for them.

Do you Play with me Fortnite? PS: I habe a disslike, toi.

Yes! I know that feeling of being transported back in time to Vienna as you say! I have felt this many times when listening to Beethoven! His music is so intense and enthralling it carries the the zetgeist of that age and audience transports you to that time and place and people!

I am fortunate, not in money but in the life to enjoy such kind of music and so great Composer, melodies, Conductor and Great Orchestras. Thanks my God, thanks Humankind.!

Превосходно !

Hi, Niam. I think what he does there it's something new and revolutionary: it's a huge crescendo from min to max, not only in dynamics, but in range, orchestration and in composition materials. Those long-arcs were something new, he's introducing us to romanticism. Or... he's creating it.

Ivan Fisher's usage of percussion, marvelous!!

Eduardo Guajardo me too! Thank god for Beethoven and all the greats to lift our spirits and remind us that this will pass!

Si si si il miglior modo di passare la quarantena. Eccezionale il 2^ e il 3^ movimento.....semplicemente SUBLIMI

Beethoven holt uns alle da raus! Sicher! Dafür hat er´s doch komponiert! Hör´s dir dann noch einmal an!

Especially Algretto.

Eduardo Guajardo I need ti listen it, it is music’s professor homeworks

I agree This not just impeccably played and directed, it is so well recorded for sound and sight. I played horn a long time ago and feel like I am back in the orchestra.

Yes. Thanks, Cletus.

Thank you very much, dearest user, this was helpful for me!

thanks😊

thx, it was me

@@iansmith8263 Well done you! Great job!

@@iansmith8263 may I ask what mics setup / array you used?

@@IvanTheUndertaker can't remember

@@iansmith8263bruh 😂

I was thinking that myself. Had never heard of him before but.....

Have seen him in action, live One of the best maestros of his time

Ditto, I'm a conductor also

Hmm...my impression was this seemed very polished technically, but lacking in texture. I will give it some more listening. Beethoven can be so tricky: there is immense emotion in his music, but it can be somewhat elusive because of the sheer architecture

Weird flex but ok

If you knew anything about Beethoven's life you would know he was a constant complainer about little problems.

Como todo o gênio tinha suas idiossincrasias. Imagino se fosse perfeito como pessoa. Música que perdurará por séculos.

my condolences for your sad loss

Me to. My dad would play violin grandad had his viola and I on flute I miss my dad and grandfather so much. Classical music and music tuition is the best gift a parent can pass on. Schools in U.K. no longer teach this, I fear it will be a lost art form a couple more generations further on.

@@samyandkitty8399 I'm glad your dad and grandad endowed you with your grounding in classical music and were so close to you. I was miss my my dad and grandad very much. My grandad passed on the folk tradition of our music, singing old tunes to me. My dad had seriously considered becoming a concert pianist and paid his way through college through giving piano lessons. He felt it was very important to raise your kids with these things also. My dad would play Beethoven piano sonata's for us as had kids and would take me to hear our metropolitan symphonic orchestra. He and had each of us learn at least one instrument. My oldest sister trained in violin and continued into adulthood in her community symphony orchestra. My middle sister took up viola, then cello. My youngest sister took up oboe and trained with a professional oboist in our metropolitan symphony. I took up piano like my dad and then trombone in school and then then guitar. I have a child who is a trained vocalist who competed in school contests and has a lifetime love of music. Classical music also helps children mathematically, with logical processing and thinking areas of life, language learning and a host of other areas of life alongside artistic and emotional expression and understanding, from things that I have read and observed. Thanks for your response.

myfather had the same love of Beethoven and unfortunately he died in 1992, but not before he passed on his passion to me, now at 66 I can't listen to this without thinking of him, saddness twinged with beauty, sort of sums up Beethoven really.

@@martynoliver9875 Condolences for your loss. He left his legacy with you.

My first encounter now, after all this years...July 28th 2020

It gives off the feeling of trudging through an endless amount of desert, all alone, and not knowing if all your efforts were enough. Like slowly losing hope.

