So many of these great old conducting videos have the same flaw and I wonder why no one fixes it: the sound is ahead of the video. It looks and sounds as if the orchestra is playing ahead of his beat, which in turn makes it appear that he is irrelevant and just dancing to the music (obviously not the case). Why doesn't someone re-sync this?
If music started in Heaven! this must be just a bit of it! to put it quite plainly very beautiful/refreshing to the soul/mind! thank you to the gifted from above!
im in this very room writing this comment, glorious studio 8H, the most famous studio in the world. an honor and a pleasure to have worked in such a legendary space. Toscanini had his own private elevator and i know where u can still see one of the doors. Such history...
Вот что интересно... Я как-то имел конфликт с генеральным директором музыкального магазина, где я имел претензию к Караяновскому исполнению Дебюсси (тогда он оскорбил ещё и ко всему мою мать). Оказывается, я критиковал Караяна всё-таки достаточно объективно, ибо мои уши меня обманывать не могут - Тосканини, наряду с Фуртвенглером - дирижёры гораздо более высокого уровня. Караян же просто в силу обстоятельств заработал себе мировую известность.
Unexcelling, incomparable Maestro Toscanini indeed conducts with exelsity Beethoven S9 (1/7). Winds & Strings are awesome. Matchless perfectionist Ludwig van Beethoven composes, as you all know, this Masterwork when his auditory prob. , but not his Mental Prowess, was @ his height. Thank you abbjorko for upoading! Thank you very kindly God-like Beethoven for your purely angelic, profoundly passionate, unsurpassably powerful, timeless German & universal legacy!
jamas pense ver al gran Toscanini (dicen... y parece verdad), el ritmo que le impone es único!!! es mas rápida pero contundente, sin duda a muchos no les gustará, pero esto es "interpretado por....." a mi me impreionó su concepción genial!!!! lo que si es cierto es que es muy valioso este documento.. Gracias!!!!
Thanks to Windows and YouTube, we can listen to several versions of the same work in real/staggered time to get the nuances, phrasings, etc of each conductor and his orchestra. Simply open several windows and play your favorites simultaneously, stopping and starting the pieces at will. Fascinating studies! ALL HAIL YouTube! Grandest medium since Gutenberg's!!
Its fun to compare performances by different composers. Each brings out different aspects of the music. For me, Toscanini's interpretations of the Beethoven symphonies have the most forward drive, muscle, and clarity. Even with the antiquated sound, T. rules!
Actually, people didn't have class, Toscanini demanded respect from the audience. This is right after people used go to operas to make fun of the singers and literally throw tomatoes at them if they didn't like their singing. So we thank Toscanini for educating the audience back then and we still need him now because there's some people that don't know how to act in a concert or they dress up like they are going to the beach. Attending a live performance constitutes a priviledge.
@divine604 Karajan was unable to conduct Beethoven's music as well as baroque and classical music in the large. On the contrary, I think he was an excellent director for the late romantic repertory, and not just that.
Absolutely brilliant production, however, I feel that toscanini needs more self confidence. He seems so worried throughout with the expression on his face
@euch27 its an unfortunate side effect of the recording processes and qualities of the time, however, go read the score, there is no "epic" fail here.
I love the Chinese captions. I love the music more. Good old Ludwig Van. This isn't the be-all end-all of music, but I do think people would do well to play this a little more and let it take them to where old Ludwig Van was trying to go.
Incidentally - I love pre-1950's interpretations of classical music. This is freaking sweet.
@Doolsey It's good. I like it. I own what I think is a better interpretation of this same piece, but that's the only music I like. Music isn't the only thing I like. I also like kitties, puppies, sunsets and rainbows. This music happens to be an ode to such things. I'm happy to listen to this and hang out with friends whether or anyone thinks this is better or worse than Vivaldi, Bach or 2pac.
@Freudboy You folks should stop taking the medications prompting your response...either that or you are dead!! Furtwangler was perhaps the the only conductor who was paid by the length of time his performances took (BORING!!).
playing with ur guns, billy-boy.. doesn't qualify as performing.. i'm sure ur a genious (in ur own minid, anyway) in any case.. expressing a preference to a style or cadence or just about everything else, does not require profesional credentials or pundit level cutural knowledge.. let others express what they feel.. u pompous duchebag, u..
The phrasings with Toscanini are great. What a big understanding of the text. The accents come exactly at the best moment and he gives it a dancing aspect with this phrasing. Which is contrary to the so heavy heavy brutal interpretations you can hear with less good musicians....
@uhartchristian Of all the comments concerning Toscanini, yours is the most cogent and would serve as a useful and valuable lead for any young person seeking a guide to classical music and great conducting. Thank you.
I LOVE Toscanini! I LOVE his interpretations of Brahms' 2nd concerto, and Beethoven's 9th. And many more. I'm very impressed with his interpretations, because it has a lot of energy in it. And in music energy is everything. Nothing impresses and uplifts me so much than Toscanini's interpretations. Especially his violins. I don't know what did he do to make them sound so expressively, but this is it. I feel it even listening to bad mp3. THE GENIUS NO. 1 IN MUSIC!
@kaleowao - Well, it's not NBC that could bring-BACK the great musicians of former days ... but we understand that the network/people ... and the latter, of others (of recording performances, studio dates, etc.) COULD record such matters, in the past. IN other words, the days of Toscanini, Furtwangler, Monteux, Reiner and others are gone, in physical presences, but their legacies are INTACT, as they should be - OK?
Initially (many many years) ago I thought that it was too fast or hectic. Gradually I changed my evaluation. Now it is "supremely incandescent", awesome, subtle, refined etc....
I'm not decided yet on which is the best approach, but it's good to be able to see some different approaches on this sublime symphony - no offence, but in comparison with Toscanini, Karajan seems like a drama queen, which distracts attention from this great music.
Italian bandmaster approach to this great symphony is not to my taste; too many subdivided beats and downward accents, as well as too fast a tempo. There's also not enough contrast between sections, and the result often seems choppy and rushed. Klemperer, Furtwangler and Karajan, while all different, have much more to say with this music.
If you read the press in the 1940s and 1950s many critics said the same things about the living Maestro. He was unexcelled in a lot of music; his Respighi tone poems have neevr been surpassed, IMO. By the way, I am a highly successful porfessional musician and performing artist; your credentials are...?
