Ravishing performance. A story from my cab driving days... Driving a chill fall evening I had the first movement of the Pastoral done by Claudio Abbado with the Vienna Philharmonic, one of the best, playing on the car CD. I was dispatched to a nondescript house in an ethnic working class neighborhood. Four loud-mouthed, hardcore, inner-city Italian girls, late teens or early twenties poured out and climbed into the car. They asked me to take them to a house about a kilometre away to pick up something then bring them back (don't want to conjecture what). Asked me to turn the radio to a hip hop station and crank it up, which I did. Their talk was loud and raw. Remember a line: "That Guido's such a little pimp!" We arrived at the house. They all got out and lolled about as one girl went inside. The hip hop was getting on my nerves so I turned it off and put on the Beethoven. After a couple minutes, transaction done, the girls ambled slowly back to the cab. I was about to turn off the Beethoven when something inside me rebelled. I thought "screw it." I pulled back my hand. The girls climbed in and I drove off. They listened in complete silence without a murmur of protest or derision as the lyrical majesty of the first movement swept over them. A block from their destination, the girl seated beside me said quietly, reverently, "We shoulda been listenin' to this from the start."
Hip Hop, Rap, and perhaps some others, are all counterfeit impressions of real music. Growing up as a rock musician along with other rock musicians, we were constantly enthralled by the rich beauty of all the classics. We couldn't believe what we were listening to and would make comments like, "did you hear that? Wow!" In fact, I would declare that all music has its basis in classical musical theory.
Mir steht der Mund offen. Wie kann man den mächtigen Beethoven so fein und zart dirigieren und musizieren, dass kleinste musikalische Nuancen hörbar werden? Dirigentin und Orchester ein phänomenales Team! Höchste Musikalität, die viel Freude schenkt!
Such a beautiful rendition of Beethoven's 6th and so refreshing to see a woman conducting a great orchestra. Kudos to all the musicians at the HR Symphony and to Ariane Matiakh❤
Beethoven's Pastoral was the very first classical piece I heard, my father would play it when I was a child and I would listen from the hallway. This performance is the first and only time ever that I have felt like a child again, listening. Bravissima Ms. Matiakh and of course the great musicians of this orchestra.
I googled Beethoven's Sixth, Female Conductor. As all you ever see are men. They are great, but there are such amazing female conductors too! This made my morning.
Beethoven 6. Sinfonie (Pastorale) - hr - Sinfonieorchester - Ariane Matiakh I’ve enjoyed this delightful Symphony since I was a young girl. I had the pleasure on 6 October this year, of going to my first concert since COVID-19, which was presented by The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra @ The Symphony Hall in the City of Birmingham, England) 🇬🇧 to watch and listen to this magnificent music. It’s definitely one of many of my favourite Symphonies. It was absolutely wonderful that we can, once again, listen to beautiful music again in front of a wonderful orchestra. I’m hoping to go again later this year. There is nothing that gives me more pleasure than attending a concert at a venue with the orchestra, complete with the conductor, audience too. I have thoroughly enjoyed this beautiful rendition with a big smile 😃 on my face. Thank You 🙏 for the wonderful orchestra. !!!! Absolute perfection. Aghhh There isn’t anything lovelier than walking through the countryside by a babbling brook and listening to the birds 🦅 twittering from above.
This is an astonishingly good performance of what is perhaps Beethoven's most underrated symphony, possibly because of its programmatic nature and its pastoral overtones. I am largely ignorant of music theory, but if one judges by general criteria, such as unity of composition and continuity, there is no reason to value this symphony any less than the fifth symphony, despite that symphony's glorious synthesis of tumult and triumph, or the ninth with all the power of its inspiration. There is something godlike in the perfection that all trained musicians strive for, but I am paticularly impressed by this conductor and her orchestra. To experience performances of this sort must perhaps be reckoned as evidence of providence. My deepest gratitude and respect to all the musicians.
The rural landscape and atmosphere created by this masterpiece soothe my heart tired of the hustle and bustle of the city This performance is flawless and stellar, and , absolutely stunning. From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun🇯🇵
Same, it is ridiculous, because that channel contains on of the greatest audio mastering in the classical music world and it it even not an album recording
清新で瑞々しく田舎の新緑の風景に満ち溢れたサウンドが圧巻です。オーケストラのメンバーもマティアフさんの意図をよく理解して最高の演奏を聴かせてくれます。テンポと推進力が実に見事で、一幅の名画（絵巻物）を鑑賞しているようです。50年以上に亘って聴いてきた中で最高の6番です。ベートーヴェンはきっとこの演奏を待っていたのだと思います。ありがとう！ The green landscape of the countryside is beautiful. Great tempo and propulsion. Beethoven was waiting for this performance. Thank you ! 中井章弘
I hope female conductors working all over the world can gain more recognition and validation for their amazing talents. This performance is just one of many examples that prove female conductors are strong enough to revolutionize yet another male dominated industry.
Not to underrate this performance, check out Szell and Cleveland from their boxed Beethoven cycle. Truly magnificent! Check out the Myron Bloom horn solo at the beginning of the 5th movement. His expressiveness just blow me away.
Whether Iappy, sad or anywhere in between, this wonderful symphony works for me. Leonard Bernstein once said Betthoven was not "a great melodist". What utter rot. This symphony is filled with beautiful tunes.
