Carlos Kleiber -Beethoven symphony No.7, Op.92 : mov.4

[radstainforth]

Excellent! The best conductor ever ...

[Juancarzgz7]

Increible, electrizante, si verlo es impresionante, escucharlo sin la imagen lo es aun mas

[patchin1]

He is the only conductor that convinced me the music was written to match his moves! Be it Strauss or Beethoven.

The Youtube clips are unfortunately too low quality to capture all his intricate hand moves.

[angelamaria1944]

è sconvolgente e affascinante!

[schauspieler23]

mon coragia es noe mo energia halfole . E' tokne Luwie v. beethoven . This is the most energetic piece and it seems the conductor is up to the challenge.

[0189601]

CARLOS Kleiber y DANIEL Baremboin, los mejores directores que dio La Argentina

[emrengin1]

@joshua88241 Hahahahah:D

[NikolaTesla234]

this is my favourite movement!

[kalonice100]

Realmente , me emociona !!! Excelente director !

[InfantGeezuS]

My orchestra is playing this and it's fun but takes ur breath away and it last really long so that yout arms tire

[dragmio]

@adam25137 Beethoven is definitely the greatest human composer. Mozart and Bach are from another world. :)

[edgaram69]

@dragmio I agree!

Well, I agree if that doesn't imply they're better, just from another world.

[mirrors1]

@dragmio B & M. aren't better than Beethoven. The magnificent Trio: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven isn't a stupid stuff but a real one.

[ensembledionysos]

Somebody noticed 5'04 ? He is cueing the 1st violins while they don't play, and miss the cello entrance... kind of funny !

[LeeClaxton]

this condukta always seems off da pace, i dont kno y ppl r8 him so hi tbh. i fink he shld jus go 2 bed and neva walk up u kno wot i mean bruvz???//?

[TheFeuerzauber]

@LeeClaxton Excuse me, but what does this mean? :P

[zorkada]

Impressionante Kleiber!!!!

[Vegio7]

Got this on CD by Deutsche Grammophon, Kleiber conducting Wiener Philharmoniker: one of the best conductors ever with one of the best orchestras in the world. The result is astonishing: the most perfect mix between "density" and "clearness".

[tuncaysu]

@Vegio7 fyi, this is not VPO; this is the royal concertgebouw orchestra. well, to be precise it was not "royal" at the time of this recording; it got the royal title in '88.

[Vegio7]

@tuncaysu I know, I know. I was just saying that I have the 7th on CD, conducted by Kleiber. I wasn't referring to the concert shown in the video. ;-)

[Pipposky29]

Maestoso ed impeccabile, uno dei più bei movimenti di tutte le sinfonie di Beethoven.

[yvesjod]

@joshua88241 Carlos Kleiber body language was fabulous, and an insight to the kind of human he was.

2:12 the paternalistic frown

2:13 you've got to listen

2:17 (still looking at the culprit) see this baton here - pay attention to the tempo

2:24 little bobbing of the head - better this time - how could you miss it before?

6:26 (half forgiving) you must watch and pay attention

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic! Hallelujah! Allahu Akbar!

[bellinianodoc]

Ma... ovviamente sono io che non capisco un piffero, ma lo trovo assolutamente inascoltabile.

Caotico e confusionario, usa dei tempi così stretti che congestiona tutta la linea musicale fino a renderla irriconoscibile.

Beethoven era un musicista di formazione settecentesca, non credo che concepisse la sua musica in modo così torbido.

[mano6292]

Un maestro dirigiendo el trabajo de un genio♥ Cuánta emoción :O

[Farnik01]

God, what an amazing conductor.

[Gioachino82]

INFINITE!

[mozart200657]

We miss you...

[mphello]

I cannot find a recording of Beethoven's 7th symphony in which the conductor takes the repeat in the 4th movement. I really really wish I could. I really prefer ALL repeats be taken in ALL symphonies by ALL composers.

