Symphony No. 9 (Ludwig van Beethoven)

[henrycate]

All the comments here are dumb.

[pocketquacks]

Can you even imagine the talent, patience, and precision needed to even play the entirety of this piece. The Human mind is capable of great things. A group of these minds are capable of spectacular things. This is one of the most amazing videos i've seen and heard.

[XXmonkiXX]

3 MOTHER FUCKERS.

[IlMaestro712]

Best recording of this that I've heard. And a magical conductor!

[bobalga]

un miracolo nella storia della musica. Grazie Beethoven e grazie Bernstein!

[jksgill99]

Beautiful

[TheMoroni5]

When I have doubts about of the capacity of the human, that happen every day, I listen the nineth symphony.

My soul fly to heaven and i remeber of the wars, of the idiots, owners of power, that do the hungry children and I understand how much they are stupid.

Only the best, construction of one genius to don't see anymore nothing.

Imortal Ludwig!!!

[Jo0ey1]

Just Amazing!

[Firrodrigolosofia]

Leonard Bernstein *O*

[NemethTibor88]

Wooww....the best version I have ever heard. I cant stop smiling..:)

[TrevRockOne]

Does the choir really need to be there for the whole symphony?

[FotoKadr]

@TrevRockOne I think it's been done for non interruption reasons to keep the attention on music and its flow.

[06dara59]

@FotoKadr no 9 muhteşem bir kayıt tertemiz çıt yok teşekkürler..

[Firrodrigolosofia]

@TrevRockOne Yes! And it is always like that in every single concert! Besides technically needed, is also a tradition in classical concerts.

[JoCiccarello]

@TrevRockOne True, TRO; imagine having to wait for the required vocal ensemble to file in, walking who knows how far from their staging area, get situated. The continuity and "flow" of the 9th would be totally destroyed. So, unfortunately, the singers need to be present from the beginning.

[BoeingB17FF]

@TrevRockOne Pffft, if you're the choir, you just enjoy the music until it's your turn.

[cogybear]

@TrevRockOne Do you not think it is awesome to have them there waiting? 100 people in full tucker... looks awesome. and continuity is the practical need

[henrycate]

@cogybear Utterly stupid comment.

[reinforcer9000]

@TrevRockOne imagine trying to focus on the orchestra while a mass exodus is taking place right behind them

[petrushka128]

@TrevRockOne only for the fourth movement

[Dreamofthereturn]

good old Ludwig Van

the greatest ever

[parkhighmountain]

Can you hear that quiet high voice from the point of 1;04:02 to 1;04:46. So So fantastic and magnificient!! I thought my breath is stopped. Best conductor, best musicians and best chorus.

If Beethoven was not deaf wasn't able to compose this high notes. This is the world that we want to reach the country of fantasy..

[ProZar3000]

1:01:10

Leonard's face as the music surges. That is joy.

[mariscal86]

La mejor interpretación que he escuchado !!!

[stevenchoi86]

He conducted that whole thing without a score. Amazing.

[FotoKadr]

@stevenchoi86 well, he figured out if Beethoven was almost deaf finishing it, I at least could make some effort to impress the public as well:)

[pugsigil]

@stevenchoi86 He conducts nearly everything without a score!

[JacobRudduck]

16:20 STOP that infernal coughing!!

[simonne821]

beautiful Symphony thank you

[Fasolt100]

Eccellente esecuzione, una delle più travolgenti udite sinora. Di altissimo livello il I° timpano dei Wiener, Prof. Horst Berger.

[DrownedBeliefs]

Bernstein looks like the happiest man in the world when he's conducting. Poor bloke.

[jorlo7117]

thank you, thats all, thank you

[napper6162]

Excellent addition to classical music videos on Youtube. Thanks a lot. Bernstein's treatment of the 1st and the 4th movements is simply spectacular. The tenor and the bass are not a good fit for this program in my opinion. I find their voice quality somewhat lacking. The soprano is too dominant while the alto can barely be heard - not sure if this has something to do with the recording equipment.