I think it was Stravinsky who said that. As I heard it he said “Beethoven showed us how far you could get without a sense of melody. Bellini showed us that no matter how easy it came to you, it wasn’t enough.” I think Stravinsky was a very crabby guy. This symphony shows us how a short melodic line fragment can be repeated many times and we love it.
Actually, I gained some insight as to how Beethoven created some of his most beloved melodies...and as you already know there really are quite a few...through an analysis of this given by Mr. Bernstein. Beethoven used chordal structures to accomplish this since this makes most sense. Third intervals found within chords are intrinsically very pleasurable for the human ear and mind to listen to. That's how he did it. If you examine any of Beethoven's thematic material you will immediately see the connection and construct here. Check it out.
I think Bernstein's argument (if we are both thinking of the same interview here) was that Beethoven wasn't as interested in writting "great melodies" in the sense we traditionally think of them, with a clear 4 part structure and all that, but instead of coming up with comparatively short motifs that he can transform in all sorts of ways. To say Beethoven wasn't a great melodist is preposterous, it's greaking Beethoven, he wrote some of the most memorable jingles in history.
Beautifully recorded performance. The sound is so clear, especially woodwinds and the editing shows knowledge about the piece. Thank you for putting this out on youtube! Beethoven's 6th symphony is such a timeless classic, there's never too much of it, Beethoven was a brilliant orchestral composer.
Loved the quicker tempo in the first movement. The orchestra are always exceptional here. And the sound/video team could teach a masterclass in presenting online concerts. Thanks for sharing this.
El inicio es un rodeo orquestal del piano al forte. Después se establece la calma con diversos motivos que proceden del tema primigen. Predominan los motivos de 3 ó 5 notas dentro de una armonía cristalina como un manantia dd aguas Purísima. Las familias orquestales se entremezclan con sinĝulaŕv ĥabilídad, El segundo movimiento (escena ĵunto al arroyo) es un alarde de ñotas contiguas y trinos; el segundo tema deriva a la dominante, con la madera y trinos de la cuerda. La armonía clara y la mezcla de sectores orquestales agudizan está armonía. Al final un toque de genialidad: el canto de tres pájaros imitador por solistas de la madera. El tercer movimiento recrea una fiesta pastoril en 3 por 4. De pronto la armonía modula a fa menor, es la tormenta que viene con toda su violencia: trémolos junto a acordes secos de la cuerda nos Dan esa sensación. Al final la tormenta se disipa, y se anuncia la melodía principal mediante un solo de trompa subrrallado por un acorde por quintas. Se trata de una de las melodías más hermosas que jamás pudo escŕibíř un ser humano; es la devoción con que los pastores dan gracias a Dios por la lluvia caída. Un segundo tema en pizzcato alterna preguntas y respuestas de cuatro notas so re un fondo de semicorcheas de los violines. Todo discurre en un ambiente de júbilo y gozo hasta el final.
Stunning performance, fantastic quality of sound and picture. At this moment of time, this is the best version of 6th symphony on RUclips. I've listened all of them many times. There is no doubt about that. It’s great to see when the conductor enjoys the concert so much Tank You Frankfurt Radio Symphony to share this wonderful concert.
This is simply the best performance ever of my favorite piece ever! To the conductor and the orchestra (if they ever read this): Thank you so very very much!!!!!!! Every note in this performance felt like it meant something! You are all so amazing!!!!
@@RichardFeinman-yf7lx Oh, good point! You mean the sound engineers and audio people, right? I'm not too educated about that stuff... but yeah... I can tell the audio people did a good job!
First time hearing Matiakh conducting. The sound she brings out of this orchestra! It's such a revealing experiment to hear the same orchestra reaching higher level under different conductors. Her Don Juan and Mozart are superb too. Will certainly be following her career closely from now.
Ariane is certainly a blessing in the field of orchestral direction and she takes such obvious delight in encouraging her fellow musicians to give everything they have towards creating her vision of how this sublime symphony should sound.
The 6th "Pastorale" is no doubt the single best enjoyable master piece of the symphonies by Beethoiven, and the 2nd movement is the most pristine one. For this rendition, the oboe and the flute stand out.
Incroyable ! j'ai l'impression de découvrir toutes les subtilités de la 6ème symphonie !! très bien dirigé, et cet orchestre est vraiment au top ! et en plus fort bien filmé !!! Merci à tous et fière de cette cheffe française !!! bravo !!!
Grossartig vielen Dank. Fantastische Gesamtleistung mit perfekten Solisten. Die Dirigentin hat hier die Pastorale zu hinreissender Schönheit und originaler Natürlichkeit gebracht. Ich lebe inMödling, wo diese Sinfonie entstand und diese Aufführung ließ Ort, Raum, Landschaft, Bach und Gewitter wie auch die Hochzeit fast sichtbar entstehen. Eine einmalig gute Einspielung. Bravo
This is one of the best performances of Beethoven's 6th Symphony that I've experienced. I think that the primary reasons is the due to the conducting style of der Kapel Meister: It is one of pure emotion, which eminates from her hands, baton, and facecial movements, and is made evident in the sounds from the woodwinds, and especially the strings, horns. Bravo, Frau Matiakh, BRAVO!
Maravillosa interpretación de una de las más bellas obras del genio de Bonn!! Han hecho brillar a La Pastoral de una manera sublime!!! Me encantó tu dirección, Ariane!!!!! Y sigo preguntándome cómo un ser humano puede inspirarse de esa manera para conjugar sonidos y crear una Sinfonía tan dulce y potente a la vez! Es Magia!!! Gracias a a toda la orquesta por esta interpretación que fue genial en cada instrumento!!!!!! Abrazo fuerte y conmovido desde Argentina!!
