Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic (1977) 00:00 Adagio molto - Allegro con brio 10:17 Larghetto 20:17 Scherzo: Allegro 23:57 Allegro molto
cause the 9th symphony is more like a resume of all his previous works and beyond you can hear his entire life made music in that great work. ninth symphony is one of the most awesome pieces ever written!!
This is music that touches us deeply due to its sensitivity and strength. The glorious and admiring way in which Beethoven composes cannot leave anyone indifferent, as it has the particularity of, through his music, bringing the human feeling to the surface, how intimate it may be. The orchestra is remarkable with an amazing direction. It is a recording, considered by me, one of the best I have heard so far. Bravissimo!!!
To me, his most Mozartian symphony; not that it sounds like Mozart, except in certain turnings of phrase. It just seems to have the character of a late Mozart symphony.
taken separately from his later music, this is in its own right the purest expression of Beethoven at the time. a key to the later works, not merely a stepping stone.
I love Beethoven's underrated symphonies...I am listening closely, more aware than with the 5th and 9th...So , today while driving to work, something baffled me: The Scherzo starts with this 16bar motive, repeated once. Formally, the score then indicates a new section. However, in the first four bars of that new section (20:37), Beethoven does not present a new motive, but reiterates the melodic rhythm of the first one. Then, in bar 5, where it says fortepiano (fp) the new motive is introduced....on the second beat of the bar!! I call that very very cheeky. Maybe somebody with a a more profound knowledge in music can confirm or contradict to what I found out.
Skips along at a very pleasant pace and a joy to listen to. What a composer and with his hearing difficulties demonstrated a true commitment to his music.
no expert (tho' I love these youtube offerings that let me try to follow the score as a piece is being played) but I've loved Beethoven's work for 50years in large part becuz he tastes, at least to me, so humorously cheeky! with all his other accolades I think of him as the first jazz master and a much more coy kindred predecessor to Victor Borge and amen to what you said about his underrated symphonies
This piece shows that even composers we think are no-nonsense or serious--which Beethoven has the image of both--can have a pretty good sense of humour! Just listen to that ending filled with fake endings lol
Oh boy Beethoven. That was a cool thing you did at 2:00 I wonder if you'll ever being it back... you know, short time role... like a cameo.... Beethoven: A cameo you say? How about I just make it an integral part of the opening of my greatest symphony
Symphonies No. 2, and No. 3 are my favorites of Beethoven. No. 3 for its obvious Beethoven "character," innovations, and profound beauty. But No. 2, is sweet, playful, youthful, fun, and romantic. To be honest, for pure enjoyment, No. 2 is my favorite.
@@finden3362 yes, I do... 🙂 To me, this symphony has a slight "flavor" of Italian comic opera, especially the last movement. The second movement is so sweet and warm. I sometimes say Beethoven is like two separate composers. Another atypical Beethoven piece is his Spring Sonata for violin.
He's the guy who composed that funny answering message you used to hear in those 1980s commercials. You know, the one that goes, "Nobody's home! Nobody's home!" to the tune of the Fifth Symphony.
@@Quotenwagnerianer Yes, you are correct, thank you for responding! I checked the CD info when another user asked the same question but forgot about this older comment.
Jamison Sanchez Karajan, my wayward son! These 1977 Beethoven recordings w/ the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra are the best ever! Beethoven (even classically inspired Beethoven, like this symphony) can't be excelled.
Beethoven brought about the change in music from the earlier music to later music. He was a pioneer composer. I love his music. He composed music with feeling. I'm a tuba player, and while the tuba was a later brass instrument in music history, I love music of all kinds. Even when trombone and tuba weren't used in music, the music can still sound full and complete.
Die Werbung ist an unmöglichen Stellen platziert. Abgesehen davon: Großartig, vielen Dank! (Abgesehen davon, dass ich im Gegensatz zu der Aufnahme ein Freund der nahezu ausgestorbenen Tradition bin, auch die Wiederholungen aufzuführen.)
Mark Leneker in my ears neither the first or second symphonies are Mozartean. They're classical style, and certainly classical in form, and inspiration, but they're pure Beethoven, not Mozart--know the difference.
Closer to Haydn than Mozart, although flashes of Mozart at times (sometimes they seem put-on). But even when I say more like Haydn, it's more that Beethoven's compositional style (motivic manipulation) resembles Haydn's, not so much that it sounds like Haydn. (For a symphony that DOES sound very Haydn-ish, listen to Schubert's Fifth. The orchestration is quite different, though, as are his development sections, but probably the closest "copy" I can think of.)
