As someone has wisely said - "Destiny knocking at the door" may well be a misattribution! My books have let me down ;) but in all seriousness, you must always fact check me. I do these videos because I want to get other people 'into' classical music --- I want to share that passion! But sometimes I get details wrong - hopefully not critical details, but small things like that. I am not a post doctoral expert! Just a music lover who wants to share - and I hope you enjoy and learn something!!

Beethoven: *looks at the 4 note motif* Beethoven: How much can I milk this?

I like how you so passionately explains something, it's really invigorating

I never thought that I could love my favourite symphony of all time any more than I do now...I was wrong! I love this quick guide so much, so well analyzed! I would definitely share with anyone who wants to learn more about this amazing work!

Thanks sir for your guidance to the classical music.

The first movement is one of those iconic pieces of music that has transcended its genre. Nearly everyone knows the first four notes. It is a truly fantastic piece of music. And the symphony just gets better from there.

i always think this is one of those overplayed pieces i am sick of until i hear it and am completely amazed all over again!

The transition from the powerful middle of the finale into bringing back the theme from the 3rd movement is one of the most brilliant moments in all of music.

The transition from the 3rd to the 4th movement is some of the most uplifting music I've ever heard. I was floored the first time i heard it

This is one of the bestest Musical explanations I have ever Seen

Great video! Such a shame that, even though everyone knows this piece, most people basically only know the exposition of the first movement and think all the genious is in creating it all out of that one motif that is really striking while the genious really is in the transformation. I don't think I'll ever forget hearing Riccardo Chailly conducting this piece a year ago, live, you could just feel the tension and excitement in the air during the last two movements, absolutely exhilarating.

Thank you from Australia. You are doing great things to let more people know about great music. Congrats.

Yes, I've been waiting for a new episode of quick guides!

Great video on this iconic masterpiece! A dense and intense run through, as this symphony demands. A quick note: the motif of the opening appears, slightly changed, in all the other movements, also hidden in the second at the end of the "afterthought" of the first theme and in the second theme of the finale, transformed into a bright and positive element. Also, I would mention Kleiber and Gardiner as great recordings in addition to your recommandations, very different but incredible!

I love this! 😍 Forever one of the best symphonies. Thank you for this small analysis!

This is the very first classical piece that I liked. I think I heard it first when I was like 8 or 9, in full. My dad bought me the album. That got me hooked. Every time I listen to this it’s like going back in time. I’m 50 now and I still love it. I always find something new in it. This analysis really reinvigorates this symphony for me. Thank you!

Interesting note: Beethoven finishes the 9th with a wild accelerando like the 5th. It's the real climax of the piece, but the only thing people really remember -- as if it's the most exciting and forceful thing ever -- is the simple figure that precedes it. (The four notes in the 5th, and the 15 notes in the 9th.) Here's the thing -- in each of those cases, the simple figure is something you can jump straight into, from a silent start. The accelerando absolutely has more of an impact, but it is something people have to be emotionally prepared for, it has to be worked up to, you can't just jump straight in. Do you have a video on, "How to build a crescendo"? You could include those accelerandos, and the climax of Mercury (although that kinda comes out of nowhere, you have that deceptively simple motif that gets passed around the orchestra before it launches you into the stratosphere.)

what an excellent series!!!

I've been waiting for this

Fantastic explanation. I love this music. Now I understand it.

Thank you sooooo much for the explanation 😊👍👍

I always loved the Fifth but I didn't know why. Now I know. Kudos for the brilliant video.

Finally! Thank you

I was about to play Beethoven’s 5th on the day the first confirmed coronavirus case was on campus and my university was closed. I was walking from the parking lot with my suit and clarinet in hand when suddenly I noticed a peculiarly large amount of students heading back towards the lot, phones in hand. Then I was told the news. Thank you for your video! Hopefully will get to perform in a month or a year or two. I feel as if I am in a perpetual state of being at the end of the third movement and yearn for the arrival of the fourth.

Carlos Kleiber’s recording for DG is also a must hear, truly astonishing understanding of the music and weight of the instruments especially in the first and fourth movements

I am so touched

I’ve played a couple of the movements of this in my school orchestra

Thank you for the awesome content! I Highly recommend John Elliot Gardiner's version of this piece with original instruments and arguably original tempos, it will send chills down your spine!

Com clareza. Pontual, didático. Gostei muito.

BTW, I would highly recommend the Sports Cast breakdown of the 1st movement by the hilarious Peter Shickele (aka PDQ Bach).

