I love that! I’ve often thought Beethoven’s 9th symphony is a spirit that rose out o LVB at the time of the French Revolution, and soars back to earth during WW1 and 2, ands rises again in Japan at New Year and now flies over Europe.
Derek Bright I have waited for someone to say this. It was my first ever introduction to classical music in the 1980's when a friend said she will show me that classical music can be beautiful. And then put an Lp on the turntable . Gives me shivers by the sheer beauty of it
agree 100%, and the way the piano starts off later with those scales.....quite breathtaking. I will listen to this piece for the rest of my life and I will never get tired of it. It will move me deeply every single time!
¿Como se puede ser tan bestia de interrumpir una obra tan excelsa como El Emperador, para pasar un aviso publicitario sin ni siquiera esperar a la finalización del movimiento. Es indignante al extremo. Jamás compraré un Chevrolet.
I went to a decidedly average (boys only) public school in the 1950's but it's one, extraordinary, redeeming feature was that three times a week the entire school would be assembled to listen to a piece of classic music, including Beethoven, with the head then explaining the significance of each passage. He would also write an entire Gilbert and Sullivan type musical once a year, that the school would perform. Thank-you, Mr. Clark, for what you gave us boys. 60 years later I am still listening to the pieces you recommended to us.
I went to state primary in Bermondsey during the early sixties. We had a music teacher called Miss James who taught piano. Mainly Beethoven, my mother loved Beethoven too. My father played on the Grunding stereo Wagner and Suppee. I will always be in dept to them. Thanks mum and dad and Miss James 💕
@@richardbradford1772 I don't know which country you are commenting from but they were very common in the UK back then and there remains, to this day, many single sex schools in the UK (up to age 16).. Those that advocate for them argue that both girls and boys do much better at school in a single sex environment, as they are not distracted by the opposite sex. Of course, there is a counter argument that it does not equip children for the adult world but both systems continue to coexist.
I am ALWAYS thrilled to hear the first cord! The boldness...the confidence...to start that way! Just Boom! To be unafraid! What if we all lived life like that cord - Just Boom!
El gran Concertista, Zimmerman. Que nos deleita con su exímia interpretación. Dios lo Bendiga. Maravillosa música de Beethoven. Elsa de Perú, Lima, Surco
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major Op. 73 'Emperor' 0:30 I. Allegro (21:09) 21:10 II. Adagio un poco moto (8:09) 30:00 III. Rondo. Allegro (12:04)
Sometimes it's acceptable after the first movement. You have to feel if it's appropriate most cases no. I been to some where is was acceptable. College concerts you will find the practice . My piano teacher took me to a concert and told me not to clap between movements and little you know the audience clapped after the first movement. So much for that example. 73
The pianist is wonderful. And oh, Beethoven, what we owe you for your music can never be repaid. Mankind wouldn't be the same without Beethoven. The joy would be gone. And kudos to Bernstein for directing Beethoven so passionately.
My father introduced us to the great classics in the 60's & 70's. He and I spent two nights listening to this great Concerto his hospital before he died. In the end, he did not wish to let go of life.
Le jour de mon départ dans l'autre monde, le 2eme mouvement m'accompagnera pour rejoindre mon Papa, dans la douceur, la tendresse, le calme et cet IMMENSE compositeur. Merci à la vie: j'ai connu ces sons et cette merveille
A masterpiece composed by the master of the composers, performed by one of the greatest pianists of the century and conducted by one of the best conductors. Best of the best “emperor”!
I feel so lucky that my father played classical music in the house. It is one thing I feel truly passionate about. Time is suspended when I listen to my favorite pieces. This performance contains so much. Moments that sound like you just opened the most beautiful music box that ever existed. Or moments when consciousness is born in a tiny baby’s brain. LVB just knew how to capture the most sublime! Again I feel lucky to love classical music
@@katrinat.3032 I too was lucky to grow up in a house where I heard plenty of classical music. Classical music like this is divine, in my opinion. It's nectar to the ears and the heart and so elevating to the spirit.
Without a doubt, this is the very best version of this piece. Zimerman is absolutely FLAWLESS and nails every single note in his execution. It's hard to believe, but I dare say this is better than the famous Van Cliburn Russian performance 60 some odd years ago (which was fabulous and considered the pinnacle version for many decades). I love Zimmerman's interpretation of this piece. So many highlights, it's incredible. One example I can site is his use of staccato on the left with lyrical phrasing on the right. It's *incredibly* difficult to pull this off! Imagine the school-age challenge of patting your head while rubbing a circle on your stomach and interpreting this odd contradiction on a grand piano. His punch on the strong chords, and his very light trill phrasing between two notes.... SUPER FAST... SUPER LIGHT... and not a single note is dropped even at this near absent volume. The technique Zimmerman is using is way above masterclass IMO. And it's also a joy watching Leonard Berstein conduct. This is so incredible! A+++
+JB AnimePiano ABSOLUTELY, the greatest slow movement of any classical and romantic movement ever written. Read the commentaries by other performers and conductors. It's totally out of this world! Definitely the most finest and flawless of beethoven pieces.
+Philip Amedanu The Adagio movement here is heavenly. But I would hold that the Piano Concerto #3, 2nd Movement, is equal to it, or perhaps even exceeds it. Regardless, Beethoven composed breath-taking pieces of music.
Jangle2007 ok, if you say so. I will then take my time and listen to it carefully and give you a feedback without any prejudice. Not to mention, that whole Concerto No. 3 is to say the first piece in the musical world to take on a masculine melody and theme opening the door for Symphony no.5 to give everyone else a heavy uppercut!
+Mike Stiz Yes, for instance, the ninth symphony choral masterpiece is so gloriously triumphant, that it could have been written in a celestial transport of a vision of the resurrection of humanity
Is it just me or was this rendition amazing? I've listened to this concerto by other orchestras but this one just stands out as particularly incredible.
What a pianist - he got the Emperor right, his interpretation was out of this world. I love Mozart best of all, but this is the best piano concerto ever written and played.
Have you watched/listened to Lang Lang/Eschenbach 8-25-2012? Lang Lang may not have the clarity and subtlety Zimerman has but the passion and jubilance that Lang Lang/Eschenbach gave by that performance is beyond words.
I played the piano for 8 years and had to leave for work reasons and I can appreciate the whole concert. When I hear this concert I get very very emotional. The harmony between the piano and the orchestra is divine music which will last forever. Great pianist, great director, great professor Kuchl, great orchestra.
