PrisonersChorus O Welche Lust, in freier Lust from Beethovens Fidelio. Leonard Bernstein conducting the Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, 1978. Buy it on Deutsche Grammophon.
Der Text aus dem Gefangenenchor ist so aktuell wie schon lange nicht mehr. Ludwig van Beethoven, ein freiheitsliebener Mensch und ein Feind jeglicher Tyrannei, bringt es mit seiner einzigartigen Musik großartig zum Ausdruck. Wir sollten nicht nur der Musik Beethovens Gedenken, sondern auch seiner Überzeugung, zur Freiheit und Menschlichkeit uns zu eigen machen.
Beethovens Gefangenenchor hat an Aktualität nichts verloren. Eine Musik und ein Text der unter die Haut geht und zum Nachdenken anregt. Ludwig van Beethoven, nicht nur ein Genie, sondern auch ein freiheitsliebender Mensch, der jegliche Willkür und Bevormundung ablehnte. Auch das sollte man nicht vergessen, wenn man seine Musik hört!
Having heard numerous collections of great opera choruses that didn't feature this, when I finally got to hear this, I couldn't understand why it wasn't on EVERY collection. It is stunning.
Did you read the lyrics in English or German? I cannot find an English translation of just this chorus. What part of it particularly "speaks to our time"? Thanks from México
Without knowing the lyrics, I sense it pertains to the ubiquitous dark presence that surrounds the planet, 24/7. Stanley Kubrick mentioned Fidelio in Eyes Wide Shut, his bold, nail in the coffin finale.@@steveegallo3384
@@tombader4921 -- Hmmmm....I sense some bias on your part toward baleful cheerlessness. Reminds me of Walkenritt ("Apolcalypse Now") and Barber's 'Adagio' ("Platoon.") Any remaining Dark Presence is amply shattered by 'Heil, dir Sonne'!
Yes, it speaks to the plight of political prisoners in every tyranny today, and the triumph of love and the human spirit. It isn't hard to think of political prisoners today - or martyrs - whose spouses have remained magnificently strong, though I can't think of any who have succeeded in liberating them in the way Leonora does, or by any other means. That was rather naive and fanciful of Beethoven, even then; and today's tyrants are even stronger and more impregnable against resistance. But Beethoven encourages us to remain hopeful that things can somehow be made to change.
@@malte996 oh, I didn't knew that, thank you! But the people in Austria speak german too, just with an (sometimes really heavy) accent. Even the official lyrics is written in german (you can look that up when typing "PrisonersChorus lyrics") So I thinks its basically the same!
Der Text aus dem Gefangenenchor ist so aktuell wie schon lange nicht mehr. Ludwig van Beethoven, ein freiheitsliebener Mensch und ein Feind jeglicher Tyrannei, bringt es mit seiner einzigartigen Musik großartig zum Ausdruck. Wir sollten nicht nur der Musik Beethovens Gedenken, sondern auch seiner Überzeugung, zur Freiheit und Menschlichkeit uns zu eigen machen.
Beethovens Gefangenenchor hat an Aktualität nichts verloren. Eine Musik und ein Text der unter die Haut geht und zum Nachdenken anregt. Ludwig van Beethoven, nicht nur ein Genie, sondern auch ein freiheitsliebender Mensch, der jegliche Willkür und Bevormundung ablehnte. Auch das sollte man nicht vergessen, wenn man seine Musik hört!
Und gewinnt sogar jeden Tag an Aktualität hinzu.
Having heard numerous collections of great opera choruses that didn't feature this, when I finally got to hear this, I couldn't understand why it wasn't on EVERY collection. It is stunning.
Agreed
can't stop playing it
"how wonderful to breathe the air freely again"!
Utterly wonderful. Beethoven's humanity, always there in his work, at its most poignant.
Seems like a very appropriate song for a world cooped up inside and yearning for sunlight
One of the most indelible images in all the operatic repertoire is these men who have not seen the sun in months or years.
Thanks a lot Absolutely brilliant ....some greetings from Vienna 😊
Me encanta esta aria del divino Beethoven
Speaks to our time.
Did you read the lyrics in English or German? I cannot find an English translation of just this chorus. What part of it particularly "speaks to our time"? Thanks from México
Without knowing the lyrics, I sense it pertains to the ubiquitous dark presence that surrounds the planet, 24/7. Stanley Kubrick mentioned Fidelio in Eyes Wide Shut, his bold, nail in the coffin finale.@@steveegallo3384
@@tombader4921 -- Hmmmm....I sense some bias on your part toward baleful cheerlessness. Reminds me of Walkenritt ("Apolcalypse Now") and Barber's 'Adagio' ("Platoon.") Any remaining Dark Presence is amply shattered by 'Heil, dir Sonne'!
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Yes, it speaks to the plight of political prisoners in every tyranny today, and the triumph of love and the human spirit. It isn't hard to think of political prisoners today - or martyrs - whose spouses have remained magnificently strong, though I can't think of any who have succeeded in liberating them in the way Leonora does, or by any other means. That was rather naive and fanciful of Beethoven, even then; and today's tyrants are even stronger and more impregnable against resistance. But Beethoven encourages us to remain hopeful that things can somehow be made to change.
Heel hartelijk bedankt.
Muchas gracias
this is actually really good
Gran coro de prisioneros
This is written in german. I am german. I have barely an idea what they are saying. I love it
No, this is written in Austria. Not "Back in the Empire" please!
@@malte996 oh, I didn't knew that, thank you! But the people in Austria speak german too, just with an (sometimes really heavy) accent. Even the official lyrics is written in german (you can look that up when typing "PrisonersChorus lyrics") So I thinks its basically the same!
@@malte996 Beethoven was German. He was born and brought up in Bonn, even though he later worked in Vienna.
Aktueller denn je... Wann wacht die Mehrheit auf.....
Zertifiziert intergalaktischen!
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