Been listening to this epic work since I was a teenager. 65 years old now. this is one of the very best versions I have heard. Great work.

About as perfect as it can get. So spot on, even most metronome can not be so accurate. Beethoven's ghost is silently listening in the back.

346 Dislikes?? Is it possible to hear such sublime music in such an inspired performance and give it the thumbs down. I despair sometimes of our spoilt generation. This is outstanding playing and singing and I love the period instruments...fine soloist in Alice Sara Ott. Brava!! xx

@colinnewton7291

3 жыл бұрын

If you follow classical music on KZread I think you will find this is the same group of morons giving the thumbs down to every Classical Piece.

@scholzassociates

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I can't see any count of the dislike-button at all. So, if it really have been 346 then I've to ask: Why aren't there more? This is the most boring performance of Beethoven's Choral Fantasy, which I've heard in my entire life. Conductor and Soloist presents the musical spirit of a coma patient to us. The score is full of dynamics, but I can't hear anything of it. Alice Sara Ott should better sell cars, than play Beethoven. And the Orchestra should be renamed from »Insula Orchestra« to Orchestra of the Age of Geriatric Decline. My gosh, this is Beethoven, not the soundtrack of an american B-Movie. The conductor obviously doesn't know the difference between dots and phrasing slures. And where the heck is her energy? That woman with the baton in her hand is a fridge. The musicians should take an example from these performances: i) kzread.info/dash/bejne/nXensM6MfaTXZJc.html (Maurizio Pollini) ii) kzread.info/dash/bejne/lYear6pyiZjImZs.html (Martha Argerich) iii) kzread.info/dash/bejne/aniJpahvhMibmZc.html (Hélène Grimaud)

@jamesbromley5605

Жыл бұрын

Bravo Rejoinder!!!

@amadeubrigas

Жыл бұрын

not everyone loves perfection

@scholzassociates

Жыл бұрын

@@amadeubrigas You are totally right. Alice Sara Ott belongs to those people and the conductor, too. But the composer loved perfection, he adored perfection. And why do we know that? Because he wrote it in his own score although he wasn't able to hear anything. As a musician I think it is our duty to give all of our respect to Ludwig van Beethoven and all of our musical ability, not to play the notes, it is our duty to play what is behind the notes. Alice Sara Ott hardly can play what is written in the score. For all people who want to get cavities in their ears that performance is brilliant.

What a great Pianist Alice Sara Ott the sensitivity aligned to Alice Gracious hand movement and face movement makes this concert one of the best ever attended in my 84 years round the world

undoubtedly one of Beethoven's greatest works....

I just love Alice Sara Ott. She SMILES most of the time, her technique is superb!

She not only plays the music, she becomes the music . Divine possession.

@janospriol7658

3 жыл бұрын

Mi vagy te

@edwincrouse5647

9 ай бұрын

I second that …perfect !

@thays3649

8 ай бұрын

Just discovered this wonderful performance. Truly stunning. Such joy and brilliance!

@altascott3584

Ай бұрын

Absolutely and playing barefoot

I've loved this piece since I first heard it as a teenager in about 1984. Other Beethoven works have superseded it in my mind, but it still remains top-10. It's an underrated work, barely featuring in any discussions about Beethoven the choral composer; there, the focus is always on Missa Solemnis, the Ninth and (maybe) Fidelio. In the Chorale Fantasia, he shows his ability with piano, vocal soloists, choir and orchestra. It's a compact, complete work.

Alice Sara Ott is just great.

Beatiful Alice, her friendliness, simplicity, talent, and the fantastic energy of Beethoven, in addition to her beatifull bare feet! Wonderfull!

One of my favourite pieces of music. I absolutely love it. It showcases the genius of Beethoven.

@markranfone6393

2 ай бұрын

This and symphony no 9. Are absolute masterpieces

2020 is such a tough year yet this is so good for the soul.

