Beethoven Symphony 9 in D minor Op. 125 (6/7) **ODE TO JOY**

[pmoney557]

love beethoven. hate opera. good mix :)

[DRTALCO]

i got hummanitties class and my teacher is making me listen to this shit for class wtf kind of shit is this educational i am not studying music

[Zaenir]

@DRTALCO

Too bad you can't understand what everyone is telling about that music.

Call it shit,

I'll still call it a masterpiece.

[alteregoash]

@DRTALCO You study culture in the humanities. So yes, music is apart of your studies. Do a science if it bugs you.

[legendarypwnerv2]

@DRTALCO Music from the classical era depicts human advancement in relation to humanities. Music reflects the events of it's time. At this point in time, music was starting to reflect a composer's inside feelings. Before, in the baroque, musicians were told what to write, when to write, and how to write. Music takes after the style of art. The enlightenment influenced both of these. To sum it all up, this directly correlates with your humanities class.

[Drprinceshakespear]

I FORBID this song cuz its TOO GOOD to be listened by creatures like us

[ivajdavis]

the only thing that sucks is that i need to switch between videos 

[ILOVECLASSICALify]

No wonder why they call this the 9th symphony. Beethoven, always a master at harmonizing. And part of the 3 B's (Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms)

[1960markN]

@ILOVECLASSICALify My friend always used to insist there were "FOUR" B's---he included Anton Bruckner for some reason.....

[sarmaroof]

Sometimes nature has a sense of humor!!!

It takes a way the ability of this genius to hear but it can’t prevent him to compose this masterpiece!!!!!!!!

[toni4branti]

excellent version here...

youtube.com/watch?v=EmV35VPRT9­s

[godzilla20001]

This sharpens me up for a bit of the old ultra-violence.

[napowen]

Around it feels almost like a Napoleonic military march!



[bassbass99able]

It's annoying when singers use vibrato and cant blend their voices.

[sesrunner08]

FUCK Justin Bieber! In Germany you dont hit little girls!

[onionships]

I always think, after listening to this, that maybe people are not so bad after all

[patrckhh20]

EH the fugue is SO SLOW.

[Zaenir]

6:49

Tears in the eyes 

[THANATOS112220]

@Ven1EdCox I'm just glad we are able to at least listen to some of it, even if its not the final finish product. .

[americanpsycho93]

What a genius =)

[joboy1992jesto]

honestly, the tenor solo being backed by the male chorus and the orchestral 'interlude' leading to the full chorus is my favorite part in this WHOLE movement. honestly gets my hyped everytime!!

[goat00000]

@joboy1992jesto The tenor solo in this recording sounds cleaner than any other recording of the 9th I've heard. The notes and words just seem more ... distinct. I suspect it's the way the recording equipment is set up as much as musicianship, but I appreciate it.

[skydiveNY]

@goat00000 I remember someone in my family playing this back in the mid-sixties,,, and it sounds as perfectly clear as the day I first heard it. Ten years old back then, 55 now, this is really rock and roll played with stringed instruments.

[Jojooncrack]

Like this if you heard this song from A Clockwork Orange.

[CharonWolf]

@Jojooncrack It's a sin. IT'S A SIN.

[Jojooncrack]

My favorite movement! Thank you for putting this on here.

[anitkithra]

this cuts off at such a bad spot! best part of the symphony!

[MrEdivarMartins]

Movie "Cruel Intentions": 0:55

I love that song!!!!

[kdhcollection]

10 people are Vandalism.

[kmm718]

Copyrights have shelf lives...just like patents.  People have no clue what they are saying and say it anyway....

I'm not a lawyer but if I remember correctly a musical copyright lasts 40 years and most invention patents last 17.

[2oow3a]

@kmm718 I think it's 20 years not 40

[LordLaharl]

@2oow3a In the US, it's the lifetime of the artist + 70 years. Copyright terms varies by country.

[joctheviper1]

The 9th is the music I will hear in HEAVEN

[HeX4869]

The tempo of this performance is kind of irritating.

[123abrant]

there are no copyright laws on beethoven, his music is public domain

[animefan294]

@123abrant doesn't that also apply to some other composers as well? I forgot which though -.-

[EdiblePlanets]

@123abrant

The music is not subject to copyright law, but it may apply to a particular recording.

[Mooweedy]

@BurnJewish1 No the best part starts at 6:45



[Mishaido]

1000000/10

[thewolfsironheart1]

please, re upload the 5th part D: and thanks

[Dilllemma]

I'd like to request that too thanks...

