Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 (with Score)

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 (with Score)
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
The Coriolan Overture (Ouvertüre zu Coriolan), Op. 62, is a composition written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1807 for Heinrich Joseph von Collin's 1804 tragedy Coriolan.
The structure and themes of the overture follow the play very generally. The main C minor theme represents Coriolanus' resolve and war-like tendencies, while the more tender E-flat major theme represents the pleadings of his mother to desist. Coriolanus eventually gives in to tenderness, but since he cannot turn back having led an army of his former enemies to Rome's gates, he kills himself.

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If you're wondering why 1:30 feels super familiar its because you played Super Smash Bros Brawl as a kid

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Its good see someone more who think the same think

[@anduxmapping]

Thanks

[@ninjacoughdrop]

God I love this overture. Also appreciate the level of bass in this recording.

[@karlio2020]

One of the first pieces I played bassoon on in orchestra, you can really hear them coming through in this recording. Nicely done

[@NovicebutPassionate]

Beethoven's C minor mood! "Shortly before resuming and completing the Fifth Symphony in 1807-8, Beethoven had unleashed comparable power in his overture for Collin's drama Coriolanus (1807). Here the opening two-note gesture is an aggressive fraternal twin to the Fifth and the entire work holds affinities with the first movement of the symphony. Beyond the aesthetic associations we can also see that when writing for strings in C minor (and also in C major, of course) Beethoven could exploit the resonant sonorities of the open C strings of the violas and the cellos, typically near the beginning of a movement and unquestionably at the end." Lewis Lockwood, Beethoven's Symphonies, An Artistic Vision, Norton, 2015, P. 98.

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I see that as well.

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[@joshuagearing937]

I played this piece last year when on tour (to the Rhineland) with a school orchestra! One of the venues we played this overture in was this very large church/cathedral kind of setting, and when we played the staccato forte chords, the orchestra would resonate for 3 seconds before the sound actually began to die. We had to adjust to this in rehearsal, and our conductor had that look of 'gosh darn it...' Fantastic piece and recording though! Very helpful to have the score as well.

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What is a "school orchestra"?

[@EduardG1976]

The Best version of this magnificent piece of eternal music in all of KZbin. Thank you... 😊

[@MS-eb8cf]

That intro, fucking hell. Beethoven was the master of explosive intros. Incredible.

[@MrWoodCy]

Well ahead of its time too…. Heard it on the radio yesterday after not hearing it for over 35 years. Woke up and the first thing I did was type Beethoven Overture …

[@coasterdragon155]

unbelievable piece. played it with my youth orchestra last year in verizon hall, great sound

[@michaeldunlap2693]

One of the most badass overtures ever composed: terse and economical in expression.

[@prototypemaster1]

6:20 I love the build-up to the end

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2:39 Love this part

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The greatest musician that has ever lived.

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Cap

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[@sospiroso]

Wonderful.....Such amazing development and orchestration. This is what's lacking in some of todays composers, they get an interesting theme but don't go anywhere with it. Beethoven was the master of development. A tour de force of brilliance.

[@caterscarrots3407]

Yes indeed. Even the tiniest little scrap of an idea turns into a grand developmental work in Beethoven's hands as evidenced by the Fifth Symphony that I've heard some people call this overture a fraternal twin of.

[@sospiroso]

@@caterscarrots3407 I can see why.👍

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Complex and sophisticated beauty with a tempered darkness. Also Balanced but somewhat extreme.

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Greatest musician ever

[@niccolobuscemi]

Immensa potenza! Incredibile che musica del genere sia stata scritta nell'Ottocento. il titanico Beethoven era veramente su un altro livello di comprensione delle cose. La musica di oggi non vale una sua nota!

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Non è paragonabile nemmeno a parole.....

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Peccato che quest'opera non è conosciuta da tutti come per esempio lo è la 5 o la 9, peccato perché secondo me è uno dei più bei lavori che Beethoven abbia mai composto.

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Sante parole.

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What

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vero!

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Beatiful

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love it

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Fantastico

[@chrismcdonald9120]

This piece has that signature beethoven sound that i think brahms tried to replicate in some way, or unintentionally pulled from anyway

[@marcsmith7789]

Way ahead of its time. If you took a 20-30 second snippet of it from anywhere you wouldn't feel bad about guessing it was Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, or maybe even Dvorak. It would be right at home had it been written in 1850 or 1860.

[@budpop]

Reminds me a lot of Dvorak "From the new world"

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I wouldn't say that late. For me the orchestration gives it away. And to say it sounded 1850s or later would imply that it sounds later than the schumann fantasy, chopin scherzo 4 etc. ? Although the schumann was pretty ahead to be fair. I would say late 1820s

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Maybe if there were trombones/ 4 french horns imo

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이것이야 말로 진정한 '파괴의 교향곡'.... 매번 들을 때마다 전율에 휩싸인다.

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underrated

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true gym music

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*The revolution is speaking to you*

[@cyclophonica]

At what point , exactly, would you tell that the hero Coriolan took his life , in this piece ?

[@eddie3051]

I'd say at around 6:56

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​@@eddie3051It's like he has stabbed himself and is gasping for air for the last a few times.

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0:40 0:46 0:51 0:58

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Pov: it's your first time hearing this piece and stop everything your doing cause you thought you heard smashbros brawls theme

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2:39 for fans of World of Tomorrow Episode 2.

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Hello, This is you 2 years later

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Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture🤘

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❣️

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Thanks to shazam, love this music!! Never would have known what the music was

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Anyone recommend similar pieces like this one from Beethoven, Mozart, or any musician?🙌🤷‍♂️

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6TH Symphony "Storm movement"

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The Egmont overture is pretty badass

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Fifth Symphony First Movement, also intense and in C minor

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2:38 3:02

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Sounds similar to 5th symphony 1st movement

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6:56~7:13

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His most Brucknerian score?

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2:15 🥰

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2:47

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2:40 cello excerpt

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0:04

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2:39

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1:25

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amateurish conducting, sorry

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0:40

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2:42