Karajan - Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor Part 1

[barthoproduction]

The video was already was on utube.I just recorded it , pitched it from c sharp minor to C minor thanks to "audacity" ,a freeware.(fantastic!by the way!) and reloaded it.

[twooffour]

@barthoproduction

Just asking, did you change the pitch alongside the speed, or without?

The latter sounds shittier, but I can't tell when the difference is so small.

[barthoproduction]

@twooffour

The thing is, that I changed the tune without changing the speed, What is brilliant with this freeware!Otherwise the tempo would have been changed as well and the sound would have been horrible.What is interesting it is that you seem to hear a better sound now, while it is the same! What means that the original video on youtube had been pitched back to front probably because of technical problems , and it sounds better in C minor that in C sharp minor ....the wrong tune!!!

[muybridge54]

How, exactly, did you correct the pitch on the video. What is the source, a VHS tape? It's a shame that the visual-quality is so blurry...

[lorininima]

I' m inlove with this piece! As for what barthoproduvtions said i totally agree! Thank god there is true music!!!

[muybridge54]

Any chance you could upload this again, only this time with better resolution? The sound is great (thanks for re-pitching it) but the visual-quality is a bit blurry.

[TheNYracer]

2 people are not sophisticated enough to understand the beauty of this

[harpsinth]

maravilha da música e farol da humanidade....essa sinfonia é porrêta !

Beethoven my Hero !

[YawnGod]

This is the best fucking rendition of this piece.

And the one who's tempo I have memorized.

[SELFlnsurance]

put 50 humans in a room with wooden and metallic instruments, and this is what happens?

[Hadslo]

yar

[DarkAlverick]

amazing!! thanks!

[Freedom544]

just ... great

[thomaskmonteiro]

This music kills the cancers cell

[fluxu5]

There always has to be one fucking bastard to press the dislike button!

[minhf22]

it's so "Beethoven" !!

so crazy in mind

[desperaclo]

From what I've read, Karajan had his orchestras tune to A=445Hz (as opposed to the standardized 440), so though you may have perceived the recording as being too high, it may have actually been played that way. (the difference from 440 to 445 is less than a semitone, but enough to be noticeable.) Also, concert pitch is higher today than it was when this was written, so Beethoven heard it even lower than this.

[DeathlyDavid]

This is epic. I first heard this theme 2 years ago



[devlin0497]

this is so good that some guy can't handle the greatness and got high and accidentally clicked on the dislike button

[alipitogen]

I pity all you perfect pitchers out there, especially if you are are Bach lovers.How awful it must be trying to adjust from a Karl Richter cantata performance to a Leondardt one with the old pitch setting, and what about all those awful recent recordings on harpsichord and organ where they abandon equal temperament?Come on , admit it -you just adjust and enjoy it like the rest of us. P.S. I hear notes in my head too, but I've given up trying to name them.

[poring920]

活著真好  聽得到真好

[barkleysound]

what year was this recorded?

[samsun216]

To all the ones who claim that this is the ''exact pitch''  beethoven heard when he composed the fifth: don't forget that the tuning was quite a bit lower at his time.

[mrralvintwerp]

1.25 scary hand

[Sage80]

6:00 = the end of me.

[medanzig]

Karajan is my favorite Beethoven conductor, does anyone have other favorite Beethoven groups or conductors?

[gregapage]

Beethoven’s symphonies are not only the greatest musical masterpieces of all time, but the pinnacle of all human artistic achievement. The levels of technical complexity, artistic beauty, intellectual and emotional depth contained in that music are utterly unrivalled. How anyone could choose Justin Bieber dog shit is beyond me.

[appistogramma]

wie schrijft zoiets nog tegenwoordig!!

[wilbury22]

1 crazy

[KodierungHerz]

As much as I enjoy music, I know nothing about the theory, soooo, what's with all the C sharp minor talking?

[barthoproduction]

@KodierungHerz When you compose a music, you hear it in your head in a certain tone, it is as a language:in French, in Italian, in English... Thus, there is 12 tones ( major and minor )or 24 in everything. If Beethoven composed in C minor, it is not in minor C sharp!!! It is the height of the piece of music .That sounds not similar!it's higher!

[Stevenup7004]

@barthoproduction To make it even more complicated, in Beethoven's time, the tuning system was such that it would have sounded somewhere in between C minor and Bb minor :(

[barthoproduction]

@KodierungHerz Every tone has its own identity, as colors: if it is blue, it is not purple! The same thing in Music . you can hear it, without understand the process! And it is a treason for Beethoven to hear a minor C sharp instead of a C minor, what he heard! .Not the true pitch! I hope that this explanation will help you

[barthoproduction]

@KodierungHerz If you record your voice , you would not like it to be pitched up or down!That would not be you any more!!! it's the same!!!

[KodierungHerz]

@barthoproduction Ok, that explains a lot, thank you. But, did Karajan conducted this in C sharp minor? why change it?

