Carlos Kleiber Beethoven Symphony No.4, Concertgebouw Amsterdam

Legendary recording of this symphony (1983) with Carlos Kleiber and the Concertgebouw Orkest Amsterdam. Audio and Video have been synchronized, because previous uploads were 200ms off.

[@mikejulz87]

I've listened to most 4th symphony versions, this one is the best.. plus watching Carlos conducting is a thing of beauty...

[@tommeggle9966]

indeed the most outstanding conductor of all times... his human and empathetic connection with the orchestra is unequalled

[@richardbrown1189]

Carlos Kleiber was a phenomenon. He is so beautiful to watch. Like no other conductor, with his expressions and gestures he literally becomes the music. I have his legendary DG recording of Beethoven's 5th and 7th. They are both as if you are hearing the works for the first time.

[@carmengomezbaamonde6389]

Envíamelas pir favor.....

[@davidlingard7372]

I too have his DG recordings of 5 and 7, they've never been bettered in my opinion.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Time to quit listening to critics that say Beethoven was better at writing symphonies with odd numbers. I listened many times to 3,5,7 and of course the Ninth, but 6,8 and now the Fourth are beautiful. What a fantastic performance in a great setting.

[@JorgeRzezak]

Rerhaps Carlos contagious friendliness is because his youth was in Buenos Aires. The best interpretation of the 4th of Beethoven

[@mikebirm49]

Kleiber's Beethoven was perfect.

[@scottrosenthal3437]

Carlos Kleiber is a joy to watch. A consummate artist who brings out the best of the orchestra and the music. Greatest left hand in the business. Amazing!!!

[@user-oo5kl3vw7n]

아그렇군요 그래서 왼손지휘가 부드럽고 더 아름답게 보인거군요 왼손이 아름다운 선율같았어오

[@sansovino4124]

It's nice to a conductor smile and enjoy himself.

[@farmingwithwalt]

The greatest Conductor of all time by a long way.

[@AB-vd8rt]

There’s no “greatest conductor of all time”, period. There have been, and there will be, precious Great Conductors. Kleiber was definitely one of them but he wasn’t “better” than Fürtwangler, Mahler, Mitropoulos, Walter, etc etc

[@farmingwithwalt]

@@AB-vd8rt You are wrong

[@lublondon]

@@farmingwithwaltit’s not athletic- we can not measure the greatness.. We can just feel it … and Carlos Kleiber was doubtless one of the greatest…

[@mikejulz87]

Karajan?

[@lublondon]

@@mikejulz87 Yes, Of course

[@paulsehstedt6275]

CK was very special. He enjoyed gardening more than conducting, and performed less than 100 concerts during his whole career. His father Erich Kleiber was a genius too.

[@MrTann2010]

Yes but he conducted almost triple the amount of opera performances

[@ItalanFindart]

IMMENSE!!!!! The Absolutely Greatest Of All Time

[@silversmith1285]

La gestualità dentro la musica ed elegante di Klaiber.Niente di superfluo,niente di macchinoso,tutto viene filtrato da una musicalità viva esaltante,contagiosa,rigorosa ,ma gioiosa,.un gesto cosi' espressivo e poeticamente elegante, che disegna la musica non ha eguali.!!! ALTRO CHE CERTI "DIRETTORI" DI OGGI,CHE STAREBBERO BENE ALLO ZOO...!! E LE "DIRETTRICI".....?

[@bernardgartenlaub4715]

Kleiber may be the best I’ve ever seen. His Beethoven 5&7 recording is the GOAT

[@pianistegolfeur]

Le grand art de la conduite d'orchestre de Carlos Kleiber !

[@elizabethdarley8646]

Thank you! Yes. Carlos Kleiber.

[@metteholm4833]

I wish, Carlos was still here. He left us in July 2004. Carlos Luis Bonifacio Kleiber (3 July 1930 - 13 July 2004) Not a too long life in our time.

[@christophehorton1070]

Consummate genius to get them to play exactly what he shows them! Such exuberant playing and musicianship!

[@charlesbarber8166]

Thank you for posting a time-corrected version of this. Only w/ perfect synchronicity can we see the perfect incision of his pulse, and how CK would move 'ahead of the beat' from time to time. It allowed room for rubato of every sort, and music-making of a sort hardly ever seen anywhere. This was the first concert I ever saw him conduct. It changed forever my notion of what great conductors could do. I suspect it was the same for thousands of others.