I really love Beethoven's 3rd & 4th Concertos, but the 5th is absolute perfection. The first movement is all heroic & full of moments of tenderness, the second inner sadness, redemption & ¡nner peace, the 3rd movement is sheer unbridled joy & a few moments of reprise... then back to true hear felt joy. My God... Beethoven truly is an immortal figure. His music will transcend times as long as intelligence exists. Beethoven was more than a man. He was a prophet & an angel.
Beethoven is truly amazing! The more you listen to it the more you love it and the more patterns you see and emotions you feel. I have come across nothing that improves with more and more time than LVB’s music
Absolute musical genius no doubt. Who can compare. But an angel, he was not, if the biographical movie - "Immortal Beloved", is in any way accurate. He was a jealous, envious controlling tyrant. I wouldn't dream of treating people and my own siblings the way he did. And it had absolutely nothing toi do with his deafness or that people couldn't understand his pain and inner turmoil due to his deafness. Certainly won't stop me from listening to his music though. It's divine, and I think, divinely inspired.
Actually, I have listened to Arrau's. His interpretation is very good. But still I would slightly favor Mr. Zimerman for this piece as his interpretation is seamlessly smooth, subtle, yet without sacrificing the breathtaking passion and power of Ludwig. No disrespect for Arrau. I always admire him : )
Yeah. Likewise, as far as I know, Arrau's interpretations of many Beethoven's piano music works especially sonatas are unsurpassed, which I'm a huge fan of. But as far as this particular concerto, Zimerman did really really well.
40:19 This part is absolutely beautiful, it gives the feeling that everything will be fine and everything will one day be completed, a feeling of peace
He’s perfect for Beethoven : his timing is excellent, his crescendi are very intense and his forte very powerful. I would not take him over Khatia Buniatishvilli for more romantic works though
Tim Heavner Yes, I totally agree! I really like his interpretation of Ballade No. 3 in particular. His ability to interpret composers from various eras so well is impressive.
One of the most enjoyable things of this concert, is to see a man who really loved his work like Leonard Bernstein, it’s amazing see him smiling and jumping of happiness 😊
10:48 one of the most dramatically beautiful passages I have ever heard in any concerto. This is absolute perfection that can’t be stated into words! You can feel the fury and fire of every single note.
The power and precision of the Vienna Phil is awesome! Recording engineers deserve a mention - as does Leonard Bernstein for his incredible dynamism and control - the tempo being exactly right for this masterpiece. Krystian Zimerman was born to perform the Emperor. His interpretation of the adagio is stunning, placing slightly differing time intervals between the single notes which no other concert pianist would dream of doing ...inspirational!
When I listen to such magnificent music,, I think that perhaps there may be hope for humanity in spite of everything. Perhaps we are not such a lost cause after all.
+Steven Yourke These kinds of beautiful music reflects humans future in spite of war, misery etc. This new earth must come thats sure, but it takes a very long time because the condition is FREEDOM, individually and collective. Freedom, that respects personal growth, nature life and creation, unity in diversity, we are still far away from that..
+Wim Beuming Especially freedom from a surveillance state tyrannical government that feels free to enact their police-state measures under the pretext of fighting those who hate our "freedoms", thereby aiding and abetting the so-called "terrorists".
among other composers, the Nazis listened to and elevated music like this as a matter of state policy. Not at all to say this music does that to a person; in fact, I agree with most of what you say. it's just that human subjectivity is capable of corrupting the sublimest works of art.
+Steven Yourke Yes, the music is beautiful, refreshing, moving, and so necessary...but, the world is collapsing around us and all the conductors in the world can't stop it. The Fall of the Holy Roman Empire all over again.
Along with his 4th concerto, this Beethoven´s work is the greatest piano concerto ever. The model to be follow and one of the summits of the universal art. Majestic and deep beyond any description. All the words in the universe are not enought to describe this marvel.
Eduardo Guerra I agree this is indeed his very best piano concerto And the 4th is good too. I know classical music had different eras , but Beethoven to me is just the best. And there are many masters Mozart chief among many but this guy and his style is just in your face. If I might borrow a modern description. Thank you Herr Beethoven.
I disagree, I believe, since it is a "piano" concerto, than without a doubt, Chopin's concerti should be up there with Beethoven's 3rd, 4th, and 5th concerti. I would also add Brahms 1st piano concerto, Rach's 2nd, Tchaikovsky's 1st, and Schumann's.
The power generated by the orchestra is incredible... OK it's a good sound recording, but there is an extra dimension going on between Bernstein, Zimerman and the Vienna Phil. that elevates this rendition of the Emperor to a completely new level. Check out Zimermans' second movement solo, each single note varies slightly in time interval from the previous one - no other concert pianist has ever dared to make such a bold interpretation ...wonderful! Not strictly ballroom you might say - but Zimerman is the ultimate showman after all.
You are so right, i follow every single word your wrote. This interpretation is the ultimate, gives me the chill right from the beginning and makes me cry so i am overwhelmed by emotions....
In reference to what you said above about how he varies the time on each note just slightly, I often wondered if it was written like that or if he did it on purpose or by accident. For a split second you think he slipped in his timing but then you realize it was intentional and that it was thought out and done on purpose. What I am trying to say is this thought process happens in my mind every time I listen to it and it somehow makes it even better. Like it's more personal.
@@katrinat.3032 Benjamin Zander talks about disappearing 8th notes in his lectures, I think this is something similar happening here, being more flexible and having more freedom in playing. :)
I'm a rock music aficionado, but this is the most beautiful piece of music ever created. (a sublime performance too) It flicks a switch deep inside me.
I love rock music too. But my first love is classical music. It's so nice to figuratively meet ppl who lappreciate different kinds of music. And this piece is sublime.
Headbanger here, but I also listen to most kinds of music. But for someone to not acknowledge the roots of where music comes from would just be a sad mistake. This is one of the most amazing pieces of music ever written. One of the few that still give me chills each time to hear it again. This is an amazing performance of this piece, and it really shows the skill of the performers well.
I believe that music is just music and we tend to group music into many forms that just have to do with structure and rhythm. I believe music is just music.
Leonard Bernstein, the conductor of this performance, and also an accomplished pianist, music teacher and ingenious composer himself, always fought against an artificial division of music in genres, especially that in ( allegedly superior ) "serious music" vs. ( allegedly inferior ) "music for entertainment". He did always teach, that basically there are only two sorts of music : good music and bad music ! 🙂 Simply as that !
