I appreciate all the love and interest for this type of content, please don’t forget to like and subscribe. I mainly listen to classical music on this channel ❤

Fun fact : when CDs where created, their capacity was calculated to be able to hold the 9th on one CD.

Hearing him say the first movement was intense made me smile. What an innocent statement. Hang on buddy, you ain’t heard nothing yet.

Beethoven's 9th has been called one of the greatest achievements of the entire human race. I wouldn't disagree.

To watch that smile slowly spread across your face as you recognize this piece and it's beauty is just incredible

Beethoven is proof that music is one of mankind's finest achievements.

Hearing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for the first time and yet somehow recognizing that we’ve always known the Ode to Joy melody is somehow, mysteriously, an experience almost all of us share, and which we all experience only once. I’m happy to have witnessed you recognizing the Ode to Joy, too.

Beethovan got a lot of criticism when they found out the 9th symphony would be introducing a choir. It was the first time of its time to introduced choir in a musical symphony. Little did they know, this would be one of the most iconic pieces ever exist to this day. Great reaction!

Can you imagine that most people of the world will never listen to this? And many of them have access to it, but they just will not? You are a privileged on your journey through life.

Thanks to Beethoven we have our modernise music today 😊 l was only about 12 yrs old when l first heard him. Im now 67yrs old STILL love him ❤❤ thank you for appreciating such beautiful music ❤❤

Imagine this, first of all, writing the score for this incredible work of art, the long hours of writing each note for each instrument and voice, the pace, harmonies, counter-harmonies, etc, putting on paper what is in Beethoven's mind. Now also imagine this. As he was composing this he was going deaf, some suggest because of beatings he faced from a very abusive and drunk father. And further imagine this, Beethoven never heard it performed. By the time it was first performed he was completely deaf, and heard nothing, even though it is reported he conducted that performance. When it was finished, he could not even hear the unprecedented applause from the audience, exhausted and with his back to the crowd. One of the musicians had to go and turn him around to see the reception for his masterwork of true genius (no apologies to Kanye West).

In Japan this symphony is sang by almost everyone. I got the chance to sing this (as a German) with 500 Japanese in the Kyoto concert hall. I felt how much this music is "worldmusic"! I enjoy that the younger generation is understanding this ...YT is a good way to connect through music.

In the forth movement, Beethoven quotes parts of the first three movements but every time the cellos and contrabasses are interrupting, saying „we don’t wanna listen to this again“. Only when the other instruments starting to play the popular forth theme „Ode to joy“ the cellos and contrabasses are agreeing with the tune and all instruments are playing together joyfully but then the intro theme appears again. All instruments are fighting again, then the bass starts singing „Oh Freunde nicht diese Töne! Sondern lasst uns angenehmere anstimmen, und freudevollere.“ which can be translated with „O friends, no more of these sounds! Let us sing more cheerful songs, More songs full of joy!.“ Then all people are singing Schillers poem „An die Freude“, „Ode to joy“.

Regardless of your background, regardless of your heritage, regardless of your social standing, regardless of your nationality or faith or language or economic status, there are some pieces of music that speak directly to the experience of being human, directly to the soul. This is one of them.

I love how mr. Barenboim looks so proud of the orchestra, and the exchange between him and the musicians.

The homie is digging the stuff ☺️

My favorite recording of this piece was conducted by Leonard Bernstein in 1989 after the fall of the Berlin Wall; Bernstein modified the Ode to Joy to replace "Freude", meaning "joy", with "Freiheit", meaning "freedom" in celebration of the historical moment. An incredibly powerful performance. It was also one of Bernstein's final performances before he died. If you like this piece, I highly recommend checking it out just by searching "Ode to Freedom"

1:27:45 told me you understand music. There are a number of moments like that in this piece, but that one was setup with your attention to be either noticed or unnoticed. Glad you actually listened to the entire version; it's the greatest piece of music ever written IMO.

Man, seeing this channel go from a few classical reactions for some well known iconic pieces to what it is now has been such an awesome journey. Truly love everything you’re doing with this channel!

I’ve heard this piece countless times and it still gives me goosebumps as well.

You're from Germany and you didn't know this??? Well, your German soul came out in the end didn't it! Glorious.

Daniel Barenboim is not only a master conductor, but one of the world's best pianists. You should watch his live recordings of any of the Beethoven piano sonatas. You will be mesmerized, guaranteed.

54:49 to the end of the movement. Instant tears every time I hear it. Evokes feelings of how wonderful it is to love and just be alive.

