Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67 Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Paavo Jarvi, dir. 0:01 I. Allegro con brio 7:25 II. Andante con moto 15:58 III. Allegro 20:38 IV. Allegro
I sit here with tears streaming down my face (with glass of wine in hand)... Can't do that at a live concert. One of the most spell bindingly authentic performances of the 5th I have ever witnessed. Jarvi really "Get's it", in ways that others seem to completely miss by comparison. He really "owns it" and yet is gives a very sympathetic treatment of the light passages... Are we not so lucky (as apes with tools and suits) that we have a Beethoven a Jarvi and incredible musicians that have made it their life's work to really "bring it"... We "lucky few"... [This is the first time I have seen Jarvi, but to some I guess he is a household name... will endeavor to learn more ]. Some of the best camera work and editing of an orchestral performance I have ever seen.
After Jarvi I can hardly listen to anyone else's Beethoven. He brings out the raw cosmic lightning and vast view of Beethoven like nobody else, showing us anew why LVB is the very pinnacle of music--as Beethoven said, "Music is a higher revelation than all of philosophy." We hear that here. Total clarity, total energy, godlike humour, and utter self-transcending profundity. Tears if wonder and gratitude well up whenever I listen to Jarvi's Beethoven.
I have this whole set and it is my go to set. What other performance have you heard the piccolos so prominent in the last mvmnt.? Search on YT for a 12 minute explanation of the 5th (1st mvmnt) by Bernstein, that also includes discarded sketches that he threw away. But Lenny places them in the 1st movement for you to hear why LVB discarded them. Also anything by Gerard Schwarze where he explains most of the symphonies at length. And now a blast from the past! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JXtbCVf6hU0.html
Too true! Though you should also check out the 9'th performed at the Proms 2017, if anything can compare with Jarvi's rendition it's that one (although Oslo with that brilliant young (24 years old) conductor (who is, at 24, performing my favorite music of all time, i'm totally not jealous tho!) is very good too! The 7'th done by "Iván Fischer | Concertgebouworkest" is very good too! Also, hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Andrés Orozco-Estrada does all the symphonies very well. Still hard to say any of them beats Jarvi! He's communicating so much with the musicians, you can see he and they have a very tight bond of skill!
I love watching him conduct. He's so expressive towards the orchestra, and just gives the impression he's really really enjoying it. This shows in everything I've seen him conduct.
Too true! Not to be mean, but a lot of conductors (looking at you Barenboin or however it's spelled) seem to be almost on autopilot giving little information to the players, but Jarvi has every note for every player on his mind (you can even compare how he vs others use the baton, Jarvi's seems to be expressing every little twist of the piece!
I really love this conductor. His cues are easy to follow and right on the money. Other conductors I have seen have their own interpretation of cues which sometimes leads to miscues with the orchestra. This maestro is dead-on.
Jaaaa!, ihr Musiker seid die wahren Helden dieser Zeit, ihr spielt die ganze große Verzweifelung, die uns alle heimsuchende Verwirrung, den Hass und die Niedertracht in unserer Welt an die Wand und bringt sie gemeinsam zum Schweigen für einen Augenblick. Mit Tränen in den Augen und der Gewissheit, dass ich nicht alleine bin, danke ich euch von Herzen.
I like this compact and at the same time exciting performance with fastest possible tempi. Paavo Järvi is definitely one of the five most excellent conductors of today's Europe.
I really love Jarvi's vision about Beethoven and not only.He always bring out thinks I never heard before.He takes out from score thinks I never thought about.... Great lesson of music for me ( I think for all of us) Orchestra is fantastic as well..THANK YOU
I grew up with performances of Beethoven's symphonies that were enhanced, if you will, as anticipations of Bruckner and Mahler, with all the grandeur, extreme drama--and bathos--of late Romanticism. As much as later composers channeled Beethoven, he also channeled what came before. Performances like this make me hear Beethoven as a continuation of antecedents (especially Haydn's Opus 50 F# minor quartet and the slow movement of Symphony No. 103)--but also as a departure from them. That's one reason why this Beethoven sounds more radical than a version closer to the idiom of the late 19th century.
the mid to late 20th century practice, over expending every aspects, to a very extreme extend. super slow tempo, super heavy, super personal, super large orchestra. I always wonder why, is it because of all those crazy anti human events and the great wars that people were living in such an atmosphere and needed that to compensate? From a musical aspect, is it very simple to understand that it is better to perform beethoven with how it should be (i.e. a 50-person orchestra). Because beethoven wrote for a 50-person orchestra, so there are many unique and important counterpoints on each individual parts. Because each individual part is supposed to be able to make an impact to the music. If you play it with a big orchestra, you cant hear the clarinet playing its interesting counterpoint, but with a 50-person orchestra, you can.
How I would love to go back in time to get the master, bring him to how and let him see, not only is his music still played, but how close to his vision we are now.