The Emperor was the first Beethoven composition I ever heard (Arrau/Philharmonia/Silvestri), and one of the first classical pieces. It entered my soul, and changed my life.
So good. Just made my morning, listening to this and sipping my coffee and thinking about the endless possibilities of this world. Would not trade it away for anything.
ZImerman is gifted beyond belief and the entire piece is flawlessly conducted and executed by the very best musicians, at the height of their power. This is by far my favorite performance of this Beethoven standard.
Amazing performance. Zimerman is supreme. Bernstein lives every note . It's difficult for me to say which is my favourite of Beethoven piano concertos but the second movement of the fifth always moves me to tears in it's sheer beauty. I remember the first time of hearing being literally stopped in my tracks. That was almost 30 years ago and the beauty lives on. ♥️
Le plus beau morceau du répertoire classique mené L. Bernstein et le pianiste Zimerman, la perfection est de ce monde. Quelle émotion! Merci pour le partage.
It always makes me cry when I watch "The king's speech" and in the end, after the speech and as the war had just started, they play the second movement. I heard this was a symbol of "forgiveness" for us Germans. Thank you
Forgiveness for those germans existing today is hypocrisy. Children during the war and those who lived afterwards. A sign of forgiveness of all living soldiers perhaps.
There are sublime passages in the first movement which are truly “other worldly” and move me to tears on occasions. I cannot help but think of my dear deceased partner and how much I miss him and yearn for his presence and company. Such a reality would truly be heavenly and an emotional feast. Love, like this epic music, is surely immortal?
After having studied and listened to music all my life , this concerto is the crowning glory in all the keyboard literature ! Beethoven the TITAN of music .!
Hello LVB, I’ve written to you before. Sorry you had such a rough life. But we love your music so much! I believe you are in heaven listening to your own music!
my top 3 and this particular interpretation is one of the best. check Grieg a-moll concerto and Chopin no1 concerto, worth trying. and they all have fantastic low paced 2movements. Best overture is still yours Ludgwig. "Egmont".
By the time I’m watching this there are no commercials (2019)! I am a classical musical lover for over 55 years but I must say Beethoven’s 5th piano concerto has to be my favorites. Love Mozart, Schubert, Rachmaninov, and the list goes on but...Beethoven is my favorite and this 5th piano concerto is at the top of my list! So is Bernstein....
@@hossameddinriyad Yes Hossam, I have listened to Fredrisch Gulda (1966 with the Vienna Phil). You probably know that the number of viewings is far less than Bernstein/Zimerman who have attracted nearly 3 million on youtube - and there is the clue. It is hard to believe that both performances were with the Vienna Philarmonic! The playing of Gulda - especially the demanding Adagio - is very wooden, just like the orchestra which may be due to the influence of the conductor? There is no passion, dynamics or excitement that you hear with Bernstein in this wonderful interpretation. As a classically trained musician I could not listen to Gulda from choice, it is too painful to my ear. This performance by Bernstein/Zimerman will probably never be equalled, and I think many other music lovers agree with me.
Just imagine what the first listeners must have felt when, instead of the usual first few minutes of à piano concerto in which the main theme is played by the orchestra and only then picked up by the piano, they heard a single chord, followed by the bravura playing of the pianist. I bet that made them sit up and take notice!
The performance is fabulous! Here is Beethoven speaking to humanity, giving vent to his personal tragedy, his deafness But his soul remains unconquered! To me, the greatest composer & the greatest concerto ever. An artistic & emotional experience. Thanks for the post. Jamshed Delvadavala from Mumbai.
It has often been stated that music can touch the soul. Mr.Zimmerman has captured the soul of Beethoven in his interpretation of this Concerto. To me when I hear this particular Concerto I feel it is an Auto Biography by Beethoven in Music instead of words. The music creates images of people and places long ago. It is a wonderfull story. I have been listening to the Emperor Concerto for many decades now and each time I hear it, it is like the Very First Time. It is simply amazing how it stirs some of ones deepest emotions!
Hoy al escuchar al gran Beethoven me acordé, ni idea por que , de un magnífico libro que , vacaciones mefiante, terminé de leer ayer. Antes me los devoraba , a los libros.No podía ni dormir. En un periquete me los leía , en caso de entusiamo obvio. Éste hace unos cuatro meses , religiosamente lo llevo y lo traigo. Prusiano casi lo mió . Es que me endilgo ser buena lectora. Sin comparar : Un buen libro vale tanto como una buena composición musical. A ambas dos eternamente agradecida. Concierto para piano número 5 de Beethoven. El infinito es un junco de Irene Vallejo. Ambos, en distintos tiempos y diferentes razones han enriquecido la mi vivir. Ni que decir de interpretes , traductores, copistas y reproductores e inda mais😅 Gracias !
Zimmerman is one of the greatest piano player of the century. He puts his soul on the interpretation. He's fabulous and I could listen him day and night with no stop!
Le concerto "l' Empereur " est mon favori surtout joué par K. Zimerman et dirigé par Bernstein. C'est un concerto tellement somptueux et merveilleux ! Je ne sais que l'écouter avec une admiration sans borne , comme hypnotisée . Merci pour cette oeuvre magnifique , splendide, les mots me manquent .
I get it, I really do. I could never explain the beauty of this to someone who doesn’t get classical music. Yet I know my fellow classical music lovers that post, can understand and feel this music the way I do.
I was introduced to this concerto by my mother over 30 years ago and loved it immediately and still get just as excited to hear it now as I did then. It is by far one of the best pieces of music written. But what else would one expect from Beethoven.
I can hear that the start of the 3rd movement was probably an improvisation, something he experimented with before committing to it. You can hear this in some of his sonatas. This particular performance was the epitome of perfection, combining incredible skill, a superb orchestra, artful camera work and, of course, Bernstein himself. Bravo!
Con razon se le llama a este Concierto n. 5 de Beethoven, el gran genio aleman nacido en Bonn y de origen holandes ya que su apellido es Van Beethoven y no Von como muchos creen erroneamente.Con eazon se le llama Emperador.No pude alabar la QUINTA SINFONIA ya que en el video se habian desactivado los comentarios lo cual aprovecho ahora.Beethoven me entusiasma y por culpa de esa enfermedad que le dejo sordo tenia esos cambios de caracter tan bruscos.Yo le he bautizado como EL DIVINO SORDO.
Bernstein, Zimerman und das Orchester haben alles aus sich herausgeholt. Welch ein Genuss!!!
Beethoven never died. He simply became music.
He became his art.