Actually, the original quote is from Sir Thomas Beecham, who called him "that bandmaster." Toscanini in his milieu is unequaled; his Italian opera, Italian tone poems, and many of his Beethoven recordings (especially a marvelous "Pastorale" from 1952) are without peer. I don't care for this performance; nobody is perfect. Your insult reveals you to be a thoroughly nasty piece of work; I feel sorry for you.
Imagine an era when network television would put classical arts over their air. Imagine that this is the same network that makes money with 'Biggest Loser' and 'Jay Leno'.
The power and the beauty of Beethoven's music has not confines, if you can't understand this, you're just a poor ignorant, not worth to listen to him.
It would seem Sir that my comment has not gone down well. All I am saying is that empathy exists between people of a similar background. So I contend that it follows that German conductor would have that empathy with a German composer. Anyway what ever happened to free speech? Am I not allowed to say what I wish without being vilified?
All opinions on the interpretation aside, one has to agree that AT was one of those conductors that had 100% direct control over his orch, and thru his motions, his realized every single musical idea he wanted to happen (that's why this video was so fun to watch!). LEGENDARY orchestral discipline.
You can imagine the NBC Orch as the ten fingers of AT, and, like a master pianist, AT had complete control over the action of each. There was no filter b/w AT's mind and audience's ears.
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Don't you just love users that try to act smart using fancy words ? Since the guy was a genius in what he did, who the fuck actually cares if his mother was black or asian for that matter ? owluck, in just a few words I'm going to express my feelings towards your person: Go fuck yourself.
I'm not going to respond to your bigotry with insults regarding your disrespect for the Creator, or your reference to sexual preferences. Get a grip! You're sinking intellectually. Oooooooooooohhhhhh!
Caligula138, I didn't say Beethoven was black. I said his mother was of black african descent. I suspect you didn't make good grades in geography or history. Have you ever heard of the invasion of the Moors? BTW, Italians with the natural darkness or olive complexions have african roots. They were also invaded. So yes, maybe even Toscaninni!! I visit this site to hear the music. I did not intend to exchange barbs. I just couldn't let nipster 88 get away with his/her ignorant statement.
Dear Owluck, there is NO evidance to support your claim that Beethovens Mother had Morrish Blood in her... so i suspect you just like to talk shit... what do you think the Moors banged every woman in every land the occupied?!
Your statement that Beethoven's mother, "was of black african descent", gave me the biggest laugh yet. How ignorant & ill informed can you get? Yeah & Jesus was a pedaphile, you fucking ignorant religious zealot. It's time you fucking crazy asshole religious nutjobs (who ruined this country) do us all a favor & take themselves somewhere and shoot themselves so we don't have to deal with your racist & destructive ways. Take your creator & shove it as far as you can up where the sun down shine :)
What makes you think I'd want to meet you? You think YouTube is some kind of a dating service? Are you another reiigious zealot....God! I'm sooo sick of you people.
You're the one exibiting bizarre behavior - not me. You don't know the first thing about me. I commented I wouldn't want to meet up with you because your comment was so ugly and rude - and you were so proud of it to boot. It had nothing to do with religion. You are just an unpleasant person who should be dismissed out of hand - so I will...
I wouldn't _want_ to _know_ anything about you, oh yuuuck! You arrogant pompous ass. Secondly, I was responding to someone whose racist comment, "Beethoven's mother was of African descent", is _absolutely laughable_. I guess you missed that part, huh? The part you got was whether someone is rude or not. You obviously couldn't care less if they're spewing out bigotry & hatred. How out of it are you anyway? That's the ugliness you display.
Typical. Nothing intelligent to say so the personal attacks and ugly names come rapid fire. Nope, I didn't miss any part of anything. I saw all the comments, including yours. If you aren't up to coherently sparring with someone then best just leave it alone. Anyone can be ugly and stupid and spew out nonesense without think. Why should I have to read that? Think of something intelligent to say. Put together a logical and coherent arguement to support your point. Now try again.
Your original comment to me was, 'I don't think I want to meet you', (which, btw, please keep your personal needs & dating preferences to yourself), was a personal attack, asshole.This whole exchange has been all about what _you_ should read & what _you_ shouldn't read. Help!! the YouTube pc police are after me! Oooh, I'm shaking! If you don't like the YouTube waters, then stay out, fucktard. Get it now? Asswipe?God! Another narcisistic racist asshole, like _you_, is in our midst, typical.
You don't know the first thing about me. But YOUR attitude is obvious. Shoot first and never ask questions afterward. Your language is foul, your ignorance is staggering, you can't say anything using the English language the way it was intended, but rather fall back on a rather small repertory of 3 and 4 letter words, and your thought process is limited to knee jerk swearing. Say what you like. Your immature rantings are pathetic and I couldn't care less about your opinion on any topic.
That would be your easy way out. Calling people names as a knee jerk reaction to something you don't like, swearing because you can't think of anything else to say, what you believe to be one liners that will settle a discussion, and being too immature to know any better - all because your parents and teachers couldn't get you to give a darn about your education. You flare up at the drop of a hat, spew out ugly words because you can't think of anything better to say. Look at YOUR responses.
You said, 'I couldn't care less about your opinion on any topic.'Why do you keep responding then? Your arrogance & imperious attitude is embarrassing & distasteful. You have this obsession w/being right & needing to have the last word. Did you take your medication today? Or maybe you need "up" your medication. Maybe you should call yourself "Wetbrain" instead. Get over it...the rest of us have.
It seems to take so little to keep you going and spewing out ugly words that degrade someone you know nothing about. Your assumptions about me are way off the mark. Your attitude towards others with differing opinions is degrading. So much else is going on in the world and all you can think to do about it is be down right ugly and insulting toward others. I'm just having fun sparring with you. You are the one getting all hot and bothered about it. Grow up. Get a life. Just drop it.
I can see you are struggling to find the right words to express yourself. Oh, by the way - Beethoven, Symphony #9 conducted by Toscanini - just keeping this exchange relevant. So, looking back on our exchange I see you've call me a number of names - which is OK as that is typical behavior these days. I understand that is the level at which you think. That's how wars start, after all, and there certainly have been a lot of those recently. So keep it coming. At least it is amusing...
Yes, it is too easy to swear, degrade people and appeal to the more base instincts, categorize, misrepresent, and on and on. It is too easy to do all these things when you have no self respect.
