Berlioz: "Symphonie Fantastique" - 5th Mvt. - Leonard Bernstein

[Aydam161]

This gargantuan mindfuck came only six years after Beethoven's Ninth.

I'll never understand how.

[ctempest2]

I love thi piece! Especially the Euphonium at 3:15-3:40!!

[lollipops373]

my life is now complete - i have experienced every emotion known to humans.

[classiccandle27]

This became one of my favs, next to Ein heldenleben, Tchaik's Pathetique symphony, Pictures at an Exhibition, Rite of Spring, brahms double cocnerto, Die Moldau by Smetana <3

What's that instrument next to a tuba - it's not an ophicleide, is it?

[omgtkseth]

or maybe not.... anyways, I personally believe that Berlioz was much more talented that Beethoven. Berlioz was more creative and unexpected in his phrasing, and more flexible at it.

[omgtkseth]

3:11 wait, I have heard that exact thing on Pirates of the Caribbean....

[experience4064]

G. M. Chrysler!!! Bernstein with a full beard!!! I never thought it'd happen. He looks like Foster Brookes.

[huincas54]

..magnìfica obra de Berlioz, que describe un argumento imaginario

y dota a la composición, de una belleza temática variada, de

una vitalidad rítmica,que"engancha" al escucha, hasta la finaliza

ción de la misma. Bernstein un "mostruo", sabe como sacarle

el mejor sonido a la orquesta!!

[elisewalker3]

@ zizabayle it's from sleeping with the enemy. The crazy husband loves to listen to crazy Berlioz!

[batchava]

fantastique - exactly!!

[batchava]

enchanting

[zlzabayle]

Sounds like a film soundtrack to something...



[thegreatlegend98]

by far my favorite movement of the symphonie fantastique.

[Pentagonito5]

Extraordinario, verdaderamente una fantàstica version de la inmortal sinfonìa de Berlioz. Aqui en toda su insuperable imaginaciòn musical . Excelente interpretacion.

[doctoromnom]

the best bit is the C major section at 5:00

[cpthornman]

Way to fuck up the Dies Irae tubas. -_-

[harrisdj]

@cpthornman WTH are you talking about? they didnt fuck it up!

[cpthornman]

@harrisdj Some good frackage going on that simply shouldn't be happening.

[wrightstuff900]

Incredible!  I would give anything to have been there.

[TheTherese3]

To be German ? You die and go to France.If you behave.

[pablosalaco]

Berlioz wasn't French!!! He was crazy

[donde2k]

@pablosalaco Same thing, no ? ;-))

[TheAngryAmericanwon]

@pablosalaco every musician is crazy

[Schrodingerfox]

@pablosalaco I am french, and I think "french" is the synonym of "crazy"...

[kphoenix5942]

9:04 GO TIMPANI GO

[enricobeltrani]

Veramente fantastica... quale incisione consigliate?



[gatewaydrummer64]

i cant wait to perform this!

[bandgeek1514]

Berlioz was French, but sounds very German

[JJBRMusic]

okay, one ; bearded Berstein looks awesome :P and two, This was absolutely amazing. chills down my spine I loved it! :D

[TheCrusius]

dal minuto 3:16 potete ascoltare la prima traccia della colonna sonora di Shining.....

[enricobeltrani]

@TheCrusius Grazie per la dritta su shining!! Ho sentito questo pezzo in radio e mi sono detto: ma cosa mi ricorda...ma cosa mi ricorda?

[Skirmitch]

I went to watch this one live, this mvt is plain chilling

[UltraDroog]

Berlioz is the most delightfully demented composer I have ever come across. I love it!

[Jadorelamusique94]

The most scary bit by far has to be the Tuba duet at 3:15 - SPINE CHILLING!!!!!

[PinkOld]

@Jadorelamusique94

That segment is called "Dies Irae."

You hear a slowed down and profoundly ominous version of it in the movie "The Shining," both at the very beginning and when Jack freezes to death.

No question about it, one of the spookiest pieces of music ever devised.

[franckfarina]

Wow! Bernstein in top form...Amazing!

[MiyokoxClarinetti]

This is absolutely phenomenal.

[snunezcr]

I just love the theme at 3:17. So commanding!

[Cellogirl1000]

Have played this!! Love it!

[Klassiskmus]

Lively performance! I got a special love for the sequense from 1:19 (watching the hand of the second clarinetist). Concerting with a symphony orcherstra you are playing every note of every instrument in the orchestra - it's so intense and there is no standby-time even when your instrument should not make any sound!

(of course this is so not least with a master conductor like Bernstein in the front I would imagine! Look at his face at 7:32 - 7:40!)

[MauriceFlute]

omfg HIS BEARD

[MistroEduardo]

Berlioz est manifique!

He is one of the greatest French composers ever! Josquin is surely good for the Renaissance but he does not compare to Hector Berlioz!

Bravo!

[GGbreizh]

@MistroEduardo Saint-Saëns is the best french composer EVER !

[GGbreizh]

@GGbreizh But Berlioz is not bad either...

Thanks for posting the video.

[sstuddert]

@GGbreizh I think Berlioz was the greatest of the French composers.

[1bateleur]

@sstuddert agreed! i played this year the fantastique and hamlet's last scene and i'm gonna play faust's damnation... i deeply fell in love of HB...

[Valhalla0]

@GGbreizh That's an opinion, not a fact.

[GGbreizh]

@Valhalla0 I never said it was a fact. I should effectively have written "in my opinion".

[bluwalrus23]

aha, the second coming took the theme from here

[darkprose]

Bernstein always had a way with this piece. Grotesque, trippy and scary -- just as it should be.

[theman9126]

@darkprose i think its the shiny trombones and tubas that did it

[jediknightguy82]

Go Lenny! Prob my favorite conductor of all time. I love his gestures, and the man knows his score. I love the pointing he does at one section, as well as the huge dynamics he shows at times. Finally, the joy on his face...amazing!

[clairedu311]

mais je trouve pas les cloches!!!!

[GGbreizh]

@clairedu311 Elles sont en coulisses.

[clairedu311]

@GGbreizh mais je parlai du morceau "les cloches"!!

[TheSlvrSurfer]

i'm not too impressed with how the timpani over powered the first play of the idee fixe or how the piccolo didn't slide and simply played descending chromatics...

[Lauterstein]

Superb Bernstein!

[WagnerMahler]

Great Berlioz, great Bernstein! what an intensive performance from the French forces! Thank you for this precious post..