Beethoven, Symphony 9, 2nd movement (complete), Molto vivace, Philharmonia Baroque

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  • Philharmonia Baroque playing the second movement (molto vivace) of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, accompanied by a scrolling bar-graph score.
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    @trtrsqr4666 4 роки тому +224

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      @smalin  4 роки тому +74

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    • @trtrsqr4666
      @trtrsqr4666 4 роки тому +34

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    • @randylaffy7679
      @randylaffy7679 3 роки тому +7

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    • @deannculver7969
      @deannculver7969 3 роки тому +3

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    • @davidsilverfield835
      @davidsilverfield835 3 роки тому +2

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  • @CosmicContrarian
    @CosmicContrarian 8 років тому +46

    The greatest piece of music ever written.

    • @owlcowl
      @owlcowl 8 років тому +10

      No. Greatest scherzo ever written, yes - like the adagio that follows it, an absolutely perfect piece of music. And the Ninth is the greatest symphony, no question. But the greatest composition ever written, in the consensus view of those very few connoisseurs qualified to judge (I am not among them) is Beethovens C# minor string quartet Op 131 - or his Grosse Fuge Op 133, another note-perfect piece of music. Of course, Bach lovers insist that the D minor Chaconne is the greatest music ever penned & they are also right. No point in arguing when dealing with such sublime products of incomparable genius.

    • @nicholaso2891
      @nicholaso2891 8 років тому

      Fancy seeing you here...

    • @mennokuipers5709
      @mennokuipers5709 6 років тому

      Samuel Araújo Medeiros modern film scores lol.

    • @incription
      @incription 3 роки тому

      I consider Mass in B minor, (at least Bach's) greatest

  • @Sebastian-uf3vr
    @Sebastian-uf3vr 5 місяців тому +18

    On May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his 9th and last symphony called Chorale, in Vienna. Here we are, today May 7, 2024, some 200 years later, God Bless Ludwig, and what would be the most powerful, spiritual and brutal musical work taught to the world. But if that were not enough, every time in my life that I lose my reason, my conscience, the motivation to even live, I can never help but hear the Ode to Joy echoing. And although I don't express it, I always break into tears of happiness remembering every word and every letter that the choir makes great.

  • @theoveranalyzingcinephile983
    @theoveranalyzingcinephile983 4 роки тому +35

    Oh it was gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh. The trombones crunched redgold under my bed, and behind my gulliver the trumpets three-wise silverflamed, and there by the door the timps rolling through my guts and out again crunched like candy thunder. Oh, it was wonder of wonders. And then, a bird of like rarest spun heaven metal, or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now, came the violin solo above all the other strings, and those strings were like a cage of silk round my bed. Then flute and oboe bored, like worms of like platinum, into the thick thick toffee gold and silver. I was in such bliss, my brothers.

  • @johnoconnor1648
    @johnoconnor1648 3 роки тому +30

    The amazing thing is that Beethoven never heard this. It was all in his head. Fuckin' genius.

    • @searchingforfoodonyoutube2500
      @searchingforfoodonyoutube2500 3 роки тому

      Yes at age 28 he lost his hearing

    • @paulanthony5274
      @paulanthony5274 2 роки тому +2

      He wasn't completely deaf,towards the end he was when he composed this,but it's easy enough,do you not hear music in your head,the genius was writing it..

  • @sporty1701
    @sporty1701 4 роки тому +31

    It has often been said that Beethoven's 9th is possibly the greatest musical composition of all time.
    Appreciation of any art form is purely subjective...however, I would imagine there are many who
    would agree that this magnificent symphony is indeed the pinnacle of classical composition.

    • @EnterIntoDARKNESS
      @EnterIntoDARKNESS 4 роки тому +1

      Maybe people won't not disagree, would that be the same?
      I'm glad you think so highly of this, I do too.

    • @TheLifeisgood72
      @TheLifeisgood72 4 роки тому +1

      One professor tried to tell me this was the incoherent ramblings of a long deaf composer...

    • @sporty1701
      @sporty1701 4 роки тому +4

      @@TheLifeisgood72 If Beethoven's 9th is an "incoherent rambling", I would love to hear
      some really GOOD music. That "professor" either needs to lay off the Prozac or
      greatly increase the dosage!

    • @desireerahman4897
      @desireerahman4897 4 роки тому

      @@sporty1701 don't make it about medication - Prozac isn't responsible for taste

    • @sporty1701
      @sporty1701 4 роки тому +1

      @@desireerahman4897 There are those who would disagree...but, whatever. Anyone who
      would describe this symphony as an "incoherent rambling" is most certainly
      not worthy of "professor" status...janitor, maybe.

  • @collumww
    @collumww 10 років тому +11

    I've played hard rock lead guitar for 39 years and when I was young used to think that was high energy. Then I remembered always liking the closing theme for The Huntley Brinkley report. Then I bought Beethoven's symphonies. Then I started listening to the 9th. Hell, if you don't have seat belts, you'll be blown away by movements 1,2, and 4, and you just roll out weeping in the 3rd. If I could only have one Cd this is it.