No.6 is the very countryside landscape that I remember from my childhood. The comfort and wonderfulness of this orchestra‘s performance is out of this world, and off the charts. In this performance, all is full of far superior splendor A corner of Tokyo of Japan
How do you play the chirping of birds, sound of thunder or refreshing sunshine/rains with musical instruments? This majestic piece did all of that and more, just incredible. The energy of the entire choir so infectious.
Very beginning the first motive is so beautiful , juicy articulation and natural tempo. They say that Beethoven said " Tempo is Music"(Music is Tempo) The first motive is veryveryvery nice throughout first movement, especially the last bar is so so sooooo beautiful.
The more I hear this wonderful orchestra, the more I just love it. This playing was stupendous, of the very highest quality, skill and beauty of expression... the clarity of the audio presentation - outstanding. Just one small matter re tempo.... the peasants in their merry-making seemed just to have returned from a workout at the Gym, and were super fit. Only in this way could they have danced to the tempo we heard, but I loved it all the same....
I agree Antoine. I am impressed with the dynamics - that is not so much as to say how loud it can go - but rather the small shifts in volume that give the performance life. I have about half a dozen interpretations in my CD & LP collection but I think this one is best!
Those "villagers" are really CrossFit competitors disguised in lederhosen. Ever since high school they've been reliving gym class for four hours every day.
Such a beautiful execution👏👏👏 Such a wonderful register! 👏👏👏 Ahhh Beethoven, my "old sport", I'll confess you something, your 'Ninth', 'Fifth', 'Third' and 'Seventh' symphonies don't need comments, such genius, beauty and impact that each one of them gives me (live then...) And even so, your 'Sixth, Pastoral' It's still the symphony that moves me the most, it was love at first hearing! Amazing how it is an antithesis of its sister, the 'Fifth'! It is of a delicate beauty that always takes my heart to a distant land, peaceful, fragrant and dreamy.... And I was thrilled again with this performance, both by the excellence of the conduction and the "close up" on the naipes, in each solo...wonderful!!! 🎶🎶🎶 Bravo! Ariane Matiakh👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Bravo! Frankfurt Radio Symphony👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Thank you hr-Sinfonieorchester👍👍👍
Ariane Matiakh -- tremendous Pastorale. Already one of my favorites, and I'm just into the first movement. Clear lines, beautiful phrasing and articulation. Sounds like a chamber-sized ensemble.
Extraordinaria interpretación por esta célebre orquesta alemana de la Sexta Sinfonía apodada "Pastoral" del genial compositor Ludwig van Beethoven que como es bien conocido tiene inusualmente CINCO movimientos. Mención especial para la prestigiosa directora francesa Ariane Matiakh que nos ofrece una vez más una lección de como se conduce una orquesta. BRAVO !!! Saludos desde España.
Beautiful music gifted to me with wonderful feeling to 82 years old Los Angeles enjoying lovely violin sounds. Thank you so much for remembering all of lovely music involving with emotional. God bless my lovely beautiful people. Thank you !
Over the years I have watched 6 conductors on this symphony. I have liked Ariane Matiakh's presentation best. there are particular highlights in the play that touch deeply. I have liked the camera which points where such emphasis are. I love this.
ich habe dieses musikalische meisterwerk von allen orchestern und "meistern" am dirigentenstab gehört.aber ich muss sagen,dass ich es noch nie so nuanciert,klar und strahlend gehört habe wie mit dieser Dame am Dirigentenstab.es war ein wahrer genuss.ich habe einige melodiebögen von einigen instrumenten das erste mal richtig wahrgenommen.bei frau matiakh hört man ,dass eine sinfonie ein zusammenspiel von vielen einzelnen stimmen ist.ich bin begeistert.
Geht mir genau so. Die bisher beste Aufnahme, fand ich, ist die vom selben Orchester, mit dem wunderbar die Musiker zum Tanzen bringenden Andres Orozco-Estrada. Aber jetzt muss ich sagen, mit Frau Matiakh am Pult war es noch eine Nuance strahlender. Aber sie hatte ja auch ein fantastisch auf dieses Beethoven-Juwel eingespieltes Team :-)
Probablement on n'entend pas la même chose... On est ici très loin de la musique, collé dans la matière Le mouvement lent est une catastrophe. Dès les premières mesures on a envie de se tailler les veines
A very beautiful interpretation. Bravissima, maestra Ariane Matiakh! Thank you for not omitting the repeating parts. Bravissimi tutti! Also, a great audio recording.
Believe me, I had goosebumps all over me and a shiver ran down my spine while listening to this. I felt this music, what it meant to say. Beethoven at his best! A wonderful Performance!!! Kudos!!
What a delightfully light and spritely performance! For me Mme Matiakh really brings out the delight the composer must have felt at venturing into the countryside. Well done to her and to the orchestra!
Qué maravillosa sinfonía es la Pastoral.Beethoven dijo de ella,que “es más la expresión de la sensibilidad que una pintura”.Beethoven,amaba la naturaleza,y bien que lo demuestra en esta sinfonía que a mí me produce una gran paz y alegría.La orquesta sinfónica de radio Frankfurt,está fenomenal y su directora Ariano Matiakh,la dirige con gran sensibilidad.
