Karajan Beethoven ''Egmont'' Overture

[Nas2ar24]

i've always wanted to played dis and this sunday i've found out that were playing this song in youth orchestra i'm so excited

[mintasminta]

1956 ban voltam 10 éves..........

[mintasminta]

Amikor 10 éves voltam egész nap hallgattam,féltem,szorongtam és örökre megjegyeztem.Talán most már értem is. Karajan keménysége ereje a 20.század szorongásait "kivezényli".

[GandolfVonLaudon]

ich hörte meiner mutter unter anderem bei diesem stück (sie spielte die geige/bratsche) oft zu. als ich als junger bub für eine orf sendung als pseudo vertreter für eine jugendparteigeschichte im fernsehen auftrat, bekam sie danach keinen vertrag mehr in der wiener volksoper. mich beschäftigts wohl ein leben lang sie hat sich vor drei jahren umgebracht. ihr ists wurscht. die kunst sollte frei werden, schafft sie aber nicht.

[lets743]

браво маэстро:сверхгениальная музыка и конгениальное исполнение! БРАВО!!!!

[nel90]

Is the flautist at 1:22 Sir James Galway?

[Jokanaan]

@nel90 No, it's Andreas Blau.

[bokoa1]

Karajan was the best!

[bokoa1]

Magic, tragic, hmmm BEAUTIFUL

I love Beethoven

[edmanetti]

Herbert Von K , the Emperor!

[Jaluzaga]

Perfection.

[David50s]

Was it the times or was it just the Berliner Philharmoniker? Note there are no women in the orchestra.

[conorconnor]

@David50s A combination of both actually. This was at a time when very few major orchestras had women members. German and Austrian orchestras retained this attitude for a long time. In fact, the Vienna phil didn't accept women as full time members until 1997!

[Valenya23]

Epic

[haddtyl]

0:45 reminds me of beethovens 9th 3rd movement

[Karen1andKaren2]

such a calm conductor...

[vonabaschidse]

for those 4, or more people, who didn't like this video: "You will conduct beter?!?!"

[iluvmusick09]

*rapes the replay button*

[mcra182]

El mejor director con el mejor compositor

[paulostroff99]

Lovely.TY g for posting.

[mohammadvarzaldoust]

wonderful, fabulous performance! incredible,

I ---> LOVE ---> BEETHOVEN.

THANKS ..... THANKS ..... THANKS ..... THANKS ..... THANKS.

[CPRIOR25]

Lovin' the Rhythm Changes at 7:20

[edgarme90]

Too much strength; wonderful.

[NSSpaser]

1:02 is the most epic conducting ever.

[thewesfob]

@NSSpaser well its karajan........

[MyForsyth]

nádherné

[alilapointe1]

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

[sugoka1]

I think so

Beautiful fantastic この緊張感、カラヤンは素晴らしい音楽を我々にプレゼントしてく­れた。

[mytchief07]

Such a beautiful music!! Just brilliant my dear L.v Beethoven!!

[carlosLor]

grandioso! no se lo merecía ni el mismísimo goethe!

[Amarynthine]

I wonder if Stravinsky was inspired by this when he wrote fire bird suite

[okenta3ei]

@Amarynthine dude....thats completely out of the subject...dont compare egmonts overture with firebird..masterpiecies both btw

[Nick91Wolf]

the most inspiring music in the whole world - classic.

[rhcubitto]

BEETHOVEN / KARAJAN / San Martín de los Andes: LO TOTAL, la vida. - Desde Neuquén, Argentina.

[alihaydarpekdemir]

get taught

[Sk83rSinderella]

Greatest conductors? That would be a l-o-n-g list. In no certain order...... Furtwangler, Toscanini, Karajan, Reiner, Szell, Klemperer, Haitink, ..........