I would give an alien civilization Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, the hero's journey.

what a beautiful response, i agree

Carl Sagan used the 2nd movement in his PBS series "Cosmos" back in 1980 or so. It inspired me when I first saw it as a college student and the symphony has been a favorite ever since.

now no one will see their dislikes haha

I heard not watching the news does wonders to your mental health

There's no reason you should be stressing that much and having anxiety about Ukraine, inflation, and global warming. These are not things that affect you on a daily basis (except maybe inflation to a degree).

@@christianalvarez5409 They do a lot though, I like that this fact is calming but its unfortunately false

@@jon3706 yeah. and don't use twitter or reddit either

good for you! there's hope i think

Marcellus Sinclair I’m glad you found music that resonates with you.

Marcellus Sinclair I cry every time I listen to it. It’s beyond this world.

Imagine listening to it live

Marcellus Sinclair hâte to think what happens to you when you hear the second movement of the 5th concerto, or the violin concerto, or the Archduke !!!

An good number of Symphonies get good at second movement, but for me, i can't say this one can be.

Indeed

It's glorious.

It,s up there in the top 20 as one of the greatest symphonies of all time !!!!!

@@scottmiller6495 tbh, all Beethoven symphonies are in the top 20, or atleast 2-9

Beethoven , the only old man that would beat me with his walking stick and I would not complain

Iván just seems like an incredible person in general. He’s very humorous, warm, and super charming in interviews. Helps that he’a an amazing conductor, too!

Thank you. Although watching the musicians play is incredible, sometimes I just come on to listen and read the comments as I listen. I went back to watch this. ❤✨💫

Yeah, I’ve seen him live a few times. He had a mic where he says a few words, before or after a performance. He’s very charming and funny, gets everyone to laugh! :-)

Rajan Hariharan Hey, you are the same guy that in another video comented that you feel that Chopin wrote the op14 for you?

It is very mystical! It has a mysterious quality of being really, really simple but also really, really interesting. Thanks for the description! :)

could have rained down on those drums and raked those strings harder. Otherwise, I agree that he does it the best out of anyone I've found thus far.

Well it is actually not a slow movement... the original score says "allegreto" which actually is kinda fast. You have a serious missconception of Beethoven's music...

The Ninth is not chopped liver.

Joe Spencer I listen to Beethoven when I am sad. Then I am no longer sad.

Congrats to him. Under this conductor? He looks like a swell guy.

Keep practicing and you certainly will!

Keep at it Alex. I applaud your ambition. Let us know know if you fulfil your dream.

A noble ambition, Alex. Good luck.

you this Alex.. . the stage will be yours soon

life is strange, Alex...and never ending....

Listening to this while the whole country is in quarantine.

Viruses come and go. The classics will stay with us forever.

It does. Beethoven will cure what ails you. I'm thinking of all the wonderful musicians who are out of work right now.

Me too, looking for an escape, I cannot handle any more news or any more noon “pressers” from the liar in chief.

I suggest you n° 6 too it seems Covid 19 story...I hope!

Beethoven's Musik führt immer zum Licht !

@@mariabusch5412 fuehr immer zum Licht!

Eternal hope. The immortal beloved.

Julius SD buddy, you’re not the only one coming for Allegretto 😏

Exact same here

Am i the only one who prefer poco than allegretto

Julius SD: I do love the Allegretto. The King's Speech is one of my favorite movies, and I think the Allegretto is perfectly chosen for it. Solemn, but majestic and eager. Minor, but promising.

agree. exactly beautiful .

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Most people aren't here, "Only for the second movement."

+Spartanattack same with the new world symphony too sadl

But the second movement is more popular because 12 seconds of it played on the tv show The World of Gumball.

No. The second movement has always been my favorite even before realising that my preference wasn't at all out of the ordinary visiting this page/video... Besides, I don't know the TV show The World of Gumball. I'm from the Netherlands. Maybe it's different to some others though.