  • @ahtartersauce101
    @ahtartersauce101 4 роки тому +16

    Beethoven writing:
    > great intro
    > amazing main theme
    >repeat that
    >amazing second theme
    >recap back into first theme
    > oooh nice cadenza, nice and smooth
    >> repeat ALLZ the themes
    >>> ???? 13:18
    >>>>PROFIT

  • @aphexlane
    @aphexlane 4 роки тому +23

    I had came home late from a friends house once tripping balls on mushrooms. I randomly had this on CD. I put it in and was taken on the wildest ride of my life. I was surfing around on beautiful crazy colorful waves of divine music.

  • @greg55666
    @greg55666 10 років тому +14

    Jesus this song is amazing. At about 1:18, when the first section stops and then repeats, it's just amazing. That section ends in the middle of a thought then goes back to the beginning.

  • @aiden_macleod
    @aiden_macleod 4 роки тому +12

    Truly, the reason Beethoven was a Master of his craft. Completely deaf before its composition, and each instruments part written by hand in ink left no room for error. Absolutely genius.

    • @smalin
      @smalin  4 роки тому +7

      I can't believe that anybody who looked at the score would say that. It's true that he wrote in ink, but he made many, many, many corrections. And he didn't write out the parts himself; that job was left for a copyist.
      imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d5/IMSLP19389-PMLP01607-Beethoven-Op125mss.pdf

  • @KittyCatComa
    @KittyCatComa 2 роки тому +21

    2022 and this is still a banger. Imagine writing timeless pieces like this.

  • @richardcollyer4353
    @richardcollyer4353 2 роки тому +16

    Beethoven lost his hearing whilst composing this masterpiece ! When the 4 movements ended he had to be turned round to fave the audience and their raucous standing ovation ! Absolutely incredible !

  • @caesarsneezer6992
    @caesarsneezer6992 4 роки тому +18

    Beethoven ninth one of the most powerful pieces of music ever created. Hail to you Ludwig. Rest in peace.

  • @maiwei
    @maiwei 8 років тому +10

    Love the visual representation. It's a great way for those who don't really understand the music to see how amazing it really is. Thanks.

  • @johnsecunda9535
    @johnsecunda9535 3 роки тому +19

    Beethoven's creativity and range of expression were off the scale.

    • @peggyfranzen6159
      @peggyfranzen6159 3 роки тому

      When Dr.Angstrom MET the New World!Amazing!Thank you!

    • @brucewegmann183
      @brucewegmann183 3 роки тому

      No, they were not "off the scale". But, he certainly does define what may be the upper limit of it.

  • @2500b3
    @2500b3 3 роки тому +10

    I can barely imagine the joy of having a side-by-side split screen of this visualize with a traditional score next to it.

  • @patrikboij7560
    @patrikboij7560 2 роки тому +15

    I heard this music as a child and still it has not left my mind. Such is the power of Beethoven

  • @Emmaggeddon
    @Emmaggeddon 8 років тому +3

    the quiet parts are like a lullaby and then the sudden change of beat will wake you up for sure. Beethoven is easily my favorite composer.

  • @theimmortalcolasour
    @theimmortalcolasour 9 років тому +48

    "I was cured, alright!"

  • @Alexi7666
    @Alexi7666 9 років тому +6

    Love the bar-graph,too. Helps a non-musical person understand the complexities of music composition.

  • @christopher19894
    @christopher19894 4 роки тому +11

    This movement moves me the most. Guaranteed goosebumps. If I'm not prepared for it, I'm caught off guard by crippling shivers.

  • @Danielcamron73
    @Danielcamron73 2 роки тому +19

    0:42
    oh bliss!
    Bliss and heaven!
    it was gourgeousness in gourgeosity made flesh.
    It was like a bird of rarest spun heaven metal.
    Or like silvery wine floving in a spaceship...
    ... gravity all nonsense now.
    As i slooshied...
    ... I knew such lovely pictures

    • @chipensemble
      @chipensemble 2 роки тому +3

      Lol I was scrolling to see this.

    • @Danielcamron73
      @Danielcamron73 2 роки тому +1

      @@chipensemble thanks

    • @madjack821
      @madjack821 Рік тому +1

      Nicely done, brother. Real horror show!

  • @Шабски
    @Шабски 4 роки тому +20

    I used to listen to this channel a lot around the early 2010s
    To think that this channel's reaching 15 years is just mindblowing!