[scabycat]

@Sk83rSinderella Greatest conductors..etcetc- I always find it amusing that so many of the " greatest conductors" - so called , are seldom British! I have spent a lifetime listening seriously to classical music and I am myself something of a ( modest) musician. I find it interesting the number of times I have read about the Berlin Phil being the " greatest orchestra " in the world and Karajan as the " greatest conductor" - BY WHOSE MEASUREMENT or WHAT CRITERION??..cont

[scabycat]

@scabycat Some of the recordings made by Sir Adrian Boult with the LPO are truly superb , yet what recognition do they get? I challenge anyone to listen to the Greig piano concerto under Boult and the LPO and compare this with Karajan and the BPO- there is NO CONTEST!! The mighty and powerful LPO makes the BPO sound something like a small string ensemble almost! Saying that though I do recognise its all a matter of taste and opinion. I heard the most DREADFULL recording of beethoven 9 .con't

[scabycat]

@scabycat ...cont on the radio. I just managed to tape the performance and could not believe how awful it was. I gave it to a friend and he agreed the performance was disasterous, at times going totally off the rails- and the conductor?? none other than the " great " TOSCANNINI and the NPO!!! It seems to me that once a conductor gets a certain reputation , he can get away with anything! Try listening to the " great " George Solti in Elgars 2nd symphony - total rubbish yet some will like it !!

[scabycat]

@Sk83rSinderella Greatest conductors...etc Sir Charles Groves is a conductor who hardly acheived international fame yet have you ever heard his recording of the PLANETS with the RPO?? I have about 12 or 13 different recordings and have compared them all by the " greats" such as Karajan, Bernstein, Dutoit , Haitink , Rattle etc etc - I tell you there is NO ONE comes near to Groves and the RPO . It is a truly astonishing performance recorded in a wonderfull accoustic- Magnificent!!

[ibizaking]

@scabycat Haitink did never record The Planets, I even doubt if he ever conducted this music, so check your sources!!!

And there is a reason why the so called great conductors are great conductors; they are very consistant through their whole long careers, in all kinds of repertoire.

[scabycat]

@ibizaking Wow! what a truly profound and insightful response- my whole view of the " great" conductors has now changed forever thanks to your wonderful knowledge and wisdom. I am forever indebted to you for pointing out that " they are very consistant throughout their whole long careers" What a wonderful revelation! Thank you so much

[MadeInKorea02]

I wish they played stuff like this on A&E nowadays :P

[16atik]

ME ENCANTAS KARAJAN ERES SUPREMO!!!

[lililili3]

verrryyyyyyyyyyyy gooooooooooooooood 

[fullgorer]

i think, beethoven is beethoven,Nobody can be like

[carlocrace]

@fullgorer... sure to there was a man... karajan

[paulyps]

Nadie mejor que el maestro Karajan para dirigir Beethoven!! SUBLIME. This is the best!!

[deutschliebe]

The horns at 6:16 are just plain hot.

This interpretation gets me every time <3

[Hadslo]

My orchestra got into State Finals with this piece!

[CutlerBeckett90]

Furtwanglers version is the best!!!!!

[TheGyula55]

Ez a zene csodálatos!

[Thanovitch]

He is a great conductor, but i think Bernstein is so much more passionate and thus he can make the orchestra create a better sound, and that' s why he is better than Karajan. But still, Karajan is one of the best conductors ever...

[teoscar1988]

@Thanovitch i don't wana be rude but it is a stupid presumption to think that looking more passionate (and that's surely the thought) makes music sound better. they make it that way on the rehearsals :P

[MrPopliphaha]

@teoscar1988 It's got nothing to do with the visuals, listen to the music! This and Furtwangler is the way to do it. You've missed the whole point!

[Thanovitch]

@teoscar1988 This isn' t right. Yes, it is true that on the rehearsals decide how will they make it sound, but if the conductor is able to make the musicians give more energy the result will sound far better. And the conductor can do this using his hands too, not only giving orders during the rehearsals. And you should not forget that this is one of the best orchestras on earth. They can be perfect even if there is no conductor at all!

[hovo73]

Great music, great performance!

[MariusChamberlin]

Sometimes I think he flails around like an idiot. But overall I think he does a really great job. It's just when he "spasms" on weird beats and what not, it just seems overdramatic to me.

[HeartGoldMVP]

karajan's like... having a seizure

[jeeves217]

I enjoy watching Karajan as much as I like listening to the overture.

[ThePoliticalMusician]

Now this is music with balls. Hence the reason why it came from the composer who had the most balls in music.

[ADVERTlSEMENT]

@ThePoliticalMusician I thought he had 2?

[punkypenguin321]

50461 views and 1 dislike. that person just had to ruin the good streak.

[MrANTONIOS383]

Ο ΚΑΡΑΓΙΑΝ ΚΑΤΑΓΟΤΑΝ ΑΠΟ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ.

