Toscanini - Beethoven Symphony No.9 (6/7)

[erdc5]

Some one know how is the Tenor ??

[czarssalad]

zubin mehta's direction is much better

[jivamoksha]

Majestuoso, Majestic!!!!!!

[andreagis]

GRANDE TOSCANINI!!!

[NoahSV]

I wish the bass of the Karajan recording would have sung here.Toscanini is greater in all ways except for the bass solo, which cannot be helped by him.

[czarssalad]

@NoahSV it's baritone

[Quatarsys]

К тому моменту, когда Бетховен писал 9-ую симфонию он был уже совершенно глухой... На подобное способны только самые подлинные гении...

[Rodrigoteacher]

@Quatarsys This is it!! Such a genious!!

[Quatarsys]

@Rodrigoteacher True

[erdc5]

one of the best composers played by the best orchestra and directed by the

better conductor in the world

[angela44ize]

Finally the appearance of the long awaited, awesome choral...so powerful & expressive...An indeed Masterpiece, this mvt...Thank you Maestro Toscanini for such majestic gift as Conductor...Thank you very kindly, Ludwig van Beethoven for your uniquely unsurpassable brilliance & this symphony!!

[al1936ful]

The sound is not as good here as on the actual DVD.

[davecotuit]

poor toscanini....he has been largely relegated to the dustbin of history which is really outrageous. he was without a doubt the most inspired conductor of my lifetime and that includes furtwangler and karajan. but i put solti way up on the list of inspired directors.

unfortunately, i could never see toscanini live because his nbc symphony concerts were by invitation only in the old studio 8H.

[Javier141145]

Muy bello. Bravo por el maestro Toscanini.

[chadbro97]

So interesting that this German piece was played on NBC only 3 years after the end of WWII

[bobjfs]

Wow... a kinescope. Very fast. I heard Marin Alsop conduct it at this rate of speed once and felt like standing up and shouting "slow the H down!" But, Toscanini made it work. It probably was so fast to fit into an hour's programming on radio and early TV.

[SteveAndrewLangford]

@bobjfs No, many times, recordings went past the time by anywhere from 1-10 minutes.

[bobjfs]

@SteveAndrewLangford Didn't know that. It still happens with live shows sometimes.

I actually still remember 15 minute programs.

[pvn2474]

The best FUCKING recording I have ever heard of this piece!!!! I love you, Toscanini!

[GarisMom]

There is a point, about 6:45… the music has fallen almost to silence, and then the singers and the orchestra burst into glorious sound… Takes my breath away. Again, abbjorko — THANK YOU for this. They say what goes around comes around: if there are karmic rewards for those who have given great joy to others, you are definitely deserving, in my book.

[satatmur]

כילד ישבתי מאחורי הקלעים כשהורי שרו במקהלה,

טוב, זה לא היה טוסקניני אבל דומה מאד.

[SteveAndrewLangford]

To all those who think the conductor has no power, and that nobody looks at him when playing - look at 8:27

[drfarrin]

@SteveAndrewLangford you're right, and anyone who doesn't look up is a fool.

[jos53cor]

Impresionante!

Saludos desde México....

[gmh952]

Of note is the chorus in this performance is the incomperable Westminster Choir which sang on numerous occassions with the NBC Orchestra and Toscanini.

[Forest1227]

The string section is well below my expectation. It seems he was too old to control it.

[MontanaBigSkyCountry]

@Forest1227 YOU ARE IGNORANT

[Patachon06]

Who's singing, please????

[billyguns2]

@Patachon06 The bass soloist is Norman Scott.

[billyguns2]

@Patachon06 Further research revealed that the soprano is Anne McKnight (who also sang Musetta on the Maestro's recording of LA BOHEME); the contralto is Jane Hobson and the tenor is Erwin Dillon.

[jehpunk1]

... perfeito!

[cutencrazy07]

Amazing

[Spomenkom]

Bravo

[BasilicoGenovese]

Sublime ... grandioso ... UNICO

[Adilson2522519]

Bravo! Bravíssimo!!!

Maravilhoso!!!

[Mantis06]

All of Furtwängler's recordings of the 9th are better.

[moninjr]

@Mantis06 but the difference here is in "LIVE" not a recording

[legopiano]

such simple melody

and such deep message~

[3023111]

びっくりした、素晴らしいの一言、50年以上クラシックを聴いて­いたが、いまこのときはじめてトシカニーにの第九に出会った。今­この録音がきけるなんて信じられない、よくぞ残っていた、感謝感­激です。チューブの時代だからできるんですね、ありがとう。

[FMMAROTO]

Yes, I agree

[gonzal0999]

me gustaria conocer la opinion de bach de esta sinfonia ._.