[argonautalini]

@thewolfsironheart1 Gracias por la propuesta, a la cual, se suma esta servidora. PLEASE, re-upload the 5th part.

[trollkors78]

FUCK copyright laws and SME corp. Hope the YT censors will contract syphilis...

[AltoNicoRuso]

:')

[conscript125]

I've been putting off doing a boring assessment all day, but this music has made doing it feel epic.

[1AdrianR]

The very theme of humanity

[zmoresperros2007]

screw SONY! where's part no. 5???? This piece is international cultural heritage so could SONY Ent. kindly piss off with their petty property rights...

[Sorido66]

@zmoresperros2007 There's part.5 (v=AzVEbjpqDQ8)

[carnagegerman]

Ah....*wipes tear from eye* 4th movement....Herr Beethoven saved the best for last.....Joy..beautiful spark of divinity...

[Sage80]

oops...i just died. thanks beethoven.

[Dundetta08]

Just Captures All My Emotions.... Oh Art.... (Sigh) Wooooooo ME<3

[BillF1967]

Anybody who "dislikes" this, should turn in their Human Race membership card. Barbarians. Savages.

[sundaypoets]

@BillF1967

Jawohl, Herr Kurtz! Diversity will not be tolerated! Exterminate the brutes.

[witness124]

@BillF1967 Come on....Really?

[omgzitsmilk]

i was so in to the wonderful instruments that the voice caught me off guard

[MrHunter920]

hes better than "god" he is the true definition of a genius

[Hiphop4lifeEminem]

Eh, I like Eminem a tinsy bit better.

[mjarratt12]

8 people didn't listen to 6:45...

[cxmb]

If god exists.... wait a minute... he does!! Goes by the name of Ludwig van Beethoven!

[RivasDeAmat]

@cxmb you are a retard

[cxmb]

@RivasDeAmat oh am i? i recognize the unremarkable genius of the master, and i am retard?

go listen your jonas brothers and live mediocre like them

[RivasDeAmat]

@cxmb once again, you are a retard, go troll somewhere else.

let me remark why you are a retard, you are a retard because you called Beethoven god and you are just a troll.

[cxmb]

@RivasDeAmat he is a god, he is immortal because of his work

i don't troll, i speak my mind

if you felt offended because i called him God, and that's blasphemy for your little mind, i'm sorry

[RivasDeAmat]

@cxmb he is not a god, because he died, gods don't die, in any case he would be a really talented, creative, gifted, passionate human being.

you are a troll, because of the way you portrait the things that are in your mind.

I don't feel offended by you not believing in god, I feel offended of how IGNORANT some people can be *cough* you *cough*, you say I have a little mind yet you are the one acting like a mindless ghoul, and I really question if you understand the meaning of this symphony.

[Thebhn7]

@RivasDeAmat Very eloquently put. Bravo for your response.

[devilxhlywood]

@cxmb

"unremarkable genius "

un·re·mark·a·ble

Adjective: Not particularly interesting or surprising.

[Riptor820]

@devilxhlywood

How about "unrequited" or "unadulterated"

[devilxhlywood]

i've always felt you could convert german vocals to english and the results would be fine. you'd lose some power however gain some delicacy. this piece of the 9th is so iconic though i wouldn t listen to it in english even if the rendition was successful.

[boksefrede118]

6:45 is why he is nr 1 :D

[boksefrede118]

6:45 :D

[carson11100]

Beethoven was a genius And to think half of the songs he made in his life he composed them deaf

WOW!

He must have been good!

[cherryxcola1]

Can't stop listening to this.

[pepperlyne]

where's part 5? in Brazil is not available! Can someone re-send?

[violinoamore]

This German singing sounds quite unpleasant ... Frrrreeeeeeuunde. Very disturbing ...

[sidebforever2010]

@violinoamore It wouldn't work as well in english, seeing it was originally composed in german.

[violinoamore]

@sidebforever2010 Yes, I know, this is the problem

[miamifootbal]

FUCK copyright laws

[SoundwaveSuperior373]

@miamifootbal u cant copy right beethovens music nobody even knew wtf copyright was at that time

[Friendo1231]

@miamifootbal Amen. There is no copyright on Beethoven. Anyone who tries to claim so should be tarred, feathered, and hung by the neck until dead from a lamp post out on the corner of a street like a pinata for children to beat on with sticks.

[TheWenads]

@miamifootbal FUCK copyright laws X 2.

[crawfordfanatic]

This was Beethoven bearing his soul. AMazing!