Maestro_T Schubert's Fifth is a miraculous creation. All of Schubert's early symphonies (1-6) are classically inspired, moreso than any of Beethoven's. But of that group only the 5th seems purely Schubertian: it's natural and lyrical throughout; it's early Schubert, now in form and structure it's highly classically inspired and influenced by Haydn, but its lyricism is pure Schubert.
The end of 1st movement sounds very triumphant. Interestingly, I hear a timpani roll at the last measure while I don't see any roll notations in the score.
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Really, you prefer the first to this? I find that one really weak. The intro is charming, of course, the scherzo (err, "Menuetto," sure) is great and I like the finale, but the first two movements...ehh. I was always shocked at how much better his sonatas are from the same time period. He reeeally tread carefully with that one.
Beethoven himself hated this one. He wrote three versions of it, and even though he finally released the third version, he still considered it terrible
@@bellablue6313 Both the 1st and 2nd, as well as his mature symphonies #s 4 & 8, are classically inspired works. Critics generally have been more favorable towards his more progressive style in symphonies nos. 3, 5, 7 and 9 as well as the Pastoral, a true early tone poem.
I never thought that much of Beethoven... Listening to this in the car yesterday and I freaked out a little. I'd definitely never heard it before and right now it's hands down my favorite piece by ANYONE.
También deudora del clasicismo con más ɓrio en el primer movimiento, y osadías armónicas en el tercero como el acorde de f # mayor en la tonalidad de tónica. 😢 ❤ 😮
A bunch of obnoxious comments below about some stupid character/game, but I guess we should be thankful young people decided to search for this. P.S. If you liked it, you should explore his other symphonies. They get even better (except number 1).
@@wodzimierzwosimieta2758 Nothing is really "wrong" with it, but it's the weakest of the nine by far. I find the second much better, and then the later ones are of course amazing. I would even say the first is a lot weaker than most of his early piano sonatas.
it's not stupid, it's from a thing called SCP Foundation, known as the place of good, bad and mediocre horror writing pieces. and it is great that they for some reason got inspired by this to write in that particular genre, for it really brought people here.
It's notable that transition passage in the exposition, and the recapitulation of the first movement is nearly a copy of analogous passages in the first movement of the Waldstein Sonata opus 53.
Already in his first symphony, at the very beginning of it, Beethoven did something with notes that raised quite a few eyebrows (among critics, at least). It is in C major, but the very first notes are E together with B flat! :-D Beethoven was most innovative and well ahead of his time :D
Beginning with C Dominant Chord (I mean not starting with C, but it is indeed C Dominant), G, B-Flat, C, E, then F Major with the lowest note that is A! He is truly a composer and ahead of his time! :D
To that great list of Beethoven's symphonies 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9, in fact 1 and 2 must be included. The first one from the beginning already brings us what will be the great symphonic work of Ludwig with that dissonant beginning and different from the other classics. The second is an advance to the Eroica, totally happy, it does not give respite, it was already innovating with that festivity and that was almost romanticism.
Thank you so much for displaying the score to this piece. I have heard the 2nd symphony many times, but seeing the score makes it come alive. I'm subscribing and hoping there will be many more like this. Incredible.
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2:00 sounds like the 9th symphony
cause the 9th symphony is more like a resume of all his previous works and beyond you can hear his entire life made music in that great work. ninth symphony is one of the most awesome pieces ever written!!
I wrote the same.
Going to see the Chicago Symphony play this in 2 weeks. Happy 250th Birthday, Ludwig von!
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This is music that touches us deeply due to its sensitivity and strength. The glorious and admiring way in which Beethoven composes cannot leave anyone indifferent, as it has the particularity of, through his music, bringing the human feeling to the surface, how intimate it may be. The orchestra is remarkable with an amazing direction. It is a recording, considered by me, one of the best I have heard so far. Bravissimo!!!
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@@varahunter68 Bruh
To me, his most Mozartian symphony; not that it sounds like Mozart, except in certain turnings of phrase. It just seems to have the character of a late Mozart symphony.
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And a late Haydn symphony
Actually, far from it!
not even close lol
There's nothing mozartian about this lol
00:00 Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
10:17 Larghetto
20:17 Scherzo: Allegro
23:57 Allegro molto
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Scp 066: uhhh ill go for beethoven's second symphony lmao
0:26 *SCP-066 Eric's toy has joined the VOICEchat
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What is it about Beethoven cranking on every third movement in every symphony? Each one is a stand-out.