    • @smalin
      @smalin  4 роки тому +16

      I wish all the people who were watching ten years ago were watching now. I have 186,000 "subscribers" but when I post a new video, it only gets a few thousand views (because UA-cam changed their algorithm so that subscribers don't automatically get notified when I post a new video). And it's a pity, because the animations I've been making in the last few years are a lot better than what I did ten years ago ... e.g. www.musanim.com/BeethovenStringQuartets/

    • @notusssj5322
      @notusssj5322 4 роки тому +1

      @@smalin Well then I have something to tell you! I remember when I was still a small kid (at about 10 years ago), one of the first times I heard the 9th Symphony was with this video. I distinctly remember being entertained by how the little blocks representing the melodies jumped around on the screen and also being fascinated by the music itself (Note that I was probably 6).
      Now by mere chance I stumbled upon your video of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor and the next video that played was this one. I had a flashback to one of my oldest memories ever.
      Now like you said, probably many of your subs from 10 years ago might now be inactive but I just wanted to say that 10 years later, when my father first introduced me to Beethoven, I happen to be here on my own in the same video.
      Have a good day my fellow music maestro. :)

    • @smalin
      @smalin  4 роки тому +1

      @@notusssj5322 Your story lifts my heart.

    • @notusssj5322
      @notusssj5322 4 роки тому

      @@smalin thank you, I shall hope that in 10 more years I will still be subscribed and active.
      See you around!

  • @Safinitzine
    @Safinitzine 4 роки тому +10

    30 years since my mum took me to see it live for my 6th birthday and all the emotions remain. Every time, like it's the first.

  • @1SeniorSmurf
    @1SeniorSmurf 9 років тому +159

    who would have known that beethoven composed a bill cosby sweater

    • @Dj2xP
      @Dj2xP 9 років тому +2

      +1SeniorSmurf made my day

    • @1SeniorSmurf
      @1SeniorSmurf 9 років тому +3

      Dj2xP :) I'm glad. it made my day knowing I made a strangers day.

    • @dinoflame9696
      @dinoflame9696 9 років тому +4

      +1SeniorSmurf i must say, it makes my day in it's own way to see someone's day made by making a stranger's day

    • @Dj2xP
      @Dj2xP 9 років тому +1

      It even makes my day know that somebody making made day made his/her day!

    • @Dj2xP
      @Dj2xP 9 років тому +3

      It's the notorious "made my day" loop

  • @JennyYogi
    @JennyYogi 7 років тому +10

    my favorite movement of this symphony

  • @RH-xs8gz
    @RH-xs8gz 5 років тому +16

    This is an amazing piece of music. But the fact that Beethoven was completely deaf when he composed it makes this one of the most staggering feats of genius in human history.

    • @smalin
      @smalin  5 років тому +11

      Beethoven wrote music "in his head" (that is, away from the piano, using only his ability to imagine what music would sound like without having to hear it through his ears) long before he went deaf. This ability is shared by many musicians. It's tragic that Beethoven went deaf, but composing music was one aspect of his life where his deafness made little difference.

    • @cwaller1151
      @cwaller1151 5 років тому

      I'd encourage you to check out Bedrich Smetana. He wrote his two string quartets and most (if not all) of his Ma Vlast cycle while completely deaf (and dying of Syphilis).

  • @HerrDeutschBlood
    @HerrDeutschBlood 7 років тому +30

    "Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh. It was like a bird of rarest spun, heaven metal. Or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship...gravity all nonsense now. As I slooshied...I knew such lovely pictures"

    • @lolafinch
      @lolafinch 7 років тому +1

      TigerTrollUSA tolchock and alround horror shows for malenky petistas, my brother.

    • @williamcrowe2576
      @williamcrowe2576 7 років тому

      Viddi well, droog.

    • @christinemusselman5499
      @christinemusselman5499 4 роки тому

      Alex, my dear droogi.

    • @t.j.payeur5331
      @t.j.payeur5331 4 роки тому

      Horror show, droogie..real horror show...doobie doob..

  • @unfrostedfortnite8133
    @unfrostedfortnite8133 6 років тому +17

    This Piece possesses a musical representation of struggle, grandeur, peace and bliss. This truly is the pinnacle of Beethoven’s brilliance (not to mention he was fully deaf when this was written). The buildup starting at 5:30 and finally releasing at 5:42 is just otherworldly. This may be (in my opinion) the most beautiful symphony ever written.

    • @sparda461
      @sparda461 6 років тому +1

      She is certainly entering the list of the best symphonies of all time. I consider it to be the best symphony of all, but it is very much for pleasure, right? Every part of her is spectacular and has been so elaborate, so detailed, so wonderful. I consider this scherzo as one of the best already made, not to mention the fourth movement that is fantastic (and of course the most impressive is that he was already deaf)

  • @Gablesman888
    @Gablesman888 7 років тому +38

    Normally, 2nd movements to symphonies of this era were the so called calmer quieter movements. But in the 9th, Ludwig decided some kick ass was in order, especially since this symphony also offered the bonus "Ode to Joy" 4th movement (rather than the usual three). Some of the best of Beethoven. A kettle drummer's dream come true (among other great features).