[hallowedbeeddie]

to me, to think that the man who wrote this was never able to hear it being played, yet he decided to give it to the world when he could have easily not done so is incledible and possibly the most selfless act ever

[boomer4666]

@hallowedbeeddie it still has a selfish element to it

[ProphetOfSelf]

I would commemorate this brilliant man if at all possible, for he has created one of my deepest obsessions of life.

[brardley]

they soprano sounds hysterical

[emagdali]

@brardley ahhahahhahahhahahhahahhah INDEED!

[BillF1967]

@brardley Most sopranos are.

[wonderlasting]

I cannot wait to begin analyzing this symphony. I really cannot wait so I'll start right now.

[fadethetrade]

Perhaps his deafness helped in his imagination to write.I rate beethoven as the greatest composer/musician/pianist combined ever.

[broderrodents]

I agree, it's very hard to believe that he did this with paper and pen while he was stone deaf...he truly had a gift from God to share with those who listen!

[101division44]

This makes doing homework the best damn experience ever.........

[Posterboy777]

@101division44

Nay, it makes hw EPIC!

[THANATOS112220]

@101division44 That is true man, especially since I'm doing my science homework right now.

[kfag101]

@101division44 hell yea!!

[cowboyzsuk81]

@101division44 couldn't agree more..makes writing a 10 pager for my seminar class a breeze

[colquhounteq]

Have always loved this man. He has added more beauty to this world then many flowers.

[plagueofangels666]

the man who wrote his feelings unto paper, to be understanded by others. beautiful work, truly my favourite symphony and work of music in general!

[bassbass99able]

Although not the most sophisticated of Beethoven's works, Its really is one of the most pretty.

[manouskaya1]

i could swear to you all that I saw God by listening to this music...masterpiece

[colquhounteq]

@manouskaya1 me too everyimet

[colquhounteq]

@manouskaya1

me too, everytime

[1donpizarro]

Could someone try and find who the soloists are?

[Kennychan222]

i also changed my soul! Piano, CLassical music with BEethoven, Mozart, Schubert and some romantic composers makes my life totally different from my people including my sisters.

[uapologuy5]

This is a fantasitic rendition all around. The musicians are spot on in their performance and the conductor clearly has a deep understanding of the piece and passion for the performance he is leading. There is a place for everything, and everything is in its place.

[MyDogAteMyDreams]

Brilliant.

[kingwoofer]

Bring back Beethoven, now!

[NemoMentisson]

Here's some fuel for a debate. Beethoven was a composer in what's considered the classical era of classical music, but his style has a whole lot in common with romance classical. In fact, is it possible that even though Beethoven lived during the classical era, his music could be considered romance? What's the relation here? Don't know much about music theory besides the basics, so I can't really answer this, but maybe y'all have some interesting answers?

Also obligatory, poor Shinji...

[EvLin91]

@NemoMentisson Beethoven doesn't technically belong to an era. Instead, he's an important figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic Eras. Many of his earlier works are in the Classical style and were heavily influenced by Mozart. However, as he continued composing his pieces became more mature and passionate, beginning the movement toward Romanticism. Much of his work was ahead of its time--even Stravinsky viewed one of his string quartets as "absolutely contemporary."

[WolvesAsParents]

@NemoMentisson His works are split up into his own three periods; early, heroic, and late. His early period works include his first symphonies and many of his sonatas, but they are considered classical, though they bend the rules in many places. Hie heroic period works comprise the majority of his symphonies, from 5-8, and are much bolder and much more expressive, so they're very much a kind of hybrid. His late works are considered some of the first of the romantic era. hope this helped

[HunterPhenomMakoy]

@NemoMentisson Beethoven is pretty much the composer that bridged that gap between Classical and Romantic.

[BlitzMoonlight09]

.... I can not put into words the intensity of this symphony! Praise the God for creating Beethoven.

[alyssahotty18]

This is by far my favourite movement of the piece, and the ninth symphony was my favourite of all his pieces. It's so emotional, and music is one of the few things that i like to have emotion in (mostly because it needs emotion to be music, but also because it makes the piece so much more powerful)

[Spazznaut]

*sniff* TGIF Kaworu. TGIF...

[Quoopaloo666]

TROGDORRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!

[MegaDocalex]

Ils chantent beaucoup trop vite

They sing too fast

La fugato est beaucoup trop lente

The fugato is too slow

Cependant le thème central n'est pas mauvais

Futhermore the central theme is not bad

[nirvana2187]

Thank you for posting the whole thing. It is a magnificent exhilirating masterpiece

[plagueofangels666]

please tell me what "cherub" means (it's german) as in und die CHERUB stät fur God

[family12726]

what were they singing?