[barthoproduction]

@KodierungHerz No, he didn't : the video was wrong pichted because of it's age or what ever when it was downloaded on youtube.I just re-pitched the sound track into the true C minor!

[javiercmh]

@barthoproduction absoulte??

[TheRockdoctor54]

@KodierungHerz allow me to untangle this web of shit... simply put, while Beethoven was actively writing, the key of C minor came to be known as "his key"... meaning, he and his music where exceptionally at home in that key... which is why people have a hissy fit whenever any piece of his that's in C minor isn't EXACTLY that way... as if the bloody piece of music lost it's piss... people play Bach in different keys than written all the time...the work of art hasn't been cheated by doing that

[tndavey5]

In regards to this original recording recorded in c# minor, I don't think they actually played in C# minor. I have heard other recordings off pitch before on several recordings of various pieces from all genres. It is most likely due to the age of the recording.

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic!

[dundo17]

I dislike your dislike, whoever you are

[maulee2008]

what is the date of this performance, may I know?

[MrRichardKranium]

@nakedBison69 AKA Raymond is a self hating jew troll, If you Google his screen name you will see that this is all he does with his life.

You will also find that he has killed three defenseless bunnies.

Happy Troll Hunting.

[Alex4LP]

4:32 what a incredibile passion!!! his direction... is simply, magnificent... no other words to describe it.

[MrRichardKranium]

@nakedBison69 (AKA Raymond) is a troll. If you Google his screen name you will find that this is all this loser does with his life. You will also find that Raymond here killed three helpless bunnies. He is also very upset that he is the only one in his family with no musical talent. Poke him with one of these and see what happens...

Have a great day...

[mrbreebree12]

this is pure genious i wish i could go back in time just to meet beethoven

[Aidtox]

@mrbreebree12 Don´t we all!

[mrbreebree12]

who this is pure genious i wish i could go back in time just to meet beethoven

[MrIhavezelda]

wow...I'm a believer...

[Sveavivaldi]

@Leibelamour Ingen fattar vad du säger förutom andra tyskar/tysktalande ironiskt att jag påpekar det men utöver det så håller jag med dig. Förutom (<igen) att jag inte "älskar" karajan eller Beethoven.

[Matteo7419]

Wow! Finally we can listen Beethoven 5th in C minor. How did you do it?

[barthoproduction]

@Matteo7419 I just piched the wrong tune C sharp minor from this original video to the true one!Thanks to Audacity ,a fantastic freeware

[nescafe030]

bartho, thanky you! that is the perfect version of the 5th. but damn youtube will delete it when it gets too famous because there are the so called property rights. so please: keep this video on your computer, so you can broadcast it again under new name XD

need so much time to find THE PERFECT VERSION, i dont want to loose it again!!

[nescafe030]

do you know if yout want to write about youtube in a youtube comment, they censure it!?

[nescafe030]

do you know if yout want to write about youtu.. in a youtu... comment, they censure it!? they are filtering the words! whats about beeing free...

[davlor86]

wow 32734 views and only 1 comment? lol.

[barthoproduction]

@davlor86 I forgot to publish !!!Done!

[peterkadel]

I am not worthy of commenting on this great genius conductor, conducting a genius composer, played by an absolute genius Berliner Philharmoniker.

How great mankind can be!

[LAZA74]

@peterkadel

For my it is the "Man of the Yearthousand" - the best!

Lives the music as the writes did!!!

[Musicownz1997]

how the hell do people get c sharp minor?!?!?

[artedellamusica1]

Maestro sarebbe troppo riduttivo definirla enormemente immenso......

[hamza55]

Beethoven's Bible !

[hamza55]

the real c minor tune !

[86kinky86]

crap quality

[librefreeforever]

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G

[ATM999]

Thanks God for this music and the musicians that play it.

[LAZA74]

DER Meister! and nobody can follow... HvK lives the music!

[LAZA74]

DER Meister! and nobody can follow...

[hamza55]

A Machiavel with the soul of a child..

[droidean]

8 horns. Wow. Only 2 parts.

[zana16sioyx]

amazing music, amazing Karajan!

[LeadyKate]

Das ist die schönste!

[ateleri]

muy bueno

[MegaApple55]

the composing ive ever seen and heard karajan was a true artsist to have remembered a song that long

[WonderingJaguarPath]

Ahhh, so relaxing when teaching your sis. beginning algebra! :-D

[DNAsxe]

hopefully this one dosent get deleted like the other one :p

[ireneyoung501]

Thank you!! superb!

[NOalRAZZISMO]

When orchestras were made of male players.... only music no bullshit! 

[fsxraptor]

simply excellent

[Olorin444]

The best interpretation of Beethoven's 5th of all time, imo.

This is '66. I think Karajan's '73 performance was equaly great.

[YawnGod]

Hopefully they won't copyrightfuck this one.

[IsaacDelarge]

as someone with perfect pitch, gracias senor!

[SoyJESUCRISTO]

creo que esta un poquitito muy alto el tempo

[Ralledang]

@IsaacDelarge What does it matter? Isn't meaning to be found in between notes?