L. van Beethoven, Fantasia Corale op.80 in Do minore

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
"Fantasia Corale per pianoforte, coro e orchestra" op.80
Evgeny Kissin, pianoforte
Cheryl Studer, soprano
Kristina Clemenz, soprano
Camille Capasso, mezzo-soprano
John Aler, tenor
Hiroshi Oshima, tenor
Friedrich Molsberger, bass
RIAS Chorus
Claudio Abbado, direttore
Berliner Philharmoniker
Composta per pianoforte, coro e orchestra in Do minore nel 1808, pubblicata nel 1811 con una dedica al re Massimiliano I di Baviera, la "Fantasia Corale" è da molti considerata come la "prova generale" per l'ultimo movimento della nona sinfonia, con il famosissimo "Inno alla Gioia" su testo di Schiller: i punti di vicinanza in effetti sono molti, dalla presenza del coro al tema principale, simile a quello dell'"Inno alla Gioia".

[@AB-vd8rt]

This is a spectacular performance. Maestro Abbado & Kissin at their finest. Beethoven must’ve smiled as he listened from Heaven. 🙂

[@matteovasta5952]

Eccezionale chiarezza e fraseggio del discorso musicale. Un’opera che adoro!

[@jonguirl9052]

Remember watching this live, what a wonderful performance!

[@groovy148]

Oh my God Woooow That must have been an amazing experience.

[@LassonDavid]

This is a very special piece for Beethoven lovers--and not only because the choral finale prefigures the 9th symphony. During Beethoven's entire career as a pianist he was renowned for his improvisations, which were, by their very nature, not written down and thus lost to us. But certain of Beethoven's compositions give us a clue to what they might have sounded like: the first movement of the "Moonlight" sonata; the Fantasy opus 77; and the unaccompanied piano introduction of this piece--and Kissin is outstanding here, his timbre and musicality brilliantly suggesting a Beethovenian cragginess along with a convincing improvisatory ethos.

[@Viktorvelat95]

don't forget Beethoven's cadenzas for piano concertos as well as late piano sonatas, those have a lot of improvisatory moments, yet at the same time Beethoven always creates a definite structure and a clear system after introducing any improvisatory theme or motif

[@kuang-licheng402]

best version of this great piece

[@DanielBowen1]

Cheryl Studer's voice is phenomenal here. I'm overwhelmed with emotion.

[@marcoborelli3432]

FANTASTICA ESECUZIONE... QUESTO è BEETHOVEN!

[@colleencupido5125]

Truly beautiful. Brings back memories of when I saw Kissin perform in recital in SF in 1993

[@kc55mo]

That was exciting. Kissin brought real force to the music. Ludwig would have been proud.

[@carlosdepaula9171]

The ending was sublime

[@frankmarshall8548]

Truly this performance is of the best performances of Beethoven's Choral Phantasy by late Maestro Abbado and then 19-year old Kissin.

[@arthurbaumberger936]

You are right - a wonderful performance and a great piece of music. Much better than the 9th Symphony which is played all the time.

[@erika6651]

When I was first discovering classical music back in 1991 I recorded this on VHS from a PBS broadcast. It included the Overture and Incident music to Egmont as well. What a fantastic introduction to both monumental compositions!

[@josemanueljuradoparres4758]

El mejor homenaje al genio de Beethoven en su 250 aniversario, la magnífica interpretación de Abbado-Kissin-Filarmónica de Berlín, el coro y los extraordinarios solistas. La fantasia coral, sin duda, es una obra impresionante antecedente a la colosal 9 Sinfonía. Gloria a la memoria de Ludwig van Beethoven y gratitud a sus geniales intérpretes.

[@normhall1622]

I love this video and often return to it. When I was young and studying piano, I heard this piece of music with Rudolf Serkin and immediately fell in love with it. I look at Beethoven as a philosopher and I love all the great things his music says to me.

[@cesarescolari4199]

Non ci sono parole..!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gianmasini]

quando a dirigere è il Maestro Abbado è normale rimanere senza parole. Coro incredibile e Kissin, qui giovanissimo, si è visto di che stoffa fosse.

[@fideliamex7]

Excelente versión, la mejor, con este joven pianista.....gracias mil por compartirla, el pianista da ciertos matices que no los escucha uno en otras versiones. Felicidades KISSIN !!!!!!

[@cabaac]

te sugiero la versión Alfred Brendel y Bernard Haitink... tiene algunos matices maravillosos en las partes de los coros... ambas son fantásticas!

[@raulvasquez7604]

Cada vez que la escucho o veo, esta obra maravillosa, con esta versión, me llega al alma.Gracias por compartirla

[@ruperttmls7985]

Y ese majestuoso sonido en el acorde final nunca lo he vuelto a oir en ninguna otra versión de la obra. Impresionante

[@hermofilosuareznino8090]

Hace mas de dos años escuchè esta versiòn en la emisora de la Universidad Javeriana de Bogotà y desde entonces la he buscado por internet pero no la habìa encontrado hasta esta noche. He escuchado muchas otras versiones (Baremboim, Bernstein, Argerich, etc) pero indudablemente esta interpretaciòn de Claudio Abbado es inigualable.