Her performance is off the charts

If I ever need a prompt to smile, this is where I come. What a delight Alice Sara Ott is!

It's so nice to see 'period' instruments. It's almost like watching Beethoven's concert in person.

Le génie de Beethoven explose sous les doigts de Alice Sara Ott.L'orchestration de Laurence Equilbey donne la mesure à l'ensemble dans un grand enthousiasme et le tout vous emporte dans un bonheur sans pareil!

La joie qui se lit sur le visage d'Alice se retrouve dans son interprétation, contrairement à d'autres interprétations qui sonnent plus solennelles. C'est ce qui fait que la musique de Beethoven est si versatile, autant bouleversante que réjouissante.

A brilliant performance by Alice Sara Ott and the entire ensemble. And on period instruments to boot!!! Maybe the best I've ever heard.

@cm5071

Ай бұрын

A piano with cast iron frame from 1808... wow

Like Martha Agerich, Alice Sara Ott is so very much immersed in the music that she would whisper, sing or smile to herself every now and then. I bet she enjoys playing as much as us watching and listening to her. Who said classical music must be straight up and buttoned down? Such fun and enjoyable experience!

@yolhanson

4 жыл бұрын

I agree. Classical music has such an attitude of seriousness and restraint. It's great to see a performer who can actually enjoy it and allow herself to be seen enjoying it. This player would be equally at home in a jazz ensemble.

@scottishpensioner2447

4 жыл бұрын

I thought of Martha Agerich too, specially the opening!

@Inbaroush

2 жыл бұрын

She looks ecstatic, and I feel the same way listening to her play.

Where has this been hiding all my life? Just watched/listened for the first time. Magnificent!!

What a joy it must be to play music at this level. A stately interplay between orchestra and piano begins at ±8:30, and at 8:44 Alice turns her head and smiles at the other musician in this musical dance. What depth of feeling

It can’t get better than this, Beethoven is sending love to the world, and each one of the musicians in fact are priests This transcends even music, to get the magic of the spirit Thank you for sharing beauty

@Inbaroush

2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully said.

I've listened to many pianists, conductors and choirs performing this work but none surpass the diamond brilliance of this performance. What a wonderful energetic and delightful performance by Alice Ott coupled with the most talented conductor, Laurence Equilbey, orchestra and choir. Superb! Thank you.

Höre das zum ersten Mal. Und es ist von Alice Sara Ott. Zertifiziert intergalaktisch! 🌹

Very hard to forget this brilliant work. I listen to it at least once a month.

@pietrogie505

Жыл бұрын

same here....

Wunderbar, diese Sara Ott. Habe die Fantasie mehrmals mitgesungen und kann diese großartige Darbietung mit ihrer Dynamik ohne die Aufführungskonzentration ergriffen genießen. Diese Geburtsverheißungen der Neunten - unüberhörbar. Wenn man dann mal das Glück hat, ganz allein in den zeitweiligen Aufenthaltsräumen Beethovens in Heiligenstadt auf den knarrenden Dielen umherzuschreiten, umfängt einen sein großer Geist, der oft so verzweifelt und einsam war. Das vermittelt Sara so glaubwürdig! Herrlich!.... und die Dirigentin ebenso !!!

Philip Baldwin. Absolutely lovely : a freshness, beauty & energy of which Beethoven would be really proud. Thanks to all, especially Alice ! I sang in a school performance in 1956, & it has lived with me ever since.

Back in the early 1980s I performed this during the Mostly Mozart Festival with the Riverdale Choral Society In Avery Fischer Hall and in the Philadelphia Academy of Music. To this day I remember the performances. What a spectacular work by Ludwig Van!!!!!! And what a spectacular performance by Alice Sara Ott!!! Brava Alice, Bravi Conductor, Orchestra, and Chorus!!!

@johne6081

3 жыл бұрын

Ah ... a fellow fan of the Choral Fantasy, which tends to be underrated.