[Adilson2522519]

Tenho certeza de que ficaria maravilhado tanto quanto nós ficamos!!!

[jrch24]

bueno very good saludos desde mexico aunque me gusta mas dirigida por henry adolf con la orquesta de munich

[Cavaradossi1981]

he was a conductor. i can't remember that he ever directed...are you sure?

[tommtonn]

toscanini is the best one I number one

[pantrogoku]

parecen desafinadas las voces femeninas

[MaxMeier]

timeless

[zece1314]

I really think Karajan has done a much better job with the 9th Symphony.

[mgzzsrz]

And now you could say that Sir Simmon Rattle is better than Karajan... Just imagine Maestro Toscanini with the BPO in OUR DAYS!. Keep on mind!! :D

[BerserkerCompay3]

6:47

[Oggy250]

3:25

[DDoiS]

my god.. very good stuff

[Caligula138]

BRAVO!!!

[carnater14]

ang ganda!...i am one of a filipino fanatic of symphony no.9 of beethoven!....long live this video!...

[thetrojan01gr]

ok I see you write in diffrent languages here in comments, so I write in greek:

Απλά Τέλειο!

[phantom4087]

Who is the tenor.

[VinylToVideo]

The soloists were Irwin Dillon (tenor), Jane Hobson (soprano), Anne McKnight (mezzo-soprano), and Norman Scott (bass) and the chorus was probably the Robert Shaw chorale.

[schattensand]

But really, the voices are not good,

nowadays the singers are much more in the language and the orchester is far from top for this piece but nice so that they played german music back in 1948.

[Mauricebear]

Its the quality of the recording. I bet it sounded superb live

[ferhumber]

i agree, is the recording....

[ThaSchwab]

If you have Windows Vista (or the older ones, I'm not sure if it had the option), you can set your speaker setting to add Concert Hall reverb. It kind of gives you an idea of how it would sound back then, even if the recording quality still kind of gets in the way.

[VinylToVideo]

You're all wrong - The singers, the orchestra, and certainly the conductor cannot be matched at all today and never will be, poor recording quality or not.

[bigtube1975]

perhaps.. alot of what seems like bad voices... is merely OLD recording technology. I think today...in recording studios..the small flaws are taken out in the editing rooms..and recording devices themselves...capture a more pure and perfect copy of what is produced. However, I feel...that the tiny imperfections...create the beauty...that IS a "LIVE" performance... What do you think?

anyway Yes its still a good video. I LOVE Toscanini.. God Bless and Merry Christmas!

[schattensand]

oo to say precisely what i mean - listen to kathleen battle singing voices of spring. This is an example what is possible for Americans singing german - absolutely flawless.

Sry if u want to dive in Beethoven u have to go to Vienna or Berlin.

Still Toscanini is an impressive figure-

Still the Beethoven 9th is unmatched-

and again i love that 1948 Nbc plays this piece.

But to place this recording above Karajan-

BSO is in the best case very American.

So what

[al1936ful]

@schattensand Back then, there was no PBS, so all classical programs had to be done on "regular" TV networks. I still remember watching Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts on CBS.

[Sknkby]

Truly the most wonderful and beautiful musical piece I have ever heard.

[MariaLangdon2008]

it is one of most wonderfull pieces. I dream of going to a concert like this at least once.

[rbt2112ak]

worse yet- I have come back again and again.. it is so great. how many of the 12,256+ are returns.. if only we could convince 100,000 american teenagers (gently of course) to watch this.. or better yet see it live. It changes your life.

[reuvenbrown]

Most will agree that Beethoven's ninth is the most perfect symphony ever written. But it takes a Toscanini to prove it.

[Dimtres]

prosta klas, eta bil ih budit sami lutsche kombunist!!!

[pietieeeee]

amazing, einfach wunderschön

[dougan2007]

Hear it. Just, hear it.

[jonsiii]

this is perfect. toscanini + beethoven

[bryantheirishman]

A fascinating fact is that Beethoven was completely deaf when he wrote the 9th, so tragic he never experienced the sheer brilliance of this angelic music he composed.

[thewall1982]

i listened to the entire 9th everyday before football practice this past season

[222mozart]

beethoven the very best

[AntoBecks]

toscanini the BEST!

[fsswim89]

beethoven's greatest.. he was deaf when he composed it

[thegoddescomposer]

the power of beethoven