[skot1986]

@MrANTONIOS383

o pro-pro-pappous tou htan ellhnas onomati karayiannis apo thn kozani, phge sth vienni to 1767 (ekei to karayiannis egine karajan) k o idios gennithike to 1908, opote mallon aystriako ton les para ellina...

h mana tou apo thn allh htan slabikhs katagwghs mallon apo th slobenia...

[hutz]

I only know the Szell version from Salzburg 1969. This is ok, but not even close to the Szell disc (with a superb 5th as well).

[MrANTONIOS383]

@hutz KARAJAN IS A MASTER

[hutz]

@MrANTONIOS383 He's a great conductor but if we were to make the inventory of all his recorded output, we'd discover soon enough that there is much to "leave", if that makes sense ;)

[jkgou1]

high precision and powerful

Karajan and his orchestra will live forever

[Shanelololol]

he looks quite angry

[Ibucrthis]

@Shanelololol It's Klaus Kinski/Nosferatu conducting! XD Man, is this interpretation awesome or what!

[clodoalzer]

Claro que no geral a performance de Karajan é ótima, talvez a melhor, mas pra que tantos e tantos trejeitos, meu Deus!?

[domingocangallo]

Uno tal para el otro, se encontraron en la partitura uno escribió, concebío la armonía endiosada el otro la trajo al escenario con la batuta ambrosiana, esta espectacular música.

[ANY196430]

Precisa interpretación del maestro.... hermoso

[gezarol01]

Erről a zeneműről 1956-os magyar forradalom jut örökké eszembe.

[duma2591]

@gezarol01 -érdekes, a gyerekeim is mindig ezt mondják, nekem meg az jut eszembe, hogy fantasztikus, erőt adó zene és Karajan- ő utánozhatatlan , a legnagyobb !

[sinamonmac]

بعتلك ايميل ابعتيلي رد وحشوفه الصبح.....عاليويتيوب.....عايز تقولي كل شي

[sinamonmac]

ظروفى انامستعده اغيرها ايه رايك

[sinamonmac]

مش عارف.....مستني الظروف تتغير

[sinamonmac]

طيب مستنى ايه انا مستعده واعيش معاك انشالله عل اليلاط

[WindsorPro]

@sinamonmac Are you playing a drama?

I can read Arabic :)

[WindsorPro]

@sinamonmac

[sinamonmac]

انا عايز اكتر منك...,متمسك فيك...بحبك....

[sinamonmac]

انا عايز اكتر منك...,متمسك فيك...بحبك....

[sinamonmac]

طيب يلا نمشى و خلاص لو بتحبنى اتجوزنى 

[sinamonmac]

وانا كمان...لاني  بحب روحك وعقلك وجسمك وحنانك...وكل شي فيك

[sinamonmac]

انا بحبك و بتمناك زوج ليا

[doozy1234]

The Moolix age 13 can play this!!

[paradoxicus]

Karajan no se si es Beethoven pero pese a quién pese si fue el director que mejor lo interpretó sinfonicámente.

[Warstub]

Look at the man's fists during the intro!! sheesh! Sheer power and determination!

[latosca07]

@Warstub

Yeah, right, he was possessed by Beethoven even before the music started to play.

[endeavourthelimits]

Karajan has a very interiorized style of conduct, it leaves me the impression that most of the atmosphere of this piece is done inside him and some how less is reflected outside.

[egerke04]

Great work or art, amazing teamwork!

[jkgou1]

演出像燦爛的煙火.

[odisap]

I like how A&E is showing this in the 90's, and in the 2000's they show Dog the Bounty hunter, cops, and other junk redneck crap.

[BiCMOS666]

I just don't have words… for the last year I've watched this video several times and today, xmas eve, it still takes my breathe away… Amazing!

[odemarkenson]

Karajan like in Karajan audio module? Hell, I`m a geek...

[GoucherGirl]

It's too slow for my taste. Even the parts where the tempo increases seems too dragged out. But to each their own I guess.

[clarinetman1664]

To my mind too, Kurt Masur does way better with Egmont... Karajan sure was a great conductor, but I can't watch him like in such videos, all is staging about himself and auto-congratulation, the camera always taping is perfect hand movements... This is so fucking perfect that I can't stand it... I love when there are some inperfections...

[Ralledang]

@clarinetman1664 On classical videos we do not talk like this. Even if it is youtube.

[clarinetman1664]

@Ralledang Heu... are you my dad or something ? I can say whatever I want, when it is not insulting. And I believe I did not insult anyone.

