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  • I thought the stoic deadpan look was irony. Made me smile.

  • This shii is high.

  • I know this was not the best arrangement but it's the Ode to Joy. How bad can it get?

  • Hey guys!!! This is a hymn now... that's why they look so solemn and rigid...

  • He obviously meant to showcase those two sopranos at the beginning but they SUCKED.....BADLY!!!!!!!!!! RIEU failed on this one!

  • When the 9th was first performed in Vienna in 1824, some critics panned it, one actually saying that the Ode to Joy sounded "like a train going through a tunnel". Fat lot he knew. That "train" has almost gone through two centuries!

  • @lichtbroeder I wonder if there were any trains in Austria in 1824

  • @MegaClassiclover The Nordbahn, Austria's first steam railway company, was built between Floridsdorf and Deutsch Wagram in 1837. However, the first public railway in England opened in 1802. Other countries had them in the early 19th century as well. The critic I spoke of didn't say that the Ode to Joy sounded like an AUSTRIAN train. You think no foreigners were in Vienna in 1824, or that many Austrians didn't travel or know what a train was or sounded like?

  • Those ladies look dead inside

  • @Felixsusan There was a movie about a little boy who could see dead people, but he saw them on the outside.

  • I love him I wish he would do a duet with Gianluca Paganelli

  • This is the perfect storm of videos. The famous music and vocals chosen by Beethoven for the finale of his 9th symphony. Ultimate production, converting a square in Tuscany, into a concert hall. Astoundingly good singers. The only minus is a plus ...those 2 girls can produce such an epic vocal performance while looking like they are snoozing through it. Like somebody running a 4 minute mile without breaking a sweat and with a calm expression on their face.

  • The Hal 9000 computer listens to this in his dreams.

  • @DetroitLove4U wrong film, right director.

  • Superb stuff.

  • i realllyyy liked this until the end, the two sopranos voices just kind of clashed idk haha, very good though.

  • why does this guy-with-the-stick-calling-the­-shots (how did you call him again?) allways make me think of braveheart?

  • @FL0D0S The purpose of the conductor is to unify the performers, set the tempo, excecute clear preparations and beats, and listen for any mistakes by the orchestra through visible gestures. Really you don't have to be an expert on classical and baroque music to know the role of the conductor.

  • @eanderson1974 ah, yes! he's the Conductor! i know what his role is, i just didn't remember what he's called...

  • Wow I forgot I even watched this video, let alone what I wrote

  • (I appreciate Wikipaedia's contributions in the descriptions on previous comment)

  • The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, is the final complete symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven. Completed in 1824, the symphony is one of the best known works of the Western classical repertoire,[1] and has been adapted for use as the European Anthem. It is considered by critics to be one of Beethoven's masterpieces[2][3] and one of the greatest musical compositions ever written

  • Rieu didn't even play... what a shame. Still he is great conductor!

  • Just a fabulous piece of music from LVB.

  • Not the best but a great performance, i am from austria and you all who like this should come some time in your life to Salzburg or Vienna to listen to it live. You wont regret it, i promise.

  • swietnie zaspiewane ;))

  • What Cleveland was listening to when LeBron James lost the Finals.

  • @steveforprez03 I agree 100%

  • Just amazing

  • Even though I may not understand the words sung - it certainly makes more sense WAY MORE SENSE and WAY MORE ENJOYABLE than all the apeshit garbage rap and bland rock music of today!

  • You do not change arrangements to something as perfect as Beethoven's Ode To Joy. If you have a full orchestra at you disposal to play it, that is. It's sacrilege, sorry!

  • Does anyone know, is the blond soloist on the right, married to Andre Rieu's son?

  • @wjmortician Actually the 3 soloist, the blond who used to stand in the middle, nearly was, but is not, married to his son

  • I love this song. I could listen to it all day long...and then some.

  • Andre Rieu is modern day Mozart best violin player in the world.

  • great piece. one of my favorite pieces which include Venetian Boat Song, Ravel's Concerto in G major and many more. also the ending was spectacularr. one day i'd like to sing this piece

  • 182 people are hearing impaired...

  • @giovanasamara So was Beethoven, but he managed to compose this.  So what's their excuse?

  • @giovanasamara

    Beethoven was hearing impaired and the wrote that master piece, they are just too dumb to appreciate the great music

  • juste MAGNIFIQUE

  • BRASILEIRISSIMAS BRILHANDO NA EUROPA, QUE PENA QUE O GOVERNO BRASILEIRO NÃO INCENTIVA ESSES ARTISTAS.

  • Great voices and song. But the blonde girl on the left looks as though she would rather be under a train than there...

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    grata!

  • Fantástico!! Fantástico!!

