What makes this symphony so captivating is the driving half tone motifs found throughout, especially in the basses and celli, especially in the last movement coda...oscillating back and forth from E to low Eb...only Beethoven could write such stuff!
@loveclassicalmusicalot Жыл бұрын
This Symphony deserves a lot of love. We all know the second movement. The moment in the fourth movement using the triple forte dynamic is so beautiful.
@orientaldagger6920 Жыл бұрын
Yeah it is ashamed it doesn't sound much like a fff in this recording, no real differentiation from the ff in the first mvt.
@orientaldagger6920 Жыл бұрын
Also not much difference btw the ff and sf in the first mvt.
@erika66517 ай бұрын
It gets tons of love lol I've heard it's actually Beethoven's second most performed symphony.
@19divide537 ай бұрын
@@orientaldagger6920 Dynamics are not absolute. It is entirely reasonable to play a fortissimo passage in a long movement at the same decibel level as a forte passage in the same movement, because the context might be different. And in the case of pieces involving many different instruments, a passage with all the instruments playing would easily have a bigger sound than one with only a few instruments, and in those two cases, even if both passages might be marked forte, it doesn't necessarily mean they have the same decibel level, similarly even if one is marked forte while th eother is marked fortissimo, it still doesn't necessitate a difference in decibel levels. Also, sforzando in the classical period and even later on was commonly used to indicate a significantly pronounced accent. In many of Beethoven's work, especially his scherzos, one might find multiple sforzando marks in a row. Sforzando is for emphasis, and does not corrospond to the relative dynamic level as forte or piano: while one might say that forte is generally louder than piano, sforzando rejects even that sort of rough generalization. TL;DR: Dynamics are not absolute and doesn't reflect decibel levels. Context matters.
@orientaldagger69207 ай бұрын
@@19divide53 My point was the only spot where Beethoven marks a fff should sound different than anywhere else. Here it never happens. For that give Previn/LSO a try.
@antoniocarlosantunesantune32172 жыл бұрын
Great version! Excellent sound and interpretation!
@vetler2906 Жыл бұрын
At 33:53 did Shostokovich qoute this passage for the opening of his 5th symphony. It sounds really simillar
@JJC3332 жыл бұрын
I think this piece sounds like Mozart would live longer about 55-56 years old to compose a symphony.
@sirpotatoe001711 ай бұрын
I think it sounds very similar like Dvorak's symphonies. I think Dvorak inspired by it.
@thejils16695 ай бұрын
This is pure Beethoven and Beethoven alone...the creative genius that he was!
@SjbjSamueledYTchannel20218 ай бұрын
I love the 4th movement most
@vittoriomarano82306 ай бұрын
1st and 4th are incandescent of course 🔥🔥🔥
@karlschulze63565 ай бұрын
and 2nd and 3rd@@vittoriomarano8230
@musicbetweenlines2 жыл бұрын
Great version of a classic in the vast ocean of western classical music!
@Dylonely422 жыл бұрын
Legendary one.
@loveclassicalmusicalot2 жыл бұрын
Yes. It's very interesting, especially the second movement. I actually like all four movements.
@Dylonely422 жыл бұрын
@@loveclassicalmusicalot The second is indeed interesting, that’s why it is so famous. But the whole piece symphony worth to be listened, especially the joyful first movement. Btw you have the same name than me :O
Interesting that at 21:34 even though both violins are marked arco they still play pizzicato. Maybe they used a different edition of the score?
@Quotenwagnerianer Жыл бұрын
There seemed to be deviating sources for theses final bars. I remember when Jonathan del Mar published his critical edition for Bärenreiter, this bar was marked pizzicato at first. But he changed it back to arco for the 2nd edition no 10 years later. I have not read the critical commentary so I can't say what is correct. But when someone who publishes an Urtext Edition goes back and forth on such an issue, it could not have been as clear.
@qprx3 ай бұрын
6:37 20:05 18:57 21:45
@artypianowithlove4 ай бұрын
33:59 Shostakovich
@notjousey5397 Жыл бұрын
4:22 - Timpani 1 37:43 - Timpani 2
@mrgrinch8540 Жыл бұрын
I understand most great composers are the humble ones who live their lives with extreme determination. But what drove Beethoven to reach this point? He used to be a pianist in his early years. But I think its when he lost his hearing was when he became more humble. He went from a grand pianist to a contained composer. Its interesting how one could never leave music.
@jodikirsh Жыл бұрын
Have you heard the Große Fuge?
@Quotenwagnerianer Жыл бұрын
Beethoven was everything but humble.
@WaffleBlako Жыл бұрын
contained?! what!????!!!?????
@codonauta9 ай бұрын
Beethoven wasn't humble at all! He kicked mediocre people from his way.
@johnvalentine4720 Жыл бұрын
Upon hearing this symphony, Weber suggested Beethoven should probably be committed-Lol. It certainly embodies a demonic energy and drive wonderfully captured in this performance.
@namedday54732 жыл бұрын
11:15 is deep
@efrainvillaricci2299 Жыл бұрын
21:30 aren't the strings supposed to olay that last bit with arco ?!?? 😮 Don't revel against Beethoven. He is the rebel of rebels.
@GoldinDr6 ай бұрын
I've seen scores where it's pizzicato.
@user-ox6ox5xt1b11 ай бұрын
1 3:38 2 17:33 3 26:00
@porkyminch51315 ай бұрын
Finale is way too slow :(
@ethansvideos1690Ай бұрын
16:11
@SSS-gg3rz Жыл бұрын
3:53 6:37
@user-yo8rq7gp2q Жыл бұрын
6:36
@user-yo8rq7gp2q Жыл бұрын
13:10
@user-yo8rq7gp2q Жыл бұрын
30:27
@vittoriomarano82306 ай бұрын
😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
@ErnestUngureanu Жыл бұрын
Pourquoi avec partition ?
@pratfelix222610 ай бұрын
Hein ?
@wobblyorbee279 Жыл бұрын
17:58
@ASclassical2 жыл бұрын
Karajan or Kleiber?
@ceciliacastillo25682 жыл бұрын
Carlos Kleiber
@vittoriomarano8230 Жыл бұрын
@@ceciliacastillo2568 agree.
@orientaldagger6920 Жыл бұрын
Szell, Previn.(LSO)
@antoniocarlosantunesantune32172 жыл бұрын
Great version! Excellent sound and interpretation!
@ethannguyen92574 ай бұрын
16:12
@GUILLOM2 жыл бұрын
Great version! Excellent sound and interpretation!
@orientaldagger6920 Жыл бұрын
Have you ever heard a bad version of this?
@GUILLOM Жыл бұрын
@@orientaldagger6920 what?
@orientaldagger6920 Жыл бұрын
@@GUILLOM I meant yes this is a good version but I haven't really heard a bad recording of this. It seems to bring out the best in an orchestra. Those high notes from the horns, the nice use of the flute, etc all very colorful.
@GUILLOM Жыл бұрын
@@orientaldagger6920 yeah I haven't heard a version that I don't like either