[@luismarco3812]

Mi abuelo estudió dirección, intento inculcarme sin éxito la música y lo cierto es que aunque nunca me gustó estudiarla, me llegó a mi una forma muy concreta de escucharla y disfrutarla. Para mí la versión de Baremboim es genial, hasta ahora mi versión favorita era la de Bernstein, pero hoy escuchando la versión de Claudia Abbado, es con esta con la que me quedo. El Piano es ligero como la seda, sus dedos se desplazan muy suaves. Es increíble. La diferencia que veo con las otras versiones es la nitidez de sus notas y parece como si hubiese tiempo entre las notas para escuchar la siguiente. Es la primera vez que escucho y me da esta sensación, el trio coral principal dan las notas exactas y me gusta recalcar lo bien definidas que están las notas en conjunción con cada palabra. El instrumental, marca la diferencia en la definición de la cuerda y la fuerza de los instrumentos en percusión y viento, algo que en anteriores versiones no he escuchado y pese a que encuentre mucho mejor definido el sonido orquestal y lo oiga más fuerte, no hace desentonar el equilibrio entre instrumentos vocal y viento. Gracias por subir este vídeo. Es una delicia musical.

[@josuedelucca7252]

Bello, ¡Bravo! Genial, trascendente, eterno, poderoso, ¡gracias!

[@shawnhampton8503]

I remember well the night this was on PBS. I was blown away with the playing and singing. Just amazing. I have the recording on DG and treasure it. This is the sine qua non of Choral Fanstasies, in my opinion. The rest of the concert was magnificent. The chorus is sublime. And this hall is so fine. Abbado and the BPO and company played their hearts out for these mostly former East Berliners, who needed a beautiful moment as they were going through a hard time recovering from the Communist nightmare.

[@waca77y]

I also vividly remember that PBS airing. It was around New Year's Eve 1990 or '91. It was (and is) both heroic and sublime.

[@erika6651]

I just posted how I recorded it on VCR from that same PBS broadcast! This was a treasure, my introduction not only to the Beethoven pieces performed, but the performers as well!

[@aaronjorgefridman5662]

Emociona hasta las lágrimas. Una obra colosal. Una interpretación grandiosa

[@bthvnyt]

Great music. Ilisten on a weekly basis. It's just too damn good :)

[@thombotomb]

Splendid!

[@bhima1956]

Straordinario

[@lxr0913]

Well-recorded (you can actually hear the piano part in the coda); well-directed; and ofcourse, well-performed, instantly my favorite. Thank you.

[@sr-kt9ml]

Well tuned piano as well

[@theodentherenewed4785]

I really like the piano part in this recording. Sound is very clear and you can easily grasp all the notes. When I see such blurry image, I'm afraid it could affect the recording, but this one is of good quality. Kissin made it sound powerful and the piano leads the orchestra when they play together.

[@fideliamex7]

La más bella interpretación de esta FANTASÍA CORAL orquesta y coros y el magnífico pianista EVGENY KISSIN !!!

[@raulvasquez7604]

Se remece entero uno con esta bellísima obra de arte.

[@ninakons829]

MARVELOUS,GHANK YOU

[@JuanSanchez-tl2my]

Yo cante está obra en los años ochenta que delicia cantarla y escucharla, siento que Beethoven está presente cada recinto del mundo cuando hay una obra de Beethoven el está ahí porque ese fue su propósito pasar sus obras en generación en generación Beethoven está vivo siempre

[@hpportner]

Why is it so seldom, that this masterpiece will be performed life.....wonderful performance....this is definitely one of the best performances beside Daniel Barenboim's fantasia 2 years or so ago.....

[@jagareco]

Abbado at 02:48 and 03:07, enjoying the subtheme of the initial improvisation. one of the greatest conductors

[@volodymyrkarpyak4158]

Bravo!

[@Johathanlevin]

Gustave Mahler on the timpani!!

[@alurrix3676]

Me encanta como Abbado acompaña con movimientos de cabeza a Kissin 03:30 mientras interpreta.👏👏

[@walterwood7083]

Beethoven would have liked the Steinway. Wonderful masterpiece. Masterful performance.

[@capuano3d]

Suberb footage as well

[@radueugstan]

This should be on disk. Probably one the best performances.

[@andresfcastanoescritor]

I have the recording. Give me your e-mail or Dropbox and I will share it with you.

[@alex.6028]

Hola, por favor, puede compartir este concierto?, gracias. [e-mail]

[@andresfcastanoescritor]

open.spotify.com/album/28cYPPCQkIg8bFPyqhnRS3

[@CziffraTheThird]

I believe it is the best, actually.

