Beethoven is really loved - Beethoven Symphony No.3 | Classical Music Reaction 

This symphony is called 'Eroica' because Beethoven originally dedicated it to Napoleon, whom Beethoven thought was a man of the people. But Beethoven tore out the symphony's dedication page when he learned that Napoleon had declared himself Emperor.

The third movement sounds like something I would hear walking around in a medieval village, so lovely.

Favorite Beethoven symphony and one of my favorite musical works. Didnt break me on first listening (apart from the middle section of the 2nd movement which enraptured me from the very first)...now I cant imagine not knowing this wonder of the world..Glorious genius

AHHHHH I WILL NEVER GET TIRED OF HEARING THE MOMENT THOSE TRUMPETS BARGE IN AT 50:44 AND 50:50 !! SO EUPHORIC.

Beethoven is the ultimate musical Architect. Vitruvius, 1st century BC Roman architect and engineer, known for his multi-volume work entitled 'De Architectura' originated the idea that all buildings should have three attributes: "Strength", "Utility", and "Beauty" (firmitas, utilitas, and venustas). And also gives six principles of Architecture: Order, Arrangement, Eurythmy (beauty found in proportion), Symmetry, Propriety (perfection based on adherence to architectural principles), and Economy. "Music is liquid architecture; architecture is frozen music.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe It's as if Beethoven takes the most majestic architectural wonders and converts them into sound.

I get to hear this live in may and I’m so excited since it’s my favorite symphony of his can’t wait to hear what it sounds like in person

HIs best symphony. The Heroic one that towers above all others. Revolutionized the symphony from that point on. Then there's the ninth, seventh, eight, sixth..

Man you are so right this has to be listened to many many times. I've listened to this piece hundreds of times over the last 20 years or so and it only keeps getting BETTER with each listen. This is one of the most influential works in the history of music. Who knows what the course of musical history would have been if Beethoven didn't compose this piece. And when you listen again try the context of the "hero" is Beethoven himself, overcoming his deafness and suicidal thoughts to keep pushing us onward! The 3rd movement starts on the same last note of the second movement's funeral march, meaning, "I'm back baby!!"

Just so you know the part on 25:01 was a fugato section. Still one of the best moments in the whole symphony for me. Anyhow, thanks for the reaction.

This being the best piece of music ever created can be debated (most probably Beethoven’s 9th would take that spot), but it is for certain the most influential piece is the history of music. Through his 3rd symphony, "Eroica," Beethoven opened the door to never before seen forms of pure expression and transfer of raw emotion through this symphony's revolutionary structure, orchestration, dynamic range and heavy use of dissonance and development of themes. I would suggest you watch on RU-vid the movie "Beethoven’s Eroica". That shows just how much this piece of music shattered the formality and regulations of the early 18th century and Classical Period, thrusting the world into the Romantic Period.

Great, finally This symphony, Requested it a long time ago but no a membership so yeah,It takes really long,btw thanks.yeah it's a bit Hard to listen in the first time,but the more you listen to it,the more you like it

Try listening to karajan's interpretation of this symphony afterwards. The Eroica is a symphony that in fact demands to be heard many times.

Yeahhhh!! Now waiting for the 5th, 6th and 7th symphony 😄😄

This symphony along with the 9th is the most powerful musical work ever imo

I love that you are (whether intentionally or by accident) selecting some "older" or "classic" performances of Beethoven symphonies, Gidi. So many modern ones are shallow and trivial. Well done!

You have to react to Symphony No.6. It's the most beautiful of his symphonies.

Oh nice I´ve been waiting for this! Love your reactions man it´s wholesome to watch

The first movement of this symphony may be the most perfect music ever written. Your reactions are a beacon in a sea of mediocrity, sir!

Great reaction! This is my favorite piece of music, along with Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Please keep your videos coming! I really appreciate your effort and dedication.

1:55 my first gosegump, Beethoven = very many gosegumps.

Thanks to my father's record collection, the Eroica was my first (classical) love - about 50 years ago! Thanks for this reminder! ❤

This symphony broke new boundaries in it's time and in my opinion if you could only listen to one symphony, then this should be the one

No. 6 and 7 my favourites! Hope you get to them!

Some odd comments here about the performance, when there's nothing wrong with it - indeed, for a recording made in the late 1950s it holds up very well. Ferenc Fricsay was a great conductor, and you can't go wrong with the Berlin Philharmonic at this point in its history.

The second movement is a funeral march. "Eroica" means "heroic". This was originally intended as an ode to Napoleon Bonaparte. But after Napoleon declared himself Emperor (the music was already complete), Beethoven scratched out the dedication at the top of the score (leaving a hole in the paper), and simply called it the "heroic" symphony.

As much as i love the dark colours of Fricsay's I find it a bit slow at times, this piece can be more exciting. Try out Manfred Honeck's , absolute banger!

Your channel is a breath of fresh air. I believe you are ready to try the composer whom Beethoven himself regarded as the greatest of our species. Cheers!

Yes!! I’ve been waiting for this one

Professor Robert Greenberg, in his Great Courses lectures on Beethoven's symphonies, does a marvelous job of being a tour guide through this evolutionary, revolutionary work (not to mention the other eight). I highly recommend his lectures.

Epic

I love Beethoven’s 3rd!