    • @oskarfunes2505
      @oskarfunes2505 7 років тому +1

      Gablesman888 the main reason why it's my favorite of all classical music. Love the combination of raw power and percussion with soft harmonics at the end.

    • @Gablesman888
      @Gablesman888 7 років тому +1

      Trivia question: What well known long running television program featured this work as its theme song?Bonus question: Obviously the television program did not have the time to play the entire movement each "episode". But on what occasion was it played in its entirety as the program ended?

    • @ze_rubenator
      @ze_rubenator 7 років тому +4

      The Ode To Joy is more like a 5th movement, really. Symphonies usually had 4 movements, not 3, at least before and during Beethoven's time, and to some extent later. And yes they were usually in the order fast, slow, medium, fast. But there are many exceptions to this both in Haydn and Mozart's repertoire, so Beethoven did nothing new on that front. However, he was the first to use a choir in a Symphony, something which was entirely unprecedented until the premiere of the 9th Symphony.

    • @norwegianforestcat7471
      @norwegianforestcat7471 7 років тому

      Gablesman888 I remember it being used to creepy effect in "A Clockwork Orange," but didn't know it was in a tv show. Which one was it?

    • @Gablesman888
      @Gablesman888 7 років тому +2

      NBC's Huntley Brinkley Report each weekday night featured the opening minutes of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, 2nd movement. Viewers really never got to hear much of it that way. However, on November 22, 1963, as they signed off for the evening, NBC played all of the movement.

  • @lorentzinvariant7348
    @lorentzinvariant7348 8 років тому +15

    IMO one of the most extrordinary peicec of music ever written. What I find even more astonishing is, Beethoven had gone totally deaf before he ever wrote this!

    • @dcmsr5141
      @dcmsr5141 8 років тому

      Agreed wholeheartedly!!! Simply Amazing

  • @lumenpraetorius4592
    @lumenpraetorius4592 10 місяців тому +10

    By far the most brilliant piece of music ever composed. Bravo maestro!

  • @qcislander
    @qcislander 4 роки тому +13

    You've taken a crystal-clear recording of true art.... and made another art of it.
    Bravo... and THANK YOU. :-)

    • @smalin
      @smalin  4 роки тому +1

      I hope you can check out some of my more recent work ...
      www.musanim.com/BeethovenStringQuartets/
      ua-cam.com/video/jySFYoTu0Oo/v-deo.html (Bartok)

    • @zantonsus
      @zantonsus 4 роки тому +1

      well said sir!

  • @sapientisat8439
    @sapientisat8439 10 років тому +45

    Impossible to believe that Beethoven wrote this music when he was completely deaf for almost 20 years! I wonder if he would change anything in it if he heard it?

    • @MrNick951
      @MrNick951 10 років тому +21

      He slowly went Deaf over the Course of 10 years but He cut the legs to his piano so he could feel the vibrations of the notes so it felt right to him so he would write it

    • @Manintoga
      @Manintoga 10 років тому +41

      Genius-level composers hear notes in their mind.

    • @artyvandelayed
      @artyvandelayed 10 років тому

      MrNick951 that sounds like a myth

    • @smalin
      @smalin  10 років тому +5

      Art Vandalay
      I know it sounds like a myth, but I think it's true. He had lots of "hearing aids" (ear trumpets), and I think I remember reading (in reliable sources) that he did something special to hear his piano even as he was losing his hearing.

    • @SpartaanLoL
      @SpartaanLoL 10 років тому +1

      He placed his piano on the floor to feel its vibrations.

  • @BNeller100
    @BNeller100 3 роки тому +16

    I first fell in love with part of this music maybe around age 7 (1960?). It was used for the closing credits for NBC News Huntley-Brinkley Report. Anyone here remember that?

    • @tpickett1381
      @tpickett1381 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah good night David good night Chet and good night for NBC news

    • @rustybearden1800
      @rustybearden1800 2 роки тому

      Yes, I do - I was six years old and it was my first moment of wonder as the beginning of my lifelong love of LVB - still my favorite, even over Ode To Joy and Eroica - it still moves me to this day as it did when I first heard it.

    • @Pexster
      @Pexster 2 роки тому

      Absolutely!

    • @circusitch
      @circusitch Рік тому

      And then Chet said, “Goodnight Ludwig”.

  • @dazwazup1161
    @dazwazup1161 9 років тому +10

    best piece of music ever written

  • @catherineblair5648
    @catherineblair5648 9 років тому +14

    GENIUS TECHNOLOGY, mixed with the GENIUS MIND of BEETHOVEN = MAGIC!

  • @Coaching-is3pz
    @Coaching-is3pz 8 років тому +3

    Beautiful job visualizing the score! Being able to follow the instruments without necessarily reading music adds a whole new dimension to the piece. Thank you!

  • @WacoBurning
    @WacoBurning 10 років тому +20

    Thank you Clockwork Orange for introducing me to Beethoven...