[DerDon]

@mphello John Eliot Gardiner conducted all nine Beethoven symphonies with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and he takes the repetition. Also he uses a slower tempo and gets a more majestic sound leading the recording to being over 9 minutes long. I love this particular symphony, have heard some interpretations and I can really recommend Gardiner's version. Sadly I couldn't find the recording on YouTube :(

[HickysBoy]

@DerDon This has been my favorite piece of music for almost 50 years. I enjoy many interpretations of it - especially Kleiber, Toscanini and the earlier Klemperer where he doesn't slow the tempo quite so much. I will endeavor to find the Gardinar; thank you.

[jdeschan]

I like how the maestro smells the flowers at the end :)

[Allegretto54]

¡Maravilloso!... Excelente versión de Kleiber. Excelente composición de Beethoven... mi favorito.

[darkprose]

Yes, masterful playing; masterful conducting, without doubt. I'd distrust the taste or sensibilities of anyone who didn't find this thrilling and beautiful, in fact.

[gregapage]

Weak interpretation. Not "Exciting" at all. "Boring, flat, lifeless" more like!

[edgarme90]

@gregapage Hahah, how can you tell? Because you heard it like that? you know, the guy who uploaded this video heard it exciting and i agree, so... why didn't you? do you have a reason to say it's a weak interpretation besides your mere perception?

[PeaceAndGloryMB]

The music of Beethoven has absolutely nothing to do with human race. For one it was written by a genius in utterly politically incorrect times. Now in the politically correct times we have RAP and other politically rubbish.

[AdamGillett]

@joshua88241 A mark of how well he's in control that he has the presence of mind to give such a subtle but explicit sign so calmly.

[vespa636]

連古典新手的我 都直接被打中了 真強 實在太熱血了

[casakoen]

One of the most thrilling performances I know. Kleiber does magic with this piece. Being from Holland, the orchestra's not bad, either ;-)

[Galloss1936]

Se Carlos Kleiber fez algo ruim na música, deve ter jogado no lixo. O mundo não conheceu. Um gênio.

[mattiabp]

Carlos Kleiber was a real showman. It's fun to see him while conducting, and I've never heard a better performance of Beethoven's 7th.

[maxbigazzi]

HYP-NO-TI-ZING!!!

[fsanclem]

The best conductor ever. Voted by 100 leading conductors. See BBC Music Magazine 2010. His hands are marvellous. He´s a fine dancer on the podium. Nobody like him.

[MariusChamberlin]

@fsanclem My favorite conductor. I want to emulate him in every way.

[moustatache]

@joshua88241 Haha true

[Kleiber2004]

Socko performance.

It is convinced that this performance is more wonderful than other great conductors.

[willyguacari]

xdos1 I don´t know where are you from, but it doesn´t matter, you have make me feel happy. The only one I want to say you is "Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul” Thank you so much for sharing!

[mms7704]

Indeed one of the most underrated symphonies ever and add to that Kleiber himself being underrated.

[celuiquipuequipete]

Did you notice how he accelerated at 0:32 ?

[historygenius]

@celuiquipuequipete I like it better that way myself.

:)

[ProkofievRules]

This is one of the best movements of symphonic music ever composed. It just gets under your skin.

[callmethestupid]

my biggest failure was that i didn't ever listen to his pieces while he was still alive

[MrMooseMovies]

I listen to this particular clip at least a couple times a week. It never gets old.

Kleiber was a master conductor.

[jamiebonline]

thanks for posting - kleiber rules - this is my favourite beethoven symphony - the chromatic pedal in the bass towards the end is so wonderful

[ShawDAMAN]

he's great to watch. a little crazy. ;D

shame there's not more videos/recordings of him. Not fair that Karajan (who I love, mind you) got so much exposure and multimedia marketing... there are other interpreters you know... and this seventh is better than many of Karajans.

[mattiabp]

@ShawDAMAN the 7th belongs to Carlos Kleiber :)

[syncopated84]

I wonder how many times in his life the conductor accidentally stabbed himself in excitement of the music. Great stuff!