[@khalilmutallibov]

Honestly, this is one of the most impressive and impeccable orchestral performances I've ever seen. Music just lives with Kleiber. And of course the Concertgebouw is absolutely fantastic.

[@srothbardt]

Agree!!!

[@markokassenaar4387]

One of the orchestra members once told me this anecdote: "We never played Beethoven with double woodwinds in those days, that was already deemed old-fashioned. But when Kleiber came to conduct us, everybody wanted to be there. So we just doubled again. When Mariss Jansons, our chief conductor in a later period, saw our Beethoven-Kleiber video, he asked: "but why the double winds?" And we answered: "Because...Kleiber!" And he understood" If you watch Beethoven's 7th, from later that night, you'll notice that the woodwind principals have switched. They 'divided the loot', so to speak ("You do the 4th, I do the 7th") kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKildoSPdtyenM0

[@MrTann2010]

Great anecdote, Thank you! I know that Jansons held Kleiber in very high esteem. Jansons said he wrote to CK, and explained that his father played under Erich Kleiber's baton. They they met in 2003 after a rehearsal when he was chief conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony, and spoke for several hours about many topics. Jansons was reportedly very happy and in awe about the encounter

[@rtisom]

What a privilege that we have this beautiful document.

[@metteholm4833]

I absolutely LOVE to watch Carlos Kleiber conducting!❤🎀 It is a delight!

[@Maryleticia]

I've been watching this record for the last 13y, and i'm still in love with!

[@tommeggle9966]

Just one word..... HAPPINESS

[@musiquemusique4456]

Magnifique, quelle leçon de musique !

[@carmengomezbaamonde6389]

Yo, VIVO la música con este IMPRESIONANTE MAESTRO, PARA MI....EL MEJOR. LASTIMA NO HABERLO VISTO EN PERSONA. MARAVILLOSO. FAN INCONDICIONAL

[@DavidEdwards-tl9fn]

Wonderful conductor and brilliant musician a natural talent

[@MrTann2010]

The execution of 10:01-10:08 is super extraordinary.

[@dinulipati]

@MrTann2010: Not intended as a correction, just an extension of the time lapse - 1.01 to 34.34. Conductor AND Orchestra, A gem. .&

[@hyun-minlee5361]

I. Adagio - Allegro vivace 1:00 II. Adagio 12:50 III. Scherzo-trio: Allegro vivace 22:38 IV. Allegro ma non troppo 28:11

[@jeromus9996]

Thanks a lot!

[@carmengomezbaamonde6389]

Vivía la musica y nos la hacia Vivir a los demas. Puro sentimiento

[@Mahlerweber]

In my youth, this and the 7th were my favorite Beethoven Symphonies. Excellent performance! Cute parody of Haydn.

[@nicolasantoro4049]

Legendary

[@vincenzomaltempo9704]

Thank you for the synchronised upload. Finally ❤

[@lyudmelaarfa132]

Очень личная Симфония 4. Не указан год написания, но явно вне политики. Радостные надежды Людвига. ❤

[@joellepodwysocki9558]

Sublime, merci. ❤️

[@metteholm4833]

His body-language depicts the music! Like he is dancing the music inside!

[@charlottewhyte9804]

what a conductor amazing and Amstadam orch terrific

[@hovsepdikran8811]

Great artist

[@hovsepdikran8811]

He conducted not many works, but was the greatest

[@joachimsaxer4812]

pity he only accepted offers when his fridge was empty. His repertoire was tiny, but, holy mother of Christ, what a Beethoven, what a Rosenkavalier!

[@willyhwang1059]

how i enjoy watching him conduct

[@brsbku]

SPEECHLESS, SPECTACULAR!

[@sylviaelenamunoz2572]

Kleiber es un Director magnífico!! La Obra maravillosa!! Genial interpretación!! Qué hermosura!!! Muchas gracias 😂!!!!

[@hiepmong4778]

Nhạc trưởng giỏi và tuyệt vời.❤. Cảm ơn

[@jepcorp]

Kleiber is unmatched in precision. Watch in real-time--watch his left hand: 12:10 to. 12:24

[@augustocianfoni6954]

Molti furono grandi Direttori ma la poesia che emana dal gesto e dal gusto di Kleiber non ha nulla di umano...

[@renegalvan6417]

Tremendous

[@edisonsantosgomes7597]

Simplesmente o fenômeno da regência.

