Beethoven : Wellingtons Victory : A Spectacular Movie - BPO / Karajan 

When you see this footage, you realise that the many of the heroes in the movie are the horses. The really are noble looking animals.

Auch wenn viele die Nase rümpfen. Wellington ist schon ein klasse Musikstück, besonders der 2,Teil, die visuelle Umsetzung gelungen. Wenn man es nicht anders wüßte, würde man sagen: da hat einer eine passende Filmmusik zur Schlacht geschrieben. Schußgenau!

This heroic melody promotes spiritual uplift and awakening, and activates the human soul

Movie is Waterloo, Rod Steiger as Napoleon, Christopher Plummer as Wellington

Beethoven wins over all sides.

The cannons and images of war overshadow the genius of the music. It is clear that the piece is inspired by war, but war is a human handicap and music is probably its greatest virtue.

Wow, this is a wonderful piece of film editing. The music is Beethoven, nothing more to say. Thank you !

Impressive movie, but I'am missing General Blücher and Prussia

I recall Beethoven was not a fan of Napoleon after the First Consul made himself Emperor of the French. In addition to removing the dedication to Napoleon from the manuscript of the 3rd Symphony and composing "Wellington's Victory, Beethoven composed the Yorkscher March, heard at the start of the Grossen Zapfenstreich. Prussian General Yorke commanded the Prussian contingent of the Grande Armee for the invasion of Russia, but withdrew his forces from the invasion. He was rewarded with the title Graf (Count) von Wartburg. BTW, his descendents were remembered as opponents of the Nazis.

"Wellington's Victory" is something of a musical novelty. The full orchestration calls for two flutes, a piccolo, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, six trumpets, three trombones, timpani, a large percussion battery (including muskets and other artillery sound effects), and a usual string section of violins I and II, violas, cellos, and double basses. There are more trumpets than horns, and more brass and percussion. In the orchestral percussion section one player plays the timpani, the other three play the cymbals, bass drum and triangle. On stage there are two 'sides', British and French, both playing the same instruments: two side drums (englisches/französisches Trommeln in the score), two bass drums (Kanone in the score), two (four) ratchets, played by eight to ten instrumentalists.

Wellington's Victory, or the Battle of Vitoria (also called the Battle Symphony; in German: Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria), Op. 91, is a minor 15-minute-long orchestral work composed by Ludwig van Beethoven to commemorate the Duke of Wellington's victory over Joseph Bonaparte at the Battle of Vitoria in Spain on 21 June 1813. It is known sometimes as "The Battle Symphony" or "The Battle of Vitoria", and was dedicated to the Prince Regent, later King George IV. Composition stretched from August to first week of October 1813, and the piece proved to be a substantial moneymaker for Beethoven.

Great job. It must have taken long hours to synchronize music and images. Excellent Karajan recording and the resulting sound is very convincing. There should be a "Vitoria Battle" film out there!

It is so unfair the amount of views has. It clearly deserves a million times more. A first rate job indeed!

Music students! Pay attention at 11:14. Beethoven isolates and lifts a horn fifth trichord from the theme, separates it, and then improvises a fugue on the motif. It is him showing us first hand his musical skills at improvisation, set into the matrix of orchestra. You may need to scrape your jaw up off the floor when it finishes.

Holy shit what is this? This is epic

Superb! I wish to believe that Beethoven himself would have loved it. I know by experience how difficult is to edit such a long musical clip. Congratulations and thank you

I first time I heard this recording about 45 yrs ago,when I bought it,the first time I heard this piece was at school in the mid 60s, and it was the iconic Mercury recording with Antal Dorati. using authentic cannons from the period,along with period firearms..the 1812 was also on this LP.

Marvellously well put together. Genius synchronisation. Love the music too. But, as a woman of the old tradition, how did they keep their breeches so spotlessly white?

5:01 to 5:38.... sublime...

Be still my heart! Somebody "gets it!" When I was assigned marching band duties, we played an edition of this music with the field show a recreation of the Battle of Waterloo, with muskets and cannon on each side.

When it comes to great music like Wellington’s Victory, Ludwig Van Beethoven never disappoints.

Oh man now that I think about it - I remember hearing those modern modulations and thinking that Wagner may have thought it was ok to do so as well.

When Beethoven and Tchaikovsky both have a song that has cannons and talk about defeating Napoleon.

Hey, you did a great job, giving this farcical piece some dignity. Thanks.

Sublime ! That's what Beethoven works shall be all the time .

Played this once - Apparently It was the only work of his in which commoners of the time recognized Beethoven as a composer 'Oh aren't you the guy who wrote Wellington's Victory?!" - He was angered by that, tremendously (according to the stickman).

wonderful and the part starting at 1min59 sec is the French folk tune "Marlborough s'en va-t- guerre "better known to Anglophones as "For he's a jolly good Fellow"

By this time Beethoven finally realised what Napoleon was. This was anti Napoleon and the horrendous wars that had gone on for so long with so many casualties. France was running out of men to send to war and howmany families nolonger had incomes. To Beethoven it was more than a piece of music. It was a statement.