[Dbrazz88]

Holy moly macaroni

[firebladerobert]

klaiber is the best

[2natw]

@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh - we got it the first time

[1udwi6]

que es la vida sin beethoven?

[ALBIBISBIS]

Which orchestra is this?

[Ethratian]

@ALBIBISBIS

RCOA = Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam

All the best

[graciaeom]

clear melodies, clear touches :)

[bwv179]

he looks Dario Fo! :)

[bwv179]

I love this man!!!!! he's great!!!!

[robertrstevens]

The movie "The King's Speech" is my choice for Movie of the Year. And what a benediction it was to hear the music which was chosen for the last inspiring and emotional scene: The 2nd Movement of Beethoven's Seventh.

Es lebe Beethoven!

Es lebe das Konzertgebouw-Orchester!

Es lebe Carlos Kleiber!

[hutz]

I prefer the performance with the Berliner Staatsoper but regardless this is magnificient !

[Ethratian]

@hutz

As far as I know Kleiber never played Beethovens 7th with the Berliner Philharmoniker.

All the best

[hutz]

@Ethratian Hell no he never did. I must have been on steroids if I have posted this :o)

[hutz]

@Ethratian I was refering to the Bayerisches Staatsorchester recordin which you can find or Orfeo.

[Ethratian]

@hutz

Interesting. I have this CD with the BSO but I don't understand why people like it more than this one. For example at the end the trompets do not play clearly or perhaps it does only sound unclear.

All the best

[Chazzan805]

Is the freezer story about him true? That he only takes engagements when he runs out of meat in his deep freezer? I read this somewhere years ago.

[Ethratian]

@Chazzan805

The freezer story was told by Karajan, but it's not true in the way he told it. Kleiber never conducted because he needed the money. He only conducted when he was sure that all the conditions (singers, orchestra, time, place, piece,...) were as perfect as he wanted them to be to match his high expectasions. Nevertheless it's a nice metapher.

All the best

[cchamp27]

at 2:13 he tells the timpani the intonation was off, then on the next cue he gives them the finger...LOL

[youtubister]

And at 3:54 our Carlos stands back and enjoys the fruits of his labour, quite likely thinking, "Oh, this is all going so well." He doesn't stand still for long though. Magic! <3

[youtubister]

"On your marks... Get set... GO !" And go they do. And then some. Far out, and just about the best performance of this symphony there is. For me anyway.

Kleiber the magician.

[glenfagelfors]

I think this symphony has this "I'm on ecstasy"-effect on most conductors, exept for Karajan, whom boringly enough also had his eyes shut, way to go Kleiber!

BTW I'd say Beethoven's 8th is in need of more attention, it's awesome too.

[Macowong911]

insane 0.0

[Invisus944]

the 19 people who dislike this video are some hardcore elitists, that's for sure

[NIBIRUROCK]

Beethoven is the masterpiece

[tiago3m]

WOW.... 4:47-4:52

[sexypoetry]

i would like to start the pole shift survival group, or join the existing one.

let me know if u r interested.

[MrTanguerodeley]

Carlos Kleiber, genio y figura. Gracias por tanto MAESTRO!!!!

[imperialstarx77]

If Gary Busey and Christopher Walken could have a son who would become a conductor...

[TheDigitalMonk]

haha, listen for the mark of an adaptable musician in the timpani at the very beginning. He has to tune his high drum back down from the end of the third movement, but gasp! His first note is WAY flat. In HALF a second, he notices and corrects it in time for the 2nd entrance.

Shame on the one hand for playing out of tune I guess, but mad props for fixing it on the fly.

[macfamouskid]

...reminds me of Gary Busey.

[StevieRevbo]

"really great"?

"fearless"?

really?

[NiceVideos11]

@StevieRevbo

WOW!!!! 

[kanazo]

Double winds in this version?

[fremontization]

Mußte es meinen neun Enkeln mailen. New Tube, i learnt it tree weeks before., heart it with Senneiser headphones.

Tears came in my eyes heairung carlos kleiber the VII. symphonie of LvB. The best performance inclusive the skilful fotograf.

Voilà la culture europpeen ! Great, Great !