  • Wauuuww!

  • beautiful luv it!!!!!

  • By the CD Best Of Verde Magic Playa Bonita

    itunes.apple.com/fr/album/el-c­hico

  • Seriously, really? Why? Dude, he wrote this song so why shouldn't he hear it?

  • Seriously, really? Why? Dude, he wrote this song so why shouldn't he hear it

  • i hope not

  • Beethoven was completely deaf when he wrote this. I hope he can hear this in heaven.

  • senor andre rieu est tres talente

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  • ”Slavă ție stea curată,voie bună pe pământ,astăzi te simțim aproape.”.....from litlle on I loved this song and now I sing to childs whit joy....God bless al whit joy and happiness...

  • It is amazing!!

    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

    Dead for 184 years, but his music still inspires people all over the world to create a better world. In particular, that his final movement of his ninth symphony is based on the poem "Ode to Joy" (Ode an die Freude) written by Friedrich Shiller in 1785.

    Beethoven's music had and will always lighten my heart.

  • Poor, poor Alex DeLarge... :)

  • 174 people dont apreciate REAL singing ù.ú

  • Corinthians216 -- May I recommend Opera Babes? They also do a killer version of "Ode to joy,' plus, fersure check out Opera Babes doing "One Fine Day, " "Beyond Imagination," and "Lakme".

  • BRAVO BRAVO !!! And, GOD BLESS MODERN TECHNOLOGY !! Just a very few years ago, there's NO WAY the lady vocalists would NOT have been drowned out by the whole orchestra. Wonderful!

  • Beethoven war der beste Komponist aller Zeiten.

  • PITA IS,ITS CRY!! ALSO WITCH LITTLE GIRLS YOU CAN TRY AND IM FROM THE CZECH AND BYE!! ( JE TO PITOMÉ, JE TO UŘVANÉ!!! TEŽ SE TROCHU TY HOLKY MŮŽOU SNAŽIT A JSEM Z ČESKA TAK NASCHLEDANOU

  • Beethoven deaf heard more than most people with perfect hearing

  • @rybolow Please, make sure you research what you state. Beethoven was never completely deaf at any composition he wrote.

  • @Corinthians216 To be honest, I have no idea. I did not originally post the video.

  • @Whtknt Okay, thanks anyway. =)

  • HYMN OF EUROPE!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Infineon555 Wrong...its not just for Europe.. its for the world...

  • This is one of my favorite pieces of music, and while the ladies did (IMHO) detract somewhat from the piece, it was still beautifully performed. If you can't say something nice, why even bother taking time to post? Oh, that's right. Because you have nothing better to do.

  • @Whtknt Hi, can i ask. What is the name of the post of the ladies. Their kind of voices are awesome . Can reconmend me some more of those music piece?

  • @corinthians216 soprano

  • shitty interpretation of masterpiece

  • Everyone shut up and enjoy the video

  • @OFortuna3 Bravo!!

  • @OFortuna3 You mean there is music to this video?

    

  • Sold out audiences belie your sentiments. Music is heard in the heart via the ear. Seems some people get it stuck somewhere in between

  • wir betreten feurtrunken unser heiligtum

  • Anyway could all those fundis that hate this version please direct me to what you consider a great rendition with females on vocals- thanks:)

  • nee... have heard better shows live.

    this is just my opinion, Ode to Joy rocks and anyone that disagree with me can go back to their'' baby baby''

    

  • Laprevotte: In fact Beethoven have never heared this because he was daff, when he composed this extraordinarial music. Just a miracle of god trhoug of a man

  • Looks like blond one gives no emotions while singing. I don't like that. This is song about joy after all!

  • shit was SO cash

  • Ode to Joy (great version)...

    /watch?v=9vXulvax7Hc

  • I dunno, sometimes I think that people get satisfied too easily. They keep saying that the point is about 'feeling the moment' or enjoying the simplicity. Most of the times these are the same people who'd love just about anything they heard. I think Beethoven is neither about the moment nor simple.

  • @paulomtts one thing I don't like about the majority of opera enthusiasts is that they are so biased with their self-created sense of superiority in judging music that they cannot hear art for what it is but are instead concerned with their irrelevant ideas of the "proper" way song is "supposed" to be

  • ... why did the blond look like she was dead

  • You guys are all focusing on the wrong thing. Should be focused on the chicks.

  • Some master pieces cannot be arranged. Please Rieu, STOP!.

  • ok ok ok. this is the only song re arrangement Andre ruined.

  • Enough you all. One man's meat is another man's poison. It's a good job we don't all like the same thing xx

  • @jeromea33 no, the REAL thing lasts for around 60 miniutes.

  • Kill the cat!!

  • It makes me cry.