Esta GENIAL sinfonia No. 6 o "PASTORAL" de Beethoven, es la mas breve de todas. Posee una increible DIVERSIDAD melodica deliciosa que encanta el alma humana al escucharla en su integridad (y verla) en la interpretacion y direccion de los EXTRAORDINARIOS protagonistas de cualquier respetable Sinfonica...Estos legados divinos de los GENIOS del Arte Musical, enaltecen al genero humano en nuestro basto universo, haciendo de nosotros como los LEGITIMOS lideres del Universo. Saludos de Cusco-Peru.
The first time I heard this piece I was eleven and it was an instant crush I would come home from school to listen to this almost daily! VOX Vienna Symphony Orchestra with Otto Klemperer (STPL 56.960) 1967
This interpretation of this timeless work is outstanding, Thank you to Ariane Matiakh and the musicians!!! Not rushed but full of energy and spirit, this orchestra is fantastic and it really made them shine. The 2nd movement I found particularly inspiring in a way I have not heard before. Thank you also to the production crew for the clarity of picture and sound.
Fantástica, mágica, maravilhosa,.... Agradecimentos à condutora, á orquesta, a todos os colaboradores. E a todos que comentaram e agradeceram e deram seus likes.
Thank you for very very wonderful interpretation! I am Japanese. Many people in Japan also suffer from Covid 19 and stay home. I feel that your performance invites us outside and to wide world. The 5th movement after the 4th movement seems like a scene where people gradually gathered and gathered from their house to the open space.
Lovely performance. I was enthralled from beginning to end, there were so many delightful moments to enjoy. Thanks for this wonderful video. And just a thought ... it was so nice to see the well deserved ovation in its entirety at the end.
Una meravigliosa interpretazione, la direttore Ariane è eccelsa, e l'orchestra le obbedisce con grande bravura. Bravissimi, e brava Ariane soprattutto, evviva !
Great record. One of the best. I love to hear this symphony when I have difficulty or environment noise to sleep. It's a perfect medicine to rest the soul.
i listen to beethovens 6 sinfonie since 30 years, EVERY DAY, and until today, it does not get boring…great performance
Beethoven's 6th is one of the most sweet and beautiful pieces of music ever created by humankind.
It has such a pulsating nature
no doubt this is admirable, give minkind the admiration that follows the delight that not all minkind creates
我有個感覺貝多芬可能想女仕更欣賞他的作品，由女指揮家帶領樂團去指他的作品
For a second I didn't notice the "one of." We don't need the "one of."
La escucho poco pero la disfruto tanto cuando asi es!
Ravishing performance. A story from my cab driving days...
Driving a chill fall evening I had the first movement of the Pastoral done by Claudio Abbado with the Vienna Philharmonic, one of the best, playing on the car CD.
I was dispatched to a nondescript house in an ethnic working class neighborhood. Four loud-mouthed, hardcore, inner-city Italian girls, late teens or early twenties poured out and climbed into the car. They asked me to take them to a house about a kilometre away to pick up something then bring them back (don't want to conjecture what). Asked me to turn the radio to a hip hop station and crank it up, which I did. Their talk was loud and raw.
Remember a line: "That Guido's such a little pimp!"
We arrived at the house. They all got out and lolled about as one girl went inside. The hip hop was getting on my nerves so I turned it off and put on the Beethoven. After a couple minutes, transaction done, the girls ambled slowly back to the cab. I was about to turn off the Beethoven when something inside me rebelled. I thought "screw it." I pulled back my hand.
The girls climbed in and I drove off. They listened in complete silence without a murmur of protest or derision as the lyrical majesty of the first movement swept over them. A block from their destination, the girl seated beside me said quietly, reverently, "We shoulda been listenin' to this from the start."
Thank you for your story.
Hip Hop, Rap, and perhaps some others, are all counterfeit impressions of real music. Growing up as a rock musician along with other rock musicians, we were constantly enthralled by the rich beauty of all the classics. We couldn't believe what we were listening to and would make comments like, "did you hear that? Wow!" In fact, I would declare that all music has its basis in classical musical theory.
@@dmeachy ABSOLUTELY! Don't you forget it!
Great story. Loved it.
Beethoven's '' Pastoral Symphony '' is the highest level of a masterpiece of symphonic music. It leaves the listener in ecstatic mood.
i feel that beethoven mustered all the peace and beauty he had in his heart and poured into this symphony, despite his tumultuous life
Mir steht der Mund offen. Wie kann man den mächtigen Beethoven so fein und zart dirigieren und musizieren, dass kleinste musikalische Nuancen hörbar werden? Dirigentin und Orchester ein phänomenales Team! Höchste Musikalität, die viel Freude schenkt!
This conductor is feeling it!
Her & the musicians are actually moving me tears
This is really the most inspiring piece of classical music ever composed.
Such a beautiful rendition of Beethoven's 6th and so refreshing to see a woman conducting a great orchestra.
Kudos to all the musicians at the HR Symphony and to Ariane Matiakh❤
Beethoven's Pastoral was the very first classical piece I heard, my father would play it when I was a child and I would listen from the hallway. This performance is the first and only time ever that I have felt like a child again, listening. Bravissima Ms. Matiakh and of course the great musicians of this orchestra.
I googled Beethoven's Sixth, Female Conductor. As all you ever see are men. They are great, but there are such amazing female conductors too! This made my morning.