What is it about Beethoven cranking on every movement in every piece? Each one is a stand-out.
The first movement is one of the best things he ever wrote. Absolutely amazing.
taken separately from his later music, this is in its own right the purest expression of Beethoven at the time. a key to the later works, not merely a stepping stone.
I love Beethoven's underrated symphonies...I am listening closely, more aware than with the 5th and 9th...So , today while driving to work, something baffled me: The Scherzo starts with this 16bar motive, repeated once. Formally, the score then indicates a new section. However, in the first four bars of that new section (20:37), Beethoven does not present a new motive, but reiterates the melodic rhythm of the first one. Then, in bar 5, where it says fortepiano (fp) the new motive is introduced....on the second beat of the bar!! I call that very very cheeky. Maybe somebody with a a more profound knowledge in music can confirm or contradict to what I found out.
I don't call myself an expert but you are absolutely right.
Skips along at a very pleasant pace and a joy to listen to. What a composer and with his hearing difficulties demonstrated a true commitment to his music.
Also 7:05 motif (in the flutes) is all over the symphony. Ex: 29:14 22:12
24:42 is the schezo (the violins)
no expert (tho' I love these youtube offerings that let me try to follow the score as a piece is being played)
but I've loved Beethoven's work for 50years in large part becuz he tastes, at least to me, so humorously
cheeky!
with all his other accolades
I think of him as the first jazz master
and a much more coy kindred predecessor to Victor Borge
and amen to what you said about his underrated symphonies
0:27 Scp-066 "Eric"
This piece shows that even composers we think are no-nonsense or serious--which Beethoven has the image of both--can have a pretty good sense of humour! Just listen to that ending filled with fake endings lol
0:26 or 0:25
Riseo: bro no i i'm not
**Eric toy gets angry and screams**
Riseo: bro my ears 😢
Great performance. Love how the strings just explode around 7:39.
Oh boy Beethoven.
That was a cool thing you did at 2:00
I wonder if you'll ever being it back... you know, short time role... like a cameo....
Beethoven: A cameo you say? How about I just make it an integral part of the opening of my greatest symphony
I'm glad I'm not the only one who heard that!
Symphonies No. 2, and No. 3 are my favorites of Beethoven. No. 3 for its obvious Beethoven "character," innovations, and profound beauty. But No. 2, is sweet, playful, youthful, fun, and romantic. To be honest, for pure enjoyment, No. 2 is my favorite.
Do you love the second movimment of this one? Because i do
@@finden3362 yes, I do... 🙂 To me, this symphony has a slight "flavor" of Italian comic opera, especially the last movement. The second movement is so sweet and warm. I sometimes say Beethoven is like two separate composers. Another atypical Beethoven piece is his Spring Sonata for violin.
Recently became my fav. Total mind-blower
One of the most beautiful and brilliant symphony with vivid tempo and bright light in his music. I like this piece so deeply.
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1801: this is relaxing music
2012: eric???
*proceeds to blast this at full volume, completely annihilating your eardrums*
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This Ludwig guy is FIRE...
Where is he from...? Does he tour???
He's the guy who composed that funny answering message you used to hear in those 1980s commercials. You know, the one that goes, "Nobody's home! Nobody's home!" to the tune of the Fifth Symphony.
hes dead
@@sneddypie r/whooooosh
The Classical Nerd of Classical oh I thought he was still alive.
Indio Duran I think he is... no? Dude check out his FIRST MASS!! It’s fire, man ! Mass In C Major, or Mass No. 1 HIS FIRST !! Man he is something else
29:07 this ending is so great, thank you a lot for uploading!
For the best experience, please play this at 140 decibels.
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Eric? Eric? Eric? Eric?
Ironic Beethoven was deaf and his music is probably what will make me deaf in the future
That's beethoven!!
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A great masterpiece played fabulously.....thank you !
5:25 best fugue ever
Edit: it’s actually counter point with instruments
man, this is the best quality Beethoven I listened so far. Where did you get them. Thank you anyway
The recordings are from the Karajan Symphony Edition CD. I'm not sure which of his recordings of Beethoven's symphonies were included on the CD.
@@jamisonsanchez9372 Sounds like the 70's cycle to me.
@@Quotenwagnerianer Yes, you are correct, thank you for responding! I checked the CD info when another user asked the same question but forgot about this older comment.
Jamison Sanchez Karajan, my wayward son! These 1977 Beethoven recordings w/ the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra are the best ever!