  • How dare this audacious bastard even listen to Beethoven's music? Oh, God! how unbearabley humiliating it is to see history's greatest musical genius at the mercy of such an artless whore. No! I can not watch any more, I will not!

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  • @sstuddert Dude! Beethoven called. He LOVES this, so stop trying to take all the joy out of the world.

  • @kimzonline No, he hates it.

  • @kimzonline  Well done!!! xxx

  • @sstuddert

    Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

    -Ludwig van Beethoven 

  • @superxinyang exactly, great works or art are difficult enough to comprehend, let alone alter.

  • only 185 dislikes? what a disappointment.

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  • What the hell is this.....an absolute piece of shit.

  • Go listen to Gottlieb Fischer's interpretation of the song (search for: fischerchor freude schöner götterfunken) in comparison the difference is amazing!

  • i think the sopranos were a bit too much of screamers sorry guys '_'

  • This performance brought a tear to my eye...and not in the good way :-(

  • André Rieu is such a wanker.

    Desecrating great works with his commercialized amateur touch.

  • @brumisator Mm. Strange how he is the top selling male artist in the World xx

  • 1:31

    OMG!, you can see the joy on their faces

  • 2:16 omg, they moved!!!, i though they were statues

  • @ blueyedboy84 jeez, did you really bother to wrote all that crap : /, for the normal people TL;DR blablabla

  • Esta es una obra maestra universal.

    Estoy aprendiendo a tocarla en la flauta. Y al escuchar esta version, me siento inspirada para hacerlo mejor.

  • ALE MENTSEN ZENEN BRIDER BROINE GEILE SVARTE VAISE FELKER LENDER UN CLIMATN SIZ AIN OISGETRAHTE MAISE VAISE SVARTE BROINE GEILE MIST DIFARBN OIS TUZAMEN ALE MENTSN ZENEN BRIDER FUN EIN TATN FUN EINMAME/

  • It pronounce as

    Froyder shuner goter funken tocter yaws elisium, weibreten foyetrunken himlishe dyn hiligtum.

    (repeat) daynen zauber binden wider washde mode streng gelyat, alye menhcen werden brider woden skeinfon flijanwilt

  • WHERE'S THE CHORUS???

    Damn Rieu. By the way, I don't know who his musicians are following, but it's not his tempo.

  • This is blasphemy.

    Rieu has a great talent: he is able to ruin so many pieces of classical music.

    Pity, he's not a bad musician, but here... simply awful.

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  • The lady on the left has, like, no facial expression at all. :/

  • heehe the composer looks like beethoven himself xD

  • @tokayhigh13 Well don't mean to be mean but the composer is Beethoven^^

  • truly bautiul song done by beethoven lol the girl on the left looked like she was bout to pass out from all those hi notes xD

  • @tokayhigh13 Yeah it did look that way, but she hit a new high (word-joke) in her singing career xD

  • @me0rs0 LMAO!!!! xDDDD ahahhahahaa -hi fives for good joke- xD

  • @tokayhigh13 *high five clap*

  • @me0rs0 lmao

  • incredible vocalists! brava!

  • @sevenlemon i think u mean sopranos but lol but im not sure

  • Dear blueyedboy84 - you ever play an instrument or write an arrangement or understand making a living in music? It doesn't matter how "exacting" the score is. The acoustics change a lot depending on the location, the instruments used, where outdoors, in a sound studio, etc., etc., etc. And professionals playing this music don't need a conductor - just someone to start and end. Unless you consider the complete hams on the podium more important than the musicians.

  • @oracle2world

    I have invited blueyedboy to show us his musical skills here before as he seems to be so well informed and knowledgeable but he has never obliged!! xx

  • @oracle2world I studied at Royal College London and am professional.I am not saying that to be 'snobby'-only to answer your question.

    You are wrong. A conductor IS required because someone needs to assert an 'interpretation' on the score. At basic level this means the tempo,phrasing etc. That is why if you hear 5 recordings of Beethoven 5 they all sound different! I think it is insulting to call conductors I named eg.Abbado 'hams'. If you saw an orchestral rehearsal you would understand.

  • @blueyedboy84 - saw a rehearsal? I've PLAYED in rehearsals, complete with tantrums and screaming from the conductor. Anyway, you are correct about the phrasing and tempo, and sorry if I disparaged the great conductors. They do quite a bit more than wave their arms.

    However ... Rieu isn't a philharmonic orchestra, and his audience are not classical music afficiandos. Soooooooooo cut him some slack for "artistic license". Like a lot of it.