So ist's richtig - endlich einmal ohne das ewige "Schicksals-Pathos", hell und lebhaft im Tempo, dabei äußerst präzise - bravo Ihr Kammerphilharmoniker, bravo Paavo!
By the grace of God, or some eternal spirit, is it possible for genius spirits like Beethoven to ascertain our love, respect , and spiritual awakening and be aware of the uplifting presence his music takes us to a heavenly place .
Excelente!!! , es la primera vez que veo y escucho un director presente en la ejecución , y al mismo tiempo invisible en la composición, la música parece fluir desde lo profundo de Beethoven hacia quien la escucha y siente, es algo completamente emocional y mágico!!!
Splendid, if not the best performance of Beethoven,s 5th. Paavo brings Beethoven,s energy to the orquestra, keeping it bright all along the simphony. The best we classic lovers have in youtube.
That's a great performance. The emotional power of this symphony enlightened me over 45 years ago, and I still find it mind-blowingly exhilarating. Beethoven was the consumate genius, whose music is immortal. As with all great art, mankind can enjoy this priceless gift for all time.
I like the fact that although this is a modern orchestra, he uses natural (valve-less) trumpets. The nature of natural trumpets compared with modern trumpets adds greatly to the dramatic tension - Harnoncourt said something along the lines of natural trumpets producing a driving force without overpowering volume, and if you were to have modern trumpets produce the same drive, they would have to play too loud (basically it needs to be at the top of their dynamic range)
if you notice, all of the rythmic section are played on period instruments (small timpani, natural trumpets and gut strings double basses) and that is the main key of why this recordings are so unique
When Beethoven deliverd this symphony for the fist performance, the players said it was impossible to play at this pace. Beethoven replied. I didn’t write it for you it’s for future generations to play ,finally we get near to his dreams.
What a spectacular reading of this famous Beethoven symphony. I'll be 72 in 2 months, that makes almost 70 years of listening to this piece. I received the Toscanini/NBC Orch recording for my 2nd birthday. After watching this video, it's almost like hearing this music again, but for the first time. Thank you Maestro and this marvelous orchestra.
Guillermarle+ What a majestic performance! This Kammerfhilarmonie is one of the best balanced orchestras I´ve ever heard. What energy, what a grandeur inspiring conductor Paavo Jarvi is. A fifth to remember!
I really enjoy the clarity of the smaller ensemble. That more than makes up for the lack of total power, especially when you can listen at home and crank it up as much as you want. This is one of my new top favorites!
This is the nearest to Beethoven’s intention. A fantastic rendition of this symphony. Considering the same four notes brought us this , and the mighty forth piano. Wow, what a genius
OH, WOW! What a performance!! Jarvi is at the top of Beethoven's symphonies interpretation. Never ceases to amaze me how he finishes the phrasing at about 3 seconds after 18:23, I've never heard it that way, and that's TRUE Beethoven! Well done, Paavo!
I must see one of these live... Its like the music exists on another plain. ... there is a kind of immensity about the sound..... Like it could be heard from outer space...
Mir gefällt diese kompakte und zugleich spannende Aufführung mit möglichst schnellen Tempi. Paavo Järvi ist bestimmt einer der fünf ausgezeichnetesten Dirigenten heutiges Europas!
best andante CON MOTO, go paavo. what a fucking boss. he was the conductor of my city's symphony (CSO) for many years, but I was always too young to appreciate him.
This has to be closest to what the maestro intended. The metronome markings say this is the speed. Beethoven wrote for this interpretation, finally after all this time a conductor and orchestra can achieve his vision. Absolutely wonderful
I beleive that this symphony is faster than it was played live, i listened to it on 0.75x and their physicals movement made sense. However, the tempo when it’s faster is much much better
Yes - is hard! Only people who had studied Beethoven a life long like Karajan or Furtwängler - have a chance to play Beethoven exactly! Beethoven is ten time faster and mor exactly than the others and you need all your energy! There are only very few people and orchestras in the world that can Beethoven - but they pay all a high price!
I believe that the very soul, emotion and motion expressed in this symphony (as well as in other great pieces of music) is the explanation and reason of life. This is beyond humanity; paradoxically, it was a human who composed this.
There’s only one Beethoven Thank God writing music is the only thing he knew what to do. He writes music that strikes fire in the heart of a man and put tears in the eyes of a woman. Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes. Ludwig van Beethoven
This is a great performance. If I had a son or a daughter who wanted to be a conductor, or even a composer, I would say - listen to the moment where the clarinet begins a beatific phrase, replied to by the rest, at 9:05-9:48 , then listen to another moment where the woodwinds decide to break into a relative and unexpected silence, again replied to by the rest, at 14:39-15:07 ---- that, my friends - the beautiful path of musical sounds - is the ART OF MUSIC
Deepnosepicker, i want this same symphony with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen & Paavo Järvi live in Bremen (Germany) on April 2nd 2008 at the President's Benefit Concert.
