Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 - L V Beethoven

[benny7101]

i just played this at carnegie hall!

[TAMYCRON]

Meh. Mozart is better.

[Adri58]

Beethoven was THE composer

[ryanfallon]

amazing how much sound a small group can put out..

[TheWillyJ16]

I wouldn't start bow up.

[arcticmonkys]

SHIT

[thexstupidxlamb]

Watched/heard this piece performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, it was amazing. This is one of the best pieces I've ever heard, I play piano, but I hope someday to play violin in an orchestra, especially this piece!

[lanebrain55]

Love this

[pihiful]

best ever....

[heldenbariton]

Totally weird sound...

Nice playing but I can not stay with this way...

[TheWillyJ16]

@heldenbariton I agree.

[whoopingchow]

I'm a cellist and playing this piece was by far the most fun I'd had in an orchestra.

[whoopingchow]

I'm a cellist and this was by far the most fun I'd had in an orchestra.

[L1ghTx]

1:20 sounds like Smash Bros. Brawl XD

[helmsdeep84]

@L1ghTx the main theme?

[L1ghTx]

@helmsdeep84 don't remember :D but some of the songs of brawl begin like that.

[GardenerTobak]

ASTOUNDING! Especially with a small orchestra where mistakes would have been easier to hear (there weren't any), this was a top notch performance.... and the best acoustics I've ever heard in a performance hall yet. It was alive and vivid, with nearly palpable expression and dynamics - like you were hearing each instrument one by one, yet brought together in one complete whole. Perfectly clean performance - absolutely amazing!

[adamkeeping]

excellent musical concept but the balance and ensemble problems are distracting

[KrakDesChevaliers]

Shame it was never finished..

[globi43]

Stunning.

[NetSlangCafe]

they r absolutely precise. Is different coz u can hear details that r not evident with the complete orchestra

[Joseph3044]

Wonderful sound. The acoustics in that hall create a pleasing reverberation that enhances the overall sound. I Musici of Montreal does have many CDs available. They are well worth owning.

[anry76]

Supreme !

[PincezMoiJeReve]

What an amazing reddition of that masterpiece ! Thanks.

[yenhoho]

wow..this is not bad..

[musica1789]

You know, the orchestra may be smaller than we're used to seeing, but they're producing a marvelous sound and everyone is very together! You really can't complain when the orchestra is this skilled.

[mrbrianmccarthy]

Mozart was THRILLED when he could get a larger orchestra,espicially with his concertos and symphonies. Personally,I think it does Haydn and Mozart a disservice to always play their music with smaller orchestras just because "Thats the size of orchestra they had" when it comes to symphonic music,I say bigger orchestras produce a bigger and more powerful sound---And with the early composers,all you have to do to keep the proportions correct is to keep the ratios the same and double it up.

[cubsrule2040]

Uh, isn't the orchestra supposed to be larger?

[hornplayer69]

the orchestra size you are probably used to seeing is the Romantic era orchestra. This is the traditional classical sized orchestra

[cubsrule2040]

Beethoven called for larger orchestras than Mozart and Haydn

[hornplayer69]

mabey in his symphonies but that doesnt make it the standard size for everything he wrote

[cubsrule2040]

doesn't he call for larger orchestras in his Egmont?

obviously, you need a larger orchestra for Romantic era pieces

[hornplayer69]

hmm that is a good question, ill look into that.

And yeh obviously , but i woldnt think that this overture would qualify as a Romantic era piece...

I think that the closest of his works would be his 9th symphony but the writing style of this is clearly Classical era

[cubsrule2040]

Egmont is more on the Romantic side than the Classical side, though.

This isn't pure classical, unlike the works of Haydn and Mozart and Beethoven's first two symphonies

[hornplayer69]

Egmont is more on the Romantic since written later in his career .

Now Coriolan which is more towards the middle of his career would still qualify as classical in style, but late classical.

As far as size it think that generally a classical orchestra would be scored :

Vio 1 - 8

Vio 2 - 8

Vila - 6

Cel - 4

Bass - 3

and winds horn/ trmpt , flute. ob, basn,clar with 2 of each. So with that being said you cold argue that this orchestra is on the small side.

[Scissors8311]

...yes! Very good observation!!!

[hornplayer69]

But in the end it what ever the score calls for which again will be easy to find out come tmrw morning.

[Scissors8311]

Yes, of course! But the problem is: Is Beethoven a romantic or a classical composer? - I think we cannot really answer that but as a conductor you have to find your solution and if you want to play it in a "classical" way, this orchestra would be very appropriate!!!

[Scissors8311]

You're absolutely right! Beethoven is often played much to romantic and by that I also mean that today's orchestras are almost always much too big!!

[IraqiGator]

WOW

[Apalexpe2790]

best performance ever...

[yoeldenunciador]

Have you seen Kleiber's? I recommend it.

[zizx321]

Awesome!