I have heard this piece countless times since my older brother fell in love with it when I was about 5, which was 1958 or so. As an adult, I was privileged to sing with the Loa Angeles Master Chorale and performed it many times with the LA Phil with world-class conductors. I still have the choral alto part memorized. I cannot ever get tired of this piece. Not ever. Goosebumps and near tears every time. Thank you for reloading this.

Ive just discovered classical music. I knew it was there but i was more into R & B etc. But i got into classical music to study and its been amazing !!! I especially love Beethoven , and I empathize with him and his upbringing and the challenges he went through .

Whenever I listen to this sublime music, including watching this video, tears of joy run from my eyes, and I am uplifted to another level. I am sad for people who don't "get" classical music, but don't recognise the scores to their favourite films are essentially classical music.

Jesus! That is one of the great pieces of music. In 10,000 years it will still be played in the far corners of human space.

I really appreciated that you published the whole piece !

Gidi, I almost never comment on YT, but just want to say what a joy it is to see you discovering this music. You'll know by now that there are many videos of this piece by various orchestras under various conductors. They are all different, for many reasons. For example this is Barenboim's orchestra, he put it together some years ago, and the remarkable thing is that it comprises equally Jewish and Palestinian musicians. His point being to prove that if they can play together, there is no essential reason why they cannot live together. But they are still a mostly young group and are still not entirely tight musically. Listen to others you'll soon see what I mean. For example, the inaugural concert at the new Elbphilharmonie was a performance of the ninth but with the glorious Bryn Terfel singing the base role that Rene Pape takes here. It's not the greatest performance ever (whatever that means) but it is an important one because it launches a fabulous new music facility and Bryn milked it for all it was worth. My current favourite is a performance by the Oslo Philharmonic under (the very young conductor) Klaus Mäkelä. What makes it a standout is that the final movement with its setting of Schiller's poetry (what we call the Ode to Joy) doesn't always sound that joyful. But I have never seen an orchestra having so much fun, or the chorus and soloists producing such an utterly joyous rendering as this. It is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h9GBlNOVzKfFZ6M.html And the Elbphilharmonie concert (final movement only) is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qpmPjN2A3tSYgas.html Happy exploring. I liked your closing comments as well. I am a Brit living in Germany. Incidentally, your Italian pronunciations are not as bad as you fear.

I've had the privileged of performing the B9 15 times or so. I love it every time.

It shows Beethoven's genius that he wrote this work completely deaf. The music was playing in his head.

This piece never ceases to make cry tears of joy 🥲 😭, especially the last movement

One of the very few to listen to the whole symphony. Awesome. You deserve more subs.

Ive heard this piece more times than Beethoven himself!

Your smile learning it was Beethoven you were reacting to was priceless. I'm eclectic with my musical taste, from Beethoven, to Ella, to Slayer, to Wu Tang Clan, this for me is the penultimate song.

I first heard this about 50 years ago. I've heard it more times than I can count. I wish there was a way we could hear great music as if hearing it for the first time, over and over again - without having a memory problem, that is. I think that's why I like reaction videos - watching someone hear things for the first time comes about as close to re-living that experience as can get, without having prior head injury. It's so great. Reaction videos like this can also serve to introduce others to the world's great music, which has been slowing fading from the public view and hearing.

Hey Gidi, duid you know that Beethoven was absolutly deaf when he wrote it ? It makes it so more impressive!

Keep in mind...The Ninth was the first example of a major composer scoring vocal parts in a symphony. It shocked the entire community. Also, when this was composed and performed, Beethoven was stone deaf.

There is no music produced today that can do what the legendary classical music can.

You pronounced the Italian tempo words correctly! Impressive!

As a little aside, the length of playtime on the CD format was set to contain this entire piece on one disk. This symphony and no other piece of music determined the format size. Such a tribute to this symphony that it alone set this standard.

The tune you recognized in the last movement was written for the poem "An die Freude (Ode to Joy)" by Friedrich Schiller. It was adopted as the anthem of the Council of Europe and then by the European Union. It is also used as the tune for the Christian hymn "Joyful, Joyful, we Adore Thee" Wikipedia says: "The symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as a masterpiece of Western classical music and one of the supreme achievements in the entire history of music. One of the best-known works in common practice music, it stands as one of the most frequently performed symphonies in the world."

This is a masterpiece played by masters... beautiful! Somehow intensely personal, yet universal. Thanks for playing the whole symphony - glad we shared goosebumps!

I've seen a few different reaction videos to Beethoven's 9th, but this is the first where I've seen a reaction to the entire symphony instead of just the 4th movement. The whole world LOVES the 4th movement, and that includes me, but the 3rd movement is, to me incredibly special and beautiful. Thanks for doing the whole thing!