@@strikeforcealpha9343 And his grief
@@strikeforcealpha9343 Yeah. And because of that I hate the clima activists who said: "who is more important for you? Art or humanity?!"
@@simba_neko Humanity is just the physical manifestation of art: emotion, expression, and innovation.
I love that! I’ve often thought Beethoven’s 9th symphony is a spirit that rose out o LVB at the time of the French Revolution, and soars back to earth during WW1 and 2, ands rises again in Japan at New Year and now flies over Europe.
The opening to the second movement is one of the most beautiful pieces ever written in music.
Hail to you Ludwig.
Yes, I lay with my headphones on in darkness and listen to the 2nd movement. I feel like I’m floating
Derek Bright I have waited for someone to say this. It was my first ever introduction to classical music in the 1980's when a friend said she will show me that classical music can be beautiful. And then put an Lp on the turntable . Gives me shivers by the sheer beauty of it
The best 2nd movement!
I agree.
agree 100%, and the way the piano starts off later with those scales.....quite breathtaking. I will listen to this piece for the rest of my life and I will never get tired of it. It will move me deeply every single time!
¿Como se puede ser tan bestia de interrumpir una obra tan excelsa como El Emperador, para pasar un aviso publicitario sin ni siquiera esperar a la finalización del movimiento. Es indignante al extremo. Jamás compraré un Chevrolet.
Andres Stach Tómalo con humor😂
Es una marca de autos carroñera y pirata como su nacion!
Me hiciste reír.
Eles querem é o graveto, amigo Alberto Martin.
Es horrible...pero es la nueva realidad...Los que programan avisos conocen solo la cultura del dinero. Todo lo demás no importa.
I went to a decidedly average (boys only) public school in the 1950's but it's one, extraordinary, redeeming feature was that three times a week the entire school would be assembled to listen to a piece of classic music, including Beethoven, with the head then explaining the significance of each passage. He would also write an entire Gilbert and Sullivan type musical once a year, that the school would perform. Thank-you, Mr. Clark, for what you gave us boys. 60 years later I am still listening to the pieces you recommended to us.
I went to state primary in Bermondsey during the early sixties. We had a music teacher called Miss James who taught piano.
Mainly Beethoven, my mother loved Beethoven too.
My father played on the Grunding stereo Wagner and Suppee.
I will always be in dept to them. Thanks mum and dad and Miss James 💕
The "boys only" part? I'd have been in element and then some!
@@richardbradford1772 I don't know which country you are commenting from but they were very common in the UK back then and there remains, to this day, many single sex schools in the UK (up to age 16).. Those that advocate for them argue that both girls and boys do much better at school in a single sex environment, as they are not distracted by the opposite sex. Of course, there is a counter argument that it does not equip children for the adult world but both systems continue to coexist.
Every time I have listened to this piece of music, I am brought to tears. Just beyond anything else.
몇백만짜리 공연을 편안히 보네요
감사합니다
The greatest concerto to ever be written
that seems to be an overstatement
No the Third!
@@redhaven2795What else can be said to be greater?
@@patricksarama4963 perhaps rach 2
but in terms of inovation we have to give it to beethoven
I am ALWAYS thrilled to hear the first cord! The boldness...the confidence...to start that way! Just Boom! To be unafraid! What if we all lived life like that cord - Just Boom!
El gran Concertista, Zimmerman. Que nos deleita con su exímia interpretación. Dios lo Bendiga. Maravillosa música de Beethoven. Elsa de Perú, Lima, Surco
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major Op. 73 'Emperor'
0:30 I. Allegro (21:09)
21:10 II. Adagio un poco moto (8:09)
30:00 III. Rondo. Allegro (12:04)
+jingingoo Thank you!
Thank a lot.
thank you
Thank you
Tysm
There goes The Emperor... Maestro Beethoven made it possible, the best piano concerto ever.
Can we give so kudos to the audience for not clapping in the movement transitions, not a single person clapped. Audience discipline 10/10
This audience was schooled in the crib about not clapping before the end.
Sometimes it's acceptable after the first movement. You have to feel if it's appropriate most cases no. I been to some where is was acceptable. College concerts you will find the practice . My piano teacher took me to a concert and told me not to clap between movements and little you know the audience clapped after the first movement. So much for that example. 73
Intolerance of different responses by lovers of this genre, elitism writ large.
no one gives a shit stop being elitist
When first performed there would have been appreciation throughout.
Only later did the elitism infiltrate.
Love Beethoven this is beyond word’s magnificent loved loved it ❤️🙏🇨🇦
The pianist is wonderful. And oh, Beethoven, what we owe you for your music can never be repaid. Mankind wouldn't be the same without Beethoven. The joy would be gone. And kudos to Bernstein for directing Beethoven so passionately.
My father introduced us to the great classics in the 60's & 70's. He and I spent two nights listening to this great Concerto his hospital before he died. In the end, he did not wish to let go of life.
Best "outro" music one can pick ... great guy, your father i mean.
Things like this, he knew, are the things that make life sweet and meaningful. He must have been a very good man. Good Bless him and you.
I hope he is in nheaven now listening to Beethoven with God
Himself.
you and your dad listening together, priceless!!!!
Que historia mas humana, para esas historias compuso Beethoven
Le jour de mon départ dans l'autre monde, le 2eme mouvement m'accompagnera pour rejoindre mon Papa, dans la douceur, la tendresse, le calme et cet IMMENSE compositeur. Merci à la vie: j'ai connu ces sons et cette merveille
I’ve listen to this piece almost every day this summer. I think I have a piano Concerto No. 5 addiction
understandable behaviour honestly
omg me tooooooooooo
Love it as well.
me too 😎
Mee too!! Just my absolute all time favorite!!
A masterpiece composed by the master of the composers, performed by one of the greatest pianists of the century and conducted by one of the best conductors. Best of the best “emperor”!
А я от революционного этюда
The first notes make me cry... how miraculous that Beethoven lived amongst us.
I feel so lucky that my father played classical music in the house. It is one thing I feel truly passionate about. Time is suspended when I listen to my favorite pieces. This performance contains so much. Moments that sound like you just opened the most beautiful music box that ever existed. Or moments when consciousness is born in a tiny baby’s brain. LVB just knew how to capture the most sublime! Again I feel lucky to love classical music
NAPOLEON, about Beethowen: "What a Force of expression!".
