I saw him in sf, so tears came out!

I saw him in Boston for nearly 30 years. I assure you his prime did not come until he was nearly 80, physically frail, a survivor of injury and grave illness, but spiritually unencumbered for the first time in his career. His intensity here and in some other videos of the same period is now all inward, entirely between him and the players he is collaborating with. So unexpected and, in all sorts of ways, so moving!

So grateful that we in SF had him here, for a few glorious years. He is probably my favorite conductor.

Agreed; this one makes me cry too, seeing these elderly masters together...and the audience response -- so cordial!

Fabulous, beautiful, profound . Thank you for helping to create something like this.

omg you were in greatest scene of beethoven with maestro ozawa and argerich

Thank you for being there, offering this joy to us.

好きです！

なんて羨ましいことでしょう！ あなたはこのとき何歳だったのですか。すばらしい経験をされたのですね。ベートーベン の本領発揮ともいえるダイナミックなピアニズムと、力強く屈託のない明るさが前面に出たこの曲が私は大好きです。アルゲリッチと小澤の演奏を映像で見られるだけでも嬉しく思います。

Wow !!!....The Music Has Kept Their Spirits Young , Vibrant , And Relevant !!!....Like A Fine Wine , They Have Both Only Grown Finer , And More Priceless with Age !!!!!.....

L mejor !!!!!

It is sort of stunning to see these two musicians looking rather frail until they start making music ... then wow!

Excelemte acercamiento al espiritu bethovenisno!

An absolute sublime piece of music by the greatest composer ever.

me

@@detectivehome3318 Me too

I am

@@ivanacuric2310 AWESOME 👌!!!!!.....

Tears? Surely not. I'm too mature... but towards the end, the glorious skies opened. SO many people, unitedly making outrageous music with all their might, knowing this was the moment, my heart burst with tears. I thank God.

i had long wondered what had foreshadowed the 9th

Anyway it’s a great performance, balanced very well, understanding well for piano part.even though I never expected like this

Tears come at eye! Indeed!

Giants indeed

Q Chilipulver

It had the same effect on me.

O yes,he surely will do,....

And does she have a rather worn bandage on her left index finger?

@@mathrodite daca te visezi intr_ casa neterminată, închisă la culoare

So true!

Total agreement. He is actually smiling from above.

Di

How is the incredible discordance achieved commencing at marker 3.57..? I regretfully have not seen the full score. Is it available over internet ? Would appreciate any advice. Michael Harvey, Luxembourg

@@Bechstein1910 ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/4/42/IMSLP516663-PMLP1806-Beethoven__-Fantasia_in_C_Minor_'Choral_Fantasy'-__I_-_Adagio_(etc).pdf

8 is a decent start.

Where did you find the fact that Bernstein thought Beethoven was the greatest musical genius?

It was in one of his lectures on Beethoven@@KRITIK-ex3fq

@@KRITIK-ex3fq An additional reference from the Guardian www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/12/leonard-bernstein-composer-conductor-inspiration-genius-proms

For him, Beethoven was the greatest composer of all time - his very first TV show was on Beethoven’s 5th symphony. Beethoven never lets you down, he said, because everything he wrote sounds inevitable. He was uncomfortable conducting Wagner: as a Jewish man, he found it difficult to separate his music from his anti-semitic writings and way it was used by the Nazis. He loved the wit and balance of Haydn, though, and was particularly celebrated for his interpretations of Mahler, a composer very close to his heart. If Lenny’s performances were a collaboration between his live audience and his live musicians, when he recorded he became Lenny the rabbi - the docent who wanted to illuminate the ancient texts. All conductors are storytellers and Lenny was one of the best. He’d come out onto the stage, bow, shake hands with the orchestra’s leader, and wait, wait for the audience to be paying attention. One of the things I miss most about him is his ability to tell a joke, because of his timing. Timing is everything in classical music.

Thanks a lot for your responses!

Not to mention the incredible orchestra and choir!

To be honest, I find them kinda selfish especially the latter one.

@@apostolismoschopoulos1876 No conductor would start this piece because it's a solo cadenza for the piano. The tempo is, of course, agreed upon at rehearsal.

@@ThomasDawkins88 So in solo cadenza's is the pianist allowed to take initiatives, do I understand this correctly?

@@apostolismoschopoulos1876 Within reason, yes. With a few exceptions, mostly from the Romantic period onward, the soloist is the only person playing a cadenza. Beethoven has the timpanist play a duet with the pianist in the cadenza to his own transcription of the violin concerto, for example.

It's usually pre-arranged between the performer and the page turner beforehand if and when the turner will turn the page, including repeats and when to turn. If it's a long reach by the turner, making easier for the performer to do the job, that's how it will be done. You can't have the page turner jumping up only to find that the performer has pre-empted them. The tempo is also pre-arranged. In a performance with a star like Argerich, nothing is left to chance. Even if it's a not very good performance like this one.

200!

Beethoven the greatest to grace the world with his genius. God Bless

God be praised for this gift to us!!!!

christopher Jones Rudolph Serkin under Leonard Bernstein is magnificent.

Please, give a shot to the 1991 Live Philharmonie Berlin with Kissin & Abbado

This version is very very good !!! Almost Just like what Beethoven really want.

She even sing along for a moment

you're an accompanist, there's no greater pleasure then to have people singing with you! I'm a church organist so I know how that feels.

@@digitricks Come to think of that, a lot of the choristers are smiling as they sing.

I agree about it being underrated. We hear SO much about the Choral Symphony, which in some ways is rather odd, but I much prefer the spirit of the Choral Fantasy all the way through.

@@davidjared3402 To my ears the 9th Symphony is a lesser work than the Choral Fantasy. Possibly because every time I hear the village band (Salvation Army?) marches through the final movement the jingoism appals.

It is a more unified piece than the 9th symphony.

WILLIAM? Maybe if Beethoven had done a bit of tweaking, the Choral Fantasy ( in C) MIGHT have out done His ODE TO JOY? You do know that DEAN WITTER used the MAJOR THEME as backdrop to a number of their TV commercials? Like to drove me nuts until I figured it out.

@@jtc1947 TURN OFF THE TV -JUST ENJOY BEETHOVEN - Symphonies, Piano Concertos, Violin Concerto, Piano Sonatas, String Quartets, and my favorite is the Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano are all masterpieces!

o yes..and thats the best music can do......

BRAVO, forever!!!

Dont forget Abbado and the Berliner

BRUCE MCINTOSH I'm also happy to see this back again. This level of art must belong to humankind. Bravo to Osawa, Argerich, and all of the performers.

Agree with you,best version by far