Van Beethoven’s grandfather was from Mechelen nowadays in the Province of Antwerp, Belgium

Good music is good music. I couldn't care less about nationality and ethnicity, just how good the execution is.

No,perhaps barbers adagio for strings.I found out my 95 year old mother is quite I'll from Covid.I listened to that piece and it went right through me.Wow!!!!!

​@@markcarson9023 Did she make it? 😳 🙏

,,,and the editing as well!

Try this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j6mblpClnsnSlYU.html 😁

Yes, the camera work was sharp. However, I don’t think the director knew the music that well, especially in the 2nd. Compare it to the Freedom rendition with Bernstein.

@@neil7137 That Karajan recording is like a Disney cartoon!

Someone criticized the directing as not knowing the music very well . I thought just the opposite, well played an flawless conducting , an absolute joy to listen to.

An antelope? Do you think it was written by an antelope? I heard a raccoon say a filthy word once, I think. There was an Anteater , it's said, that could heard a hill of ants into a facsimile of Bruegel's "Peasant Wedding", but you know, it was all ant colored and not original.

A symphony made the world stand still: Subramanian RAMNATH SUBRAMANIAN | COLUMNIST | 7:02 pm MDT May 10, 2017 It was at the Mainzer Dom in Germany that I first heard Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony performed. I happened on the concert by accident, and was pleased to discover that seating was still available. The free concerts hosted by churches and cathedrals in European cities, generally speaking, are quality affairs, and one does not come directly from the street and saunter into the auditorium. There is usually a line to navigate where patience can be put to the test. The fact that I was able to breeze in and find a seat I took to be a sign of stellar fortune. I was in my mid-30s then, and though I listened to classical music on and off, I was not a great fan of that genre. That evening at the Mainzer Dom changed all that. I had no knowledge at that time that the second movement, Allegretto, was so popular that it was frequently encored; nor that its popularity caused it to be played on numerous occasions as a stand-alone piece. Suffice it to say that the Allegretto washed me away from the cathedral to a new place of divinity where I found myself all alone with the music. The violas, cellos, and the first and the second violins went back and forth between the main melody and the second melody as though the Allegretto was an exquisite, musical juggling act. The music bounced gently from the ceiling, traveled to the large columns of the cathedral, and fell to the ground like powder, or motes of sunlight. A woman next to me sat rock-still with eyes closed, as a stream of tears rolled down her cheek. In front of her sat a younger woman who seemed self-consciously happy, as she swayed her body demonstrably to the music. Her enjoyment was so extroverted that it seemed unreal, as though she were privy to something that the rest of the world did not understand. People had put aside their identities, even their lives, to be a part of a transcendental experience.. No argument bubbled to the surface. All troubles were made foreign by the river of sounds. All wars were ended. It is remarkable that a composer can create a conversation between musical instruments that can bring the world to a standstill, so that man’s inner feelings can be explored without all the noise that permeates the outside world. Would that the violins played forever that their music could keep the world captive in peace for eternity. However, their music offered mere respite. When the last note of the evening sounded, the mass of humanity that had been bending with the music exploded into action, pushing and shoving for an early exit. The sea of tears that the Allegretto had produced was quickly hardened into a resolve to meet and tackle the challenges of the world. People looked at their watches anxiously. Tranquility gave way to a Brownian motion of the human race that would deal with the quotidian aspects of life: meetings, appointments, transactions, and relationships. Outside, the wars raged. Newspapers announced the numbers dead in various conflicts across the globe. And cops kept their beat. Ramnath Subramanian is a retired public-school teacher. E-mail address: marianramm@yahoo.com.

Machines write music much worse

@@lobsterbobable gOD WROTE IT BUT NOT FOR YOU ha ha

I don’t blame you.

I love all Beethoven symphonies but i feel like this one isnt the best.

The final movement starts so fast and exuberant I laugh with pleasure!

His best, for sure. I'd say it's in the top 3 among all symphonies written humans. Put it in a cage match against anything from Mozart, Tchaikovsky, and Haydn, I can see it having a good chance of coming out alive, sure.

