Beethoven Symphony no. 6 in F major 'pastoral' on period instruments (1/5)

[kenalebla]

Thank you for posting! Such wonderful citation as well!

[guderian455]

Beethoven's sixth symphony, first movement - does anything come close?

[06njblackburn]

Fantasia 2000 love it its what first got me into all classical music

[cesarquirogaa1]

Esta melodía es hermosa nos eleva....y de alguna manera toca todos nuestros sentimientos..

...en una sola canción

[obtica1]

see more Beethoven music in my youtube channel..

[DoctorMDF]

Perfect tempo for me. Far for me to criticise professionl conductors but I can't help feeling some of them ignore the ma non troppo part of "allegro ma non troppo". Just my humble opinion.

[DanJacksonxD]

me favorite 

[Bl00DN00B]

Thanks alot for posting. Love this version.

[alilapointe1]

my ears are having an orgasm 

[heliojam1962]

@alilapointe1 less baby,less

[Klodust]

SWAGGGGGGGGGGGGG This shit goes hard.

[lilwolf072557]

This has always been my favorite Beethoven symphony. Thank you very much for uploading it.

[bonesstorage]

A dawn and a yawn, a field of corn, sheep scattered in a distant field, a brook, farmers directing cattle with sticks, a child lets go of a ballon which floats upwards, a middle aged couple has a seat and a sandwich, a horse and rider crosses a ford, a bee changes its mind about a flower, the farm dog chases off a bird, and stuff.

[MrFerminleon]

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[MrFerminleon]

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the Pastoral Symphony (German Pastoral-Sinfonie[1]), is a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, and was completed in 1808. One of Beethoven's few works containing explicitly programmatic content,[2] the symphony was first performed in the Theater an der Wien on 22 December 1808[3] in a four hour concert called the Musikalische Akademie.

Beethoven was a lover of nature who spent a great deal of his time on walks in the country.side.

[silverurn42]

Personally, I love Brahms and Dvořák, but this is a pretty good piece/recording :)

[whneo97]

Why is this played in Baroque pitch? o.o (I mean, it's Beethoven!)

[NimbleTurtle13]

@whneo97 So? It's not like Beethoven used A = 440.

[underlinedbluetext]

@DrownedAtLakeBodom ha... i guess that was supposed to get me upset? what do you want me to say? that you're super brutal? my mother is a saint and i would love to see you say that to my face, tough guy. metal is played out and lame. i've never seen such a lack of growth within a genre of music in my entire life... truly is pathetic. have a good one man!

[underlinedbluetext]

Paralyzing.

[alilapointe1]

@Kn1gHtMaRe00 they have become 4

[octopussperm]

♥ I loved it ♥ but there is always someone who dislikes this, and if they do then they they have some serious problems... the hearts are Alt 3 on a windows computer.

[migsagrero]

Thanks for this wonderful music!

[agathamalagueta]

Maravilhoso, Extraordinário!!!

[slijfslgj]

This song actually makes me smarter.

[alilapointe1]

@slijfslgj smarten up, this is not a song, its symphony.

[Gargantupimp]

If only nature was actually as great as the music makes it seem

[Tw1St3DSt33L]

@Gargantupimp As a human, you have the amazing ability to facepalm yourself. Go do that

[Gargantupimp]

@Tw1St3DSt33L Facepalm? Is that a sort of plant that grows in nature?

[polymath7]

II. ...who, even in the course of depleting the island's natural supply of lumber which would ultimately lead to the natives' own extinction, were extremely reluctant to cut down the Face Palms, as they were believed to be inhabited by the spirits of dead ancestors (and in whose homage the famous Easter Island statues are thought to have been carved). In this respect the The Face Palm is an excellent evolutionary example of artificial selection, much like the Japanese haike crab, which...

[polymath7]

III. ...over many generations came increasingly to resemble a samurai helmet as Japanese fisherman would toss crabs of this appearance back into the water.

There is a second reason for the Face Palm's appellation, not inconsistent with the first. Mentally ill, retarded and brain-damaged people among the Easter Island natives were thought to be possessed by spirits and thus a kind of walking half-dead, and so were compelled to commit a ritualistic suicide...

