Don Giovanni:Ouverture

Don Giovanni's famous ouverture conducted by James Levine

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Music

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• Don
• Giovanni
• Mozart
• Ouverture
• Levine

[devilxhlywood]

disheveled hair is necessary for any respectable conductor, as it is a tribute to beethoven

[LordDracula21]

@gladio4ever Yes, they go to the Barber of Seville.

[eliyaguy]

fast recovery, Levine, we miss your fantastic musicianship on stage, and a back-ache is such a misery. love and greetings, what a grand and vigorous rendition! what a spirit! 

[BrokenSolitary]

My all time favorite opera, and my all time favorite piece. :) Love this performance. So glad the audio is so amazing. <3

[twooffour]

@SteveAndrewLangford

Yea, a pity that the "reasons" you dislike him are completely moronic.

1) Conductors work out the interpretation and rehearse it with the orchestra. Why even mention this common idiotic misonception if you know it to be untrue anyway?

2) Overriding a composer's intentions (not sure how he does so here) in itself isn't bad in any way - it just makes it dishonest if you claim you don't.

3) Not even going to.

Stupid comment is stupid. Warrants no further examination doesn't.

[pabloerami]

me parece LO PEOR que antes de cada video se introduzcan una publisidad

[Politikonboard]

shame about the audio lag..

[MrConvivator]

Danke, habe Link gesetzt

[SteveAndrewLangford]

@TheCoolSoprano Ok, I was a bit harsh on him on the standing up part. But, I still dislike the things I mentioned. The only way you can "win" an argument is by not engaging in one. I truly admire Levine for being a conductor and giving light to music, however I just disagree and dislike several things about the man. Either way, I'm glad we showed people that frank, open disagreements don't need to lead to mean things. Cheers!

[TheCoolSoprano]

@SteveAndrewLangford: He gets paid so much money because, believe it or not, he is good at what he does. Musicians under his direction "live to see him smile." I will grant that what he conducts is sometimes vastly different from what the composer may have had in mind, but just because he interprets things in a unique way does not mean he is overriding the composer's intentions. Music is about interpretation. And I'd like to see you try to conduct standing up after a severe back injury at 68.

[SteveAndrewLangford]

I don't know what I detest more of Levine: the fact that he gets paid millions of dollars to wave his arms; how he waves his arms; that he uses those arms to royally overide the composers intentions; that the arms attatched to that body can't even manage to stand up, especially today.

[ExZonie]

I like how his mouth moves with the music as he conducts. :)