@@katrinat.3032 I too was lucky to grow up in a house where I heard plenty of classical music. Classical music like this is divine, in my opinion. It's nectar to the ears and the heart and so elevating to the spirit.
omg guys it's among us
I love emperor btw don't hate me
Without a doubt, this is the very best version of this piece. Zimerman is absolutely FLAWLESS and nails every single note in his execution. It's hard to believe, but I dare say this is better than the famous Van Cliburn Russian performance 60 some odd years ago (which was fabulous and considered the pinnacle version for many decades). I love Zimmerman's interpretation of this piece. So many highlights, it's incredible.
One example I can site is his use of staccato on the left with lyrical phrasing on the right. It's *incredibly* difficult to pull this off! Imagine the school-age challenge of patting your head while rubbing a circle on your stomach and interpreting this odd contradiction on a grand piano. His punch on the strong chords, and his very light trill phrasing between two notes.... SUPER FAST... SUPER LIGHT... and not a single note is dropped even at this near absent volume. The technique Zimmerman is using is way above masterclass IMO. And it's also a joy watching Leonard Berstein conduct. This is so incredible! A+++
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I totally agree!
Agree. However Van Cliburn's version is nothing close to a pinnacle version lol.
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Kissin as well.
That Adagio movement is seriously one of the most sublime pieces of music I've listened to.
+JB AnimePiano WOW ~ What modern guy you must be, lucky us ...
Ron Arnason Uh, what exactly are you talking about? I'm just commenting my adoration for this music.
+JB AnimePiano ABSOLUTELY, the greatest slow movement of any classical and romantic movement ever written. Read the commentaries by other performers and conductors. It's totally out of this world!
Definitely the most finest and flawless of beethoven pieces.
+Philip Amedanu The Adagio movement here is heavenly. But I would hold that the Piano Concerto #3, 2nd Movement, is equal to it, or perhaps even exceeds it. Regardless, Beethoven composed breath-taking pieces of music.
Jangle2007 ok, if you say so. I will then take my time and listen to it carefully and give you a feedback without any prejudice.
Not to mention, that whole Concerto No. 3 is to say the first piece in the musical world to take on a masculine melody and theme opening the door for Symphony no.5 to give everyone else a heavy uppercut!
Beethoven is eternal. This music transcends all cultural, social, and political context and will live on forever
+Mike Stiz Yes, for instance, the ninth symphony choral masterpiece is so gloriously triumphant, that it could have been written in a celestial transport of a vision of the resurrection of humanity
Mike Stiz whatever the fuck that means
Izayuh 😆😆😆
I think I prefer the shouting; "resistance is useless!"
“Resurrection of Humanity”? Ok, if u like it but this music needn’t involve religion in any manner. Perfect all by itself!
Is it just me or was this rendition amazing? I've listened to this concerto by other orchestras but this one just stands out as particularly incredible.
What a pianist - he got the Emperor right, his interpretation was out of this world. I love Mozart best of all, but this is the best piano concerto ever written and played.
I agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The name “emperor” was actually given to the piece by J.B. Cramer, the concerto’s publisher in England
Probably because the sublime second movement seems (to me) to be so obviously inspired by Elvira Madigan.
I love also Chopin concerto no. 1
Have you watched/listened to Lang Lang/Eschenbach 8-25-2012? Lang Lang may not have the clarity and subtlety Zimerman has but the passion and jubilance that Lang Lang/Eschenbach gave by that performance is beyond words.
Every time I come back to this piece, I think "that second movement is seriously and unutterably beautiful."
I know! I put my headphones on and listen to it I bed. It transports me
Thank you for uploading this video.
This is the most favorite classical music because my father who died three years ago loved.
Zimmerman and Bernstein made perfect combination. Best version of Beethoven piano concerto5 . Pure beauty. 🌹
Absolutely! Bernstein being my favorite conductor and Zimerman my favorite pianist, what a combination!
Et Rubinstein-Barenboim, c'était du poulet ?
Proof we were created by something incomprehensible- definition of beauty and humanity. More than “Art”.
Simply superb combination of Conductor and pianist, but the rest of the orchestra made the total experience what it was, simply magnificent.
@@bobbaskerville5829❤❤❤quello che provo in questo o momento❤❤❤❤❤
21:22 is the most emotional, gorgeous, patient, quiet, loving piece of music I've ever heard. It's just magic. Pure magic it makes me really cry.
He was a cosmic Man..... Beethoven ❤🌌🙏 he was a gift to this world.
@@AlexandreLuiz-ph8nsthe greatest gift ❤️
Einfach wunderbar, traumhaft.
@@rosimorgner7527 Same here! I thought I was the only one! It's beyond words how good this makes my soul feel!
He was in love. Just listen to it. And I dont think it was mutual and meant to be. So much beauty and love with that shade of sadness.
So heartfelt.
coming back after years and in tears! how beautiful can music be?
I played the piano for 8 years and had to leave for work reasons and I can appreciate the whole concert. When I hear this concert I get very very emotional. The harmony between the piano and the orchestra is divine music which will last forever. Great pianist, great director, great professor Kuchl, great orchestra.
I really love Beethoven's 3rd & 4th Concertos, but the 5th is absolute perfection. The first movement is all heroic & full of moments of tenderness, the second inner sadness, redemption & ¡nner peace, the 3rd movement is sheer unbridled joy & a few moments of reprise... then back to true hear felt joy. My God... Beethoven truly is an immortal figure. His music will transcend times as long as intelligence exists. Beethoven was more than a man. He was a prophet & an angel.
OK 100/100.
Yes, he was merely practicing his stuff on the ones leading up to no. 5 since it is so clearly the superior piece!
Beethoven is truly amazing! The more you listen to it the more you love it and the more patterns you see and emotions you feel. I have come across nothing that improves with more and more time than LVB’s music
Absolute musical genius no doubt. Who can compare.
But an angel, he was not, if the biographical movie - "Immortal Beloved", is in any way accurate. He was a jealous, envious controlling tyrant. I wouldn't dream of treating people and my own siblings the way he did. And it had absolutely nothing toi do with his deafness or that people couldn't understand his pain and inner turmoil due to his deafness.
Certainly won't stop me from listening to his music though. It's divine, and I think, divinely inspired.
MUSIC THERAPY
È incredibile come in 40 minuti di musica non c'è mai un momento "basso", ma una continua meraviglia di nota in nota. Grazie Ludwig.
This was my father’s favorite concert , bring me tears , miss you Dad . What a masterpiece
I believe this is the best interpretation available of this very piece.