Thanls !

W.

Peopöe are growing older, but with thuch wonderful events it´spaying off !

Thanks !

W.

[noirvalentin]

The effect of ecstasy on conductors.

[ilkinond]

@noirvalentin yeah.... He probably did a line of coke in the dressing room as well

[ProtkeAKAVoid]

@ilkinond Beethoven is better than coke

[Rettihsllub]

I watched this many times and I think he was cuing the timpanist, not the trumpet. If you look at the score, it's more likely the timpanist missed his cue, because both trumpets are playing for the whole phrase. Why would one of them suddenly stop? But the timpani notes in the phrase occur every other measure on the second beat, up to the measure in question where he plays on the downbeat. If he were zoning out, he could miss that entrance! K. is also looking in his direction.

[hartmuthopp]

Thank you Ethratian, you are right,

[waistoi]

Carlos Kleiber has created the best of Beethoven's 7

[hartmuthopp]

Its the Bavarian State Orchestra, on tour through Japan

[Ethratian]

@hartmuthopp & @crwv

It's from 1983 and it's the Royal Concergebouw Orchestra Amsterdam.

All the best

[crwv]

Anyone know what orchestra this is?

[kanazo]

@crwv Concertgebouw of Netherlands...gotta watch till the very end XD

[falcononrisingsun]

awesome! i think he is a masterpiece of the human race.

[RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

@falcononrisingsun you mean beethoven, right?

he's most responsible for this amazing experience..

[RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

@falcononrisingsun you mean beethoven, right?

he's most responsible for this amazing experience..

97% of it..

[RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

@falcononrisingsun you mean beethoven, right?

he's most responsible for this amazing experience..

97% of it..

you will know it when you listen to another performance, conductor, orchestra... the same miraculous piece of music!

[chrish12345]

This is probably close to the way Beethoven conducted, really getting involved with body motion and absorbed.

[robynsalain]

kleiber dirige sans partition et c'est miraculeux !

[MrChovo2]

Tras extasiarme con esta interpretación comienzo a dudar sobre si existe otra vida. No creo que si hay alguien mas allá consienta que la sabiduría de Carlos Kleiber y la felicidad que nos trasmite se haya acabado.

Esté donde esté, cuando me toque, yo quiero estar cerca de él, por si allá tambien hubiese músicos y conciertos como este.

Claro que el paraiso celestial en la tierra seguro que es escuchar a Beethoven de la mano de Carlos. Placer de dioses.

[SemiNaiff]

@MrChovo2 

[gogolplex74]

one of the most underrated symphonies ever

[Nuker1337]

@gogolplex74 Beethoven's greatest symphony, definitely above his 5th and 9th.

[NiceVideos11]

@Nuker1337

There is NO symphony written either by Beethoven or anyone else, that's greater than the 9th.... period..

[Nuker1337]

@NiceVideos11 You're wrong. Both the 5th and 7th are greater. That's pretty firmly established to me.

[NiceVideos11]

@Nuker1337

I never said the 5th and 7th weren't great. They certainly ARE..... I think sometimes people read into things that are simply not there. I did say however, that neither the 5th nor the 7th are greater than the 9th and nether is any other symphony ever written.

[Nuker1337]

@NiceVideos11 I said precisely that the 5th and 7th are GREATER than the 9th.

[Huddiethegreat]

@NiceVideos11 You are absolutely correct!

[telephilia]

@NiceVideos11 Agreed. As astonishing and beautiful and perfect as the middle symphonies are, the 9th seems greater. Indeed in all the late works (whether the last sonatas, quartets, the Missa, or the Diabelli Variations) Beethoven tops even himself.

[NiceVideos11]

@telephilia

Yeah.... it would have been interesting to see a 10th symphony. We know that he DID start a 10th, but died before he could finish it... HOWEVER it is also very fitting to end with the 9th I think. Also interestingly enough, he had plans to write a second opera based on Shakespeare's MacBeth and a Requiem. I would have LOVED to hear a Requiem by Beethoven!!!!!!!!!