Bravo from the US, is my favorite symphony Excellent!!❤
Amongst Beethoven’s best arrangements. Truly one of the sweetest works to come from him.
Beethoven 6. Sinfonie (Pastorale) - hr - Sinfonieorchester - Ariane Matiakh
I’ve enjoyed this delightful Symphony since I was a young girl.
I had the pleasure on 6 October this year, of going to my first concert since COVID-19, which was presented by The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra @ The Symphony Hall in the City of Birmingham, England) 🇬🇧 to watch and listen to this magnificent music.
It’s definitely one of many of my favourite Symphonies.
It was absolutely wonderful that we can, once again, listen to beautiful music again in front of a wonderful orchestra.
I’m hoping to go again later this year.
There is nothing that gives me more pleasure than attending a
concert at a venue with the orchestra, complete with the conductor, audience too.
I have thoroughly enjoyed this beautiful rendition with a big smile 😃 on my face.
Thank You 🙏 for the wonderful orchestra.
!!!! Absolute perfection. Aghhh
There isn’t anything lovelier than walking through the countryside by a babbling brook and listening to the birds 🦅 twittering from above.
This conductor, Ariane Matiakh, is a delight to watch.
She is a delight to o lissen... I think this performance is wonderful!
Comfort and nostalgia of No6 are immeasurable and beyond description
This is an astonishingly good performance of what is perhaps Beethoven's most underrated symphony, possibly because of its programmatic nature and its pastoral overtones. I am largely ignorant of music theory, but if one judges by general criteria, such as unity of composition and continuity, there is no reason to value this symphony any less than the fifth symphony, despite that symphony's glorious synthesis of tumult and triumph, or the ninth with all the power of its inspiration.
There is something godlike in the perfection that all trained musicians strive for, but I am paticularly impressed by this conductor and her orchestra. To experience performances of this sort must perhaps be reckoned as evidence of providence. My deepest gratitude and respect to all the musicians.
It’s not his most underrated symphony. Where do you get that?
The rural landscape and atmosphere created by this masterpiece soothe my heart tired of the hustle and bustle of the city
This performance is flawless and stellar, and , absolutely stunning.
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Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun🇯🇵
Traumhaft, für mich die beste Wiedergabe!! Tolles Orchester
I was especially pleased with the sound of the woodwinds in this performance.
Same. Came looking for that comment
Same, it is ridiculous, because that channel contains on of the greatest audio mastering in the classical music world and it it even not an album recording
Unsung hero. i think the engineer did great job especiallly bringing out the woodwinds.
Ariane Matiakh - it is pure pleasure watching her elegancy.
清新で瑞々しく田舎の新緑の風景に満ち溢れたサウンドが圧巻です。オーケストラのメンバーもマティアフさんの意図をよく理解して最高の演奏を聴かせてくれます。テンポと推進力が実に見事で、一幅の名画（絵巻物）を鑑賞しているようです。50年以上に亘って聴いてきた中で最高の6番です。ベートーヴェンはきっとこの演奏を待っていたのだと思います。ありがとう！
The green landscape of the countryside is beautiful. Great tempo and propulsion.
Beethoven was waiting for this performance. Thank you ! 中井章弘
I hope female conductors working all over the world can gain more recognition and validation for their amazing talents. This performance is just one of many examples that prove female conductors are strong enough to revolutionize yet another male dominated industry.
¿Industry? The industrialist Beethoven.
She is a great conductor. Has nothing to do with gender.
Simply a GREAT PERFORMANCE! And I love how Ariane acknowledged the folks at the end. All conductors should follow her lead.
This will always be one of my favorite symphonies, and now this is one of my favorite performances of it. Bravo!
Maravillosa Obra y ejecución e interpretación!! Perfecta ☺️!!! Qué dirección y Sinfónica!!! Preciosa!!! 😂❤❤
This is the best version of the Beethoven 6th I have heard. Perfect in every way. Bravi and thank you!
Not to underrate this performance, check out Szell and Cleveland from their boxed Beethoven cycle. Truly magnificent! Check out the Myron Bloom horn solo at the beginning of the 5th movement. His expressiveness just blow me away.
As always
The Magnificent Pastoral restores the mind, the heart and the soul!
Whether Iappy, sad or anywhere in between, this wonderful symphony works for me. Leonard Bernstein once said Betthoven was not "a great melodist". What utter rot. This symphony is filled with beautiful tunes.
I think it was Stravinsky who said that. As I heard it he said “Beethoven showed us how far you could get without a sense of melody. Bellini showed us that no matter how easy it came to you, it wasn’t enough.” I think Stravinsky was a very crabby guy. This symphony shows us how a short melodic line fragment can be repeated many times and we love it.
Actually, I gained some insight as to how Beethoven created some of his most beloved melodies...and as you already know there really are quite a few...through an analysis of this given by Mr. Bernstein. Beethoven used chordal structures to accomplish this since this makes most sense. Third intervals found within chords are intrinsically very pleasurable for the human ear and mind to listen to. That's how he did it. If you examine any of Beethoven's thematic material you will immediately see the connection and construct here. Check it out.
I think Bernstein's argument (if we are both thinking of the same interview here) was that Beethoven wasn't as interested in writting "great melodies" in the sense we traditionally think of them, with a clear 4 part structure and all that, but instead of coming up with comparatively short motifs that he can transform in all sorts of ways. To say Beethoven wasn't a great melodist is preposterous, it's greaking Beethoven, he wrote some of the most memorable jingles in history.