This is complete idiotry. Try studying something, in order to say that idiotries...
In Italy we NEVER had Black African People invasions. Maybe you are making confusion with the occupation of Sicila by the NORTH AFRICAN and MIDDL-EASTERN people, wich ARE NOT BLACK (they were not "nigger", in italian "negro", wich is not an offensive word di per se).
The color of the skin do not belong merely on genetic. The musical attitude do not belong merely on genetic.
Anyway, dear owluck, the saracens, the "mori" like we called them, were not black african people: they were of Indo-European and/or Semitic origins, NOT "Black"! And the were pillagers, pirates, they didn't usually conquer the coasts!
So, dear owluck, Italians are not niggers. And Italians with "darker skin" are not of Black African origins: this is silly, funny and even stupid, and denotes a great ignorance of biology and genetics.
bach was a son of a bich, but i think that mozart was austrian. by the way, have you seen the wonderful documentary of lisa della casa, also on youtube available! it is great! what a great singer
Well, I don't know who Bethoven was or is, but Beethoven would have thought you were a buffoon. Learn to write properly in English before you start writing stupid, angry messages. P.S. u r dum like 4eva bro.
I think it has to do with the narrow camera angle. The strings seem to be 14-12-10-8-6, or 50 total and the piece calls for a fixed 23 winds and percussion. 73 total is a good sized orchestra but not huge. Today purists use less strings.
The big sound is because Toscanini made everybody play out and today they hide.
In order to play beethoven you must be equall to beethoven not just musically which is a tachnical matter but ethically which is the PURE MUSIC.All the musicians in the last 100 years have just quick hands, their music is zero!!!
All these "perfect musicians" have destroyed classical music.A mediocre pianist of your neighbourhood have a thousand times more passion than these plastic hearted robots.
Very strong opinions.. but i think somewhat misguided. I can criticize many things about the new directions in art music but one thing I revel in is the virtuosity and sensitivity of modern performers.
If you mean purely virtuosic talent such as say, the infamous 'lang lang' I get it.. but Ashkenazy? Horowitz? Yundi Li? They are such lyrical, emotional performers.
Like I said, educate yourself on what pianism entails. If you still think Yundi Li and Lang Lang are representatives of the school of musical brilliance, then I suggest you pick a different field to pass opinions about. Perhaps rap and hip-hop are more closely related to your hidden forte of analysis.
I never endorsed lang lang, and you just sound stupid telling to me to pass opinions on rap.
I am a classical musician, composer and student. I am entitled to my opinion and not to be insulted for it. I think Yundi Li is a very good pianist. Watch his Chopin competition entry and make up your own mind but don't just dismiss him because it appeals to popular classical snobbery.
Further, you are definitely in the minority in claiming Ashkenazy has no talent.
REPLY simnos1, I,too am a Prof. Pianist who has performed with Orchestras iin Concertos. One cannot compare Beethoven(from Romantic
Period) of 'Classical' music to Mozart -(Classical Period)- different Perfomance Practices/Style. Both Great!! Each had unique
style. Mozart sounds simple, but truly difficult to convey his real sound & high
Spiritual,almost heavenly, many works. Beethoven is epitome of Passion & Expression, more earthy, (loved Nature) yet uplifting. Both Inspirational Music.
"Classical" means perfect considering it at all times."Romantic classic music" differs by showing more passion, it has more dramatic colors.Classical targets to the perfect harmony.If someone asked what is the best the answer would be "Beethoven who is both classical and romantic".
I disagree, late Mozart overshadows Beethoven, not just in mere quantity, but also quality, unlike Beethoven Mozart never sacrificed form in favor of expression, his late works are just as dramatic and emotionally charged as those of Beethoven while being a lot more subtle, perfect and well-balanced. It takes time to appreciate, but there is a reason why all important composers recognized Mozart as the non-plus-ultra of their craft - from Brahms to Tchaikovsky, from Chopin to Wagner.
Mozart had his own merits. To compare Beethoven and Mozart is a logical fallacy. They are completely different. Beethoven is the embodiment of passion, whereas Mozart was more able to show the happy and optimistic parts of life. This is not say one is better than the other. As Bernstein once said "Beethoven knew what note came next.". Mozart certainly knew how to dress things up, but Beethoven showed you music through a lens of reality.
I might have exaggerated - but to say Mozart only showed the happy and optimistic parts of life is simply wrong, even in his major key symphonies and virtually all of his operas there's a deep, underlying sense of earnestness, that of deep understanding of the human condition, I'm very much with the views of maestro Karl Böhm here. Beethoven was the eternally youthful, the passionate, Mozart distant observer, never sentimental, but able to put all human emotions in to music perfectly. T-up btw.
I note that you did say 'late Mozart'. However, you have to admit Mozart did portray a much lighter outlook than Beethoven. While his music was deep, it was seldom dark and passionate in the way that Beethoven's was. Mozart seems to be constantly on a mission to modulate back to the major which just frustrates me at times.
Mozart wasn't nearly as sentimental as Beethoven and I already said that I admire the purity of emotion in Beethoven's music, and indeed there is a great difference between the crushing, hopeless pain and anger of Beethoven and the lascivious anguish and passion as found in nearly all of Mozart's minor key works/movements. However, even Beethoven though the Requiem (where Mozart himself didn't write a single movement in the major key) fearsome.
penso che mozart stimoli e plachi la mente, la rilassi e la rafforzi. beethoven la distrugge, la esaurisce: la sua musica è demonica. vive su se stessa ed esige silenzio.
thanx platypus, of all the genres of music i've been into, classical is the hardest to differentiate between the artists. not because it all sounds the same, quite the opposite. it is the most rich, and deep in history, making it intimidating.
btw, what is the difference between Classic period and Romantic period?
I dont get how this guy could conduct with that enourmous baton, its more suited for homicide than conducting in my hands lol. Musical homicide of course.
I feel sorry for toscanini, he had scratchy woodwinds. I would have to say again I prefer karajan on this symphony.
Of the classical period, beethoven was the best :). Mozart is overrated imo.
From the early classical period, try bach. From the romanticist period (I would have to say my favorite), there are the two infamous russians tchikosvsky and korsakoff, and then there is berlioz with his symphonie fantastique, and listz and his impossibly hard piano pieces.
is it possible for you to post all 1-7 videos as one video? because cutting them up and having to switch between windows or tabs kind of ruins the experience
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a bit too fast for my taste...but the drama took my breath away! especially in the last two minutes.