Beethoven (even classically inspired Beethoven, like this symphony) can't be excelled.
@@jamisonsanchez9372 thank you Jamison Sanchez ...
I thoroughly enjoy having the score visible as I listen.
Beethoven brought about the change in music from the earlier music to later music. He was a pioneer composer. I love his music. He composed music with feeling. I'm a tuba player, and while the tuba was a later brass instrument in music history, I love music of all kinds. Even when trombone and tuba weren't used in music, the music can still sound full and complete.
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Beethoven was a genius! :-D
It's so much shorter than most performances but the tempo is excellent.
That is because Karajan notoriously ignored repeats in Beethoven symphonies.
Die Werbung ist an unmöglichen Stellen platziert. Abgesehen davon: Großartig, vielen Dank! (Abgesehen davon, dass ich im Gegensatz zu der Aufnahme ein Freund der nahezu ausgestorbenen Tradition bin, auch die Wiederholungen aufzuführen.)
a wonderful symphony to cultivate a broken psyche with. truly stunning. I would include this in my infinite playlist at the end of time.
I, too.
Very interesting how much he found his voice vs. how Mozartian the 1st Symphony sounded.
Mark Leneker in my ears neither the first or second symphonies are Mozartean. They're classical style, and certainly classical in form, and inspiration, but they're pure Beethoven, not Mozart--know the difference.
Closer to Haydn than Mozart, although flashes of Mozart at times (sometimes they seem put-on). But even when I say more like Haydn, it's more that Beethoven's compositional style (motivic manipulation) resembles Haydn's, not so much that it sounds like Haydn. (For a symphony that DOES sound very Haydn-ish, listen to Schubert's Fifth. The orchestration is quite different, though, as are his development sections, but probably the closest "copy" I can think of.)
Maestro_T Schubert's Fifth is a miraculous creation. All of Schubert's early symphonies (1-6) are classically inspired, moreso than any of Beethoven's. But of that group only the 5th seems purely Schubertian: it's natural and lyrical throughout; it's early Schubert, now in form and structure it's highly classically inspired and influenced by Haydn, but its lyricism is pure Schubert.
Where in earth did you find Beethoven mozartian?
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Is this the only Beethoven symphony where none of its Movements are in 2/4 time?
when your name isn’t Eric 💀:
When you're minding your own business bein a ball of yarn and someone walks up to you and says your name over and over
ERIC?
Eric?
Eric?
Who's here after knowing the song emitted by SCP-066
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10:19 omg
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alot better when its not trying to kill your damn ears
3:45
5:13-6:10
9:00-10:15 (basically the entire dang coda) (also, 9:00 uses diminution, and 9:22 is badass)
12:59-13:40
18:54-19:33 (same thing but in dominant key)
20:37-20:51
22:11 (jokes lmao)
24:18-24:35
24:40- 25:08 (especially 24:54)
25:45 Clever use of material. 25:51 too. Both motifs are from 23:56
27:11- 27:37
29:01-30:08 (basically the entire coda again lol)
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The end of 1st movement sounds very triumphant. Interestingly, I hear a timpani roll at the last measure while I don't see any roll notations in the score.
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9:26 same chord progression in the Eroica symphony
And same chord progression as The Heavens Are Telling
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Eric?
Eric?
Imagine a ball of spaghetti rolls up to you and it can say Eric tf
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Two advertisements between movements 2 and 3? Really?
Sorry, I know how frustrating that is. I'm not able to add/remove advertisements since I do not own the rights to the music. The copyright holder does that automatically. I would suggest looking into an adblocker for your browser such as ublock origin and you won't ever see an ad on UA-cam again.
@@jamisonsanchez9372 thanks; it's not your fault. I'm too cheap to buy an ad blocker. Maybe I'll just buy the CD!
@@laurenhahn101 They are completely free! I personally use ublock origin which is one of the more popular ones. If you use Chrome for your browser you might consider switching to Firefox since Google will be removing adblocker functionality shortly.
This is my least favourite Beethoven symphony, but it's still pretty impressive
Really, you prefer the first to this? I find that one really weak. The intro is charming, of course, the scherzo (err, "Menuetto," sure) is great and I like the finale, but the first two movements...ehh. I was always shocked at how much better his sonatas are from the same time period. He reeeally tread carefully with that one.