Beautifully recorded performance. The sound is so clear, especially woodwinds and the editing shows knowledge about the piece. Thank you for putting this out on youtube! Beethoven's 6th symphony is such a timeless classic, there's never too much of it, Beethoven was a brilliant orchestral composer.
I am behind you 100%
Loved the quicker tempo in the first movement. The orchestra are always exceptional here. And the sound/video team could teach a masterclass in presenting online concerts. Thanks for sharing this.
A jog in the country?
This is phenomenal. Exquisite performance. Full of nuance and suppleness. The best Pastorale I have ever listened to.
This is the first time I have listened to Ariane Matiakh conduct. Wow! Wonderful!
Tant mieux pour vous !
El inicio es un rodeo orquestal del piano al forte. Después se establece la calma con diversos motivos que proceden del tema primigen. Predominan los motivos de 3 ó 5 notas dentro de una armonía cristalina como un manantia dd aguas Purísima. Las familias orquestales se entremezclan con sinĝulaŕv ĥabilídad, El segundo movimiento (escena ĵunto al arroyo) es un alarde de ñotas contiguas y trinos; el segundo tema deriva a la dominante, con la madera y trinos de la cuerda. La armonía clara y la mezcla de sectores orquestales agudizan está armonía. Al final un toque de genialidad: el canto de tres pájaros imitador por solistas de la madera. El tercer movimiento recrea una fiesta pastoril en 3 por 4. De pronto la armonía modula a fa menor, es la tormenta que viene con toda su violencia: trémolos junto a acordes secos de la cuerda nos Dan esa sensación. Al final la tormenta se disipa, y se anuncia la melodía principal mediante un solo de trompa subrrallado por un acorde por quintas. Se trata de una de las melodías más hermosas que jamás pudo escŕibíř un ser humano; es la devoción con que los pastores dan gracias a Dios por la lluvia caída. Un segundo tema en pizzcato alterna preguntas y respuestas de cuatro notas so re un fondo de semicorcheas de los violines. Todo discurre en un ambiente de júbilo y gozo hasta el final.
That is such a good recording of Beethoven's pastorale. Nicely done, marvelous!
Stunning performance, fantastic quality of sound and picture.
At this moment of time, this is the best version of 6th symphony on RUclips.
I've listened all of them many times. There is no doubt about that.
It’s great to see when the conductor enjoys the concert so much
Tank You Frankfurt Radio Symphony to share this wonderful concert.
Montreux, Wiener Philharmoniker, 1958.
The best Pastorale I ever lisitened. Thank you.
This is simply the best performance ever of my favorite piece ever! To the conductor and the orchestra (if they ever read this): Thank you so very very much!!!!!!! Every note in this performance felt like it meant something! You are all so amazing!!!!
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It's a great version. I recommend Pierre Montreux, Wiener Philharmoniker, 1958.
@@emiledarraghbarry Thanks! I just found it and bookmarked it... and I will definitely give it a listen some time in the next few weeks!
Agree but don’t forget the engineers. Balance and clarity not heard on many.
@@RichardFeinman-yf7lx Oh, good point! You mean the sound engineers and audio people, right? I'm not too educated about that stuff... but yeah... I can tell the audio people did a good job!
First time hearing Matiakh conducting. The sound she brings out of this orchestra! It's such a revealing experiment to hear the same orchestra reaching higher level under different conductors. Her Don Juan and Mozart are superb too. Will certainly be following her career closely from now.
Ariane is certainly a blessing in the field of orchestral direction and she takes such obvious delight in encouraging her fellow musicians to give everything they have towards creating her vision of how this sublime symphony should sound.
The 6th "Pastorale" is no doubt the single best enjoyable master piece of the symphonies by Beethoiven, and the 2nd movement is the most pristine one. For this rendition, the oboe and the flute stand out.
心地よい 田園風景を想像しながらこの名曲を聴いていると浮世の嫌なこと煩わしさを忘れます。
Incroyable ! j'ai l'impression de découvrir toutes les subtilités de la 6ème symphonie !! très bien dirigé, et cet orchestre est vraiment au top ! et en plus fort bien filmé !!! Merci à tous et fière de cette cheffe française !!! bravo !!!
The best recording of this magnificent work so far on YT!! Great story telling!!🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎵
Musik die das Herz berührt....Wundervoll. Danke!!!
Dieses Orchester ist einfach Weltklasse...
This is so, so, so, so good! So good! SO GOOD! Everything about it is so exactly as it should be. All the magic is there. Wow. Holy wow.
Bravo maestra Ariane & the Orchestra ; I love you "both"!!!
Grossartig vielen Dank. Fantastische Gesamtleistung mit perfekten Solisten. Die Dirigentin hat hier die Pastorale zu hinreissender Schönheit und originaler Natürlichkeit gebracht. Ich lebe inMödling, wo diese Sinfonie entstand und diese Aufführung ließ Ort, Raum, Landschaft, Bach und Gewitter wie auch die Hochzeit fast sichtbar entstehen. Eine einmalig gute Einspielung. Bravo
My favorite music... divine!
This is one of the best performances of Beethoven's 6th Symphony that I've experienced. I think that the primary reasons is the due to the conducting style of der Kapel Meister: It is one of pure emotion, which eminates from her hands, baton, and facecial movements, and is made evident in the sounds from the woodwinds, and especially the strings, horns. Bravo, Frau Matiakh, BRAVO!