+Lincoln Yu Listen to Arrau's
+Lincoln Yu Zimmerman + Bernstein + Vienna Phil. = Unstoppable
Try Seong Jin-Ho's interpretation - it's wonderful!
Actually, I have listened to Arrau's. His interpretation is very good. But still I would slightly favor Mr. Zimerman for this piece as his interpretation is seamlessly smooth, subtle, yet without sacrificing the breathtaking passion and power of Ludwig. No disrespect for Arrau. I always admire him : )
Yeah. Likewise, as far as I know, Arrau's interpretations of many Beethoven's piano music works especially sonatas are unsurpassed, which I'm a huge fan of. But as far as this particular concerto, Zimerman did really really well.
My mother played this....Emperor while I was in her belly. Changed me forever. No bs. I hate bs.
40:19 This part is absolutely beautiful, it gives the feeling that everything will be fine and everything will one day be completed, a feeling of peace
The more I listen to Krystian Zimerman, the more I like his playing.
He’s perfect for Beethoven : his timing is excellent, his crescendi are very intense and his forte very powerful. I would not take him over Khatia Buniatishvilli for more romantic works though
His recordings of the Chopin Ballades is my top favorite.
Tim Heavner Yes, I totally agree! I really like his interpretation of Ballade No. 3 in particular. His ability to interpret composers from various eras so well is impressive.
@@mjutteau Me too I completely agree that Khatia Buniatishvilli really plays more romantic works so beautifully
バーンスタインの指揮、素晴らしい！
第3楽章は特に、全身を使った表現でこれぞ音楽していると言った感じ。音楽の授業でこういう映像を見たかった。もっと早く出逢いたかった。
One of the most enjoyable things of this concert, is to see a man who really loved his work like Leonard Bernstein, it’s amazing see him smiling and jumping of happiness 😊
A dire il vero non è il solo, molti direttori si divertono o si commuovono dirigendo questi capolavori: non si fa mai l'abitudine alla bellezza!
10:48 one of the most dramatically beautiful passages I have ever heard in any concerto. This is absolute perfection that can’t be stated into words! You can feel the fury and fire of every single note.
So true
@@linachen8475 i dont understand
@@linachen8475 well first, it’s not a concerto, and secondly, it’s very overplayed and already lost it’s charm
Third it’s music
@@evanding4732it is a concerto???
Geniul compozitorului +măiestria dirijorului + rafinamentul pianistului = momente divine! ❤ Este cea mai buna interpretare!
ai fost la sala radio aseara? :)
The most magnificent execution of The Emperor. I've listened to this at least a hundred times over the years and I never lose my joy.
Xandrosi the execution of the emperor 😂 ok... depends which one of them 😉
@@radiumdude Somehow "The Execution of the Emperor" sounds like an epic movie, or perhaps a novel, when you say it that way. :O
In the final movement Bernstein is overjoyed. He knows he just conducted a masterpiece.
Definitely!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Oh yeah and that answer between the solist and the orchestra is amazing!
Лучшее исполнение нашкго времени. И по темпу,и по звуку,и по цельности формы,и ансамбля с оркестром.❤
And for 41 minutes and 24 seconds, the world was ok
legendary pianist, legendary conductor, legendary philharmonic orchestra and greatest composer of all times. too good.
All true.
Desde mis 6 años papá mientras trabajaba escribía, el escuchaba el LP de este bello concierto de sello odeon
23:36 has to be one of the most beautiful passages I’ve ever heard in any song of any genre
In my opinion, the most beautiful and melodic 9 minutes of music ever written........
lagente,que
I get goosebumps when I listened to that part.
Check out Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 2nd movement ;)
"song"
The closest thing to perfection I have ever heard this concerto played.
Pure musical ecstasy! Transcends all! The most underrated of the greatest works of all!
1:46 第一主題
2:40 第二主題
4:44 半音階
13:15 再現部
21:19 第二樂章
23:00 優美旋律
30:00 預告第三樂章
31:41 B
32:18 C
Ok chinese fuck
Gud boi
Indeed
El Concierto Emperador es mi favorito.
Disagree
The power and precision of the Vienna Phil is awesome! Recording engineers deserve a mention - as does Leonard Bernstein for his incredible dynamism and control - the tempo being exactly right for this masterpiece. Krystian Zimerman was born to perform the Emperor. His interpretation of the adagio is stunning, placing slightly differing time intervals between the single notes which no other concert pianist would dream of doing ...inspirational!
Yes! That meandering of the notes!
how beautiful life can be with this kind of music...inspiring...to have great and good goals...
When I listen to such magnificent music,, I think that perhaps there may be hope for humanity in spite of everything. Perhaps we are not such a lost cause after all.
+Steven Yourke These kinds of beautiful music reflects humans future in spite of war, misery etc. This new earth must come thats sure, but it takes a very long time because the condition is FREEDOM, individually and collective. Freedom, that respects personal growth, nature life and creation, unity in diversity, we are still far away from that..
+Wim Beuming Especially freedom from a surveillance state tyrannical government that feels free to enact their police-state measures under the pretext of fighting those who hate our "freedoms", thereby aiding and abetting the so-called "terrorists".
among other composers, the Nazis listened to and elevated music like this as a matter of state policy. Not at all to say this music does that to a person; in fact, I agree with most of what you say. it's just that human subjectivity is capable of corrupting the sublimest works of art.
+Steven Yourke
+Steven Yourke Yes, the music is beautiful, refreshing, moving, and so necessary...but, the world is collapsing around us and all the conductors in the world can't stop it. The Fall of the Holy Roman Empire all over again.
The very last moments of the piano are beyond any description. Just music coming from the sky. Bravo Zimerman e Great, great Beethoven.
Beethoven 第五號鋼琴協奏曲，超級讚的。這影片裡我看到的是一群優秀的人全體合作的絕妙結果。我還看到了優秀攝影機運鏡。實在是精彩絕倫。
Along with his 4th concerto, this Beethoven´s work is the greatest piano concerto ever. The model to be follow and one of the summits of the universal art. Majestic and deep beyond any description. All the words in the universe are not enought to describe this marvel.
Eduardo Guerra Mozarts concerto in d minor tho :D
Eduardo Guerra I agree this is indeed his very best piano concerto And the 4th is good too. I know classical music had different eras , but Beethoven to me is just the best. And there are many masters Mozart chief among many but this guy and his style is just in your face. If I might borrow a modern description. Thank you Herr Beethoven.
totalmente de acuerdo con usted.
Coincido. Es una obra maestra.