NartAbaza 6 days ago
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NartAbaza 6 days ago
So many of these great old conducting videos have the same flaw and I wonder why no one fixes it: the sound is ahead of the video. It looks and sounds as if the orchestra is playing ahead of his beat, which in turn makes it appear that he is irrelevant and just dancing to the music (obviously not the case). Why doesn't someone re-sync this?
TheseusTex 4 weeks ago in playlist Beethoven - 9th
Beethoven's 9th, complete...
youtube.com/watch?v=EmV35VPRT9s
obtica1 1 month ago
If music started in Heaven! this must be just a bit of it! to put it quite plainly very beautiful/refreshing to the soul/mind! thank you to the gifted from above!
samsaluni 1 month ago in playlist Beethoven - 9th
12 people retared :D
aminem200 1 month ago in playlist Autres vidéos de abbjorko
che bei regali questi video del Maestro, un grazie di tutto cuore!:)
themochico90 1 month ago
im in this very room writing this comment, glorious studio 8H, the most famous studio in the world. an honor and a pleasure to have worked in such a legendary space. Toscanini had his own private elevator and i know where u can still see one of the doors. Such history...
jimmycatt 2 months ago
Wonderful!!!
marian444 2 months ago
il tempo giusto è proprio questo!!!
fabiocasadeiturroni 2 months ago
Вот что интересно... Я как-то имел конфликт с генеральным директором музыкального магазина, где я имел претензию к Караяновскому исполнению Дебюсси (тогда он оскорбил ещё и ко всему мою мать). Оказывается, я критиковал Караяна всё-таки достаточно объективно, ибо мои уши меня обманывать не могут - Тосканини, наряду с Фуртвенглером - дирижёры гораздо более высокого уровня. Караян же просто в силу обстоятельств заработал себе мировую известность.
Quatarsys 3 months ago
In a word.Awesome. TY abbjorko for posting this gem.of a performance.
paulostroff99 4 months ago
Divine composer, immortal movement, brilliant conductor.
catulluset 5 months ago
Unexcelling, incomparable Maestro Toscanini indeed conducts with exelsity Beethoven S9 (1/7). Winds & Strings are awesome. Matchless perfectionist Ludwig van Beethoven composes, as you all know, this Masterwork when his auditory prob. , but not his Mental Prowess, was @ his height. Thank you abbjorko for upoading! Thank you very kindly God-like Beethoven for your purely angelic, profoundly passionate, unsurpassably powerful, timeless German & universal legacy!
angela44ize 7 months ago
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Brabo!! thank you!!
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rkotcher 7 months ago
forza di spirito che trasmette a tutta l'orchestra
aleaquatarkus 10 months ago 2
Interpretazione...come dire.....sanguigna!
Artaxbozzim 10 months ago
The piece heard a the beginning is the Prelude for the Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Wagner.
sas147741 10 months ago
Impresionanate!!!! esto es historia!!!!!
jamas pense ver al gran Toscanini (dicen... y parece verdad), el ritmo que le impone es único!!! es mas rápida pero contundente, sin duda a muchos no les gustará, pero esto es "interpretado por....." a mi me impreionó su concepción genial!!!! lo que si es cierto es que es muy valioso este documento.. Gracias!!!!
Jairgifr 1 year ago
Impresionanate!!!! esto es historia!!!!!
Jairgifr 1 year ago
when is that this video was filmed ?
TheLeon96Ahuel 1 year ago
What good quality picture ! it's a HD video !
haha, it's a joke. but I love this music. :D
TheLeon96Ahuel 1 year ago
Thanks to Windows and YouTube, we can listen to several versions of the same work in real/staggered time to get the nuances, phrasings, etc of each conductor and his orchestra. Simply open several windows and play your favorites simultaneously, stopping and starting the pieces at will. Fascinating studies! ALL HAIL YouTube! Grandest medium since Gutenberg's!!
WimGrundy 1 year ago 4
@WimGrundy What Wim said! YouTube is a truly remarkable medium!
And a very special thank you to people like abbjorko for posting it and sharing with the rest of us!
GarisMom 1 year ago
Its fun to compare performances by different composers. Each brings out different aspects of the music. For me, Toscanini's interpretations of the Beethoven symphonies have the most forward drive, muscle, and clarity. Even with the antiquated sound, T. rules!
JulietteTV1970 1 year ago 3
My, the tempi is fast. Esp the catalysm at the 7:10 mark or so, that's the fastest ive ever heard it.
tmc359 1 year ago
Actually, people didn't have class, Toscanini demanded respect from the audience. This is right after people used go to operas to make fun of the singers and literally throw tomatoes at them if they didn't like their singing. So we thank Toscanini for educating the audience back then and we still need him now because there's some people that don't know how to act in a concert or they dress up like they are going to the beach. Attending a live performance constitutes a priviledge.
statere1000 1 year ago
My god, what TV could have been....
MrApples6 1 year ago
Listen to how quiet the audience is at 1:20
just before the movement begins.
Now that, was back when people showed some class.
Thanks for the videos, by the way.
olhole 1 year ago
Comments here makes me dumbfounded.
Little insignificant Bacterias telling God how they are disgruntled about the shapes of the continents and the oceans.
seemagics 1 year ago
karajan version disappeared from youtube ..it was by far the best
divine604 1 year ago 4
@divine604 Yes!!! Where is it? I liked the streamlined aproach Karajan had.
LazyBastard69 1 year ago 3
@divine604 Karajan was unable to conduct Beethoven's music as well as baroque and classical music in the large. On the contrary, I think he was an excellent director for the late romantic repertory, and not just that.
Kurremkarmerruk1 1 year ago
only two cello players?
senortinfoil1 1 year ago
I think the chorus should be able to smoke during the first 3 movements. also the conductor should be able to light up between movements
phantomofthedrivein 1 year ago 4
讚！還有繁中字幕，真是內行啊！
LinTzuYoung 1 year ago
The greatest simfony I think! I could hearing it more and more
VadimDorof 1 year ago
i looked for this for sooooo long!! thank you!
Marxfan58 1 year ago
Absolutely brilliant production, however, I feel that toscanini needs more self confidence. He seems so worried throughout with the expression on his face
jsavino96 1 year ago
@jsavino96 I know how he feels. I direct community theater plays. One sweats bullets.
