Essential Mozart : Don Giovanni - Overture

[blaze1549]

Mozart is unreapeatble genius



[nikicover]

Mozart was coming from another planet, this is for sure.... ;-)

[blaze1549]

Don Giovanni mi piacere molto perque Mozart hai vero.

[deemax90]

@blaze1549 Did you just learn Italian?

[TWLBOAJ]

Mozart: What the Baroque Period wishes it could be.

[lordnecro82]

fucking nazi

[deemax90]

@lordnecro82 Are you retarded by any chance?

[Wiligoth]

@lordnecro82 fucking faggot!

[Eragongirl2]

@ESSENCEOFEACHTHING

You tell me then why is he remembered unlike so many other musicians of his time?

[kakafonix1]

@Eragongirl2 Because his music was revolutionary (avant-garde i would say), just like Bach who was not so popular either in his time, but there are fewer people who remember his way more popular adversary, Telemann.

[Nuk1eus]

Composed one day before premiére, performed "prima vista" - without any rehearsal in theatre during the first night. :)

[crawnjc82]

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! He was ahead of his time. People don't seem to understand that simply because they refuse to. It may be too many notes, but that is beside the point to be honest. There is not one composer might I add today that the whole world knows, he has been dead for over two centuries and everybody continues to know his music and speak the man's name. Genius!

[kakafonix1]

@crawnjc82 but, his music makes him one of the most difficult composers to play, and I know what I'm saying, I'm playing this piece of music right now in our orchestra.

[crawnjc82]

@kakafonix1

maybe his music is complex. It still is very good music, and I assume you do know what you are talking about but if playing his music is deemed difficult, that surely does not take away from the mans gift as a composer of music. The man kept music in his head and most of his music is hard to read since he constantly wrote his music and notes on the fly. We have not seen any composer since the golden ages of orchestra around the late 18th century like Mozart. Keep up the good work.

[twjohnson91]

doing this opera this year at my university!

[JEatsbabies]

Today is the 224th anniversary of this opera. How incredible is that? LONG LIVE MOZART !

[manco82]

Amadeus was a brilliant film.

[gogava1]

genii planeti!! kakaia stroinost i proniknovennost !

[EliLea5536]

cool!



[Gouriven100]

superb clarity and perfection at its core. mozart definitely edges over others.

[ESSENCEOFEACHTHING]

@Gouriven100

Why is Mozart so highly regarded as a musician? And what is about his style of playing that sets him apart from musicians before and after?

[mrbrianmccarthy]

3 people dont understand music,art or anything thats worth living for.

[EatBoxSocks]

This is probably my favourite opera, I can't seem to get into Wagner's epics.

Thank you Wolfgang, oh sublime one.

[Alphapredator1]

Mozart is truly an enlightened one.

[frankypt]

Sublime musique. Merci. Francois

[TheVodKanockers]

1:28-1:44 So Philip Glass.

[TheVodKanockers]

Michael Nyman remixed this.

[comfibold]

Sublime majesty!

[LaPersonaNonGrata]

Thumbs down to the one who gave a thumbs down to this masterpiece. This is TRUE music and not the garbage you hear of nowadays.

[mmiiiwii]

where are those notes ?

[terrybeaton]

It's amazing how many great Artist, Poets, Writers and Musicians were bi-polar. After learning about Mozart (somewhat), it certainly looks as though he may have been one himself. His periods of intense productivity, his grandiose statements of his own merit, his bad managing of money are all signs of Manic behavior. There's also pretty clear signs of his depressive periods. There's a book called "touched with fire" that lists these great artists and describes their suffering and their triumphs.

[maxpoweruk2008]

Potential but not powerful enough

[sxz1997]

Three people think, "Too many notes, my dear Mozart"

One-Hundred Twenty-Four People think, "On the contrary, your majesty, just the right number."

[dolofonos]

@sxz1997 There are a multitude of reasons to dislike a performance outside the composition itself.

[nikpit1968]

430 months of lifetime, 630 compositions!

It's pretty clear the man was leaving in another dimension.

And some dickheads still criticise him for being sloppy with his finances...

(I'm surprised he even remembered to drink water from time to time, let alone to square out his bills)

[BlitzMoonlight09]

Who in the world will dislike this?

[kelsinor26]

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZZZAAAAARRRT­TTTTTTT!!!!!!!!

[IpsaPaphum]

Actually, His Majesty was right. But his comment did not refer to this overture!

[thesir27]

the best thing about Mozart is his music never takes itself too seriously. he never makes us stay in the darkness too long. this overture is a perfect example of this.

[ferrantealberto]

you'll be the best forever

[lennhart]

Thanks for the reminder of this BRILLIANT script.