[telephilia]

@NiceVideos11 Also Beethoven had plans for an oratorio based on Goethe's Faust. At least Beethoven lived to 56. Haydn lived to an advanced old age and simply tired out (he put down the pen on his last string quartet after 2 mvmts.) One wonders even more about what works Schubert and Mozart, who died much younger, would have bequeathed us if they had lived even to Beethoven's age.

[CanadaPisces]

A tour de force performance directed by one of the great conductors!

[hashatz]

Kleiber's conducting has "genius" written all over it! He is exciting, knows exactly what he wants to achieve and his intentions are crystal clear. He is elegant; the music flows with ease . This a feast for the ears AND the eyes. A thrilling experience!

[MrMusicforlife44]

stunning

[dans42951]

This rocks!!!

[BRISEFER6]

2 monstres : Kleiber et Beethoven.

J'imagine toujours à l'écoute dec mouvement quel pouvait être le caractère de ce républicain de Beethoven qui osa rétorquer au prince qui lui réclamait de jouer une sonate supplémentaire - "Je suis là grâce à mon travail, vous êtes Prince par l'effet de votre naissance, vous n'avez pas d'ordre à me donner"

[LombanaClaudio]

@BRISEFER6 Si vous reelment voulez ecrire en francais..., non seulement votre grammaire mais aussi votre francais son bien "SUB-STANDARD"... Il y a des "clowns" (comme vous) qui sont capables de dire quelconpue de betisses me qui ne sont pas capables de savoir meme lecrire ou dire les choses comme il fault...!!! Que vous parlez le francais... ma reponse... "PAS DU TOUT'...!!!

Et, en plus..., les merdes que vous dites sont d'un INCROYABLE imbecile...!

Allez vous faire cuire un oef...!!!

[ilcy1e2]

still love the nodame version but nice~

[TrueJalik]

@ilcy1e2 The Nodame version was Karajan I think. I sought it pretty much for the same reason, and they just removed it from youtube sadly. It's the best version of this hands down. I wasn't even aware it was my favorite version until I searched for other versions and none of them seemed to have the power Karajan did... or the balance. This is the closest to that power I've found, but still not quite there.

[ilcy1e2]

@TrueJalik ah i see :) yea i think its the best version that i've heard so far. but den of course i also like the nodame version a lot due to the actions they did in the live action.but of course the music aint really from them afterall. will actual orchestras be able to perform like that too?

[Polmaschio]

It seems and sounds like the reaction at 2:12 is to the timpani... because of rhythmic esecution - not trumpets!!!

[rhmoliu]

bravo! Kleiber!

[Rawwleklueze1976]

Carlos Kleiber!!!!!!!!!

[SunDragon93]

Amazing

[salphonso]

Bravo maestro. One of the best of his time. It is, as I imagine, just how Beethoven would have conducted. Notice that there isn't a sheet of music in front of Kleiber. It's all in his head. And he conducts with such emotion. It's no wonder he was in such high demand.

And to think his father didn't want him to be a musician.

[Allegretto54]

¡Excelente versión de Carlos Kleiber!

Fue un gran director.

¡¡Impresionante!!

[Allegretto54]

¡Excelente versión de Carlos Kleiber!

Fue un gran director.

¡¡IMPRESIONANTE!!

[brojohannes]

For an even more remarkable performance, watch Sawallisch conducting the NHK orchestra on YouTube. Perhaps the finest living exemplar of Germanic music making, with a remarkable orchestra that plays its heart out for an elderly man physically incapacitated but with a great soul that comes flowing out. And the audience goes wild.

[Ethratian]

Well I just watched Sawallisch's performance and I've to admit it's a good one, but I can't understand why you prefer it over the (imho) best version --> Kleiber's from 1983.

More energy, more power, more balance... simply the best.

But as we all know: tastes are different ;)

All the best

[RIVEXNGLE]

I know I am here for the music and to admire the performance, but I cannot help but compare the conductor to Gary Busey.

[TruthfulChristian]

Great.. I loved it!