    • @fathursoebono7857
      @fathursoebono7857 10 років тому +7

      bliss and heaven... oh it was gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh

  • @probium2832
    @probium2832 7 місяців тому +5

    Still the number one classical movement I remember and know basically everything by heart.

  • @adrianmonk4440
    @adrianmonk4440 Рік тому +12

    “Good night, Chet. Good night, David. And good night, for NBC News.” From the very first edition in 1956 until the last in 1970, that is how the Huntley-Brinkley Report signed off.
    ///
    The music that played underneath the closing credits was the second movement (scherzo) of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. This is the original 1952 recording with Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra that was used on the Report. The music always started with the six notes and was faded out when they ran out of time.

    • @TodLauer
      @TodLauer 11 місяців тому +4

      Haha - that's one of my earliest memories! It lent a wonderful sense of gravitas to the news. In early childhood I had no comprehension at first about what was going on in the news, but I knew that is was very serious stuff for grownups. The music underscored that.

    • @spikespa5208
      @spikespa5208 10 місяців тому +2

      As a kid, i was curious about the end credits piece on the NBC news. So I wrote them a _letter_ (that's how old I am) and got a nice letter back from a producer . Just another brick in my classical music house.

    • @eatonuter7113
      @eatonuter7113 10 місяців тому +3

      KO used this on 'Countdown' on MSNBC at the time and even today, he still uses this song. Very fitting!

    • @TallyRocky
      @TallyRocky 2 місяці тому

      @@TodLauerThis is one of my earliest memories as well! Loved it then and love it now.

  • @rockfrolic6249
    @rockfrolic6249 5 років тому +10

    Oh bliss...bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh!

  • @sirdook2761
    @sirdook2761 7 років тому +4

    The sheer genius behind this makes my whole body shiver. Pure master class.

  • @loganfruchtman953
    @loganfruchtman953 Рік тому +24

    0:32 and 3:33 mosh pits in 1824 went crazy.

  • @2fr56
    @2fr56 Місяць тому +4

    This part of the symphony is absolutely lovely 6:56
    7:39 sooo heart swelling
    Auugh here we go again 9:39

  • @beem4248
    @beem4248 6 років тому +11

    I have been searching for this piece for 4 years and I finally found it and I am soo happy

  • @saucedispenser9167
    @saucedispenser9167 7 років тому +11

    It's awesome how a deaf man could create some of the greatest music in history.

    • @smalin
      @smalin  7 років тому +6

      Beethoven could compose great music in his head (without hearing anything) long before he lost his hearing. If Mozart had gone deaf, he could have done the same thing ... as could many other composers.

  • @iberius9937
    @iberius9937 8 років тому +3

    This is probably the best recording of this immortal work by Beethoven I've ever heard. This orchestra really gives it life and clarity!

  • @oguzhanisk6876
    @oguzhanisk6876 8 років тому +31

    Finally found something that i can play with 23 fingers

    • @Poulpink
      @Poulpink 8 років тому

      +Oğuzhan Işık this isn't supposed to be played only by one man

    • @smalin
      @smalin  8 років тому +9

      +Tim C (Skyce) That's okay; one man isn't supposed to have 23 fingers

    • @BonesLung
      @BonesLung 8 років тому +5

      +Oğuzhan Işık easily one of the best comments I've ever seen in youtube, you have my respect sir.
      Now, the really important thing: try smoking some weed and watching this. Best Video-Audio experience possible in the known world. At least in my known world. Worth trying.
      P.S.- Avoid commenting on youtube during this process, it may end up stranguru!

    • @TlalocTemporal
      @TlalocTemporal 8 років тому +1

      +Luís Ferreira -- Panoramical does the same without the drugs.

    • @marybragg235
      @marybragg235 8 років тому

      +Oğuzhan Işık There is a 1 piano 4 hands arrangement so 20 fingers....smiles

  • @08tnt80
    @08tnt80 10 років тому +8

    Beethoven is the man who can stretch the limits of a note.

  • @derkavondangerkill7628
    @derkavondangerkill7628 Рік тому +15

    My first introduction to Beethoven was my grandmother playing Moonlight Sonata on her grand piano. Clockwork Orange definitely made this one of my favorites as well. This song has a sense of mania to it that movie captures well. You can tell the movie is mostly a vessel for the score. Stanley Kubrick had wonderful taste in classical music.

  • @philbrown8181
    @philbrown8181 11 років тому +8

    Absolutely fascinating to see what's going on - very interesting!

  • @camilarossini2721
    @camilarossini2721 7 років тому +11

    I listen to this at maximum volume, and I can't help but march vigorously describing circles following the tempo of the music.

  • @nadel-fu4wz
    @nadel-fu4wz 4 роки тому +6

    During quarantine, my ears and soul need classical music better than ever!

  • @silvestrodevita8770
    @silvestrodevita8770 7 років тому +14

    Genio mostruoso

  • @str_q4362
    @str_q4362 2 роки тому +12

    used to have this as our school bell, absolute perfection.