[@sarahdoyle1917]

Abbado conducting with Maurizio Pollini is also wonderful, but this certainly is up to that level, and in such a young musician. Wow.

[@juansanchezrovira7816]

Comparable a la Novena, y precursora de ella. Genial!!!

[@61HORAS]

Múltiples orgasmos musicales en esta fantástica obra, wwoooooww.

[@nicolasantoro4049]

Abbado leggendario

[@highpeaksphil]

One word … brilliant

[@ulfpape]

Genial !!!

[@franciscolopezpadilla7610]

DIGNO..CONCIERTO.. PARA...UN..REY..por el GENIO DE GENIOS..!!

[@carlosdiaz50]

que puede uno decir. Nada. que agregar al placer de escuchar y ver esta monumental obra?

[@cabaac]

soberbia interpretación!... te sugiero buscar el cd completo, pues trae una versión del Egmont (toda la obra) que es también maravillosa!

[@GuentherKMJoa]

Musik trifft Vorstellung; genial!

[@lluisagimenollampallas700]

Magnifica lnterpresentaciø de del Mestre Abbado i del pianista Evgeni Kissin amb 20 anys

[@doGreatartistsgrowontrees]

You should list the other important participants that contributed to the splendid success of this performance: Cheryl Studer, soprano Kristina Clemenz, soprano Camille Capasso, mezzo-soprano John Aler, tenor Hiroshi Oshima, tenor Friedrich Molsberger, bass And last but not least, the RIAS Chorus

[@eliacavedon]

Thank you very much! I'll do it! ;)

[@mikepen3477]

Conductor, pianist, orchestra, chorus, soloists... all in the top rank.. combined they made this a superlative performance ...

[@erosdemedeirosmarques3009]

Depois da Nona Sinfonia, a Fantasia Coral é, para mim, a obra que dá prazer em ouvir, repetidas vezes...

[@inessetuain4408]

bello

[@MrOlogramma]

La perfezione esiste ed è qui

[@ArchyL303]

❤️

[@nicosuarez6962]

3:13 That's why i love C Minor...

[@horaciosalazar7965]

comentar una maravilla .....que injusto para la maravilla..!!

[@lluisagimenollampallas700]

Kissin estáta potentoso el coro portentoso i el maestro abado maravilloso😅❤❤❤😮😮😮

[@matteovasta5952]

È un’opera di Beethoven “ immediata” nel senso che porta abbastanza velocemente alla conclusione del pensiero musicale!! Quindi una concentrazione non eccessivamente prolungata. È la di può gustare anche in ritagli di tempo.

[@bflatinsteadofb1176]

Where did you get hold of this visual recording? I have this CD and would really like to see the rest of the program.

[@pialuigiagiorgio2985]

🎉

[@billhahn4113]

That's a young Kissin. He's now 46. Performance date ?

[@ScrucyFam]

New Year's Eve concert 1991 :)

[@kalmia01]

The pianist is great though a bit rushing in some parts for me, the orchestra really good in t soloist parts of some sections; but not as fluid, coesa and powerful as it should be from min 13 on...the final is perfect alltogether, voices and choir fantastic

[@jyhshyonglin9793]

👍

[@andrewblackmore9705]

Fucking EPIC!

[@阿淵-g3j]

最後人聲加入後，鋼琴的琴聲似乎被淹沒了，可能是錄音距離的影響，鋼琴琴聲不夠清澈，可惜了！

[@armandoeduardoclavelzamora7239]

Dios Existe

[@janeparks4509]

Seiji Ozawa Argarich are better-real Beethoven feeling. Sorry,, young man! Keep going!

[@brianswanson9881]

Very camera work, cutting heads of the players of the Symphony. Clarity was poor.. Put this one in the "Old" vault.

[@DanieleLeone-th7mo]

Meno male che non è finita in arancia meccanica come la nona sinfonia

[@tortinwall]

What IS she wearing?

[@ivopicco5922]

Tortinwall giornata uggiosa ma meraviglioso risveglio ascoltandoBeethoven

[@kkkangjoo.NM.cembalo]

15:28

[@GuitarD30]

a disney ad in the middle of this?!?!?! you're fucking joking right?

[@ulfpape]

Breaking this ingenious Music with advertising is perverse - pure cultural fascism, pure contempt of human beings - an insult to Beethoven and all creative people.

[@94Ryuma]

Use Adblock then.

[@alvinchen6262]

Phenomenal! What year was this recorded in?

[@arthurbaumberger936]

February 2, 1992 and I was in Berlin at that time but had no idea what I missed !

[@arthurbaumberger936]

Sorry that was the release date. The performancde took place on December 31, 1991 as a New Year's concert.

[@samgeegee8336]

sorry, but I thought this was rather a disappointing perfoemance

[@FredHMusic-gr7nu]

+Sam Gee Gee How so?

[@arthurbaumberger936]

no comment to that. It would be a waste of time.

[@d.mavridopoulos66]

Which renditions would you recommend ?