Hurrah to Wellington. ✅️ BOOOO HISSSS! To Bony! ✅️

Espectacular! Perfecta sincronía!

I'm surprised so many people (including Deutsche Grammafon itself!) refer to this opus as "Wellington's Victory". The name comes from a battle the Duke of Wellkington one, to be sure, but it was the Battle of Vitoria, in the Basque country.

Rod Steiger is the resurrected Napoleon in this great movie. Christopher Plummer is far too handsome for Wellington !

Honest question: is it possible the the tune “Britannia” and “He’s a jolly good fellow “ is a derivative from the tune at 2:00 - 2:54 ff? Sounds very similar…and at 9:21 is. “My country tis of Thee (sweet land of liberty, of Thee I sing… ) Feels like this Victory music has many tunes woven in

Beethoven was a brilliant musical genius. A bit of a madman but that probably what helped make his music timeless.

Very entertaining! Actually LvB might have been rather bitter that this work, written for commercial reasons (and Ludwig certainly knew what feels) was, in his lifetime, far more successful, performed far more often, than any of his "other" symphonies. Tchai of course also heartily loathed 1812, probably for similar reasons... But! Both works are great fun, beloved by audiences ever since they were first performed.

Hard to believe that's Beethoven

Admirável precisão desse trabalho de edição, a música de Beethoven está intacta!

SUPERB film edition

Love this music and the movie

Albrecht's oboe solo at 11:00 with Karajan - GOD DAM thank you!

Men have been mad since the dawn of time and will remain so until the dusk of time

Beethoven's slow movement from the Eroica symphony (No 3) gives a very poignant sad musical picture of the blood, the waste of human life and the mindless tragedy of war. When will humamity ever learn?

The first part is a very nice job, I appreciate a lot, even if the movie refers to another battle. I did not like the second part, the Victory Simphony: it is a musical triumph with no sign of sadness or regret, it does not match at all with the after battle death images.

I love this. I have the old mercury recording with authentic firearms. I played it for a class one time, and I still remember the reaction: "Holy shit!"

Boney keeps calling Wellington an English man ... He was in fact Irish

1:58 “For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow” 🇬🇧

> (Georges Clemenceau) Œuvre de commande ou non, mille excuses Ludwig, mais... bof !

This music doesn't make reference to Waterloo at all, but to the battle of Vitoria, in Spain, that Wellington won. " The tilte of this music work is "Wellingtons Sieg oder Die Schlacht bei Vittoria" (Wellington's Victory, or the battle near Vittoria"). Reference: Jan Caeyers' Beethoven's biography (in German), page 506.

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At the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813) a British, Portuguese and Spanish army under the Marquess of Wellington broke the French army under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan near Vitoria in Spain, eventually leading to victory in the Peninsular War. Napoleon did not fight this battle.

Bocsánatot kellene kérni Beethoventől!

3:12 Moo 🐄

big mistake: at 5:00 begins the british cavallery attack (not at 3:59!). at 5:35 they clash with the French

The uniforms of the Napoleonic era were awesome.

0:51

That’s a big struggle for higher civilization.

Composed in 1813: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington%27s_Victory

Espectacular!!!!!!!!!!

This is often called Beethoven’s 10 Symphony.

Those who think Victory comes easy........... every victory carries a struggle most people can't handle.

I like this

Me encanto mucho el video la música y todo lo demas.👏👏👏👏👏👏👌👌👌👌😀😀😀🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖

Nice ode to Britain but weren't the Prussians who saved the day for Wellington? :-) Well done video though. Congrats!

I think I prefer Tchaikovsky 1812 to this one.Sorry great great great great grand teacher !

Miles better than Tchaikavsky's 1812 .

3:51 11:15

complimenti al regista di questo lavoro,veramente bello.

من نمیتونم باور کنم که این قطعه منصوب به بتهوون باشه.. فوق الادست

If I were writing a battle symphony, I would call it Jackson's Victory (Reference to General (later President) Andrew Jackson's victory over the British at New Orleans). Here is the structure: Part 1: March: Yankee Doodle (E Major) March: The British Grenadiers (C Major) Battle: Allegro (B major) Storm March: Allegro Part 2: Finale: The Star Spangled Banner

Beethoven...nothing compares

Viva Napoleon Bonaparte! Viva Beethoven! A fantastic job!

Waterloo........... lowland plain

i love it

This movie would look great in 4K.

Now the British do not even win football matches.

wonderful!!! I especially love the "For he's a jolly good fellow" portion-- how very British!

So many wars in Europe, and for what ?

9+10=21

Beethoven is great of course. But brits should stay out of European affairs.

And Blücher's Prussian black flags?