  • @ravinmarokef
    @ravinmarokef 5 років тому +12

    I first discovered this piece (the 2nd movement) around 2011 and found your version in 2013. I was immediately captivated by the scrolling bar-graph score as this is how I tend to visualize music and this piece is my all time favorite. Anyway I know this comment is 6 years late but thank you so much for this channel and choosing this piece to score!

    • @smalin
      @smalin  5 років тому +3

      You're quite welcome.

    • @caesarsneezer6992
      @caesarsneezer6992 4 роки тому

      I can not read music. This is visual eye candy for me.

  • @jakedakong3393
    @jakedakong3393 10 років тому +1

    I completely agree this is one of the greatest pieces ever written. Beethoven will always remain one of the greatest composers of all time. Thank god for the classical period!!!!

  • @christinemusselman5499
    @christinemusselman5499 4 роки тому +8

    Consider my mind blown! Happy Birthday, Ludwig Beethoven!

    • @smalin
      @smalin  4 роки тому +3

      To celebrate, be sure to check out these: www.musanim.com/BeethovenStringQuartets/

  • @nikkia3d
    @nikkia3d 6 років тому +9

    Such a motivating piece for difficult times...

  • @billperez1141
    @billperez1141 5 років тому +8

    This puts me in mind of those school field trips a long long time ago, going to see and hear The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.....I really loved those field trips....

    • @annbogden2847
      @annbogden2847 4 роки тому

      I went to the Buffalo Philharmonic with my class when I was very young. I've never forgotten. I believe it was in the beginning of the 60s!!!!

  • @bradgrady7497
    @bradgrady7497 4 роки тому +10

    Awesome piece of music. It really gets into your head. I watched the entire thing. And, when it finished I pressed pause and my computer monitor kept moving to the right.

    • @smalin
      @smalin  4 роки тому

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_aftereffect

    • @bradgrady7497
      @bradgrady7497 4 роки тому +1

      @@smalin Oh, I thought it was the music still in my head making the monitor move.

  • @cjjc1221
    @cjjc1221 10 років тому +2

    This is quite amazing. I am mesmerized by the visual representation of my favorite movement in 9th.
    "Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh... And then, a bird of rarest-spun heaven metal, or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now..."

  • @teletubetodd
    @teletubetodd 8 років тому +4

    Magnificent! Like the old piano rolls of yore, this really gives a sense of the "architecture" of the music! (As they say, "architecture is frozen music.") Thanks for posting!

  • @davidpotter6873
    @davidpotter6873 6 років тому +18

    How can anbody put a thumbs down to this absolute classic?!
    lol

    • @smalin
      @smalin  6 років тому +10

      Lots of reasons: they might not like the performance as much as some other one, they might not like me, they might be having a bad day, they might be crazy ...

    • @accipiterignitus5123
      @accipiterignitus5123 6 років тому +2

      They may have screen problem caused by virus which switches all the icon directions. MAYBE.

  • @vf.nightcore
    @vf.nightcore 8 років тому +12

    All I remember is the good old days where this was the standard tune of Windows XP! Thank you Microsoft!

  • @muskatmendelssohn2707
    @muskatmendelssohn2707 7 років тому +19

    5:36 , genius. I am can't believing he wrote this when he was deaf. the dinamic, the harmony, the music! everything is perfect!
    And of course 2:52 - the "game" between the timpani to the orchestra.

  • @rickkernell6131
    @rickkernell6131 8 років тому +1

    What a wonderful way to "see" what is in my opinion, the greatest piece of music ever composed.

  • @THE3NEGOTIATOR1
    @THE3NEGOTIATOR1 9 років тому

    I'm always in awe at how composers are able to change the mood of a song so quickly and dramatically. Pure talent!

  • @BNeller100
    @BNeller100 Рік тому +6

    I fell in love with this music back in the 1950's and 1960's as it was used for the closing music of the Huntley -Brinkley NBC News

    • @blueschewy2558
      @blueschewy2558 Рік тому +1

      And at the beginning of Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

  • @bernardolira
    @bernardolira 4 роки тому +14

    Great and marvelous! I actually SAW notes my ears didn't listen... LOVED IT! Thank you for the effort. I wish I could find more of this :) THX!

    • @smalin
      @smalin  4 роки тому +2

      www.musanim.com/UA-camHighlights/

    • @bernardolira
      @bernardolira 4 роки тому +3

      @@smalin went there! Thank you!

  • @peterjongsma2754
    @peterjongsma2754 5 років тому +4

    This format let's you track and anticipate any part and instrument.
    It's brilliant.
    I love tracking the bass line
    The momentum is great.

  • @andres65080
    @andres65080 9 років тому +3

    Have you ever heard anything more beautiful? This is the definition of the triumph of music.

