Beethoven, Symphony 9/2, D minor Op 125 'Choral' Thielemann Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

[Cralfinsamhiemnater]

No applause at the end. What weirdoes!

[telephilia]

A curiously heavy, lumbering interpretation of this scherzo. I've heard better from this same orchestra.

[telephilia]

What is all this stuff about the EU and the USA on a video of a piece of music by Beethoven? Take your natterings elsewhere.

[MegaBlueGinger]

Only one woman in the whole orchestra. Big pity to overlook such a huge wealth of talent :-( Nevertheless, the boys seemed to have pulled it off

[w0uterrr]

I came to enjoy my beloved molto vivace. How the ** are people discussing all this nonsense here, haha. EU and NA are both perfectly fine continents, both with well educated and clever minds (and, as you people have shown, both with dumb f***s as well)

[kangaroojonathan]

one day, must listen to this live.

[velasquez134679]

Only word. Great!!!! Grandioso!!!!!



[dick0447]

When was the last time you visited Europe? If ever. If you have you must have had your eyes shut. Or perhaps the fact that they have better roads, trains, healthcare that works and are much better educated has entirely passed you by.

[yarful]

@dick0447 You, my friend, or Europe for that matter, haven't passed anyone. We all stand on the shoulders of giants, together. Plus, how do you make any of your comparisons? That's a continent versus a country. There is no comparison, we have multiple US companies that have larger GDPs than many of the countries in Europe. (not to give the original comment any legitimacy) As far as education goes, do a quick wiki search of top 100 colleges in the WORLD, 60% of them are located in the US.

[dick0447]

@yarful You have missed the point and are demonstrating the parochial ignorance that is prevalent in the US. The US might have some of the best colleges but only a minority can afford to use them. The US might have the biggest companies but who is getting the wealth? Educationally the average student in the US is way below his counterparts in Europe - and I won't start about healthcare. I rest my case.

[yarful]

@dick0447 It's actually easy to afford college here. We have Pell grants for low income, and my state Florida has Bright Futures Scholarship: 3.5 gpa in high school is 100% scholarship, 3.0 is 75%, good at non-private schools FSU, UF, USF etc. 100% paid for by the FL Lottery. Don't think for a second that post-secondary education in the US is substandard, it is the standard in most cases. We put men on the moon with less cpu power than a cell phone. They see me rollin.. they hatin.. patrollin

[dick0447]

@yarful I rest my case.

[yarful]

@dick0447 rest what case, you never had a case. You're talking out your ass. Not one of your comments had a single actual fact. 'this is better than that' why? because you said so? or Jim's website said so? Nothing is handed to you, unless it's food stamps.. and look how great that system has worked. Black America is completely dependent on food stamps instead of themselves. Want healthcare.. PAY FOR IT, want education PAY FOR IT. cant pay for it GET A FUCKING JOB. Too stupid? tuff shit. DIAF

[cbmccarthy]

Whenever I watch classical music like this performed, I think to myself: Wow whatever civilization created this really had its sh1t together! Too bad Europe is just a museumpiece and a relic now. The end began in 1914 but nobody realized it.

[MrLegonator]

Wonderful post. This is one of my favourite Beethoven's movements ever.

[MrLegonator]

@MrLegonator and the first comment in all this +++++++++