@stevenrborbash8779

2 жыл бұрын

,,, I'm

@pauloh1429

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenrborbash8779I bief that Beethoven wrote this as an experimental precursor for the 9th Symphony. Note the progression of the melody is very similar to that of the Ode

@billhaydon8361

Жыл бұрын

@@johne6081 Absolutely sublime piece of music.

Beethoven composed this as a simple closure to a concert of masterpieces. He could overreach. To me, this a masterpiece.

Laurence Equilbey is also such a pleasure to watch - in perfect yet seemingly effortless control throughout the whole piece.

Fabulous music played by a fabulous orchestra. Ott is probably the best piano player in the world. Sound mix is perfect. Video production is also near perfect.

The ultimate in brilliance, beautiful harmony , perfection, delight and ecstasy. Something to cherish!

I was raised on classical music as an infant and loved it all my life. Never better than this ! Brava to Alice Sara Ott ,Laurence EquilbeyI and chorus and orchestra. I listen now every evening

Wonderful performance from the pianist, choir, conductor and orchestra... I can keep enjoying this piece of music 100 times easily... 👍

Great performance. I love the way the pianist is working with the orchestra and chorus.

The best rendition ever.

I could hear this song a million times over and over; I will never get bored of it.

@johne6081

3 жыл бұрын

This is the true test of a musical composition. Does it stand the test of time, and does it bear repeating?

@edwincrouse5647

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@georgiaguardian4696

2 жыл бұрын

Same here

@michaelsmith697

2 жыл бұрын

This is just an amazingly brilliant work that one can never tire of it. Bravo!

@hnsjackson

Жыл бұрын

My favourite piece of music; second the Emperor!

einfach sensationell, wie dieses Orchester und diese Pianistin dieses Bravourstück des großartigen Meisters interpretieren!

Well, it's been a long time since tears wet my face, but this performance, of this beautiful work, brought them on again after all these years. I sang this with a major national choir back then. Beethoven's wonderful composition excited me then, but this performance did so no less. Alice Sara is not only a fine artist, but her perennial smile engages with the audience, and helps draw them into the performance. I have sung under many fine international conductors - and one or two duds - but I wish I'd had the chance to do so under the tiny baton of one of the best: Laurence Equilbey. Then, added to those fine artists, we had the equally fine chorus, as well as the magical sound of the orchestra's period instruments. Altogether, a memorable performance that I shall Save here. Thank you, to all concerned, not least to KZread, for delivering this into my home.

je voudrais ajouter une pensée pour la tres grande chef qu'est Laurence Equilbey. Cette très belle interprétation est, avant tout à elle qu'on le doit. Sa vision gaie , sautillante, c'est son inspiration. Sa vision personnelle de l'oeuvre. Bien sûr tout l'orchestre a adhéré à cette vision. Personnellement, j'aime beaucoup une femme au pupitre. Elles ont, pour moi, une sensibilité que nous avons moins. Avec le temps, en fermant les yeux, je sais qu'une femme dirige tout comme, même déguisée en homme, je sais que c'est une femme qui danse. C'est typique. Laurence a dirigé cette Fantaisie avec sa sensibilité coutumière. A fleur de peau. Il est regretable qu'on la voie si rarement.

They were all so obviously enjoying it that who could not enjoy it with them. I also loved the piano sound and the older instruments - a gorgeous sound.

Magnificent performance on period instruments! Was like listening to this piece for the first time. Wonderful!

Great piano playing and also the orchestra -- they were all 100% engaged. Ott is totally musical -- elegant.

This is a beautiful and exhilarating piece of music. I feel it as well as hear it. The choral part gives me goosebumps.

An absolutely glorious and glowing performance, complete with period winds and beautiful interpretation by pianist, conductor, orchestra and chorus. Wow.

@angelesvaldiviesovarela9642

4 жыл бұрын

syalutsa coroy

Un jeu d'une finesse incroyable, à la fois en douceur et en force. Ses mains sautent, coulent, dansent, papillonnent, un vrai délice pour les oreilles. Un ange, une fée, une princesse de la musique!