[kyolovesmomo]

beethoven is the man !!!

[atrebil71]

Grandissimo Maestro

[robynsalain]

grandeur et extase !

[jafigueroa41]

IMPRESIONANTE !

[nodaverbz2]

He was definetly sprirtually influenced

[NiceVideos11]

Beethoven was an absolute genius.... He believe he was the ONLY composer of that time and certainly before who could build an entire movement without one hint of melody.... He's working with motifs and rhythms... but no real melodies... I find that incredible!!!

[Telmexia]

¡Magnifico!

Vean la batuta de Kleiber a dos manos en 1:57 - 1:58. ¡La orquesta le pertenece... es suya... le obedece! Gran conductor... excelente... no me canso de verlo.

[cirosuperiore]

Cosmic

God's favorite

[Hailstormand]

Exhilirating! I do so love classical conductors, but this man seems to enjoy himself immensely. And all so human.

At 3:55, he simply stands there, then suddenly jumps with a start. He's got a funny bone, too.

[jeweltoned]

uh oh.... someone's out of tune at 2:12!!!  hahahaha the classic conductor move (touches his ear and frowns slightly)

[jepcorp]

Kleiber is the most underrated conductor EVER and if there was a master list of top conductors, he'd be in the number one spot. I wished he hadn't shielded himself from the public as he did. ALL of his recordings are amazing and his level of precision is unequalled. Check out his New Year's Concert piece, Johann Strauss II "Vergnugungszug" Op.281. Simply amazing!! Karajan was another master of precision and both understood orchestras very well.

[beignet58]

If you don't believe that Music is Joy and nourishment for the soul, just watch Kleiber conduct. Wonderful!

[peoplearestrange]

Enjoy ever beat of that. What an eccentric conductor, I love it! Thanks for the video, has created a great spark for this conductor in me.

[Telmexia]

Kleiger, terminastes agotado, pero lo hicistes muy bien. Da la impresión que Beethoven, con esta sinfonía, quería hacer sudar a los directores.

Buen video.

[BlueMadeira]

Oh he is so in the zone!!

[herbiehusker13]

can't think of a better way to put it!

[Carebella909]

Lmao xD

[0590680]

excellent

[prodesica]

IL MIGLIORE!

[fabio0077]

L'unico :-)

[Sinneo91]

Does this occur around 2:25. He entry seemed spot on here, but I can't find another rude facial expression on Kleiber's face..

[callmethestupid]

Carlos Kleiber is worth being one of the legendary conductors.

[red19bridge]

Yes, I too always thought it was the timpanist.

[quesadiya]

B-R-A-V-O!

[JohnLowe86]

"His few recordings . . . exemplify the art of conducting at its highest. For anyone fortunate enough to have witnessed him in performance, the experience was unforgettable." -- Ted Libby writing about Carlos Kleiber in "The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music."

[Wolveram]

His reaction to the wrong trumpet at 2:12 is really great especially the following two cues for the same trumpet...

[John27346]

Why do you think the trumpet is wrong? Not being smart. My musical ear isn't the best.

[Wolveram]

Intonation. He's too low. That's my best guess at least, from what I can hear. Obviously my ear isn't as good as Maestro Kleiber's ear.

[b286guy]

@Wolveram It is interesting to see Kleiber correct the trumpets at that moment during the performance. The way he put his hand behind his ear, I'm guessing he wanted the trumpet to play that recurring rhythmic figure a little louder. In any case, what a great performance by a wonderful orchestra and a truly special conductor. His conducting style is rather unique and unorthodox, but he so clearly expresses what he wants the music to sound like. There's something magical about it all.

[jndillaha]

@Wolveram

did the trumpet miss his cue? im not sure but i think trumpet missed a note.

[thebedburner]

Man this guy is completely off his rocker it's really fearless.

[doodlehh]

I especially like how the room is dark behind him, so it looks like his hands are floating around in the air.

[MyMusic0201]

If you like this one, I would definitely recommend the video of Kleiber conducting Strauss' Rosenkavalier Overture!