I totally agree with you. It is very meaningful that the conductor is a woman.
Una Pastoral auténticamente Beethoveniana con una orquesta siempre en la perfección y excelentemente dirigida.
Danke viel!!
Maravillosa interpretación de una de las más bellas obras del genio de Bonn!! Han hecho brillar a La Pastoral de una manera sublime!!! Me encantó tu dirección, Ariane!!!!! Y sigo preguntándome cómo un ser humano puede inspirarse de esa manera para conjugar sonidos y crear una Sinfonía tan dulce y potente a la vez! Es Magia!!! Gracias a a toda la orquesta por esta interpretación que fue genial en cada instrumento!!!!!! Abrazo fuerte y conmovido desde Argentina!!
No.6 is the very countryside landscape that I remember from my childhood.
The comfort and wonderfulness of this orchestra‘s performance is out of this world, and off the charts.
In this performance,
all is full of far superior splendor
A corner of Tokyo of Japan
Es ist eines der schönsten symphonischen Werke des großen Beethoven.
How do you play the chirping of birds, sound of thunder or refreshing sunshine/rains with musical instruments? This majestic piece did all of that and more, just incredible.
The energy of the entire choir so infectious.
Magnífica!!! Qué Obra maravillosa y su interpretación!! Genial 😊👍!!!!😂
Very beginning the first motive is so beautiful , juicy articulation and natural tempo. They say that Beethoven said " Tempo is Music"(Music is Tempo) The first motive is veryveryvery nice throughout first movement, especially the last bar is so so sooooo beautiful.
avec Ariane qui dirige , un vrai bonheur !!!!
Bravi for maestra AM and the wonderful orchestra. Thanks for sharing your talents.
The more I hear this wonderful orchestra, the more I just love it. This playing was stupendous, of the very highest quality, skill and beauty of expression... the clarity of the audio presentation - outstanding.
Just one small matter re tempo.... the peasants in their merry-making seemed just to have returned from a workout at the Gym, and were super fit. Only in this way could they have danced to the tempo we heard, but I loved it all the same....
They danced at Beethoven's metronome mark :)
I agree Antoine. I am impressed with the dynamics - that is not so much as to say how loud it can go - but rather the small shifts in volume that give the performance life. I have about half a dozen interpretations in my CD & LP collection but I think this one is best!
Those "villagers" are really CrossFit competitors disguised in lederhosen. Ever since high school they've been reliving gym class for four hours every day.
Such a beautiful execution👏👏👏 Such a wonderful register! 👏👏👏
Ahhh Beethoven, my "old sport", I'll confess you something, your 'Ninth', 'Fifth', 'Third' and 'Seventh' symphonies don't need comments, such genius, beauty and impact that each one of them gives me (live then...)
And even so, your 'Sixth, Pastoral' It's still the symphony that moves me the most, it was love at first hearing! Amazing how it is an antithesis of its sister, the 'Fifth'!
It is of a delicate beauty that always takes my heart to a distant land, peaceful, fragrant and dreamy.... And I was thrilled again with this performance, both by the excellence of the conduction and the "close up" on the naipes, in each solo...wonderful!!!
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Bravo! Ariane Matiakh👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Bravo! Frankfurt Radio Symphony👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you hr-Sinfonieorchester👍👍👍
Great performance. The conductor has such expressive power. Conducts with her face as well as hands. Marvellous!!!!
Beethoven es simplemente fantástico, grandioso, único, innovador, irrepetible, genial...🦖
Senhor. *Mauro Antonio* , No meu modo pessoal de pensar, eu considero : *"Bach um Avô, Beethoven um Pai e Mozart um Bebê"* .
@@uizvenancio9156 Que linda reflexión. Un abrazo desde Colombia🦖
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*Señor Mauro Antonio, Gracias desde Brasil !*
É uma pena que em nosso continente poucas pessoas apreciam a musica erudita .
Ariane Matiakh -- tremendous Pastorale. Already one of my favorites, and I'm just into the first movement. Clear lines, beautiful phrasing and articulation. Sounds like a chamber-sized ensemble.
The listener gave applause just after the end of the first movement. I was surprised at that because I had the same feeling as them.
Extraordinaria interpretación por esta célebre orquesta alemana de la Sexta Sinfonía apodada "Pastoral" del genial compositor Ludwig van Beethoven que como es bien conocido tiene inusualmente CINCO movimientos. Mención especial para la prestigiosa directora francesa Ariane Matiakh que nos ofrece una vez más una lección de como se conduce una orquesta. BRAVO !!! Saludos desde España.
This is the best recording I've heard of this piece since Bruno Walter.
Vielen Dank!
The comfort of No.6 is irreplaceable
Beautiful music gifted to me with wonderful feeling to 82 years old Los Angeles enjoying lovely violin sounds. Thank you so much for remembering all of lovely music involving with emotional. God bless my lovely beautiful people. Thank you !
Over the years I have watched 6 conductors on this symphony. I have liked Ariane Matiakh's presentation best. there are particular highlights in the play that touch deeply. I have liked the camera which points where such emphasis are. I love this.
ich habe dieses musikalische meisterwerk von allen orchestern und "meistern" am dirigentenstab gehört.aber ich muss sagen,dass ich es noch nie so nuanciert,klar und strahlend gehört habe wie mit dieser Dame am Dirigentenstab.es war ein wahrer genuss.ich habe einige melodiebögen von einigen instrumenten das erste mal richtig wahrgenommen.bei frau matiakh hört man ,dass eine sinfonie ein zusammenspiel von vielen einzelnen stimmen ist.ich bin begeistert.