Doolsey 1 year ago
to the commentors, pls.. this is a orchestra playing neither piano nor guitar. :((
merwin2010 1 year ago
Sound quality is terrible but what can you do about it at this time. Still, its well played.
HorusHeresy1982 1 year ago
@HorusHeresy1982 The original recording sounds much better. ( TESTAMENT DVDs)
YTM021807 1 year ago
OMG I seriously thought they were tuning in the beginning... epic fail!
euch27 1 year ago
@euch27 its an unfortunate side effect of the recording processes and qualities of the time, however, go read the score, there is no "epic" fail here.
drfarrin 1 year ago
@drfarrin haha good point
euch27 1 year ago
@drfarrin I meant epic fail at my interpretation, yeah...I understand..
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hjakfbdsnmf 1 year ago
He has NOTHING on FURTWANGLER!!!!!!
Freudboy 1 year ago
I love the Chinese captions. I love the music more. Good old Ludwig Van. This isn't the be-all end-all of music, but I do think people would do well to play this a little more and let it take them to where old Ludwig Van was trying to go.
Incidentally - I love pre-1950's interpretations of classical music. This is freaking sweet.
Peace, love and understanding.
bobbygnosis 1 year ago
@bobbygnosis No offense, but I think it is the be-all end-all of music. What is, in your opinion?
Doolsey 1 year ago
@Doolsey It's good. I like it. I own what I think is a better interpretation of this same piece, but that's the only music I like. Music isn't the only thing I like. I also like kitties, puppies, sunsets and rainbows. This music happens to be an ode to such things. I'm happy to listen to this and hang out with friends whether or anyone thinks this is better or worse than Vivaldi, Bach or 2pac.
Peace, love and understanding.
bobbygnosis 1 year ago
Ya just have to love that D minor getting its ass kicked by B flat major!
mujaku 1 year ago
WORTHLESS STICKWAVER
jess3a3 1 year ago
@jess3a3 You bet!!! No match for FURTWANGLER.
Freudboy 1 year ago
@Freudboy You folks should stop taking the medications prompting your response...either that or you are dead!! Furtwangler was perhaps the the only conductor who was paid by the length of time his performances took (BORING!!).
marty4248 1 year ago
grazie maestro
antocama 1 year ago 2
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This is fantastic, where did you get this footage and whats up with the asian subtitles?
vcvcc136 1 year ago
THis is fantastic, where di you get this footage and whats up with the asian subtitles?
vcvcc136 1 year ago
playing with ur guns, billy-boy.. doesn't qualify as performing.. i'm sure ur a genious (in ur own minid, anyway) in any case.. expressing a preference to a style or cadence or just about everything else, does not require profesional credentials or pundit level cutural knowledge.. let others express what they feel.. u pompous duchebag, u..
the9thplague1 1 year ago
The phrasings with Toscanini are great. What a big understanding of the text. The accents come exactly at the best moment and he gives it a dancing aspect with this phrasing. Which is contrary to the so heavy heavy brutal interpretations you can hear with less good musicians....
uhartchristian 1 year ago 7
@uhartchristian Of all the comments concerning Toscanini, yours is the most cogent and would serve as a useful and valuable lead for any young person seeking a guide to classical music and great conducting. Thank you.
runupahill1 1 year ago
I LOVE Toscanini! I LOVE his interpretations of Brahms' 2nd concerto, and Beethoven's 9th. And many more. I'm very impressed with his interpretations, because it has a lot of energy in it. And in music energy is everything. Nothing impresses and uplifts me so much than Toscanini's interpretations. Especially his violins. I don't know what did he do to make them sound so expressively, but this is it. I feel it even listening to bad mp3. THE GENIUS NO. 1 IN MUSIC!
Vladislaw81 1 year ago 6
Can someone tell me why he always cut off the chords of the strings? I am not criticizing, I am just asking. Or maybe the place is too dry.
hexatonico 1 year ago
I wish NBC would bring back quality programming like this.
kaleowao 2 years ago 68
@kaleowao
Bravo - I wish any network would do so- so many channels now
and probably less % of Classical Music on TV.
Great perfomance by the Meastro.
65attila 1 year ago
@kaleowao I totally agree, however I would add: ANY network, not just NBC ...
hjbpnb 6 months ago
@kaleowao - Well, it's not NBC that could bring-BACK the great musicians of former days ... but we understand that the network/people ... and the latter, of others (of recording performances, studio dates, etc.) COULD record such matters, in the past. IN other words, the days of Toscanini, Furtwangler, Monteux, Reiner and others are gone, in physical presences, but their legacies are INTACT, as they should be - OK?
jhb134 1 month ago
@kaleowao
today this would be considered racist
blimpy49 2 weeks ago
Initially (many many years) ago I thought that it was too fast or hectic. Gradually I changed my evaluation. Now it is "supremely incandescent", awesome, subtle, refined etc....
YTM021807 2 years ago
I'm not decided yet on which is the best approach, but it's good to be able to see some different approaches on this sublime symphony - no offence, but in comparison with Toscanini, Karajan seems like a drama queen, which distracts attention from this great music.
ContreAir 2 years ago 3
Italian bandmaster approach to this great symphony is not to my taste; too many subdivided beats and downward accents, as well as too fast a tempo. There's also not enough contrast between sections, and the result often seems choppy and rushed. Klemperer, Furtwangler and Karajan, while all different, have much more to say with this music.
billyguns2 2 years ago
Another pseudo-intellect. Listen to the music. Toscanini's interpretation excites and uplifts me. The others bore me.
shinyapples 2 years ago
I am a highly respected and sought after professional musician and sentient adult; you appear to be a know-nothing hurler of insults.
billyguns2 2 years ago
@billyguns2
Ants only attack elephants when they are dead.
SteveBell1942 2 years ago 33
If you read the press in the 1940s and 1950s many critics said the same things about the living Maestro. He was unexcelled in a lot of music; his Respighi tone poems have neevr been surpassed, IMO. By the way, I am a highly successful porfessional musician and performing artist; your credentials are...?
billyguns2 2 years ago
@SteveBell1942 what a great quote. i love it.