[Ralledang]

@clarinetman1664 Yes you can say exactly what you want. So can I and I think your language was inappropriately coarse.

[clarinetman1664]

@Ralledang So can I and I don't care about what you are saying...

[KodierungHerz]

@clarinetman1664 "This is so fucking perfect that I can't stand it" Don't get near art, you're probably goin to suffer from a Florence syndrome reaction or something... ha

[applenpuddleable]

a me sembra un po esagerato, meglio kurt masur

[Messiaenss]

Beethoven played this music more and more faster. (especially the first part)

[klaudian1000]

Il tempo non muore mai! La musica saggia non muore mai!

[mrajcole]

brividi !!!!

[BillyWillis89]

Watching the violins feed off of Karajan at the beginning is epic. So much power!

[leomulder]

Heavy.

[BorisVasnecov]

Beautifull Music!!!!!Greatest Conductor!!!!Thank you for video!!!

[maxwellmorris]

Thats how the Egmont Overture should be played.

[amc654]

@maxwellmorris It's virtually the -opposite- of how the Egmont Overture should be played. Twice as many trumpets as Beethoven calls for, completely ignoring all the staccato dots on the half notes in the open section, constant (and bizarre) shifts in tempo in the middle section, frequent ensemble alignment problems, something like 4x more string players than are suitable for this repertoire, weak dynamic contrast (particularly at soft dynamics), dopey stick choices in the timps, etc., etc. ...

[chocotastic]

@amc654 As soon as you said "ignoring staccato dots on the half notes" you immediately lost all credibility for trying to complain about this interpretation. ANYBODY who knows this piece knows that those staccatos don't mean staccato at all... Beethoven put those there to indicate separation... not shortness.

You should probably do a little more listening and, I dunno, enjoying of the music before you start trying to pick apart everything you see incessantly.

[Iustinification]

These guys can realy read notes AND keep an eye to the conductor! Somehow they manage to sing for us whatever LB wanted to tell us! Accurately, skillfully, with passion and compasion - in a professional manner all together. Chapeau!

[domingocangallo]

Egmon, que alma la de Beethoven, que sencibilidad, que amor a la humanidad y que canto a la libertad, es su unico tema visto de distintos angulos, lo amo con mi alma, nunca supe que podri amar a oto hombre que no fuera mi papa, ni mi hijo.

Nestor

[danieltion]

Uno no sabe si apreciar a Beethoven o la ejecución de Karajan. Cómo vibra la orquesta con su carácter. Egmont es una muestra de ello.

[domingocangallo]

Que descrision mas espetacular, que union en el tiempo entre autor y maestro ejecutio, vivva para sienpre Beethofen y Karajan en el recuero de aquellos que morimos poe tan trabajosa t hrmosa musuca,

Nestor

[EineAlpensinfonie]

the absolute synchronization!

[voncarmelo]

Karajan is Beethoven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[roxwell7]

nunca lo sera!!!

[DuhuKaralius]

@voncarmelo Barenboim is Beethoven, Karajan is the man who's name should be not spoken loudly... *thunder*

[voncarmelo]

@DuhuKaralius Baremboin????!!!! Oh my god!!!! Barenboim compared to Karajan? Impossible: the first is a talented conductor, the second is one of the three greatest conductors of all time!

[DuhuKaralius]

@voncarmelo I am talking about the Barenboim that is the best piano player in the whole wide world.

[TJFNYC212]

@voncarmelo who would you rank as the 3 greatest conductors of all times........... I would certainly have Arturo Toscanini on the list. You?

[voncarmelo]

@TJFNYC212 Absolutely not! I do not think Toscanini one of the three greatest conductors of all time. Some of his interpretations border on the ridiculous (especially Verdi)

[TJFNYC212]

@voncarmelo well then who were your 3 is the question. For me Toscanini is best in Beethoven.........

[chocotastic]

@voncarmelo Lemme guess for @TJFNYC212's question, is it Karajan, Kleiber, and Bernstein?

[TJFNYC212]

Bernstein was a great I would not put among the greatest but great so talented good pianist, composer and I think he became stronger and stronger in this conducting as he aged.......................

[voncarmelo]

@chocotastic Mravinsky, Walter.

[voncarmelo]

@DuhuKaralius With this sentence you said it all! It is useless to continue the discussion. Karajn is Beethoven

[DuhuKaralius]

@voncarmelo I believe that Karajan is a reflection of Beethoven... Nobody could possibly BE the L. van Beethoven