[@georgesmelki1]

"During the screening of the last act, Kleiber and Zeffirelli heard a hopelessly sobbing Bernstein overcome by beauty and fear. He burst out to Kleiber: “You are a god. You are a god!” Kleiber was deeply embarrassed and asked him to calm down." (From "Corresponding with Carlos" by Charles Barber). Any further proof that C. Kleiber was the greatest conductor of them all?

[@rinosquarzoni9438]

E stato senza dubbio il più grande direttore del secolo....Peccato che dirigeva poco. ( Solo quando il frigo era vuoto) battuta di Baremboin....

[@user-vc2od1wg9o]

Здорово...ничего лишнего...все на месте...как минимум.....но какова легкость элегантности....

[@IgpetrOrgSDG]

Genial.

[@briangallagher7776]

Voted by his peer conductors as the best 20th century conductor. Bernstein came in at No2.

[@annazini1562]

❤

[@MariaCristinaBittar]

01:00 __ I. Adagio - Allegro vivace 12:50 __ II. Adagio 22:37 __ III. Menuetto Allegro vivace -Trio - Un poco meno allegro 28:10 __ IV. Allegro ma non troppo

[@bernardgartenlaub4715]

Kleiber is a freak - one of the GOATS

[@junacebedo888]

Left hand of a ballerina

[@WritingontheWallIL]

this is just insane - the string section is like a gang with machetes

[@andrewashdown3541]

No wonder he did so few performances ...

[@M_SC]

Why

[@andrewashdown3541]

@@M_SC Delilah

[@MasaNaka-sd5kz]

Great! What is this concert hall’s name?

[@OE1FEU]

It's called the "Concertgebouw", which is Dutch for "Concert Hall".

[@MasaNaka-sd5kz]

@@OE1FEU Thanks! I guess so. But I was surprised it’s very long stair .

[@chrisgianno9034]

17:12-17:26 it's interesting how the first and second violins are zigzaggingly executing down bows and up bows!

[@MrTann2010]

Yes, Kleiber insisted on split bowing with the orchestras he worked with, the idea being to get a more seamless legato.

[@user-ym1fl5uv7c]

his owner no.4 be.

[@user-xt9su1jr1u]

ESSA SINFONIA No. 4 DE BEETHOVEN, FICA MAIS INEXPRESSIVA AINDA, QUANDO É INTERPRETADA POR UM MAESTRO PEDANTE, GROSSEIRO E DE PÉSSIOMO RELACIONAMENTO COM OS MÚSICOS DA ORQUESTRA EM QUE ELE ESTÁ REGENDO. CARLOS KLEIBER, SUBTRAI MUITO MAIS, O VALOR DA OBRA QUE INFELIZMENTE ELE REGE. ELE NÃO TINHA EMPATIA COM AS OBRAS QUE ELE REGIA. OS MÚSICOS QUE ESTIVESSEM SOB SUA REGÊNCIA NUNCA ESTAVAM À VONTADE, PORQUE ELE TOLHIA A INDIVIDUALIDADE DE CADA UM COM SEU JEITO TIRÂNICO E MAU HUMORADO.

[@carmengomezbaamonde6389]

No estoy de acuerdo. No va a gustar a todo el mundo. Pero para mí y muchos, era simplemente EL MEJOR EN TODO

[@karltrimmel8004]

klassische Musik muss nicht langweilig sein, oder ?

[@csabagrunfelder]

Auf keinen Fall!!!

[@umbertocolangelo4283]

Devo dire, sinceramente, che mi piace più l'interpretazione con l'orchestra dibStato Bavarese. È più intima più intensa, meno pletorica dal punto di vista orchestrale, con i fortissimi più adatti allo spirito di questa sinfonia.

[@TassiloDavid]

The members of the orchestra don't even look at him: why should they? He doesn't do anything. He just performs this little ballet on the podium occasionally waving his arms. What his few gestures communicate to the players is anyone's guess. This guy was so over rated.

[@mochkis2]

It’s all done in rehearsal. They play very energetically and with intensity for him. His movements are reminders not directions.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

Why is Carlos loosing his time to conduct these frozen protestants ? For God's sake, stay in München or in Wien !!! (same thing with Bernstein trying to play Mahler in Wien, with an antisemitic and hostile orchestra)

[@MrTann2010]

Well, he never conducted the Concertgebouw again after this. Kleiber considered the orchestra “stolid and uninterested.” He didn’t like the resistance he got from several of the members even though most liked him.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

Thank you for your comment. Poor Kleiber, he is suffering all the time ..............@@MrTann2010