[QBoxit]

Muy Hermoso, que fuerza vital.

[gonemushrooming]

I love classical music. I really do. Of course, I'm 18 and that's not considered trendy, but this is beautiful.

[odinfromcentr2]

@gonemushrooming To hell with trendy. If it's good, it's good. :-)

[yousaidthis]

to be honest, i feel as if by dividing the entire symphony ln the way you did messed the song up

[SilenceTheQuiet]

@vVshadeVv: Actually yes, he was completely deaf. However, he could still write music by biting one of the edges of his piano's soundboard. You might think I'm crazy, but it's true. If the chords match up, they were used in a song. Some of his greatest works were composed after he was completely deaf. And if you don't believe me, look it up. Don't vote thumbs down on this comment! Just sayin'...

[misplacedmouse]

....poor vocals :(

[chiranjeevluvsgreen]

the ending gives u that xlr8ting feeling as though ur filled with power. if u see the full version u will no wht im saying

[LunaVenus88]

Yeah I remember hearing this in Clockwork Orange! Epic movie and song!

[peev2]

The Whole symphony is the best thing I've ever heard!!!!

[BradyP16]

This is the music that truly makes my soul sing praises.

[mercuriovida]

Beethoven you could hear things the common people couldn´t thanks for making us hear those things. You´re a true master.

[imthebest11234]

6:30+ is pure epic

[boomer4666]

AHHHHHHHHHH I FUCKIGN LOVE THIS PART!!!!!!!!!!!! i heard this live xD! brought tears to my eyes D=

[mjluvfm]

Yey for Beethoven~!

[TokyoCrow]

That last part. Epic. Just...Epic...

[PadawanRJ]

This is too beautiful. It is so beautiful that I always get emotional when listening to this. This symphony is perfect.

[mikecogan]

i love the part from 3:15

[purplefuzzythings]

herp derp

No.

[lordcrull]

I heard he only became deaf when he was into late adult hood area.

[js1mom]

4:55-6:18...my favorite part of the "choral" symphony - shows how much I enjoy the orchestra!

[JLGGG908]

o gott o gott

[ausfreak666]

i have to diasagree im not sure who but an orchestra recorded this in the 60s and the choir was hair raising i will always love that recording but all are good in respect

[MyrnaMinx1]

Thank you for this whole symphony.

[staphinfection]

Oh friends, not these tones! Let us sing more cheerful songs, And more joyful.

 Joy! Joy!

[cinque23]

To think the man was completely deaf when he composed this...boggles the mind

[vVshadeVv]

he wasnt completeyl deaf. most music theorists believe he was mostly deaf but not completely. he could hear like rumbles, but still, yes, it is amazing what he could do

[elias12186]

It was a benefit to be deaf, not a detriment.

[Levarath]

@elias12186 it would be a benefit for him to be death if he had to listen to 90% of this generations music.

[tommerrigan1956]

@elias12186 Even better to be deaf, blind, mute, and horny.

[kyomodo]

@vVshadeVv

true stirke ! and before that he wasnt deaf either.. but when he became a little deaf he still remembered the music in his memories and made new music with the music in his mind ^^

[ButterlySmuckers]

@vVshadeVv well he played piano long enough and was hardcore gifted, he willl remember the sounds of each key just like how we can talk to our selves in our head and hear word for word..

[roguepenguin1994]

@vVshadeVv, i had heard that for a time, he had a mouth piece that connected to the sound board of a piano, and when he bit down, he could feel the vibrations, and he used that to distinguish between different notes.

[BigHashTouraj]

@cinque23 the story is that when he ended the symphony, he started crying bc the audience was silent for minutes but they were shocked as how badass the symphony was n they started clapping

[urmorph]

@BigHashTouraj The usual account is that the orchestra had been instructed to pay no attention to the conductor (Beethoven) but to follow the concertmaster. When the symphony ended and the thunderous applause broke out, Beethoven was still waving his arms, and the contralto soloist, Caroline Unger, gently took his arm and turned him so he could see the audience applauding. Once Schroeder in Peanuts told Charlie Brown the story, and then burst into tears.

[Kuseikos]

@cinque23 He was indeed.

[Aventao]

@cinque23 A MAN doing his "office". Maybe a "miracle"?

The MAN

[jburidan]

This is one of the very best recordings of Beethoven's ninth available.

Wand a perfectionist, was very satisfied with this, his only recording of the Ninth.

As usual with Wand there is drama , and astonishing instrumental detail.

[gilbertgodlyddd]

Agreed, my only complaint the sound of the timpanis-