[Gargantupimp]

@polymath7 You have too much time on your hands buddy.

[princenosiatajansen]

5:29 :D ! ...nothing else to say. he was just beethoven

[eaFraKctured]

Frans Brüggen had some very fine recordings made on Philips, too bad they're not being reissued by Universal... If his Beethoven symphony-cycle is ever released again, I'll be the first one to buy it.

[drumdiva]

Name of recording please?

[beatlemartin12]

wtf? 2 dislikes ¬¬

[kanexyz24]

@beatlemartin12 they were too amazed by this amazing masterpeice

[TheBackOfTheBoat]

@piercethevale I'm a Taurus too, and I love this song as well as nature. I still don't believe in astrology, but the evidence in favor of it being real is starting to pile up; I seem to have an awful lot of Taurean traits.

[THEFUTUREISWOMEN]

Beethoven the greatest

[TheClassicalJasmine]

@piercethevale but I am not a taurus I am a leo and I love this piece of art its such an beatiful sound to my ears so should I not listen to this. Oh just kidding and how did you know my favorite color ? = )

[ria1dawn]

This movement is annotated in the score as "The Awakening of Cheerful Feelings on Arriving in the Country" (English translation), and this rendition is so true to intent, more than any other I have heard. Karajan's is more "pastoral" in a sense, and it is left to debate whether the interpretation should be more serene or lively. Both are tremendous.

[ria1dawn]

This movement is annotated in the score as "The Awakening of Cheerful Feelings on Arriving in the Country" (English translation), and this rendition is so true to intent, more than any other I have heard. Karajan's is more "pastoral" in a sense, and it is left to debate whether the interpretation should be more serene or lively. Both are tremendous.

[1Terryus1]

0 Dislikes !

[obtica1]

♪Beethoven = best haven ♫

[dharbharam]

God!! What a magnificient piece of music. I heard this 18 years ago before my first year degree final exam. This piece of music haunted me for more than two days and still does!!

[dharbharam]

God!! What a magnificient piece of music. I heard this 18 years ago before my first year degree final exam. This piece of music haunted me for more than two days and still does!!

[Garmiet]

What recording is this one specifically? Is it on a CD I could get?

[sizzlinwitch]

6:39 - 6:56 best build and cadence ever.

[Insanelycoolprincess]

I have played this before and it was so freakin awesome to play. I love Beethoven's Symphony No.6. My favorite part is at 4:52

[carolafrica]

i am no classical guru - i dont know much about specific composers, the history and thought behind the music. I simply love it because of the way it makes me feel inside - incredibly filled with joy - difficult to describe actually - but music makes me fill like I am in heaven hmmm...

[lichocpu]

me gusta, especialmente para dejarlo sonando cuando debo trabajar :P

[kentusmaximus]

Perfect music to evoke the wonder of the countryside, the rolling hills and lush flora. Trust old Ludwig to create such a magnificent symphony.

[TheCrazychick07]

I have played this before, and it was so much fun to play. In fact my favorite movements from the Symphony No.6 are the 1st, 2nd, and 4th movements :) My favorite part is at 4:51

[alilapointe1]

insanly beautifull

[iamsafuan]

i would like to dedicate this song to my friend hilazudin...hope u enjoy it...

[finaldestiny17]

EMac, that's total crap. Check your vocabulary and your sources

[lrodrigomoreno]

I maybe like this even more than Bach

[lionop]

great music, great quality! thank you so much!

[thesir27]

period instruments FOR THE WIN. this version kicks ass

[MrCEsquire]

What wonderful composer.

Why can't I give it six stars..?

[pytko3]

Yep he was. His Biography is a inspiring tale of a man who, at the peak of his achievements, fell from grace and later redeemed himself.

[lobbob2]

is this Klemperer?