I disagree, I believe, since it is a "piano" concerto, than without a doubt, Chopin's concerti should be up there with Beethoven's 3rd, 4th, and 5th concerti. I would also add Brahms 1st piano concerto, Rach's 2nd, Tchaikovsky's 1st, and Schumann's.
00:31 - Movement I
- Introductory Piano Cadenza 00:31-1:45
- First Subject 1:45
21:23 - Movement II
In my humble opinion, this is one of those rare moments in human history… I’ll say no more ❤
When I was little my father woke me and my sister with Beethoven, his favourite composer. I dont have musical trainning but know it by heart.
god bless your father
I do the same for my sons. I worried they might hate classical music for it 😅
I had the pleasure to translate an interview from a non english speaking journalist to the great Zimerman. He was nice, goodlooking and polite to me.
😮
Cool
좋은 연주.너무나 감ㄷㆍㅇ적인 피아노 선율 잘 들었습니다. 고맙습니다.^^
The power generated by the orchestra is incredible... OK it's a good sound recording, but there is an extra dimension going on between Bernstein, Zimerman and the Vienna Phil. that elevates this rendition of the Emperor to a completely new level. Check out Zimermans' second movement solo, each single note varies slightly in time interval from the previous one - no other concert pianist has ever dared to make such a bold interpretation ...wonderful! Not strictly ballroom you might say - but Zimerman is the ultimate showman after all.
You are so right, i follow every single word your wrote. This interpretation is the ultimate, gives me the chill right from the beginning and makes me cry so i am overwhelmed by emotions....
@@renokenzo2198 I never get tired of it
In reference to what you said above about how he varies the time on each note just slightly, I often wondered if it was written like that or if he did it on purpose or by accident. For a split second you think he slipped in his timing but then you realize it was intentional and that it was thought out and done on purpose. What I am trying to say is this thought process happens in my mind every time I listen to it and it somehow makes it even better. Like it's more personal.
Indeed. The combination of Bernstein, Zimerman and the Vienna Philharmonic produced something that transcends playing
@@katrinat.3032 Benjamin Zander talks about disappearing 8th notes in his lectures, I think this is something similar happening here, being more flexible and having more freedom in playing. :)
I'm a rock music aficionado, but this is the most beautiful piece of music ever created. (a sublime performance too) It flicks a switch deep inside me.
I love rock music too. But my first love is classical music. It's so nice to figuratively meet ppl who lappreciate different kinds of music. And this piece is sublime.
Headbanger here, but I also listen to most kinds of music. But for someone to not acknowledge the roots of where music comes from would just be a sad mistake. This is one of the most amazing pieces of music ever written. One of the few that still give me chills each time to hear it again. This is an amazing performance of this piece, and it really shows the skill of the performers well.
I believe that music is just music and we tend to group music into many forms that just have to do with structure and rhythm. I believe music is just music.
@@MsBettyRubble Same i love rock and loved motown punk pop actually very eclectic taste but classical always in first place
Leonard Bernstein, the conductor of this performance, and also an accomplished pianist, music teacher and ingenious composer himself, always fought against an artificial division of music in genres, especially that in ( allegedly superior ) "serious music"
vs. ( allegedly inferior )
"music for entertainment".
He did always teach, that basically there are only two sorts of music :
good music and bad music ! 🙂
Simply as that !
The Emperor was the first Beethoven composition I ever heard (Arrau/Philharmonia/Silvestri), and one of the first classical pieces. It entered my soul, and changed my life.
arrau, the best
So good. Just made my morning, listening to this and sipping my coffee and thinking about the endless possibilities of this world. Would not trade it away for anything.
☕👍🎼🎶🎵... same
I agree. As long as I have music like this to go to I can survive anything
ZImerman is gifted beyond belief and the entire piece is flawlessly conducted and executed by the very best musicians, at the height of their power. This is by far my favorite performance of this Beethoven standard.
You are correct! This is the most inspired recorded performance of the 5th there has ever been.
Sono estasiato da come il piano dialoga con tutta l'orchestra, grazie alla fortissima capacità di dirigere di Bernstein. Grazie
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E alla sensibilità sconvolgente di Zimerman...
La versión perfecta. Bernstein y Zimerman eran el mejor tándem posible. Sensibilidad, carácter y precisión absoluta
Questo dialogo e merito del compositore e no del direttore.
@@alexeyizmirliev64sta zitto
Amazing performance. Zimerman is supreme. Bernstein lives every note . It's difficult for me to say which is my favourite of Beethoven piano concertos but the second movement of the fifth always moves me to tears in it's sheer beauty. I remember the first time of hearing being literally stopped in my tracks. That was almost 30 years ago and the beauty lives on. ♥️
Le plus beau morceau du répertoire classique mené L. Bernstein et le pianiste Zimerman, la perfection est de ce monde. Quelle émotion! Merci pour le partage.
the audience didn't know at that time that they were listening to the greatest piano concert performance ever!
I totally agree
Love to see this brilliance move Lenny to DANCE 💃
OMG THAT PIANIST!! Those perfect trills w unbelievably exact timing with his runs!!!
6:45 - 7:00 waawww som amazing. And you can see the passion in Bernstein's conducting. Beautifull
It always makes me cry when I watch "The king's speech" and in the end, after the speech and as the war had just started, they play the second movement. I heard this was a symbol of "forgiveness" for us Germans. Thank you
Forgiveness for those germans existing today is hypocrisy. Children during the war and those who lived afterwards. A sign of forgiveness of all living soldiers perhaps.
@@ZurvanoxBeethoven hate politics way, since he young till he struggle to finishing 9 th Simphony for brotherhood.💪🙏❤
There are sublime passages in the first movement which are truly “other worldly” and move me to tears on occasions. I cannot help but think of my dear deceased partner and how much I miss him and yearn for his presence and company. Such a reality would truly be heavenly and an emotional feast. Love, like this epic music, is surely immortal?
You are right x
🎭🙏
After having studied and listened to music all my life , this concerto is the crowning glory in all the keyboard literature ! Beethoven the TITAN of music .!
Best piano concerto ever written
Hi ludwig just want you to know that the most thing I love after god and my family is your eroica symphony it's became a part of me 😩😩
Hello LVB, I’ve written to you before. Sorry you had such a rough life. But we love your music so much! I believe you are in heaven listening to your own music!
my top 3 and this particular interpretation is one of the best. check Grieg a-moll concerto and Chopin no1 concerto, worth trying. and they all have fantastic low paced 2movements. Best overture is still yours Ludgwig. "Egmont".