@MaryDeliaLynch

Жыл бұрын

Magnifique,sheer joy❤

Thank you, Everyone. Truly magnificent! Beethoven's genius is inspiring.

Absolutely fantastic performance in every direction - no praise too great.

Absolutely gorgeous, timeless music brought to life by Alice Sarah Ott & this amazing orchestra & chorus!! BRAVO!!

she is a great pianist with a great understanding of the music

@piotrholstein-beck5195

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, she is

@silviaaranalde6360

3 жыл бұрын

Genial la pianista pero la orquestación magnífica

This music makes me very happy! We can learn a lot with that!!

Ça doit faire certainement des milliers de fois que j’écoute ce chef-d’œuvre, et à chaque fois l’enchantement est toujours à son summum: bravo à l’illustre compositeur qu’a été Beethoven ainsi qu’à tous les exécutants de ses œuvres!

With the piano added to the choral 'Ode to Joy' I have always preferred this to the finale of Beethoven's ninth. What a tragedy too that here, aged 26, Alice Sara was at her peak only to be told a few months later that she had multiple sclerosis and may only be able to play for five or so more years. We are lucky to have heard her at her best during the last decade.

@leonelonofre3081

2 жыл бұрын

Ok

@guybourgaud6336

2 жыл бұрын

She was 28 in November 2016 and she announced her sclerosis 2,5 years later.

Alice is truly suited to Beethoven and her playing is so full of depth and artistry!

Dans une époque qui cherche du sens...? Mais le sens il est là écoutez braves gens la passion de la raison, la beauté de nos natures et acceptez la! Bravo à Alice et aussi au Philharmonie en osmose parfaite

Merci pour cette Fantaisie chorale. Bravo à Laurence Equilbey, à la pianiste, aux solistes, aux instrumentistes et à l'ensemble du choeur. Mention spéciale à notre pianiste Alice Sara Ott. Le choeur final contient beaucoup d'accents mozartiens!

Ott of this world.

Wow! What a performance! What a composition! What a composer!

Großartige Künstlerin und bildschöne Frau !!!!

I feel so blessed and lucky to have been born into a world wherein such beauty exists, and to have been given the senses with which to appreciate it.

@hunska4481

Жыл бұрын

Well said!

Ugh that piano, such a nostalgic tone

@jfthiesen2947

3 жыл бұрын

It is the frequenz of 432 Hz what YOU feel and YOUR soul !

Her inspirational and specutacular performance is beyond description ，and full of admiration , acclaim and deep emotion I'm intoxicated with her flawless and fabulous performance in Japan From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵

Meravigliosa Alice Sara ❤❤

Lovely performance, great pianist. And what a sparkling sound this Pleyel produces... very enjoyable. Thank you for uploading

Really enjoyed this performance. Pianist, conductor, orchestra. Eye contact great.

Michael Somerville This incredibly talented young lady is completely absorbed by the music. She caresses the piano and is a delight to listen to and watch. It is such a tragedy that she has contracted MS our prayers are with her.

@redthepost

3 жыл бұрын

Light warm feathers with occasional gusts from the horns. Charming.

@maurocoimbra9624

3 жыл бұрын

Let's pray, for sure. It's amazing how fast Meficine is evolving... She really deserves a prompt control -- and then, recovery -- from the perverse MS.

Not enough words to express my feelings...what a great performance...

Oh the joy, the virtuosity of everyone in this performance, what a beautiful sight and sound, and Alice Sara is spectacular!!!! The whole performance moved me to tears!! Bravissimo tutti bravi!!!

@locafrejusSaintAygulf

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, indeed me too ... moved to tears several times !

@bernardpoulin5254

Жыл бұрын

Comment ferait-elle pour jouer Wittgenstein -Ravel, pour main gauche ?

