Beethoven 5th Symphony (1/4); 1st movement; Haitink

[kthebest14]

one of the best here on youtube

thank you

[Jiggymomma]

everyone knows the opening, but 6:05 on is the best part of movement one.

[AngelofMusic5893]

It is said that Beethoven described this whole symphony as facing your fate and finally overcoming it in movement 4....But in movement 1, it is fate knocking on your door............

[chri4481]

I love the song! It's kinda sad, this was about him going deaf! The beats like the ones in this song are common when you go deaf. He described it was fate knocking on the door. Most of his compositions he never heard!

[bcing75]

Perhaps the greatest coda in any symphony. Fantastic and full of life. What would music be were it not for Beethoven?

[DementedZealot]

thank Haydn lol, without him, Beethoven would have never been achieved recognition, thus we would not be hearing his music we do today... sad lol. Anyways.. yes and amazing coda lol

[Zoekiller123]

Wow this is awesome. Nothng can be more better than this except some religons

[JuanDiegooooo]

Y'a pas à dire : ça envoie !!!

[LOTRzagorath]

Great video, and the audio quality is superb!

Just one slight mistake, that is easy to make, in your description. It says "which initially is played by the string section", that is almost correct. In fact, it is played by the strings and clarinets.

[kleykenb]

Played way too fast ! Probably because they had to fit it on a single CD...

[chri4481]

The song itself is supposed to be played fast. It uses a 2/4 time signature but the tempo is so fast that a quarter note sounds like an eighth note.

[kimeelovesoreeos]

thank you for the amazing recording! one of the best i've heard :)

[melomano55]

Gracias por subir estra obra monumental y majestuosa por movimientos.

[ApplesxandxCookies]

We started playing this in symphony, but then we stopped... D_:

[Sinfoniette]

Ooo, Haitnik. A nice recording. I am planning to buy the Bernstein/Karajan/Kleiber recordings. I do have the Toscanini. I never knew Haitnik recorded this. The spacing at the beginning is different than what I usually listen to. I usually consider Haitnik my Shostakovich conductor. He's a great Shostak. conductor.

[goroundit123]

with respect...HaitiNK...good to read your informed opinion