TheseusTex 4 weeks ago in playlist Beethoven - 9th
@billyguns2 Bandmaster ? you couldent carry his dirty underware.
tenorismo 1 year ago
Actually, the original quote is from Sir Thomas Beecham, who called him "that bandmaster." Toscanini in his milieu is unequaled; his Italian opera, Italian tone poems, and many of his Beethoven recordings (especially a marvelous "Pastorale" from 1952) are without peer. I don't care for this performance; nobody is perfect. Your insult reveals you to be a thoroughly nasty piece of work; I feel sorry for you.
billyguns2 1 year ago
To me Toscanini's interpretation seems slighly too choppy and marked, almost too much like italian opera.
wks1978 2 years ago
Imagine an era when network television would put classical arts over their air. Imagine that this is the same network that makes money with 'Biggest Loser' and 'Jay Leno'.
nakamichiguy 2 years ago 3
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Metronomic, casual, glossed over, brisk without being forceful, in short, IT SUX! Go with FURTWAENGLER!!!!!
Freudboy 2 years ago
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Yeah it takes a German to conduct a German work Fact
Mauricebear 2 years ago
That's a silly remark.
7845lptape 2 years ago 2
The power and the beauty of Beethoven's music has not confines, if you can't understand this, you're just a poor ignorant, not worth to listen to him.
ianpaice84 2 years ago 4
This is a good topic worth discussing.
davidgee100 2 years ago
It would seem Sir that my comment has not gone down well. All I am saying is that empathy exists between people of a similar background. So I contend that it follows that German conductor would have that empathy with a German composer. Anyway what ever happened to free speech? Am I not allowed to say what I wish without being vilified?
Mauricebear 2 years ago 2
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Olorin444 2 years ago
are you kidding?
marcogalway 2 years ago
All opinions on the interpretation aside, one has to agree that AT was one of those conductors that had 100% direct control over his orch, and thru his motions, his realized every single musical idea he wanted to happen (that's why this video was so fun to watch!). LEGENDARY orchestral discipline.
You can imagine the NBC Orch as the ten fingers of AT, and, like a master pianist, AT had complete control over the action of each. There was no filter b/w AT's mind and audience's ears.
ajlee1216 2 years ago 3
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peterkills 2 years ago
Ah the downside of YouTube in all its glory--come on guys, give it a rest and perhaps just listen.
At 5:23 & 5:32--two miserable trumpet entrances. That cannot be the great Harry Glantz! Wonder what's up?
ipmoic 2 years ago
That's exactly how it's supposed to go!
shellac1925 2 years ago
I love toscanini, for an older man he has such an energetic vibe- beethoven was his fountain of youth.
stones214 2 years ago
I have always found Toscanini a very interesting conductor, especially for Beethoven. Thank you for the set of videos, abbjorko.
max31416 2 years ago
I'll never understand how Toscanini conducting the Beethoven Symphony #9 could elicit the comments found below!
wetland1955 2 years ago
ignorance, fear, hatred, racism ....
gzaenker 2 years ago
Don't you just love users that try to act smart using fancy words ? Since the guy was a genius in what he did, who the fuck actually cares if his mother was black or asian for that matter ? owluck, in just a few words I'm going to express my feelings towards your person: Go fuck yourself.
evilshit90 2 years ago
I'm not going to respond to your bigotry with insults regarding your disrespect for the Creator, or your reference to sexual preferences. Get a grip! You're sinking intellectually. Oooooooooooohhhhhh!
owluck 3 years ago
you're sinking musically. Oooooooooooohhhhhh!
imsleepyanddead 2 years ago
You are saying things that are stupid and pointless, man...
edraith 2 years ago
"Creator" "Blacks" "Gayz". Your favourite words. Maybe you're a big, black, gay god? ooooooooooohhhhh.
SpottyDorsord 3 years ago 2
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nipster88 3 years ago
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owluck 3 years ago
"widely known secret"? Sounds more like a little known lie, which would at least make sense.
"...not responsible for the color of their skin", as if there is something wrong with any colour anyway....
SpottyDorsord 3 years ago 2
Dear me, SpottyDorsord, I could care less what it sounds like to you. Do the research and get back to me!!
As for something being wrong with skin color; I don't believe I implied that there was. To do that would be an insult to the Creator.
owluck 3 years ago
You COULD care less? Great, so I guess you care more?
SpottyDorsord 3 years ago
Beethoven was black!!? Ha HA HA!!!! what a joke... yes and Toscanini is Half Japanese...
Caligula138 3 years ago
Caligula138, I didn't say Beethoven was black. I said his mother was of black african descent. I suspect you didn't make good grades in geography or history. Have you ever heard of the invasion of the Moors? BTW, Italians with the natural darkness or olive complexions have african roots. They were also invaded. So yes, maybe even Toscaninni!! I visit this site to hear the music. I did not intend to exchange barbs. I just couldn't let nipster 88 get away with his/her ignorant statement.
owluck 3 years ago
Dear Owluck, there is NO evidance to support your claim that Beethovens Mother had Morrish Blood in her... so i suspect you just like to talk shit... what do you think the Moors banged every woman in every land the occupied?!
Caligula138 3 years ago
Caligula 138
Like your namesake, you are insane. Spell Check is all I have to say to you! What are the contents of your IEP?
owluck 3 years ago
Hey genius spell check this for me... Douche bag...
Caligula138 3 years ago
Your statement that Beethoven's mother, "was of black african descent", gave me the biggest laugh yet. How ignorant & ill informed can you get? Yeah & Jesus was a pedaphile, you fucking ignorant religious zealot. It's time you fucking crazy asshole religious nutjobs (who ruined this country) do us all a favor & take themselves somewhere and shoot themselves so we don't have to deal with your racist & destructive ways. Take your creator & shove it as far as you can up where the sun down shine :)
Steinway1920 2 years ago 2
Very nice comment Steinway1920! :D
BenFigueroa04 2 years ago
Thanks, I liked what I said, if I do say so myself!!
Steinway1920 2 years ago
I don't think I want to meet you. That would certainly be unpleasant.
wetland1955 2 years ago
What makes you think I'd want to meet you? You think YouTube is some kind of a dating service? Are you another reiigious zealot....God! I'm sooo sick of you people.
Steinway1920 2 years ago
You're the one exibiting bizarre behavior - not me. You don't know the first thing about me. I commented I wouldn't want to meet up with you because your comment was so ugly and rude - and you were so proud of it to boot. It had nothing to do with religion. You are just an unpleasant person who should be dismissed out of hand - so I will...
wetland1955 2 years ago
I wouldn't _want_ to _know_ anything about you, oh yuuuck! You arrogant pompous ass. Secondly, I was responding to someone whose racist comment, "Beethoven's mother was of African descent", is _absolutely laughable_. I guess you missed that part, huh? The part you got was whether someone is rude or not. You obviously couldn't care less if they're spewing out bigotry & hatred. How out of it are you anyway? That's the ugliness you display.