Beethoven himself hated this one. He wrote three versions of it, and even though he finally released the third version, he still considered it terrible
@@bellablue6313 Both the 1st and 2nd, as well as his mature symphonies #s 4 & 8, are classically inspired works. Critics generally have been more favorable towards his more progressive style in symphonies nos. 3, 5, 7 and 9 as well as the Pastoral, a true early tone poem.
I never thought that much of Beethoven... Listening to this in the car yesterday and I freaked out a little. I'd definitely never heard it before and right now it's hands down my favorite piece by ANYONE.
También deudora del clasicismo con más ɓrio en el primer movimiento, y osadías armónicas en el tercero como el acorde de f # mayor en la tonalidad de tónica. 😢 ❤ 😮
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Love the 2nd movement
29:06 - utter perfection of an ending to a symphony.
A bunch of obnoxious comments below about some stupid character/game, but I guess we should be thankful young people decided to search for this. P.S. If you liked it, you should explore his other symphonies. They get even better (except number 1).
What's wrong with his first symphony?
@@wodzimierzwosimieta2758 Nothing is really "wrong" with it, but it's the weakest of the nine by far. I find the second much better, and then the later ones are of course amazing. I would even say the first is a lot weaker than most of his early piano sonatas.
@elferminxd I'm 43, fuck off with your old and tired meme.
Oooh did the younglings insult your truck?
it's not stupid, it's from a thing called SCP Foundation, known as the place of good, bad and mediocre horror writing pieces. and it is great that they for some reason got inspired by this to write in that particular genre, for it really brought people here.
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There are similarities with his first one. The tempo changes at the beginning, the falling quaver notes in the main theme and others.
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Hi old man
Nobody:
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Ima gonna play this on my brothers birthday Eric! And I’m surprising him with a new toy made out of string
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Bro there is like 4 copyrights on this video lol.
in a summer camp i performed the first movement and boy was it fun
for anyone wondering- kinhaven '22 i was a chaconie
It been a year Eric I really really miss you
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Not as good when it isn't 140 decibels.
Thanks Scp 066
Why am I listening to this? Because of my homework. Is it cool that I like this and found it just because of my homework? Yes.
noussa Xbx isn't the 2nd movement beautiful? It's truly heavenly
9:01 to the end of mvt 1 is just fucking amazing.
I agree
This is what made Beethoven, well...Beethoven! Who else coulda pulled that modulation off, making it sound so badass!
A very nice work, but the performance shows its age. Period instruments sound much more nice.
The very end sounds like the end of his 5th
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2:06 sounds almost exactly like the first movement of the Ninth
Beethoven has just started to express his own artistic voice in this one. Perhaps he wanted to homage his second symphony in his last?
It's nothing bad. I just noticed it.
It's notable that transition passage in the exposition, and the recapitulation of the first movement is nearly a copy of analogous passages in the first movement of the Waldstein Sonata opus 53.
@@L33tw0rk This is actually his first symphony.
9th In D Minor, 2nd In D Major
The Larghetto. Glorious.
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Already in his first symphony, at the very beginning of it, Beethoven did something with notes that raised quite a few eyebrows (among critics, at least). It is in C major, but the very first notes are E together with B flat! :-D Beethoven was most innovative and well ahead of his time :D
Beginning with C Dominant Chord (I mean not starting with C, but it is indeed C Dominant), G, B-Flat, C, E, then F Major with the lowest note that is A! He is truly a composer and ahead of his time! :D
@@farrelpermadi5471 the greatest composer of all times
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SCP-066 intensifies
13:14
so relaxing, just what the doctor ordered!
Relaxing?! Two of these movements are Beethoven at his most hyper.
Go to hear "island fever' by thé beach boys
7:19 major-minor❤❤❤
help pls im gonna be dead by erics toy
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Was für ein wunderschöner 2. Satz!
this is the theme os SCP-066
Fuck off.
Yes
Actually its 2:02
Pich is half tone too high. I wouldn't mind too much but it's disturbing while trying to follow the written music.
Crank it up to 140 decibels and then you’re cookin.
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To that great list of Beethoven's symphonies 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9, in fact 1 and 2 must be included. The first one from the beginning already brings us what will be the great symphonic work of Ludwig with that dissonant beginning and different from the other classics. The second is an advance to the Eroica, totally happy, it does not give respite, it was already innovating with that festivity and that was almost romanticism.
0:02
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👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 eriC?
@Mimikyu don't worry it's an artistic representation we... we should be fine
Eric?
Thank you so much for displaying the score to this piece. I have heard the 2nd symphony many times, but seeing the score makes it come alive. I'm subscribing and hoping there will be many more like this. Incredible.