[elias12186]

very funny

[lobbob2]

For nearly three years I had a forty-five minute commute to work. The road I travelled took me through the Chagrin River Valley, past beautiful farmland and horse properties with wildlife on every turn. The sun barely inching it's way above the eastern ridge. All four seasons. Fantastic thunderstorms. I was fortunate to have a friend give me a copy of Beethoven's No. 6 with Otto Klemperer conducting. I'm sure that I listened to this masterpiece five-hundred times. A million thanks for posting.

[elias12186]

Klemperer is a good conductor, but this is on period instrument orchestra.

[tjwhite1963]

@elias12186 Wonderful post! Many thanks! IMHO, this work is one of the best ever composed--by anyone, in all of recorded history. In terms of sheer artistry, it ranks right up there with the Eclogues of Vergil, the Winged Victory (Nike), the Parthenon, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Shakespeare, Poe, Keats, and Whitman. There is very little in this fallen Earth that can compare with it. It far outweighs most other art even from its own time period. Only Schubert's 9th is worthy of comparison.

[tjwhite1963]

@tjwhite1963 Sorry for the accidental duplication! This idiotic computer I'm using gives me fits sometimes.

[tjwhite1963]

@elias12186 Wonderful post! Many thanks! IMHO, this work is one of the best ever composed--by anyone, in all of recorded history. In terms of sheer artistry, it ranks right up there with the Eclogues of Vergil, the Winged Victory (Nike), the Parthenon, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Shakespeare, Poe, Keats, and Whitman. There is very little in this fallen Earth that can compare with it. It far outweighs most other art even from its own time period. Only Schubert's 9th is worthy of comparison.

[slijfslgj]

@elias12186 I totally concur.

[thudar9]

@elias12186 Listen to Klemperer at his best, Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem Op.45 - so lovely

[aneutralviewer]

I know that feeling. For a couple of months in 2005 I had to commute from Basingstoke to Oxford. Every evening I'd relax on the train listening to this and reading a book. (I then moved to Reading, which made the commute much nicer, And now I work in Reading and walk to work, but I still sometimes listen to this as I walk.

[faraz1729]

@lobbob2

Best comment on YouTube.

[polymath7]

@faraz1729 Not quite as good as your own riposte to that guy who was bitching about:Gould's gesticulating with his left hand.

That was a true classic.

[polymath7]

@lobbob2 Wonderful comment. This is certainly is the ideal piece to assuage the boredom of such a commute, and I came to love this symphony under very similar circumstances.

[EMac1eod]

he conducted. didnt compose

[T1carus]

@EMac1eod who wrote this then?

[EMac1eod]

@T1carus lol, i meant it the other way round :p some guy earlier had written some crap about him conducting this version, even though its on youtube...

[lobbob2]

a million thanks!!

[sshelganss]

Bravo

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[guerino07]

It's hard to find good period performances of Beethoven

[pacoenigmatic]

What a joy to hear such classy music

thanks

[folsak]

icredibile

[aglanchel]

Soylent Green!!

[amadeus9man]

I just noticed that you posted this in honor of Beethoven's birthday. It is really spectacular, and this is definitely not a piece of program music - it extends beyond the bird calls and the running stream - it is man in nature!

[amadeus9man]

Wow! This is one of the few pieces of music I prefer on period instruments, the others being Mozart's operas and several pieces of Bach.

[JupiterIV]

Just wondering, elias12186,

Who did the picture, and where'd you get it?

[elias12186]

It was painted a few years after he died. AlmanachDerMusikgesellschaft :) look it up on google.

[polymath7]

@JupiterIV Alas, all the portraits of the great composer who lived before the age of photography are, almost without exception (there is a decent portrait of C.P.E. Bach by Gainsborough) too hamfisted to reveal much of anything.

However in Beethoven's case if you want to get an idea of what he looked like there are two extant plaster molds that were taken of his face. Just Google image Beethoven + life mask death mask.

[compeld2sing]

Wow! I can't believe you posted that! Brings back memories from so long ago. We played it at McGill (2nd violin), under Alexander Brott (lately deceased). I also used it for my conducting exam (also with A.B.)

ps. We didn't have an orchestra to conduct.

It was a vinyl records (but the score was real).