Steinway1920 2 years ago
Typical. Nothing intelligent to say so the personal attacks and ugly names come rapid fire. Nope, I didn't miss any part of anything. I saw all the comments, including yours. If you aren't up to coherently sparring with someone then best just leave it alone. Anyone can be ugly and stupid and spew out nonesense without think. Why should I have to read that? Think of something intelligent to say. Put together a logical and coherent arguement to support your point. Now try again.
wetland1955 2 years ago
Another narcisistic racist strikes again.
Steinway1920 2 years ago
Your original comment to me was, 'I don't think I want to meet you', (which, btw, please keep your personal needs & dating preferences to yourself), was a personal attack, asshole.This whole exchange has been all about what _you_ should read & what _you_ shouldn't read. Help!! the YouTube pc police are after me! Oooh, I'm shaking! If you don't like the YouTube waters, then stay out, fucktard. Get it now? Asswipe?God! Another narcisistic racist asshole, like _you_, is in our midst, typical.
Steinway1920 2 years ago
You don't know the first thing about me. But YOUR attitude is obvious. Shoot first and never ask questions afterward. Your language is foul, your ignorance is staggering, you can't say anything using the English language the way it was intended, but rather fall back on a rather small repertory of 3 and 4 letter words, and your thought process is limited to knee jerk swearing. Say what you like. Your immature rantings are pathetic and I couldn't care less about your opinion on any topic.
wetland1955 2 years ago
So shut up then.
Steinway1920 2 years ago
That would be your easy way out. Calling people names as a knee jerk reaction to something you don't like, swearing because you can't think of anything else to say, what you believe to be one liners that will settle a discussion, and being too immature to know any better - all because your parents and teachers couldn't get you to give a darn about your education. You flare up at the drop of a hat, spew out ugly words because you can't think of anything better to say. Look at YOUR responses.
wetland1955 2 years ago
You said, 'I couldn't care less about your opinion on any topic.'Why do you keep responding then? Your arrogance & imperious attitude is embarrassing & distasteful. You have this obsession w/being right & needing to have the last word. Did you take your medication today? Or maybe you need "up" your medication. Maybe you should call yourself "Wetbrain" instead. Get over it...the rest of us have.
Steinway1920 2 years ago
It seems to take so little to keep you going and spewing out ugly words that degrade someone you know nothing about. Your assumptions about me are way off the mark. Your attitude towards others with differing opinions is degrading. So much else is going on in the world and all you can think to do about it is be down right ugly and insulting toward others. I'm just having fun sparring with you. You are the one getting all hot and bothered about it. Grow up. Get a life. Just drop it.
wetland1955 2 years ago
And visa versa, wetbrain.
Steinway1920 2 years ago
I can see you are struggling to find the right words to express yourself. Oh, by the way - Beethoven, Symphony #9 conducted by Toscanini - just keeping this exchange relevant. So, looking back on our exchange I see you've call me a number of names - which is OK as that is typical behavior these days. I understand that is the level at which you think. That's how wars start, after all, and there certainly have been a lot of those recently. So keep it coming. At least it is amusing...
wetland1955 2 years ago
No, it's just getting boring because it's too easy.
Steinway1920 2 years ago
Yes, it is too easy to swear, degrade people and appeal to the more base instincts, categorize, misrepresent, and on and on. It is too easy to do all these things when you have no self respect.
wetland1955 2 years ago
No, no, no.
This is complete idiotry. Try studying something, in order to say that idiotries...
In Italy we NEVER had Black African People invasions. Maybe you are making confusion with the occupation of Sicila by the NORTH AFRICAN and MIDDL-EASTERN people, wich ARE NOT BLACK (they were not "nigger", in italian "negro", wich is not an offensive word di per se).
The color of the skin do not belong merely on genetic. The musical attitude do not belong merely on genetic.
edraith 2 years ago
Anyway, dear owluck, the saracens, the "mori" like we called them, were not black african people: they were of Indo-European and/or Semitic origins, NOT "Black"! And the were pillagers, pirates, they didn't usually conquer the coasts!
edraith 2 years ago
So, dear owluck, Italians are not niggers. And Italians with "darker skin" are not of Black African origins: this is silly, funny and even stupid, and denotes a great ignorance of biology and genetics.
edraith 2 years ago
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Mozart was a native american and Bach a Inuit
albertoscherillo 3 years ago
bach was a son of a bich, but i think that mozart was austrian. by the way, have you seen the wonderful documentary of lisa della casa, also on youtube available! it is great! what a great singer
Cavaradossi1981 2 years ago
Well, I don't know who Bethoven was or is, but Beethoven would have thought you were a buffoon. Learn to write properly in English before you start writing stupid, angry messages. P.S. u r dum like 4eva bro.
SpottyDorsord 3 years ago 2
when will people stop fighting over music and just enjoy it, no matter style it is
paulmarcooni 3 years ago 3
is it just me, or is this a small orchestra?
auhosj877 3 years ago
Does seem small, though they have a 'big sound' :)
mowgie 3 years ago
I think it has to do with the narrow camera angle. The strings seem to be 14-12-10-8-6, or 50 total and the piece calls for a fixed 23 winds and percussion. 73 total is a good sized orchestra but not huge. Today purists use less strings.
The big sound is because Toscanini made everybody play out and today they hide.
ikmarchini 2 years ago 3
Fascinating version. Completely different.
foxyfaefife 3 years ago
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It's too long! But very good.
larryh77 3 years ago
In order to play beethoven you must be equall to beethoven not just musically which is a tachnical matter but ethically which is the PURE MUSIC.All the musicians in the last 100 years have just quick hands, their music is zero!!!
All these "perfect musicians" have destroyed classical music.A mediocre pianist of your neighbourhood have a thousand times more passion than these plastic hearted robots.
lykigos 3 years ago
Very strong opinions.. but i think somewhat misguided. I can criticize many things about the new directions in art music but one thing I revel in is the virtuosity and sensitivity of modern performers.
