Beethoven Symphony No 9 D minor Ode to Joy La Chambre Philarmonique , E Krivine

[amonibi1938]

truly celestial

[zamomin25]

is immer scheiße...... wenn ich anfange muss ich immer bis zum schluß hören...... :-)

[SUPERDANIEL465]

Una música celestial

[campkono]

こじんまりした編成であるが密度高く終始緊張感のある素晴らしい­演奏です。棒は極めてわかりやすくドイツ精神主義とも言える端正­で明快な印象でした。AAAランクだと思います

[eek4rus]

since the strings play without vibrato, somehow i think the singers should sing without vibrato as well. or did beethoven indicate vibrato in the score for the soloists?

[MiloDC]

Kudos to the conductor for his tempo on the first movement. Accurate and the ONLY speed at which that movement should EVER be played. At the typically slower tempos, it loses much of its energy and power.

The fourth movement is played too fast at key spots, though.

[edwarddelbar]

@MiloDC I had the pleasure of watching Benjiman Zander conduct, and opine on some of the Ninth. His opinion was that most Conductors misinterpret Beetoven's time signatures. I am not anyone to even offer my thoughts on this, but after listening to the passages, they sure seemed "right to me", and he was pretty lively in his tempo.

[maccrodes]

I do not know but to me it seemed like a running a too accelerated.

Compared to Muti and Abbado have recovered nearly ten minutes.

And 'my impression.

I extend a greeting to all.

[obtica1]

see the nice version here...

youtube.com/watch?v=EmV35VPRT9­s

[astartot]

O_O TOO FAST!

[PapaJohnXXIV]

Symphonie n° 9 en ré mineur opus 125*

La Chambre Philharmonique (sur instruments d'époque)

Emmanuel Krivine

Sinéad Mulhern (soprano*)

Carolin Masur (mezzo-soprano*)

Dominik Wortig (ténor*)

Konstantin Wolff (basse-baryton*)

Choeur de chambre Les Eléments*

Cité de la musique (Paris, France)

17 avril 2011

[PapaJohnXXIV]

La Chambre Philharmonique

Emmanuel Krivine conductor

Sinéad Mulhern (soprano*)

Carolin Masur (mezzo-soprano*)

Dominik Wortig (ténor*)

Konstantin Wolff (basse-baryton*)

"Les Eléments" Chamber Choir

Location : Cité de la musique (Paris, France)

Broadcasting date : 04/17/2011

[mario32414]

this is a work of beauty

[drojaz1]

Muy buena intrepretacion a excepcion de los tiempos imtermedios como que se pierde el enfoque en la obra....y por cierto adoro a la Timbalista !!! .

[sapelnikov]

Brilliant! It was time to stop playing Beethoven as if he were Bruckner. and to read the scores and see what speeds Beethoven really wanted.

[psalmtone2008]

Maybe Beethoven meant less gravitas and more fire....and I love the female timpanist!

[Strefanasha]

too fast. it lacks gravitas. as for period instruments the very reason instruments evolved since then was the demands put on them by composers like L v B.

So playing them on the instruments that the composers themselves found inadequate defeats the purpose.

oh yes

first movement is TOO FAST

[cga73]

Isn't it a bit too fast?

It's only 63 minutes, and it doesn't seem there's something missing...

[mrrk]

@cga73 yes, the soul of the music, like all these so called period performances. They all sound out of tune to me.

[az111za]

I want to ask a question, the orchestra is using 18th century instruments while this symphony was written in the 19th century ?!

[cagin]

@az111za hahaha :) Brilliant question and you are right. Many people skip the fact that all Beethoven symphonies were indeed composed during the 1st quarter of the 19th century. I suppose back then the instruments were not radically changed so they could still execute a music of the early 19th century with the instruments of 18th. However, I can not help thinking that this music suits to 'better' (stronger, more polished etc.) instruments.

[az111za]

@cagin

yes, you are right :), Beethoven's music is more effective with our contemporary instruments, thanks so much for replying me :)

[petur777]

@az111za Was there any dramatic change in instruments between the two centuries? I don't think so.

[az111za]

@petur777

okay, then when exactly the present instruments where started to be used??