@@Opuss55 ajjsjsjsksjs me to
Zimmerman's blinking at 40:36!!! Right with the beat!
Great detail!
Bob Dylan was there?
@@FU05241960 So was President Bush senior playing viola.
Nice. Hahahaha.
By the time I’m watching this there are no commercials (2019)! I am a classical musical lover for over 55 years but I must say Beethoven’s 5th piano concerto has to be my favorites. Love Mozart, Schubert, Rachmaninov, and the list goes on but...Beethoven is my favorite and this 5th piano concerto is at the top of my list! So is Bernstein....
1 JS Bach
2 Mozart
3 Beethoven
4 Chopin
5 Schumann
6 Schubert
7. Dvorak
@@andreasfahlen4936 No Elgar, Mahler, Rimsky, Tchaikovsky?
Living Proof yeah, I am sorry forgott those.
Did you listen to the interpretation of that piece by Fredrisch Gulda. He is the best.
@@hossameddinriyad Yes Hossam, I have listened to Fredrisch Gulda (1966 with the Vienna Phil). You probably know that the number of viewings is far less than Bernstein/Zimerman who have attracted nearly 3 million on youtube - and there is the clue. It is hard to believe that both performances were with the Vienna Philarmonic! The playing of Gulda - especially the demanding Adagio - is very wooden, just like the orchestra which may be due to the influence of the conductor? There is no passion, dynamics or excitement that you hear with Bernstein in this wonderful interpretation. As a classically trained musician I could not listen to Gulda from choice, it is too painful to my ear. This performance by Bernstein/Zimerman will probably never be equalled, and I think many other music lovers agree with me.
My God, Beethoven, never parralled, never surpassed, forever the master of the music which feeds the soul.....
Quién más vino acá porque vio que esta música es un "remedio" para la depresión? xd
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Just imagine what the first listeners must have felt when, instead of the usual first few minutes of à piano concerto in which the main theme is played by the orchestra and only then picked up by the piano, they heard a single chord, followed by the bravura playing of the pianist. I bet that made them sit up and take notice!
The performance is fabulous!
Here is Beethoven speaking to humanity, giving vent to his personal tragedy, his deafness
But his soul remains unconquered! To me, the greatest composer & the greatest concerto ever. An artistic & emotional experience.
Thanks for the post.
Jamshed Delvadavala from Mumbai.
Beethoven was way ahead of his time!!! Phrasing, transition, progression. Perfect!
Unbelievable... I'm lost for words. Orchestra, Conductor & one of the finest pianists plus of course immortal Beethoven.
Bardzo dziękuję Zimermanowi za piękny koncert . Dla mnie najpiękniejszy .
Zimmerman is the ultimate Beethoven pianist!! Bravo! Perfect interpretation!
i like how Bernstein embraced Zimerman at the end, it's like a father saying "i'm proud of you" to his son, which moved me a lot
Siempre fue su favorito, desde sus inicios.
It has often been stated that music can touch the soul. Mr.Zimmerman has captured the soul of Beethoven in his interpretation of this Concerto. To me when I hear this particular Concerto I feel it is an Auto Biography by Beethoven in Music instead of words. The music creates images of people and places long ago. It is a wonderfull story. I have been listening to the Emperor Concerto for many decades now and each time I hear it, it is like the Very First Time. It is simply amazing how it stirs some of ones deepest emotions!
Hoy al escuchar al gran Beethoven me acordé, ni idea por que , de un magnífico libro que , vacaciones mefiante, terminé de leer ayer.
Antes me los devoraba , a los libros.No podía ni dormir.
En un periquete me los leía , en caso de entusiamo obvio.
Éste hace unos cuatro meses , religiosamente lo llevo y lo traigo.
Prusiano casi lo mió .
Es que me endilgo ser buena lectora.
Sin comparar :
Un buen libro
vale tanto como una buena composición musical.
A ambas dos eternamente agradecida.
Concierto para piano número 5 de Beethoven.
El infinito es un junco de Irene Vallejo.
Ambos, en distintos tiempos y diferentes razones han enriquecido la mi vivir.
Ni que decir de interpretes , traductores, copistas y reproductores e inda mais😅
Gracias !
One of my favourite moments in all music. 07:47. It's so mysteriously brilliant.
Zimmerman is one of the greatest piano player of the century. He puts his soul on the interpretation. He's fabulous and I could listen him day and night with no stop!
Le concerto "l' Empereur " est mon favori surtout joué par K. Zimerman et dirigé par Bernstein. C'est un concerto tellement somptueux et merveilleux ! Je ne sais que l'écouter avec une admiration sans borne , comme hypnotisée . Merci pour cette oeuvre magnifique , splendide, les mots me manquent .
I get it, I really do. I could never explain the beauty of this to someone who doesn’t get classical music. Yet I know my fellow classical music lovers that post, can understand and feel this music the way I do.
Tout à fait d'accord avec vous, nous avons les mêmes frissons !
I was introduced to this concerto by my mother over 30 years ago and loved it immediately and still get just as excited to hear it now as I did then. It is by far one of the best pieces of music written. But what else would one expect from Beethoven.
Excellent performance! Perhaps one of the best ever!
It is!!!
21:50 is briefly the melody for "A Time For Us" from "West Side Story" written by Bernstein, who conducts here.
Aka "Somewhere."
The most beautiful piece of music ever written? And this rendition, combination of pianist, conductor and orchestra... brings me to tears
I have exactly the same sentiment. I have never heard anything to surpass this - and Beethoven stands supreme.
I can hear that the start of the 3rd movement was probably an improvisation, something he experimented with before committing to it. You can hear this in some of his sonatas. This particular performance was the epitome of perfection, combining incredible skill, a superb orchestra, artful camera work and, of course, Bernstein himself. Bravo!
Con razon se le llama a este Concierto n. 5 de Beethoven, el gran genio aleman nacido en Bonn y de origen holandes ya que su apellido es Van Beethoven y no Von como muchos creen erroneamente.Con eazon se le llama Emperador.No pude alabar la QUINTA SINFONIA ya que en el video se habian desactivado los comentarios lo cual aprovecho ahora.Beethoven me entusiasma y por culpa de esa enfermedad que le dejo sordo tenia esos cambios de caracter tan bruscos.Yo le he bautizado como EL DIVINO SORDO.
If anyone can listen to this without a tear in their eyes, they are not human.
Or at least goosebumps ❤
😢
I understand you, but I am so happy when I listen to this.
This is the joy of life...