[yuri303030]

Great interpretation... I prefer Karajan's though...

[EmceeLorder]

Doom, doom, doom. That ending, wow.

[NemethTibor88]

wonderfull....Beethoven was a GENIUS

[tgv3000]

La plus belle musique de tous les temps !!!

[GabrielPadecopeo]

Grande, en verdad Leonard Bernstein ha sido de los grandes directores, lo recordaremos por sus interpretaciones orquestales de gran profundidad y pausas perfectas. Gracias por este vídeo.

[HeshayerShah]

I'm not very good at music but I listened to this symphony from Chor & Orchester an hour ago and I said "is that famous Ninth Symphony by Beethoven" because it was very bad. But I saw this very soon and when I listened to this performing right now, I said "Yes, this is famous Ninth Symphony by Beethoven". While I was listening to this masterpiece I remember that scene from A Clockwork Orange: "No, no, Stop it, stop it please. This is sin".

[kidniti]

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[brunoedmac]

This is the best version i've heard, Bernstein was a tremendous conductor.

[Loumademe]

Wonderful. Thank You for this.

[makiiitah69]

A Clockwork Orange :)

[Superdriverxx1]

Bach instead is known to be the champ of harmony , since all his compositions are made of crossed , up and down , complex harmonic movements !!

Anyway I put on same plan of best classical pieces of all times the Ode to Joy of 9th symphony and the Hebrews Chorus of Verdi's Nabucco which in my opinion is the most beautiful & sublime melody ever composed .

[Superdriverxx1]

I hoped I was not going to find the usual propaganda pro mozart i nthis video too , but it doesn't seem so ....

Honestly mozart is quite overrated , much of his work is badly written and composed, out of 2 / 3 symphonies and Le Nozze di Figaro the rest of his compositions is quite flat and it sounds more catchy jingles than great pieces of art properly said !!

I don't agree at all with FotoKadr on mozart bringing the harmony to our mind , mozart's music was not more about harmony than any else

[MiloDC]

First movement = single greatest piece of music in the entirety of Western culture.

[demogorgonlucifer]

me gusta y punto.

[ootiso]

¡Beautiful at the right speed!



[Port1Wine]

Don't you find this the best classical piece of all time? I can't find anything better in terms of power, harmony between the elements, ingenuity, addictiveness.

[FotoKadr]

@Port1Wine yup, and most inspirational. Earlier in my life i even found out that I play my poker hands better on internet while listening to the 9th symphony, especially at the end of the tournament. weird, they say mozart brings the harmony to our mind, beethoven definitely inspires our soul and intellect.

[viewerxable]

@FotoKadr I believe it's a tie: this one and the 5th. They are absolutely the only music that gives me shivers. They evoke a sense of devine power.

[gbyrnes51]

@Port1Wine I absolutely do. It has been my 'desert island' pick for many years. I grew up in a family that enjoyed opera (Sicilian mom ran the household)..but really not much classical was played. I admit that Bugs Bunny et al introduced me to classical. :) I discovered this bit of music while watching Clockwork Orange. Now, 56 years old, I still find it to be the best piece of music I've ever listened to.

[thisfireinmyskin]

@gbyrnes51 I personally discovered classical music a week or so before reading Clockwork Orange... that may have helped with my naming it the best book ever made.

[camhead04]

@Port1Wine False. It is NOT classical. It is romantic

[thisfireinmyskin]

@camhead04 No, it's classical, just from the Romantic era. Classical is a genre, which can be in any time-frame.

[Firrodrigolosofia]

@Port1Wine Music should be translated in the diccionary as : Beethoven's 9th symphony

[nestorseay]

BRAVO!

[countryholderlin]

Muchas gracias. excelente musica.

[Surfmorworkless]

Ese viejo ay parado bailando con un palito. Wish i was there. Amazing performance.

[GoncharenkoOleg]

Very beautiful!

[FotoKadr]

@GoncharenkoOleg thank you:) you have great playlist selection of classical music at your channel

[GoncharenkoOleg]

@FotoKadr thank you ;-)