Unabashed I cry everytime I hear this most masterful piece of music.

Barenboim is so close to Furtwangler in his interpretation of the spirit and feel of the music, and I love it. In his hands the music really becomes smooth, fluid and alive. Nothing better than that to execute a romantic piece

Beethoven's a master at edging, seemingly building towards a finish, then slowing down, and that several times, before finally ending in this great crescendo

1:15:55 to 1:18:32 has to be my favorite three minutes in all of music. It's a blockbuster moment in a movement absolutely chock full of them.

I love his 6th symphony so much.

How did Beethoven compose this without hearing? He heard the very voice of God.

If you really want to be floored go experience it in person. It was a something I will never forget

This symphony in its entirety is a bit of an exercise in patience when you know what's coming. But it's worth the wait - just builds and builds, and then breaks like a freaking storm.

Première fois que je vois une de tes vidéos, tu as l'air d'un enfant qui pour la première fois de sa vie vois un papillon, oui Beethoven est merveilleux et je te souhaite beaucoup d'autres découvertes

My violin teacher who played this work told me that in the orchestra she cried every time the chorus of the hymn to joy began

The clenched face breaking shows this is a man who now loves classical music.

Thank you for this. I was sitting at home, at 06:00 in the morning, feeling ill and sorry for myself, when I spotted your commentary on this symphony. By the time it was finished I was feeling so much happier, not just because of the music - which I love - but even more so for your reaction. You showed just the emotion that it's all about - JOY! Schiller's 'Ode To Joy', set to music by a composer who, in his work, captures what it is to be human better than any other. Thanks again and I've now subscribed and am looking forward to accompanying you in your voyage of discovery in the world of classical music.

Mozart is mathematical perfection musically. Beethoven is music to conquer by. 😁 This is a perfect piece of music.

Beethoven's joy melody was a simple one that anybody could sing. I was happy to see Gidi sing along with Ludwig and all humanity

Gidi you need to do an reaction to Beethovan"s 5th Symphony with this same conductor!

"This is more than music, more than classical music..." You have come a very long way in your odyssey of musical discovery, Gidi. You truly Get It! 🙂

This is my favorite symphony by him. Another piece that gets me really excited is his Egmont Overture. It is, by no means, the only one but it would be fun to see your reaction to that one.

i love that you put the whole piece out, makes sense listening to it in one go

Absolute masterpiece. Beautifull, powerfull and heavenly. Beethoven really got strenght from above. You are right. I'ts not just classical music I'ts more.

This reaction is exactly what this piece desrves...

The second movement is my favorite piece of classical music. When NBC Nightly News was hosted by Huntly and Brinkley they used it as their end title music.

Beethoven was completely deaf when he composed this masterpiece of all masterpieces!

'This is more than music.' When you said that you said it all.

Ah, the goosebumps. Yep! You got it.

If my ears start to bleed - I don't care. I still turn it up!

I recommend watching Immortal Beloved base on his life and the scene at the end with this symphony is tripping

I can't remember what it was like to listen to this for the very first time, so I'm so happy I get to re-experience it through you. What an absolute treat.

Good to see this back up! Thanks for the videos as always

It was such joy watching you enjoy. Thanks for sharing.

Beethoven goes to the heart, every time.

The best performance of this is the Berlin Philharmonic with Karajan conducting: it is electrifying!!

This is one of the best and most needed reaction vids I've ever seen. Thank you!

Fun fact: the concertmaster of this performance, the first chair violinist, is the son of the conductor

That was a fantastic deep dive you did there, I loved it, hearing you talk about the emotions this made you feel! (and yes, you pronounced the name correctly ;) More please!

Your reaction says it all a magnificent piece with a truly great conductor.

آثار بتهوون برایم هرگز خسته کننده نمیشود بلکه روز به روز درخشان تر... بسیار ممنون از ویدیو های زیباتون🧡

1:11:30 the lyrics are Joy, your beautiful spark of Bliss.. (or Gods) Daughter of Elysium, On we walk, drunk with fire, Heavenly one, you're sanctuary! You're magic binds again, What custom strictly divided, All people, all men shall become brothers, Where you're gentle wing allows..

Great wonderful! Wunderbar! Thank you so much! It is overwhelming, The love we are embraced by Beethoven And his music! Thank you so much Gidi!

Passion, this is Passion!

