Beethoven Leonore Overture No.3 (2) - Myung-Whun Chung, KBS Symphony Orchestra

[pela4350]

GREAT !!!

[MGibsonian]

Holding back tears of joy!!

[kappelmeister123]

@MGibsonian what tears?

[jtblizard]

Beethoven rarely writes fff in his music so I feel like when he does, it should be obvious that the part marked fff is the loudest dynamic in the piece. I'm referring more to the point in the first video where the fff barely sounded more than f but the fff in this video only sounded ff to me. It didn't stand out as more forte than the fortissimo. Obviously I'm nitpicking and this is still a wonderful performance but I thought I'd point it out.

[alexmfrankel]

Sublime!!!!!!!

[wefuntw]

Plus, the Leonore Overture give us a vision from darkness to light and freedom, it is actually more suitable to deliver the spirit of the whole opera, it's a pity that the length was a major issue concerned by Beethoven (Fidelio overture much shorter).

[wefuntw]

Very good performance,

I can almost feel the joy of freed prisoners!

[alexandrinacotisel]

Divin!Invii din morti cind asculti asa ceva.Iti inunda sufletul de emotie pozitiva.

[YoJoe456]

Favorite part is when the flute comes in with the solo at 1:13. It's just so light and fun to listen to.

[vggcn]

brillante!!!!!!!

[margoils]

I see no one knows this piece well enough to speak to the inaccurate performing rhythm in 5:28 when the strings come in with the ''off beat'' copy of what the woodwinds had just done, the strings played together 'ON BEAT' AND NOT WITH THE OFFSET pattern as it is all thru this piece. wow, we should expect better playing from this orch. on concert nite.

[novisibersk]

Good perf but the concert hall looks like Moscow's freakin poliburo.....ugh

[Schabadaba93]

the people are talkin.... so awful -.-

[Lethaya]

@Schabadaba93

Sry, but you have no idea, what music is about...

Just check out some historybooks about performance practice and audiance of 17th and 18th century...

Its a modern disease thinking the only "right" way of listening to music is in patience and superficial devotion.

Conerts are an sozial event... So talking is absolutely natural if not to say necesserary.

If i where a composer, i would be shocked about an audiance just sitting in silence, without giving any reaction to my art.

[wosclub]

@Lethaya

Sorry, but you must know that Beethoven himself hated people talking during his performances. Once, while he was performing for a prince, he got so irritate by the fact that the prince was talking that he stopped the orchestra and said: "I will not play for such a pig."

[Lethaya]

@wosclub

this was actually new. but , to me, after reading so much about beethoven, this sounds like one of those stary-eyed anecdotes, putting him in a certain light.

And I assume him to be a bit more wiser.... He knew that he was dependent on money, wich he mostly gets from the nobles...

Otherwise, i am aware of the fact, that beethoven was the first (or one of the first) composers who saw himself as an artist and not as an artisan(sry, if this is not the correct word) like Mozart did/was

[VelvetCat1]

Wow! Such an impeccable orchestra. I've got to confess i didn't know about this conductor, now i'm afraid i'm gonna become a huge fan of his. Thanks for uploading all these wonderful recordings of his work

[shindude5]

2:57, my dad is right in the middle. 신인순. He passed away on October 18.

[phil2u]

@shindude5 He seems so young. My distinguished sentiments to you and your family. You must be proud.