Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat "Emperor", Op. 73 - Adagio un poco mosso

[Fenner1976]

Alongside Williams' "The Lark Ascending", this is one of my favourite classical pieces. Always nice to get back to this piece.

[thelightisahead]

@Fenner1976

Agreed! Though note that his full surname is 'Vaughan Williams' - 'Ralph' is his forename :)

[pkerplyer5]

This is my favorite piece of piano period perhaps my favorite piece of classical The genius composers can not explain how it all works themselves.. I am certain however it is looking at the world most of the time in a way some of us just see glimpses of at times

[TheStreetest]

Simply Mesmerizing... I Am a Underground Hip Hop Artist, but i never forget where the Realness comes from. Thanks mom for raising me on this music... The Best!

[TheDaviboy86]

sound's like the recording with friedrich gulda for decca

[january312010]

Sublime! Even in the quiet reflective sadness of the Adagio, Beethoven's amazing resilience and hope soars through.He resonates in this troubled World so powerfully, and I do not want a life without LVB. Sing on ...

[january312010]

Sublime! Even in the quiet reflective sadness of the Adagio, Beethoven's amazing resilience and hope soars through.He resonates in this word so powerfully, and I do not want a life without LVB. Sing on ...

[roppasmoka]

thanks for this

[DinosaurBones97]

Simply amazing. I'm playing this piano concerto, and I'd have to say the second and the third movements are my favourites. Beethoven was certainly amazing, I'm honoured to be playing his music.

[franillom1965]

GENIUS

[SVVik1]

Úžasné !!!!!!!!

[dazrblumen]

Mein Lieblingssong

[Coccynella74]

Wonderful!!

[clayguy1]

It brings tears to my eyes to know that Beethoven just heard the vibrations and not the full scope of the music. A friend of mine who lost his hearing told me New tunes mean nothing to him.When he hears tunes he'd heard when he had his hearing, just the memory and the vibrations of it playing, reminds him of the sound as it was. Beethoven, could feel the vibrations, and I believe he could hear the nuances of the music in his brain. So maybe he heard the music as we hear it. Just at another level

[thelightisahead]

@clayguy1

He certainly must have had a very lucid mental sense of the individual lines of music in his head to be able to write the harmony and orchestration without any problem, even when he couldn't physically hear it! Perhaps all the greats have that skill

[ericanderson5371]

@clayguy1 Let's hope so. :-)

[ancientpatrician]

If the world was about to end, I'd play this. The final symphony.

[taigokai]

@ancientpatrician agreee with u

[19721949ful]

Терпеть не могу Бетховена. Но это очень хорошее.

[alexneu555666]

@19721949ful Я не могу понять, почему вы не любите его я люблю немцев

[Sharsie]

To me, this sounds like a French love story. Very French! It's stunningly beautiful.

[BJrok]

There's a place for us~~~

[GameBoyPL1991]

100th like belongs to me :D

[PeterBoktor]

25,659 viewers and nobody dared to dislike !

Classic music's Glory !

[BeztMuzic]

One day I went to an exhibition featuring European paintings and got a recorded audio tour. On Tiepolo’s delightful Rococo “The Empire of Flora” (from Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco), the recorder played this serene 2nd movement instead of the grandiose 1st. Mesmerizing in the music and the colorful painting with a lush garden and fluttering cupids, my heart just melted and I was petrified. I had loved the 2nd movement before but did not know it was THAT touching and beautiful until then! A+

[7spqr7]

this is the sound of the universe breathing.

[keetner]

I was on the verge of crying listening to this...brilliant Beethoven, brilliant.

[Incendiae4]

Damn you Beethoven, you're making me cry.

[lilyandjamespotter]

dat french horn.

[BlackRedSpectre3989]

It's not just a song..... It's a work of art! A MASTERPIECE!

[rinny17]

This is what love sounds like!

[Nostravitagadiel]

This is the best musical piece of all times and all kinds of music

[twinkiexpride]

so beautiful... brings tears to my eyes.

[Timeplunderer65]

Beautiful.

Used in the film 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' with great effect.

Thank you for downloading this.

[WonJinnH]

Who is the pianist and who is the conductor? I wish to know; this is the best interpretation ive heard of emperors adagio

[thelightisahead]

@WonJinnH

The pianist is Friedrich Gulda and the conductor is Horst Stein, conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker

[Jangle2007]

@thelightisahead This is a beautiful version of this 2nd mvt...and reading that it is performed by the Wiener Philharmoniker makes perfect sense. They've made some of my all time performances of my all time favorite music. Conductor Bernstein with pianist Zimerman is another pairing with the Wiener Philharmoniker that is so unutterably beautiful that it's impossible to remain dry eyed even thinking about it.

[tarnopol]

@WonJinnH Agreed. It's phenomenal.

[sinvalalencar]

Fantástico,estupendo,maravilho­so!!!

[JMRabil675]

best piece ever

[ysethemuse]

Just revisiting to get my fill of bliss from this ethereal piece. :)

[Milkman126]

Beautiful.

[HarmonicCorruption]

I thank you for posting this. This is a great music piece! We must all at a time in our life had our minds stimulated by classical music. :3

[williephister]

not as good as kanye west.

[cassandra5322]

ima let you finish im really happy for you, but. Beethoven had one of the best songs, of all time! OF ALL TIME!

[HarmonicCorruption]

@williephister Fuck Kanye West.

[KiLLuCH]

If I was religious, I'd be sure: This music would be played in heaven!

Random note: The japanese anime Gilgamesh uses the piece deliberately, accentuating the scenes beautifully.

[ysethemuse]

Yes, this piece was masterfully used in a movie: Bernard Rose's Immortal Beloved -- a tribute to Beethoven and the women he loved. Watch this film, if nothing more than to see how this piece was used. You'll have to be patient though; it's expertly used toward the end to magnify a climactic scene of discovery. Enjoy the music and Gary Oldman's stellar performance of the great Beethoven.

[thelightisahead]

Ooo I can imagine, I used to make short films and animations and things and I can feel instantly how I might use the music, it really shows how he changed music too!

[NowIAmAwake]

@ysethemuse; it was also used in 'Picknick at Hanging Rock' by Peter Weir.

[JMRabil675]

twaz the night before time. This peace could be heard through was thought the lands of the unknown.

This peace was said to be the real god of life by the lost essence of recorded time. The triumph of man wields inside music. And the triumph of music holds inside this peace.

[D4RX1D3]

hey uh.. was this in the 1998 movie "Titanic" by chance? :o

[thelightisahead]

I don't believe so... I watched it recently and probably would have noticed it, but there's certainly some great music in that film!

[PhilseXO]

Helps me dreaming when I'm awake.

[JMRabil675]

twaz deep bro

[lespolluriens]

il faudrait inventer pour ce morceau un mot encore plus doux que musique et mon que seuls les anges pourraient prononcer

[lespolluriens]

sublime

[Pr1ceisright]

simply put one of the most beautiful and amazing musical pieces ever written.

[yzfrone]

Beautiful!

[cantleysugar]

I'm guessing Brendel?

[thelightisahead]

Indeed no, this is actually Friedrich Gulda, who I believe is a renowned Beethoven interpreter

[racatac1]

The pianist is Radu Lupo

[thelightisahead]

I can assure you it's not, I have the CD information right at hand

[cantleysugar]

Exquisite. Who is the soloist?