So very awesome that I found a channel that does classical reactions. Warms my black heart

Every few months I get a few classical reaction videos recommended to me, and I always love how raw the reactions are I listen to a ton of classical music and even compose some myself, so my reactions can be more technical (like how in 1:22:05 there's a double fugue with the subjects being the Freude Schoener and Seid Umschlungen themes, and how cool that is), but that raw emotion is so much more powerful than that (though following the themes and their development throughout the piece is very satisfying and can be very rewarding even after listening many times) I always like recommending Shostakovich's 9th symphony as it's approachable (Shostakovich isn't the easiest composer to get into) and shows Shostakovich's sarcasm. He always had expectations from the soviet government to make the music they want, and he got in trouble a lot because of that. His 9th goes against Stalin's expectation of a huge symphony like Beethoven's and is very sarcastic. The first movement is very light and cheerful, with sudden trombone and snare drum moments that sound militaristic, but quickly fall apart

thing about beethoven's 9th is that there's a likely chance that everyone's heard of it but most only recognize the last part :)

Yes, was hoping you would reupload it ❤

Joy, beautiful spark of Divinity, Daughter of Elysium, We enter, drunk with fire, Heavenly one, thy sanctuary! Thy magic binds again What custom strictly divided; All people become brothers, Where thy gentle wing abides.

I love your reactions - it is like listening to the music myself for the first time again. And the way you listen......

If an alien asked for the best music to represent humanity, I would choose this. It speaks to everyone of our greatest hopes and aspirations. No matter how many times I hear it, it still astonishes me .

So; the opening movement of the 9th is essentially just one long essay on the relationship between 2 notes: The tonic and the dominant. (Do and So). This relationship is probably the most important one in all music. This is intense, because Beethoven beats it to death. One could even say that Beethoven was the master of beating the V-I to death. Especially in his finales.

The titles of each movement in this instance basically are not names like a title of a book or chapter rather they are a indication or better a direction and guide on how the piece should be played, the tempo otherwise known as the speed and the overall feeling and mood, and it isn't only mentioned at the start of a movement rather these are mentioned within the movement multiple times guiding the direction that the movement takes and changing how the movement proceeds and feels. The language used is Italian which is the universal language used in music. The conductor holds the time of each moving piece, timing the moment and keeping the pace, for example the conductor knows that the piece marked as presto should be played at a time of 116 beats per minute. The first movement only has one direction "Allegro ma non troppo, un poco" simply means "Cheerful but not too much, a little". The second multiple, it starts of as "Molto vivace" which means "very lively" to "presto" which in Italian means "quick" back to "molto vivace" and then ends on "presto" again. The third movement begins with "Adagio molto e cantabile" which translates to "very slow and flowing or lyrical" it then moves to "andante moderato" which translates as "moderate slow" with andante being moderately slow as it is so not as slow as Adagio basically saying not as slow as andante should be. It then returns to the first tempo "Adagio molto e cantabile" moves back to "Andante moderato" then proceeds to "Adagio" which means "slowly" and ends on "Lo stesso tempo" which translates to "The same time". The last and final movement which includes the soloists and choir has the most changes within it and it begins with "Presto" which we know means "quick" or "quickly" moves to "Allegro assai" which means "very happy" or "very cheerful" returns to "presto" at the start where the men of the choir start singing, from there it returns back to "Allegro assai" it moves to "Alla marcia" which basically indicates that the piece should be "played as a march" it then moves to "Andante maestoso" which indicates that the piece is to be performed "moderately slow but majestically" from there it advances to 'Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato" which directs the music to be performed as "Cheerful and energetic with strong accentuation throughout" followed by "Allegro ma non tanto" which means "Cheerful but not so much" and finally moves to the last final direction of "Prestissimo" which basically tells the conductor to the orchestra to "as fast as possible".

I'm glad you got to listen this Symphony. I listen 100 times this symphony and never get bored. When you say it gets better and better, I feel all the time is a surprise. Each phrase is unic. There is no words to describe this experinece. Just to remember, Beethoven was totaly deaf at the time he wrote this symphony and other works.

If you like the sound, try to discover what are they singing... it is called Ode (Hymn) to Joy... and what is magical about this music is that your smiling has understood each word of it, even in German...

Welcome to Beethoven, my friend! Be careful, this is a one-way trip, there's no turning back...(PS: try the 5th piano concerto for piano and orchestra, the violin concerto, and the 5th and 7th symphonies!)

LOVED your reaction!!!! Beethoven can really get to you!!!!

Adding the voices in the last movement just added that much extra depth to the whole sound. You have the instruments and then you have the instruments of the voices and it just is amazing to hear the depth and the richness of the whole ensemble.

Thanks alot! I'm glad the reupload series continues

Beethoven’s Ninth is a beautiful gift to humankind.

blown away that you played, reaction to and listened tothe whole thing. Respect.