  • Freude, schoner Gotterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heiligtum. Deine Zauber binden wieder, Was die Mode streng geteilt, Alle Menschen werden Bruder, Wo dein sanfter Flugel weilt. Seid umschlungen, Millionen! Diesen KuB der ganzen Welt! Bruder - uberm Sternenzelt MuB ein lieber Vater wohnen.
  • @violiniztapianizta

    take care: Muß and Kuß NOT: MuB and KuB.

    If you don't have the ß you can replace it by ss.

    so: Muss and Kuss

  • @LennardMuc Thanks.... Do you know the correct pronunciation of these??

  • @violiniztapianizta, at bottom of this page click "Next" then Ctrl+F "Ode to Joy lyrics", I recalled there all you need on these lyrics (German, English, writing, sources), which are just as electrifying as the music itself.

    Fri 20 Aug 2010 14:40 GMT

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  • Its called 'conducting' dear people. Have you not seen Leonard Bernstein 'conducting' this wonderful piece Joy Joy Joy xx

  • @ladyinred1100 The comments below regarding Rieu's 'conducting 'might be half-joking but in a way they are correct because they all realised Rieu is not a conductor at all in the sense Abbado,Solti,Chailly are. Bernstein,like all those conductors is on a different planet of musicality and integrity to Rieu.

  • @blueyedboy84

    Well his orchestra The JSO understand his every move so that is all that matters. They all work together in harmony to provide joy and entertainment to those who want to enjoy and not take things too seriously xx

  • @ladyinred1100, agree: André Rieu's model is Johann Strauss, whose musical genius and work would not have been enough to make and transport down to us all, 2 centuries later, his wonderful waltzes, if he hadn't been also an excellent businessman. If AR hadn't made the appropriate balance between musical and business works, his MUSIC wouldn't have moved millions hearts as it did.

    I think JSII (and LVB) would understand AR and love him.

    Fri 20 Aug 2010 15:12 GMT

  • @Merlin1940 nice approach... but, no! I don't think so.

  • @Merlin1940 except that Mozart, Bach and Schubert were all commercial failures and yet, due to the greatness of their art alone, their music is amongst the most influencial and admired of all time.

  • beethoven would turn around in his grave if he hears this blonde soprano....

    and what is this rieau doing? does he trie to fly away because of his intense arm movement?

  • @Hautamekki Thats funny it does look like he's trying to fly away.

  • Ah, gotta love the purists. "This isn't REALLY Beethoven". Yeah, well, neither are you.

  • @fatheroflatus no, that's why we aren't audacious enough to change his music.

  • If you dont like it go watch the muppets version.Meep meeep meep

  • @erdna569 Personally I find that version extremely entertaining lol

  • @Inufan2005 Lol it was kind of to me too but it was stupid in plain general

  • @erdna569 It's one of those things that is so stupid it's funny

  • How dare he do what he wills to this great music. Who in heaven or earth or in hell would dare to trespass on the great Ninth?

  • Times are changing and so is music pieces like this and other music has always been adapted and changed over the years and will continue that way for as long as music is around so get used to it good job andre'.

  • @Laprevotte Butchers is too kind, these are terrorists, should be stopped somehow

  • Please correct me if I am wrong which I am sure someone will but didn't the title to this say 'best orchestra' up until a couple of days ago What happened to those words xx

  • God bless Europe!

  • it would be alright if someone could shut those fuckin yodelling women up

  • why orchestra manager is always looking like gay or pedophile

  • @gladimdim

    What a rediculous comment. If you have to call Andre Rieu 'orchestra manager' you obviously know nothing about him. I suggest you find out

  • @ladyinred1100 agreed, the term "moron" is far more suitable.

  • It's good Beethoven would never hear this!

  • @Laprevotte

    glad you noticed.......

  • @Laprevotte he's deaf anyway

  • @fransjeclevers How dare your criticize Herr Beethoven like that! Some of his best works emerged from his deafness - The Ninth, Eighth, Seventh, Sixth, Fifth, and Fourth were composes while he battled his degrading hearing loss, in addition to the "Sonata fur das Hammerklavier," the "Diabelli Variations," his opera, "Fidelo" was written while he battled hearing loss."Fur Elise," "Moonlight Sonata," "The Battle Vittoria," "Christ on the Mount of Olives," all written while he was going deaf!

  • @fransjeclevers Seems to me that Van Beethoven heard more than most people.

  • I love this video! and everyone else that feels this way is awesome and people that don't like it have no taste in music. simple as that

  • @95musikluvr well, sorry, I don't like this, I much prefer Beethoven.

  • @ bueyedboy84 - thank you! I appreciate when someone responds with reason and accuracy. I now not only understand what you meant but agree. ;-)

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  • @tigervonwhiskypur du meinst mit 2 flaschen blut im whiskykreislauf

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  • @xblkok so könnte es auch funktionieren!