In life Beethoven went through hell but he produced some heavenly pieces of music.Symphonies that will never be forgotten.They have lives of their own.He truly left an amazing legacy in his life laden with horrible challenges and tears.They made the man that produced this wonderfully inspiring music.🤔

Love all Beethoven works, but Ninth is still greatest composition of all time by any composer. Period!!!

The current brand of humanity does not deserve Ludwig Van Beethoven

especially some jerks in the US. Be as this may, they probably don't listen any of Beethoven's great pieces anayway (or any other great composer's). That's fien for my I would feeldisturbed to have such company

herodot2 Fischer is exceptional but he doesn't have PR, marketing, agents doing his bidding like the superstar conductors, even though many are clearly inferior. Genuine talent seems to be irrelevant in the music biz.

herodot2 Maybe he prefers to live in Budapest and doesn't care much for great riches and fame? Come to think of it, Herbert von Karajan was apparently not so great at all but was presented as being extraordinary by the rec. companies. He was quite a show-man and a nazi-collaborator or just a nazi too of course.

+herodot2 He doesn't want to. Budapest Festival Orch. is his baby. In Washington he was interim for years, but always refused to take the position as Music Director. And why should he? He is not only a conductor, he is a conductor who does thorough research, who needs time for research and contemplation. He has a massive musical conscience and sometimes refuses to conduct certain pieces because of their musical content (like the St. Matthew's Passion). He is content with his circle of well-known musical friends, like the RCO, where he is quite popular.

We can only speculate on his reasons not to become the boss in Berlin. Don't forget that the Berliners claim that "it doesn't matter who stands in front of them They're better than any conductor, anyhow" :-D Regarding the St. Matthew Passion: I thought Fischer refused to play it, because of the anti-semitic texts here and there. Or was it St. John's Passion? I may have confused the two.

MyMusic0201. All I can say, is Bravo for that. An ethical and moral man.

Hassan Kamal search up “Piedmont High School Marching band 2019” 😌

@@howdy6987 Why?

@@howdy6987 Ooooh. Bahaha!

Neil Amadeus Yudhistira idk Bc we played that piece

Hassan Kamal That and also Mahler 6's andante

You experienced the Stendhal syndrome. So have I, on several occasions

In God we trust$

I agree! Been listening to it for the past 2 years and I just can't get enough! What a beautiful masterpiece!

that's shit was dope my nigga

Donaldo Demorizi Let's NOT repeat your stupid posts. You must need attention badly. U just keep it up! Nasty.

* Perfect Form*

yes.

It is always 'in doubt ' ... thank God! There are many fabulous orchestras ...this is one of them!

As you know a conductor's work is largely before the concert

Brilliant film makers use the 2nd movement at a crucial moment in The King's Speech when King George must give the UK a rallying speech before WWII. Check it!

Me too! Listening while sanding windowframes. And taking a break to look at comments!

I completely agree, especially the second movement

for me it's a close 2nd to his 9th. Symphony 9 is SUPREME when performed correctly.

This is my second favourite after the choral symphony

Similar here, got to play it (solo clarinet) several times. It's exciting to hear and play ALL Beethoven symphonies.

@@niampatel9115 For sure. I was delighted when they used it in an episode of WestWorld. It was completely epic.

Hello Alyssa, may you be able to listen to wonderful music still for a long time, best wishes 😊

I have been def in 1 ear since I was 10, I run the sound board at church, God blessed you with 1 good ear, use it!1 Stereo is an illusion right friend....

This is something that was so delightful in watching the musicians...They were completely absorbed, super responsive, joyful.I would give my right arm to be able to conduct this piece with an orchestra of this quality. Wait...

@@dillonmech7206 indeed,

Thanx-this is one of the few reeasons why I bother to read the reactions;because of these intimate insights ❤

Check out rendition of Beethoven's 5th symphony by Orchestra Revolutionnaire, John Elliot Gardner