Please do Schubert's "Unfinished"! And Bach‘s „Goldberg Variations“ played by Glenn Gould!

Love your reactions! You should listen to Prokofievs Symphony Concertante for cello! I like Brannon Cho’s recording since it’s the best quality 😊

I think you need a different version. Maybe try Karajan's 80s Beethoven cycle.

Have you reacted to Grosse fugue before (Beethoven)?

nice vid,reaction and clear clean performance,even if the first and 3rd mvt tempo is a bit slow.

I recommend Karajan's version

you should make a discord server!

Beethoven produces symphonies with a lot of energy with a lot of climaxes, so it's important to get recordings which show these aspects of his music, or we lose a lot of content. I prefer Karajan, Abbado or Bernstein recording of these symphonies, but sometimes Karajan put excessive energy on that, which is a problem too.

I think this recording didn't do it justice. There are out there other faster and more powerful recordings.

I didn't really "get" this piece for a long time. I mean I basically understood it, and generally liked it, I just didn't love it immediately the way I did the other Beethoven symphonies, particularly the opening section of the first movement. It just seemed a bit awkward and strange, in a way that I didn't really "feel". (The finale of the 7th symphony also gives me this sort of awkward feeling.) It didn't seem to be because I didn't know the music: I had played it in university orchestra (rehearsing it for probably 8-10 weeks), and owned two different recordings of it (I think Haitink/Concertgebouw and Hogwood/Academy of Ancient Music), neither of which changed my opinion of the opening. Then, around 1989 I think, Decca released the San Francisco Symphony's recording of it (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-q6r0NlcLZbw.html) conducted by their then-music director Herbert Blomstedt. I got the CD (which also has Symphony No. 1), as I did all their other recordings, out of a sort of sense of duty to support my hometown orchestra, but not really expecting "greatness". But to my surprise, not only was it very well played and recorded, but I GOT it. From the first chords, I was like "ah, so THAT's how it goes!" and I loved every second of it, and still do. There was something about the pacing, tempo, forward energy, etc. with which Blomstedt approached the music that made so much more sense than the other recordings I'd heard. It suddenly felt right in ways it hadn't before. (Sadly, this is the only Beethoven they recorded together.) (While this Fricsay/Berlin performance is very good overall, I still like Blomstedt/SFS quite a bit better, in all four movements.) Incidentally, I had the exact same experience with the Blomstedt/SFS recording of Sibelius's Symphony No. 2, after two other very different recordings - conducted by Karajan and Bernstein - failed me. (On the other hand, I prefer Karajan over Blomstedt for Sibelius's symphonies 5-7.)

Please do Mahler 9 Gidi please

It's very typical of the classical period (also with Mozart and Haydn) that plenty of importance is put on the first movement.

You should try Bach's keyboard concerto no 1 played by Glenn Gould

The movie eroica 2003 may explain better every themes and emocions from the faces of actors ...and you will learn more ... The first moviment ...Explane the hero and his vision for what he fightes and he fightes for rightness and true love and equality love among people who hero fightes for sacrifice love... Second moviment ..we can understand ...that Hero never dies ...he will live forever and everyone would be an hero until he dies for right things and true love and he our Hero fightes for right things and he fight for sacrifice love. Third moviment explaing that Hero wants to hear your answer ...do you believe in him or not ? He is shouting for an answer ....is your answer yes with him ? Fourth moviment ...Hero will remain in his victory even things can go worse .The Hero is shouting for joy and rightness that one day everyone will receive his message and his victory ... The Hero is not Bonaparte ,not a man but Jesus Christ our savior

I also find it amusing that the album cover art has the name of the music in English, and the name of the German orchestra in French. What?

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Listen to the Eroica Vatiations for piano

Hope gidi can react to some Beethoven sonata😄 Sonata no3,no21

Request composer CLAUS OGERMANN. Music piece titled 'Two Concertos'.

plz listen to bruckner 7th symphony, the best symphony ever

I’ve never understood why #2 and #4 aren’t more popular. I like them better than #3- but I’m a novice at best. Kudos to u for tackling these, but they ARE so impressive 😌

You should react to Wagner. I know he's a racist piece of sh*t, but it doesn't get into his music at least. I still love Kanye despite his recent weirdness. We shouldn't only subscribe to the idea that only "nice people" compose great music. Start with Wagner's Lohengrin Overture or Parsifal overture. Even his Liebestod sung by the great black soprano Jessye Norman.

Please, subtitles in portuguese!

Not the best version to be honest

A recording that leaves out the repeat of the exposition in the first movement of the Eroica is not worth listening to. Nothing destroys the balance of that movement more than ignoring the repeat. I don't understand why some conductors don't understand such a simple concept. The Exposition (played only once like in this recording) has 151 bars. The Development has 245 bars The Recapitulation + Coda has 293 bars. Looking at these numbers it should be glaringly obvious that in order to keep a balance between the 3 parts the expostion needs to be repeated so that it has 302 bars.

Too much slow..

This version sounds too clean to my ears, with a bit too much of post-production, I guess. We can distinctly hear every separate instrument, which is nice if you want to make a technical study of music composition, but I think it definitely lacks heroism and passion. Just my opinion here ;)

I don't like this performance too slow and flat dynamics