Wonderful sound. The acoustics in that hall create a pleasing reverberation that enhances the overall sound. I Musici of Montreal does have many CDs available. They are well worth owning.
Watched/heard this piece performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, it was amazing. This is one of the best pieces I've ever heard, I play piano, but I hope someday to play violin in an orchestra, especially this piece!
ASTOUNDING! Especially with a small orchestra where mistakes would have been easier to hear (there weren't any), this was a top notch performance.... and the best acoustics I've ever heard in a performance hall yet. It was alive and vivid, with nearly palpable expression and dynamics - like you were hearing each instrument one by one, yet brought together in one complete whole. Perfectly clean performance - absolutely amazing!
You know, the orchestra may be smaller than we're used to seeing, but they're producing a marvelous sound and everyone is very together! You really can't complain when the orchestra is this skilled.
I find it really amazing that a group this small can produce the full sound of an orchestra with over 100 people in it. Good job! (Even though it's 5 years later... XD)
Wonderful performance. I like this authentic size of orchestra here, it sounds much better as romantic one. Usually everybody uses too much strings. Besides, to my mind, the maestro's found a very good tempo.
Whoops I mean we're doing this in all-county next week and I'm first viola so I'm trying to learn it really well...kind of nerve-wracking because I'm only a freshman
Yes, of course! But the problem is: Is Beethoven a romantic or a classical composer? - I think we cannot really answer that but as a conductor you have to find your solution and if you want to play it in a "classical" way, this orchestra would be very appropriate!!!
Beethoven's only downfall was that he was an innovator. If he would have continued revising the same forms, he would have reached (and possibly surpassed) the level Mozart. Mozart's obsession in contrast with Beethoven was probably due to a difference in IQ (Mozart, after 10 years, perfected HIS craft, and saw no reason to work towards developing music as a whole... whereas Beethoven spent 10 years trying to break the system Mozart ran aground). The music you're hearing is a result of that.
Egmont is more on the Romantic since written later in his career . Now Coriolan which is more towards the middle of his career would still qualify as classical in style, but late classical. As far as size it think that generally a classical orchestra would be scored : Vio 1 - 8 Vio 2 - 8 Vila - 6 Cel - 4 Bass - 3 and winds horn/ trmpt , flute. ob, basn,clar with 2 of each. So with that being said you cold argue that this orchestra is on the small side.
hmm that is a good question, ill look into that. And yeh obviously , but i woldnt think that this overture would qualify as a Romantic era piece... I think that the closest of his works would be his 9th symphony but the writing style of this is clearly Classical era
I'm a cellist and this was by far the most fun I'd had in an orchestra.
I'm a cellist and playing this piece was by far the most fun I'd had in an orchestra.
Wonderful sound. The acoustics in that hall create a pleasing reverberation that enhances the overall sound. I Musici of Montreal does have many CDs available. They are well worth owning.
Watched/heard this piece performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, it was amazing. This is one of the best pieces I've ever heard, I play piano, but I hope someday to play violin in an orchestra, especially this piece!
ASTOUNDING! Especially with a small orchestra where mistakes would have been easier to hear (there weren't any), this was a top notch performance.... and the best acoustics I've ever heard in a performance hall yet. It was alive and vivid, with nearly palpable expression and dynamics - like you were hearing each instrument one by one, yet brought together in one complete whole. Perfectly clean performance - absolutely amazing!
You know, the orchestra may be smaller than we're used to seeing, but they're producing a marvelous sound and everyone is very together! You really can't complain when the orchestra is this skilled.
I find it really amazing that a group this small can produce the full sound of an orchestra with over 100 people in it. Good job! (Even though it's 5 years later... XD)
Wonderful performance. I like this authentic size of orchestra here, it sounds much better as romantic one. Usually everybody uses too much strings.
Besides, to my mind, the maestro's found a very good tempo.
amazing how much sound a small group can put out..
Love this
...yes! Very good observation!!!
Bravo, fantastic tempo, usually too fast or slow, just right. thanks for sharing
i just played this at carnegie hall!
2 years passed... damn :D but thanks for reminding!
Supreme !
@helmsdeep84 don't remember :D but some of the songs of brawl begin like that.
Whoops I mean we're doing this in all-county next week and I'm first viola so I'm trying to learn it really well...kind of nerve-wracking because I'm only a freshman
Shame it was never finished..
You're absolutely right! Beethoven is often played much to romantic and by that I also mean that today's orchestras are almost always much too big!!
We're doing this in all
@heldenbariton I agree.
Sounds like the Super Smash bros Brawl Theme a little at 1:21. Wonder if they got inspiration from this work when composing the soundtrack.
wow..this is not bad..
excellent musical concept but the balance and ensemble problems are distracting
@L1ghTx the main theme?
Ma il timpanista ha paura di suonare?? Forte con quei cazzo di timpani!!!!! È il Coriolano questo!!!!
Yes, of course! But the problem is: Is Beethoven a romantic or a classical composer? - I think we cannot really answer that but as a conductor you have to find your solution and if you want to play it in a "classical" way, this orchestra would be very appropriate!!!
1:20 sounds like Smash Bros. Brawl XD
You mean super smash bro's sounds like 1:20.
Then why are you listening to Beethoven? If you like Mozart better, just listen to his songs without making a comment like this on a Beethoven video.
I wouldn't start bow up.
Beethoven's only downfall was that he was an innovator. If he would have continued revising the same forms, he would have reached (and possibly surpassed) the level Mozart. Mozart's obsession in contrast with Beethoven was probably due to a difference in IQ (Mozart, after 10 years, perfected HIS craft, and saw no reason to work towards developing music as a whole... whereas Beethoven spent 10 years trying to break the system Mozart ran aground). The music you're hearing is a result of that.
Totally weird sound...
Nice playing but I can not stay with this way...
the orchestra size you are probably used to seeing is the Romantic era orchestra. This is the traditional classical sized orchestra
Egmont is more on the Romantic since written later in his career .
Now Coriolan which is more towards the middle of his career would still qualify as classical in style, but late classical.
As far as size it think that generally a classical orchestra would be scored :
Vio 1 - 8
Vio 2 - 8
Vila - 6
Cel - 4
Bass - 3
and winds horn/ trmpt , flute. ob, basn,clar with 2 of each. So with that being said you cold argue that this orchestra is on the small side.
hmm that is a good question, ill look into that.
And yeh obviously , but i woldnt think that this overture would qualify as a Romantic era piece...
I think that the closest of his works would be his 9th symphony but the writing style of this is clearly Classical era
But in the end it what ever the score calls for which again will be easy to find out come tmrw morning.
mabey in his symphonies but that doesnt make it the standard size for everything he wrote