Geht mir genau so. Die bisher beste Aufnahme, fand ich, ist die vom selben Orchester, mit dem wunderbar die Musiker zum Tanzen bringenden Andres Orozco-Estrada. Aber jetzt muss ich sagen, mit Frau Matiakh am Pult war es noch eine Nuance strahlender. Aber sie hatte ja auch ein fantastisch auf dieses Beethoven-Juwel eingespieltes Team :-)
Probablement on n'entend pas la même chose...
On est ici très loin de la musique, collé dans la matière
Le mouvement lent est une catastrophe. Dès les premières mesures on a envie de se tailler les veines
@@kallepawlak9808 Feminism in action. There is nothing to highlight in this orchestral direction.
@@kallepawlak9808Mi jun
A very beautiful interpretation. Bravissima, maestra Ariane Matiakh! Thank you for not omitting the repeating parts. Bravissimi tutti! Also, a great audio recording.
Bravo maestrina.
This performance must be the music that Dante heard in Paradise.
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This is really good! I count this as one of the best
Believe me, I had goosebumps all over me and a shiver ran down my spine while listening to this. I felt this music, what it meant to say. Beethoven at his best! A wonderful Performance!!! Kudos!!
So schön habe ich die Pastorale selten gehört, vielen Dank 😮
Da kann man zum Klassik-Fan werden. Orchester Super/Spitze Ton und Bildtechnik erstklassig. Ich bin beeindruckt. Dankeschön!!!
What a delightfully light and spritely performance! For me Mme Matiakh really brings out the delight the composer must have felt at venturing into the countryside. Well done to her and to the orchestra!
Qué maravillosa sinfonía es la Pastoral.Beethoven dijo de ella,que “es más la expresión de la sensibilidad que una pintura”.Beethoven,amaba la naturaleza,y bien que lo demuestra en esta sinfonía que a mí me produce una gran paz y alegría.La orquesta sinfónica de radio Frankfurt,está fenomenal y su directora Ariano Matiakh,la dirige con gran sensibilidad.
Best performance of this symphony ever? Exquisite audio quality and mix, and video production.
Esta GENIAL sinfonia No. 6 o "PASTORAL" de Beethoven, es la mas breve de todas. Posee una increible DIVERSIDAD melodica deliciosa que encanta el alma humana al escucharla en su integridad (y verla) en la interpretacion y direccion de los EXTRAORDINARIOS protagonistas de cualquier respetable Sinfonica...Estos legados divinos de los GENIOS del Arte Musical, enaltecen al genero humano en nuestro basto universo, haciendo de nosotros como los LEGITIMOS lideres del Universo. Saludos de Cusco-Peru.
Excellent performance of a composition which will never be considered overappreciated in the classical repertoire.
The grandeur of Beethoven's work 🥰❤️😍
The first time I heard this piece I was eleven and it was an instant crush I would come home from school to listen to this almost daily! VOX Vienna Symphony Orchestra with Otto Klemperer (STPL 56.960) 1967
ottima esecuzione! Sempre bellissima la sinfonia n.6. Grazie...
This interpretation of this timeless work is outstanding, Thank you to Ariane Matiakh and the musicians!!! Not rushed but full of energy and spirit, this orchestra is fantastic and it really made them shine. The 2nd movement I found particularly inspiring in a way I have not heard before. Thank you also to the production crew for the clarity of picture and sound.
Fantástica, mágica, maravilhosa,....
Agradecimentos à condutora, á orquesta, a todos os colaboradores.
E a todos que comentaram e agradeceram e deram seus likes.
Thank you for very very wonderful interpretation! I am Japanese. Many people in Japan also suffer from Covid 19 and stay home. I feel that your performance invites us outside and to wide world. The 5th movement after the 4th movement seems like a scene where people gradually gathered and gathered from their house to the open space.
but Covid 19 is not a ilnes ist a weapon against people
My friend, you have a great sense of imagination !!!!!!!!!!
Всё хорошего Вам, будьте жив и здоров!
Ti auguro una veloce guarigione dalla tua malattia. E, se posso, con tutto il dovuto rispetto, Buon Natale 2021.
Wonderful observation
Lovely performance. I was enthralled from beginning to end, there were so many delightful moments to enjoy. Thanks for this wonderful video. And just a thought ... it was so nice to see the well deserved ovation in its entirety at the end.
tout simplement GRANDIOSE !BRAVO LUDWIG!
Es getallt mir immer wieder.Danke fur eure Spiel.
Una meravigliosa interpretazione, la direttore Ariane è eccelsa, e l'orchestra le obbedisce con grande bravura. Bravissimi, e brava Ariane soprattutto, evviva !
Great record. One of the best. I love to hear this symphony when I have difficulty or environment noise to sleep. It's a perfect medicine to rest the soul.
Perfekte Bildregie, jeder Schnitt sitzt!
the hr orchestra is a real top notch orchestra, I have to congratulate. Also kudos to the conductor.
Very Fresh, just like a morning breeze.
Clearly heaven sent!
...what a sensitive performance ! Vielen Dank !
wonderfully artistic rendition of this great work with a world class orchestra and conductor
Fantastica, gioiosa,romantica, dolce ❤