Leonard Bernstein performs Beethoven's Ode to Joy - 2/3

What's the date of this performance?  Placido looks soooo young!

man created god so, if he have been inspirated by gods, men inspirated him.

It's like Tantric sex. Building up for what seems like an eternity to the most thunderous of climaxes that leaves everyone involved a little limp in their seats and utterly satisfied.

You guys below me are hilarious.
Enjoy the music. ^.^

beethoven was awesome but his life sucked so badly

I find it denigrating of you to attribute Beethoven's genius to where complement does not belong. Beethoven's genius is his own. Do not defile that fact by some nonsense talk of a "higher power" guiding him. Do not spit on the face of humanity by attributing our greatest feats to the grace of some god.

Take it easy. Beethoven probably would disagree with you because whether you want to admit it or not, he was a religious man. How do you know he didn't pray for inspiration? I am not spitting in the face of anyone, least of all, humanity. It's not my fault you're so easily offended. Do your history before you post angry comments in response to a simple, benign comment.

Did I ever say he wasn't a religious man? It's simply aggravating when people falsely attribute achievements to a god. He may have prayed, but his hands and his hands alone wrote the music. Inspiration from prayer does not mean inspiration from a god. It is inspiration from the belief of a god; two very different things. People may condition their minds to believe nonsense, but blind faith doesn't make a belief true.