    • @gustavramirez2891
      @gustavramirez2891 9 років тому

      *****
      Beethoven truly is an incredible composer, but I daresay that some of Mozart's pieces are at least equal to this in both beauty and emotion! :))

    • @smartalek180
      @smartalek180 9 років тому +5

      Gustav Ramirez To me, Mozart is not comparable; he has a completely different vibe -- not as wild or willing to give in to darker or grander passions.Mozart sounds to me like the music of the angels -- but Beethoven's is like hearing the voice of God Himself, accompanied by not only all the angels of heaven, but of Satan and all his demons as well.

  • @daytonbarnett5316
    @daytonbarnett5316 8 років тому +5

    This is some of the most beautiful work I've seen put together. Bravo, hats off to this individual for the time to create this visually stunning artwork

    • @smalin
      @smalin  8 років тому +5

      Thank you. If you'd like to support my work, please see the FAQ.

  • @neeltheother2342
    @neeltheother2342 4 роки тому +8

    The idea that his music was written 200 years ago and people still talk about it and analyze it is astounding. Some parts feel more powerful than even your heaviest metal guitar or loudest bass drop. Pure genius.

  • @rheiagreenland4714
    @rheiagreenland4714 5 років тому +18

    It amazes me that Beethoven made this final piece when he was completely deaf... poor Ludwig couldn't hear his own beautiful music.

    • @smalin
      @smalin  5 років тому +13

      I think you need to distinguish between "couldn't hear his own music" and "couldn't hear other people playing his music." Can you "hear" somebody singing "Happy Birthday" in your head? For Beethoven, the sound of music in his head was more vivid than the sound of it in your ears. Not that he didn't suffer as a result of his deafness --- he very much did. But he was not living in silence in the way you imagine.

    • @melkiorwiseman5234
      @melkiorwiseman5234 5 років тому +5

      Like smalin said, he couldn't hear but he could still imagine. And besides that, he would have been able to sense vibrations through his skin. Quite a few deaf people still enjoy music by "hearing" through the skin, although it works far better when you have an amplifier and can make direct skin contact with a loudspeaker, neither of which Beethoven would have had access to. He was still a brilliant composer.

    • @aiden_macleod
      @aiden_macleod 4 роки тому +1

      Beethoven didn't need to hear it with his ears, I'm sure he listened to it years before he put quill to vellum.

    • @christinemusselman5499
      @christinemusselman5499 4 роки тому +1

      Beethoven was such a great musician (piano) that he knew how music sounded without having to physically hear it. Not to say it wasn't tragic that he went deaf, but ordinary people couldn't have done what he did.

    • @t.j.payeur5331
      @t.j.payeur5331 4 роки тому +1

      Every single flash of light in that video Beethoven saw and heard in his head...where it remained unsullied...

  • @petarpetrov1026
    @petarpetrov1026 2 роки тому +13

    5:03 gotta love the timpani in this part

  • @patriceavarvara2854
    @patriceavarvara2854 5 років тому +15

    My favourite movement of the symphony and possibly the best musical piece in history so far. If we were to classify people by their preference to movements of Symphony No.9, I'd say there are the people who prefer Movement IV - Ode to Joy and there are people who prefer this glorious 2nd Movement. Needless to say, I'm the 2nd Movement most devoted, adoring fan!

    • @janpeterschafermeyer6219
      @janpeterschafermeyer6219 5 років тому +2

      The third movement is also very beautiful. ua-cam.com/video/Kri2jWr08S4/v-deo.html

    • @Larknok1
      @Larknok1 5 років тому

      Synthesis: the fourth movement is considerably improved by the second movement's preceding it!

    • @AnimeKingKaz
      @AnimeKingKaz 4 роки тому +1

      I really don't want to play favorites with the entirety of the composition but I concur with your sentiment.

    • @annbogden2847
      @annbogden2847 4 роки тому

      Me too

  • @Lilbunnialice404
    @Lilbunnialice404 3 роки тому +25

    Oh, I was cured alright

  • @kiri101
    @kiri101 4 роки тому +20

    My speakers don't appear to be loud enough, although my neighbour is helpfully banging their head against the wall in time with the music - how thoughtful.

  • @Andrewwhite1996
    @Andrewwhite1996 2 роки тому +17

    Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity.

  • @lumenpraetorius4592
    @lumenpraetorius4592 6 років тому +6

    Absolutely brilliant. Beethoven at his most inspired.

  • @barrymayhew6700
    @barrymayhew6700 10 років тому +1

    Possibly the greatest piece of music that I have or will ever hear

  • @Xapheion101
    @Xapheion101 3 роки тому +13

    I wish it hadn't taken me nearly 30 years to get into this stuff. Breathtaking work.

    • @smalin
      @smalin  3 роки тому +3

      I recommend this (you might want to start in the middle and work your way earlier and later): www.musanim.com/BeethovenStringQuartets/

    • @nickyreid9004
      @nickyreid9004 3 роки тому +2

      Unfortunately many of us (myself included) didn't actually 'listen' to it and couldn't grasp its value. Good to be here now though lol

  • @Luciobernal123
    @Luciobernal123 7 років тому +8

    Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh...

