Beethoven Leonore No.3 Overture R.Kubelik Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

--Date:1969
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[@jaapbuis5529]

December 16th 1970, this very recording/film was shown on Dutch Television, during the interval of a football match.A celebration of Beethoven's 200th birthday. It was the peace that triggered my love for classical music. Between Christmas 1970 and New Year's Day 1971 the same performers' film/recording of the 2nd Symphony was broadcast - my first ever classical symphony. Long (half an hour), incomprehensible, but intriguing. Since then completely hooked and never looked back.

[@nadakrivokuca2465]

The best performing Leonore No.3 ever

[@cullivoebhoy]

Many Thanks for posing this truly excellent performance - and although the filming technique is somewhat unconventional, it does not spoil what I honestly believe is the BEST overture EVER written - especially the thrilling finale! Ludwig, you are, sadly missed - but your music will live forever

[@HenJack-vl5cb]

What a master performance! Thank you!

[@seponvi]

excellent video thank u

[@tuyoshinoheya]

映像が見られるなんて。Thank You

[@TheFladaboscan]

I thought this recording started out slow but the energy makes up for it completely. They really played their hearts out at the end of this and the really, really hard parts, like the string bridge to the coda is really tight. Just great writing. The way he syncopates things by having the theme start a half beat ahead and having the background on the beats is genius and is obviously a precursor to Stravinski and Shostakovitch putting their melodic content on the off beats. And such great music. So exciting and meaningful!

[@Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic! I like the cellist at 8:11-8:21.

[@Garpinator]

Why does it seem that musical genius and weird hairdos almost always seem to go together? (Great upload by the way, including the closeups of Kubelik and his do!)

[@PrachandParshuram]

It is a pity how the early video recordings of so many of these wonderful orchestra's here performing at their peak in the world's best concert halls, was marred by poor cinematography where the camera obsessively focuses on the conductor & that to zoom's in on his face at all the climactic moments of the piece. This is where we should see the panoramic view of the Concertgebouw on stage, with the hall fully lit up, to accentuate the feeling of grandeur of this monumental piece of music.

[@solaribass2491]

8:08 off stage trumpet call

[@TheNewFlutist]

9:42 LOL I don't think you can find a more diva-upped ORCHESTRAL solo. Velvet rope, really? This isn't a Mozart Concerto! Beethoven would remark "I didn't write my 3rd Leonore Overture just to feature a doggone flute solo!" But I guess that's what people today have taken from it. HAH!

[@GoldinDr]

Good thing he never asked me, because I woulda told him that No. 2 was good enough.

[@OllieHeartman63]

HAHA! 11:08 A drop of sweat falls from the conductors head!!! :D

[@IrishVader]

Looks like Hugo Niebling's "work" :) Great interpretation from Kubelik though!

[@BigDAdi]

what has happened to the director?

[@lotus92620]

How will i play this in 2 days??? Helpppp.

[@B1Ibrahim]

5:00 ^^

[@guidepost42]

Terrible camera work. I want to see the orchestra sweat, not the conductor.

[@varoujan78]

Totally ridiculous camera shots out of sync with the music and the instruments.