If you mean purely virtuosic talent such as say, the infamous 'lang lang' I get it.. but Ashkenazy? Horowitz? Yundi Li? They are such lyrical, emotional performers.
simnos1 3 years ago 2
lang lang is a clown, but you should admit, he's got a genuine talent and love for music.
imsleepyanddead 3 years ago
simnos, you should educate yourself before playing the name of Horowitz with those unintellectual frauds.
sab3156 3 years ago
Sab, get over yourself. I both play and listen to piano music.
simnos1 3 years ago
Like I said, educate yourself on what pianism entails. If you still think Yundi Li and Lang Lang are representatives of the school of musical brilliance, then I suggest you pick a different field to pass opinions about. Perhaps rap and hip-hop are more closely related to your hidden forte of analysis.
sab3156 3 years ago
I never endorsed lang lang, and you just sound stupid telling to me to pass opinions on rap.
I am a classical musician, composer and student. I am entitled to my opinion and not to be insulted for it. I think Yundi Li is a very good pianist. Watch his Chopin competition entry and make up your own mind but don't just dismiss him because it appeals to popular classical snobbery.
Further, you are definitely in the minority in claiming Ashkenazy has no talent.
simnos1 3 years ago
Hmm, I only mentions pianists there lol.. revealing my bias. But my comments refer to all range of classical performers.
simnos1 3 years ago
REPLY simnos1, I,too am a Prof. Pianist who has performed with Orchestras iin Concertos. One cannot compare Beethoven(from Romantic
Period) of 'Classical' music to Mozart -(Classical Period)- different Perfomance Practices/Style. Both Great!! Each had unique
style. Mozart sounds simple, but truly difficult to convey his real sound & high
Spiritual,almost heavenly, many works. Beethoven is epitome of Passion & Expression, more earthy, (loved Nature) yet uplifting. Both Inspirational Music.
pennymusicMAma 3 years ago 2
"Classical" means perfect considering it at all times."Romantic classic music" differs by showing more passion, it has more dramatic colors.Classical targets to the perfect harmony.If someone asked what is the best the answer would be "Beethoven who is both classical and romantic".
lykigos 3 years ago 2
I disagree, late Mozart overshadows Beethoven, not just in mere quantity, but also quality, unlike Beethoven Mozart never sacrificed form in favor of expression, his late works are just as dramatic and emotionally charged as those of Beethoven while being a lot more subtle, perfect and well-balanced. It takes time to appreciate, but there is a reason why all important composers recognized Mozart as the non-plus-ultra of their craft - from Brahms to Tchaikovsky, from Chopin to Wagner.
Nachtmarchen 3 years ago
Mozart had his own merits. To compare Beethoven and Mozart is a logical fallacy. They are completely different. Beethoven is the embodiment of passion, whereas Mozart was more able to show the happy and optimistic parts of life. This is not say one is better than the other. As Bernstein once said "Beethoven knew what note came next.". Mozart certainly knew how to dress things up, but Beethoven showed you music through a lens of reality.
yettone 3 years ago 5
I might have exaggerated - but to say Mozart only showed the happy and optimistic parts of life is simply wrong, even in his major key symphonies and virtually all of his operas there's a deep, underlying sense of earnestness, that of deep understanding of the human condition, I'm very much with the views of maestro Karl Böhm here. Beethoven was the eternally youthful, the passionate, Mozart distant observer, never sentimental, but able to put all human emotions in to music perfectly. T-up btw.
Nachtmarchen 3 years ago 5
I note that you did say 'late Mozart'. However, you have to admit Mozart did portray a much lighter outlook than Beethoven. While his music was deep, it was seldom dark and passionate in the way that Beethoven's was. Mozart seems to be constantly on a mission to modulate back to the major which just frustrates me at times.
simnos1 3 years ago
Mozart wasn't nearly as sentimental as Beethoven and I already said that I admire the purity of emotion in Beethoven's music, and indeed there is a great difference between the crushing, hopeless pain and anger of Beethoven and the lascivious anguish and passion as found in nearly all of Mozart's minor key works/movements. However, even Beethoven though the Requiem (where Mozart himself didn't write a single movement in the major key) fearsome.
Nachtmarchen 3 years ago
penso che mozart stimoli e plachi la mente, la rilassi e la rafforzi. beethoven la distrugge, la esaurisce: la sua musica è demonica. vive su se stessa ed esige silenzio.
lorpuc 3 years ago
thanx platypus, of all the genres of music i've been into, classical is the hardest to differentiate between the artists. not because it all sounds the same, quite the opposite. it is the most rich, and deep in history, making it intimidating.
btw, what is the difference between Classic period and Romantic period?
lemonite1 3 years ago
I dont get how this guy could conduct with that enourmous baton, its more suited for homicide than conducting in my hands lol. Musical homicide of course.
I feel sorry for toscanini, he had scratchy woodwinds. I would have to say again I prefer karajan on this symphony.
PlatypusofCalifornia 3 years ago
..again...matchless perfection....after this, any other conductor's version is unacceptable..he belongs to the ages
j72050 3 years ago
im new to classical and i love it, 'specially Beethoven. am i an ignorant dweeb for this? are there better?
lemonite1 3 years ago
Of the classical period, beethoven was the best :). Mozart is overrated imo.
From the early classical period, try bach. From the romanticist period (I would have to say my favorite), there are the two infamous russians tchikosvsky and korsakoff, and then there is berlioz with his symphonie fantastique, and listz and his impossibly hard piano pieces.
Don't worry you arent a noob :).
PlatypusofCalifornia 3 years ago 2
and Chopin?? :P
nico22059 3 years ago
Mozart overrated?
edraith 2 years ago
is it possible for you to post all 1-7 videos as one video? because cutting them up and having to switch between windows or tabs kind of ruins the experience
nipster88 3 years ago
Try making a playlist. Click "favorites" and take it from there.
wendyloulabelle 3 years ago
apparently its more like an hour that they stand there. lol!
that would suck for them, yes - but its worth it to play beethoven's 9th!
yanpan16 3 years ago
El mejor director de todos los tiempos
Jorgeabc666 3 years ago
Is Toscanini rly famous? He looks a little like Einstein XD. The way that the pronoucer say ludwig just makes me laugh "loodviig"-lol.
jdmmxbth 3 years ago
thats the way to say it! lol
yanpan16 3 years ago
that's how it is said in german
ShadowLuke 3 years ago