    • @bdf2718
      @bdf2718 7 років тому +2

      It was like a bird of rarest-spun heaven metal or like silvery wine
      flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now. As I slooshied, I knew
      such lovely pictures!

  • @altareggo
    @altareggo 3 роки тому +6

    At the beginning there was a little notice saying "No mature content." I think it should have read no IMMATURE content: this music is just about the most mature stuff ever written!!!

    • @coltrainemonaque8793
      @coltrainemonaque8793 3 роки тому +1

      "He hums this...CHILDISH TUNE... I think he is going MAD..."

  • @jonahansen
    @jonahansen Рік тому +7

    Another inspired piece of pure music...

  • @x_mander4323
    @x_mander4323 9 років тому +1

    I've been listening to this piece for forty years and even seeing it laid out before me I still cannot fathom how something so beautiful can exist

    • @aliceschesya
      @aliceschesya 9 років тому

      Julián Tovar It's totally cool to listen in that way. Music isn't as linear as it appears. Material is related to each other all over the place. This is most marked in Beethoven's fifth which has very strong musical relationships between material in the 1st, 3rd and 4th movements even though the music is quite different at an emotional level. The middle and end already are already present in the beginning. When I first come across a piece I tend to loose concentration after about 3 minutes and then I am unexpectedly woken up by something amazing in the music. A friend of mine likened this the 'raunchy guitar solo', my father, a jazz musician, called this the 'middle twelve bars'. I tend to work outwards from there. Without convenient playback, I would never been able to appreciate the great classical pieces.

  • @rafaelmagallon2218
    @rafaelmagallon2218 8 років тому +3

    It seems like some people. For some unknown reason dislike this master piece. Even with all these visual effects. That for me is an excellent combination and art work . I like it very much personally . If someone does not apreciet it That's ok. Let them be.

    • @FanGali
      @FanGali 8 років тому +1

      +Rafael Magallon they may dislike the visual effect, or the interpretation. This movement is one of my favorite piece of music ever, i will probably listen to it again a hundred times in my life... and yet, i'm not a fan of this interpretation. Especially the "slow" middle part, which is too fast and lacks subtilities in this version (in my opinion). I didn't dislike though (and i like this visual stuff, reminds me of fruity loops!)

  • @ecclecticeddiek4362
    @ecclecticeddiek4362 2 роки тому +7

    A true master of composition...

  • @Ved000000
    @Ved000000 9 років тому +20

    9:40 Cue Alex putting the mini cassette into the player...

    • @spartanace13
      @spartanace13 9 років тому

      Don't forget the dancing Jesi figurines...

    • @prashunpcchakraborty70
      @prashunpcchakraborty70 9 років тому

      Love that scene.

    • @WintersWar
      @WintersWar 9 років тому

      Vedran Noneofyourbusiness another reference to that bad film. ugh.

    • @smartalek180
      @smartalek180 9 років тому

      Julián Tovar The references are to the Kubrick movie A Clockwork Orange, based on the Anthony Burgess novel of the same name.Beethoven's music plays a pivotal role in the plot, and makes up a fair portion of the soundtrack.If you see the movie, you will never be able to shake the association.You've been warned.

    • @prashunpcchakraborty70
      @prashunpcchakraborty70 9 років тому +1

      It's the same thing with Alex until a very fateful and disturbing moment in the film.

  • @giovannipani
    @giovannipani 6 років тому +5

    Oh deliziosa delizia e incanto. Era piacere impiacentito e divenuto carne. Come piume di un raro metallo spumato, o come vino d'argento versato in nave spaziale. Addio forza di gravità , mentre slusciavo quali visioni incantevoli!

  • @Eonwe
    @Eonwe Місяць тому +2

    I've been waiting for this for over two decades.

    • @smalin
      @smalin  Місяць тому

      ? (It was published here thirteen years ago)

    • @OctyabrAprelya
      @OctyabrAprelya Місяць тому

      @@smalin Then they waited for 7 years and lost 13 by not knowing this vid existed? XD

  • @mfogel60
    @mfogel60 11 років тому

    The graphic representation of these pieces expose the mindboggling complexity of their composition! Genius like this is nowhere to be found today. Absolutely incredible!

  • @clientone4632
    @clientone4632 3 роки тому +8

    Lived my life as a rock and roller . Doesn't touch this!!!

  • @wijlaarsje
    @wijlaarsje 6 років тому +9

    Perhaps the best symphony ever written, incredible..

  • @michaelc.4321
    @michaelc.4321 6 років тому +14

    Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! It was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh

  • @exorc157
    @exorc157 9 років тому +1

    Saw the local at symphony perform this the other day and I couldn't help but bob my head to the beat the entire time.