Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 / Zinman · Berliner Philharmoniker

[mitch231]

i think, it's too slow, no power

[antonioavio]

@mitch231 because you do not understand much about classical musics..listen to the music is not only by listening but also by your hearth..

[jujeification]

@mitch231: I think, it would lose it's energy, if it was played faster.

[wanpokhin]

Beethoven himself playing violin at 2:28

[marioride]

master piece

[TengoUnOboe]

Increible...

[mchen94]

wunderschön

[diekaiser7]

Zinman's tempo is so similar to Karajan's

[TheCelloChickadee]

Epic...........

[krustyloaf]

why post a link to a site where you have to pay to watch the concert? BOOOOO!!

[BerlinPhil]

@krustyloaf Because we have to pay to produce these videos.

[antonioavio]

@BerlinPhil This is the Best Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in the world that i have ever heard.... its really powerful and dynamic,,i just feel that my soul fly aways...i just wonder Beethoven put such a great power and impressive to this piece..

the orchestra of Berliner Philharmoniker, is my fav orchestra and they play a music like scientist..very precisely and harmonic.. I am Mathematician..gut job!!

[wer8990]

@krustyloaf DON´T be so ugly! Enjoy the music and shut up til ending of that, ok?^^

[TheRohBoat]

@krustyloaf Don't be so quick to shoot down the BPO for making you pay to see the concerts online. If you think about the many orchestras that have to fold because of the current economic problems, and it's people like us who keep on perpetuating music like this. It's kind of an obligation, or a service to society. Actually 150 Euros (which covers a year's subscription) is about 210 dollars, where for a concert in the NY Phil the cheapest tickets go to like 40. That's a bargain, mate

[giamichele000]

Turn it up loud and die happy

[ouinonyes]

wow so delicate

[shehan28]

Write in russian. Это просто великолепно! Чудесно!!!

[GregoMorgan]

3:03 ?

[gabriel26121990]

The King's Speech lol

[1RONLUNG999]

Beethoven or Mozart...??? who was the more gifted mucial wizard? different styles, but surely one surpasses the other talent and creativity wise....hard to tell...Dj Premier is also up there!

[halneufmille]

What's with this emphasis on the first beat?? Don't like it.

[yblily77]

omg pahud knows wheres the camera lol he just directly stares at it 02:24

[ThePanpan7]

@yblily77 Of course he does. He's Pahud :)

[dvforever]

Look at this tiny orchestra. Zinman is using a little over half the Berlin PhIharmonic. Don't tell me that's what Beethoven intended! Beethoven composed these symphonies for concert halls that were much smaller. If you want to play with only 56 musicians, play in a small hall. In a huge hall like the Berlin Philharmonie, use the full orchestra like Furtwangler and Karajan did!

Today's conductors are morons.

[isherwood]

@dvforever The greater moron is the person who posts ignorant comments on YouTube. With larger string sections, the wind players must change how they play, leading to a complete change in tone - brassy and Wagnerian. Beethoven's intention? I've heard this, and many other symphonies of the Classical period, performed by smaller string sections (as few as 17) in large halls (Sydney Opera House Concert Hall being one of them - larger than the Philharmonie in cubic centimetres) to beautiful effect.

[Dodo251]

@dvforever Idiotic comment indeed.

[k73f]

when the cellos play the melody it gives me the chills ahh

[AltonArts]

Thanks for sharing this with us. The recording quality is great (for YouTube video). I like the playing here: at once committed, informed and heartfelt.

[pinguinoafgano]

i love this part, like entire symphony of course, but this part particularly is amazing

[Haeronthegreat]

I do wonder at people saying this is too fast. It is an Allegretto after all... Norrington's is even faster, naturally.

[EngelNr666]

so beautiful

[fbain1horn]

BUFFFF

[sunriser5041]

in which film was ist

[pfalastinking]

@sunriser5041

The Fall

heißt der film und das war der soundtrack davon

[TheMoi]

Wow that's the first time I hear such an interpretation. Feels weird but very interesting!

[JupiterAdept]

Ugh, so beautiful. This channel is great.

[angus24402870451]

He make it as a dance, a bit fast. Listen to Furtwangler's and you will know.

[robertdihno]

I went to see a performance at the Berlin symphoy hall, I thoght it was the Berliner Philharmoniker but it was the Berlin Orchester or something like that, they were still amazing, Berlin has a lot of really good orchestras

[PPchopin]

beautiful and perfect

[koolu99]

I must say, Zinman gets better results from this band than many of the 'bigger' names out there.