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This was cool video

thank you ☕

thanks for the very clear explanation. may I know please which orchestra playing, very nice recording!

I can’t wait for the pastorale analysis

Can you pleaseeeee do a Discovering Classical Music Podcast for Mahler's 3rd

I love these quick guides! do you take requests? Bach Orchestral Suite 2 perhaps? 😬

THANK YOU

I like it

I always compare this symphony with a war: First movement is when a father has to leave his family to go to the war. Second movement is the sadness that feels the father when he remembers his family Third movement is the Battle field whith the father about to lose his Life And the heroic fourth movement is the victory and returning home with his family

this was Beethoven in hell with his thoughts. he knew he was in/ going into full swing deafness. but that last c major mvt is beyond us. he took the most darkest thing of going deaf as a musician and brought it to the most joyous of thought in this. showing even in the darkness there is light and hope!

I want Bruckner symphonies analysis. Thank you!

Still waiting for your thoughts on Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op 18 And Beethoven 7th Symphony (especially mov. II on how Beethoven who's not a great on melody can turn a simple melody into a masterpiece) Anyway, great video! Love it!

Thoughts on Benjamin Zander's fast pace interpretation?

Well done, thank you very much but what do you think about Wim Winters' opinion about the tempo of the symphony?

How about a video on Mozart's Requiem?

No mention of that gorgeous piccolo solo from the 4th movement?

I have no idea what your saying but I like it

I would also reccomend anyone Carlos Kleiber version of this symphony. It is glorious

Inside the Score, my opinion of the first movement is not "Destiny knocking at the door". (Plz reply and love if you like this) It is more like a doorbell. The notes I heard in the doorbell "Ding Dong" for my opinion is likely G then E- flat. When u say * "Destiny knocking at the door" *, it more like a drum instead of a symphony. You know that I am bad at critics I love your guides. Someone of the parts I heard sounds familiar. The first movement is usually secretly based on Mozart' Sonata for Two Piano in D but in the minor mood. 1:03 The second movement is beautiful and one of the parts chuckle me is this part,4:32. It sounds like La Folia. The third movement is on Mannheim rocket in a hint of the last movement of Mozart's 40th Symphony. Listen to this 4:58 At last but not least, this is not something nor other works. It is the coda of the last movement. This part is humorous for my opinion. I keep saying C G C G C C C C C C C C C!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Haha. Nice guide. I hope you like this comment.

Can you make these for other symphonies? (Not Beethoven? Maybe a Mahler or Shostakovich?)

Gotta say that you missed on the recommendations "Furtwangler" should never be left out.

I know it may be a controversial choice, but nothing matches Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony on RCA Living Stereo. This is the very recording that I listened to as a teenager and inspired my life-long love of Beethoven and classical music. They nailed it!

Can't wait for A Chopin video

5:05 need to mention that Beethoven is quoting the last movement’s opening notes of Mozart symphony no. 40.

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can you also talk about other composers. ravel for example

I have a probably dumb question - The first movement of this symphony is written in C-minor - but it seems to me it is often played in C#-minor. Is there any reason for that half-step shift?

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i really applicate your channel

Franz Liszt transcribed to the piano all of Beethoven’s symphonies. I totally suggest listening to them. Preferably Konstantin Scherbakov’s performances

what does it mean when a subject is "more lyrical"?

I feel like I alaways knew this, only not in words,

Beethoven: * slaps roof of symphony * This bad boy can fit so many motifs in it

"So, which ending do you want to use for this symphony?" Beethoven: *JA.*

Wait.. there is more than just the first 4 notes?

Was the 5th written after he lost his hearing?

For anyone looking for an amazing recording, Please check Teodor Currentzis’ recording with MusicAeterna

Should really show the sheet music examples in transposed form. Otherwise people may get confused why it goes from c to Eb to F within 10 bars ;)

Could you do a video On Ennio Morricone. I’m interested how you would analyse his music or how you would describe him

Merci beaucoup. An Al Gore Rhythm Comment.

Beethoven's 5th was not the first symphony featuring trombone. It's a common misconception.

Great video, horrible recommendations (except Barenboim's recording).

I'm so dumb to understand music, I'm unable to get even the basic stuff right...

Ommmm hahaha ha

This music is so powerful and immersive, particularly this recording by Karajan: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hbxmf9NoyNS8Z6c.html That every single time I listen to it, my nose starts bleeding before the end of the first movement... Seriously, no joke!

Symphony No. 5 > Symphony No. 9