Emperor Joseph II: My dear young man, don't take it too hard. Your work is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that's all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect.

Mozart: Which few did you have in mind, Majesty? 

[stp52x]

I don't understand what is at fault here that could justify a thumbs down.

[stp52x]

I don't understand what is at fault here that could justify a thumbs down?

[Coriolanable]

I think this is the best opera ever written.

[kaasaco]

This man was unable to write something boring, all his works are fun and entertaining to the extreme.

Start slow and solemn, and later becomes fast and lively. It is exceptional.

Sorry my bad English.

[vanya2309]

As many as it needs, Your Majesty :)

[sinesterlinebacker]

This reminds me of the music in the Temple of Time in the Wind Waker Zelda game! :D Anyone else?

[xXzumiesXx2]

@sinesterlinebacker do you mean ocarina of time because i dont remember that temple being in wind waker, but yeah it does remind me of zelda

[sinesterlinebacker]

@xXzumiesXx2 its under the sea, where the monsters are frozen in time until you pull out the master sword.

[Siberiaeterna]

Sublime,magnifique,puissant.

[RENEYEAH1]

This has too many notes.

[bobcrunch]

Which notes should be removed? ;-)

[samlab0920]

@bobcrunch No notes shold be removed. This is just perfect. "There are just as much note as there should be".

[ceci1993chap]

my favourite opera.

[davlor86]

i like more the Magic Flute, but yeah this one is also great!

[staudtwerner]

this music wil always make us realise, that we all are just a very small peace of time and a never ending story.

she(the music) is laughing, crying and teaching us more about our selves than we ever will understand.

Mozart was just 31 when he write this down, juster after his father died. 4 years before he died. how must aman feel in this life?

[3eyedweasel]

Is she hot?

[staudtwerner]

hahaha - be she is! you can not touch her, she can onky touch you - and you always be touched by her, if you open your soul.

happy 2010 with a lot of touchings!!

[frankyh101]

wow, well said!

[RBJavier04]

not very much knowledgeable when it comes to classical pieces but i truly appreciate all of them...

[vvp317]

Too many notes

[davlor86]

lol...

[rogermoore27]

indeed. Take out one or two...what do you say?

[HolyMotherofGrid]

Ahhhh - but which ones should you take out?? There's the rub, lol!!

[rogermoore27]

Mozart. I'm sure about that.

[Darkoni2000]

I don't understand , there are as many notes as he required :)

[xilpix]

note are only seven, as always

[cassandra5322]

.. maybe they are making a movie reference? like the movie Amadeus... yeah i could be totally off.

[HeathIsEvil]

lol How could you make a perfect piece better? Gotta love that movie

[Frankadelphia]

Did you get that from "Amadeus"? That is an awesome movie. Way to quote the Emperor.

Ve a üzz é'muwæ comeux amådeåc. Bæën yab na qotiñ l'film. Geux ëpµrµ d'áctæå.

[NemoProkofiev551]

@vvp317

lol. Yeah- I don't think Joseph II knew what he was listening to when he said that. Or maybe his music appreciation just wasn't all that great. XD.

[punedav007]

@vvp317 You're right! But to this statement Mozart would have replied "There are just as much notes as there should be".

[MongersUnited]

@vvp317 My ass too many notes! It's the perfect amount of notes.

[celach]

@MongersUnited its an Amadeus [film] joke...

[Kamronowen]

@celach I'm watching that in history class, the actor was as genius in capturing motzart's persona as motzart as was in writing music.

[i742]

@vvp317 but, your majesty, I have to work with as many notes as are needed!

[astrogeek15]

@vvp317 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA ohhhhh I love that movie!

[Gargantupimp]

@vvp317 XD

[MrArrie18]

@vvp317 why thumb up, while giving only criticism!

[rumbidzai]

With all due respect, this interpretation is dreadfully slow. Not even people refusing the "historical performance" view would pick this tempo today. I'd recommend a newer and bit more fresh recording. Really comes more to it's right in my opinion :)

[ashraniyyah]

some of the best music to ever listen to.

sans pareil.

[epatton55]

truly a wonderful song!

[HolyMotherofGrid]

Have to agree with you. That said, a "song" is a musical piece or composition with words - songs are sung, after all. However, i urge you to keep on digging deeper into the world of music - there's great stuff going back an entire millenium!!

[ashraniyyah]

it is not necessarily intended to be so.

[rogermoore27]

lol. You are as smart as a fly.

[KEM0SAVY]

This is classical at its best!

[davlor86]

sometimes it reminds me a little bit of Figaro's Wedding

[rumbidzai]

Mozart write this opera after Figaros wedding. The style is very similar apart from Don Giovannis somewhat more sinister content. Lorenzo da Ponte wrote the libretto (text) for both.