[paxmanhorn20]

wow...

This is great. The flowing melody that Beethoven writes in this whole symphony is great. He was at his prime when he wrote this.

[MaestroStark]

Bei dem Part wo die Geigen einstetzen finde ich den Bratschenpart zu laut und an dem wo die Bläser einsetzen, diese einwenig zu leise.

[violinhunter2]

Beautiful cello entrance at 0:45. Bravissimo.

[commentator89]

muss schon toll sein in einem solchen Orchester mitzuspielen..

[johngotwalt]

the last 10 seconds are pure Vienna

[johngotwalt]

no classical music is incorrect

[dhiemart32]

Thank you fo inviting me to this channel. Beethoven is the best composer in the world ever!

[mingweicello]

is that beethoven? Sounds like some beatiful serenade or gondolla song written by Italians.

[bordaz1]

wow

[ThaSchwab]

This is actually Stanley Kubrick, who wrote this for 1898 World's Fair.

God, are you really that stupid?

[mingweicello]

sorry, of course I know this piece, I just mean the interpretation. For me, Furtwangler is the greatest.

[TravisEdward]

I wouldn't be so quick to call someone stupid. Stupid is one thing, ignorance is another. You shouldn't scare people away from enjoying classical music just because they don't know who composed a symphony. Ignorance is just simply being "uneducated" in the subject, if you will.

[pozzil]

Thank you for the invitation!

W Beethoven...but a little bit of Italian music would not be evil.. where are Monteverdi, Pergolesi,Vivaldi, Verdi, Rossini, Puccini until Respighi, Mascagni, Berio , Nono etc...

[sirwootalot]

I also enjoy Italian composers, but you have to keep in mind that, as THE German orchestra, they mostly highlight German composers.

[pozzil]

Perhaps is also the low feeling of Rattle towards the Italian music. The 2 past directors (Karajan and Abbado) same time played Italian music, Rattle never (except Berio).

[Mariadelasdudas]

No me canso nunca, nunca de oir esta pieza, ni esta sinfonía.

Great beethoven.Thanks

[Boroyo]

Muchas gracias por la invitación. Una música maravillosa. Genial Beethoven, der Meister.

[toscaninizt]

I'm very glad that this channel was made. It shows that the classical music institutions aren't falling behind (well at least not TOO far behind) mainstream culture. A great first step to revitalization

[etiterum]

hm, I am sure you know about the history of the compact disc. Classical music has always been on the forefront of technoclogical development. If they arrive here a little late, that is for a reason, and that reason is of importance.

[maestrojeremy]

toscaninizt-

Yes, I love this channel too. But, these institutions are not falling behind. They have been around for centuries and will continue to do so because of the enduring quality of the music they perform. Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Mahler etc wrote music that is independent of public mood, therefore no need to constantly popularize or "revitalize". The music will always be alive, regardless of how many or how few people listen to it. True beauty never dies.

[xiangyik]

Surely one the truest things ever said on youtube. Thank you.

[pviola314]

@maestrojeremy I don't know how it is in Berlin, but in New York it is quite a battle for classical music to survive. Our last surviving important sheet music store, Frank's Music, is being muscled out by the internet companies. Attendance, interest, and funding for concerts + education is significantly on the decrease. To ignore this would be a great disservice to the great music we serve. So that's why there is that need to make it speak to the common people once more.

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

@maestrojeremy Unfortunately it is dying in many countries, like the US and in my country. Classical music is being kept alive in countries like Japan and Russia where it is still very popular.

[Dodo251]

@SugarTomAppleRoger Don't forget Austria and Germany!

[Farnik01]

@SugarTomAppleRoger I wouldn't say it's dying in the US- there are more orchestras than ever before. Yes, a few are closing down, but that's because of the organizations growing too big and financial issues.

This 19th century masterpiece has lasted into the 21st, and will last into the 22nd.

[KnottPatriot]

@maestrojeremy 

[paulostroff99]

Stunning! Thank you so very much for your invitation. I'm already looking forward to more!

Bravo! TY.

[Segis84]

Thank you for the invitation! Wonderful!

[Matey3]

masterpiece

thanks for posting

[acarlosarq]

lovelly, beautiful!