Infiniment beau! je suis désolé de ne pas avoir commencé a apprécié Beethoven et ce genre d'art plus tôt dans ma vie!....Merci a Mls Equibey qui donne une performance incroyable en faisant ressortir le meilleur de ces artistes, Mls Sara OTT élouissante comme d'habitude!

Magnifiques orchestre et chorale. Magnifique Alice Sara Ott. Merci.

@patrickcoatarmanach7185

2 жыл бұрын

Christoph Kuffner

For the first time ever, I see a female conductor on stage, chapeau !

Wat is dat genieten, dit samenspel en interactie tussen pianiste, dirigente en orkest en koor. Alleen al om hoe op het gezicht van de pianiste af te lezen is hoe ze er zelf van geniet. Hoop dat ze op korte termijn eens Nederland aandoet !

I must admit to not having listened to the Choral fantasy before - What I have been missing! And Alice just loves the music - the music loves Alice!

A delight in every way, a masterpiece❤

From the most beautiful interpretations I have heard.Βravo a Alice Sara Ott and Laurence Equilbey

Wow! This is one of the best recorded performances of a Beethoven piece that I have seen in a long time. The camera work is outstanding, by the way. The entire ensemble works beautifully together. I had not heard of the MS diagnosis of this wonderful pianist. That is a crime of Nature.

@davidcole258

2 жыл бұрын

If you liked this watch A.S.O. playng Beethoven's 3rd piano concert, wonderful!

To be able to play every note and remember every nuance of a piece that's almost 20 minutes long is itself a work of genius. Add to it a flawless performance and you have Alice Sara Ott playing the keys.

Terrific performance of this magical piece .

One of the best Choral Fantasy!!!!!!!!!!!! BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!

bravo Alice e bravo Laurence siete fornidabili

quelle fougue, l'amitié entre interprètes, les cors "à la française", le choeur qui a plaisir à chanter... je ne m'en lasse pas = c'est ma version préférée !!!

"Graceful, charming and sweet is the sound of our life’s harmonies...", superb playing and terrific camera work.

No matter how many times I’ve watched this I never and am always enraptured!

I've not been fair not commenting, because this was the first Choral Fantasia performance I watched. Since then, only a few of the next I watched can reach this level.

What a delightful way to ring in 2020! Thank you Ms. Ott, Ms. Equilbey and orchestra

Alice Sara Ott💖

she is able to make the piano sound like so many different things. brava

Amazing performance of the pianist, orchestra and chorus. Very good !

I can listen without stopping to Mme Alice and Insula Orchestra playing Beethoven's Choral Fantasy.

"The Fantasia was first performed at the Akademie of 22 December 1808, a benefit concert which also saw the premieres of the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies and the Fourth Piano Concerto as well as a performance of excerpts of the Mass in C major. To conclude this memorable concert program, Beethoven wanted a "brilliant finale" that would unite in a single piece the different musical elements highlighted in the concert night: piano solo, mixed chorus and orchestra. The Fantasia, Op. 80, written shortly before, was thus composed expressly to fulfil this role. Beethoven himself played the piano part and the opening solo offers an example of his improvisational style (at the premiere he did, in fact, improvise this section)"(Wikipedia) Unfortunately the concert descended into an inglorious shambles! Has anyone ever organised a reconstruction of what, as Beethoven envisaged it, would surely constitute the greatest orchestral concert in history? I for one would pay to attend such an event in honour of Beethoven's immortal legacy.

@moltzer

Жыл бұрын

The circumstances behind the concert were truly a shame. I guess it would've been better if he rescheduled.

Beethoven is one of the greatest gift God gave us.

Best ever, especially that ending !! Double triple BRAVO-- Sacramento Salutes you.

Music like this makes house arrest under COVID-19 enjoyable.

Questa meravigliosa Fantasia corale è la prova del finale della Nona sinfonia. È davvero eccezionale,anni fa l'avevo registrata in video e vedere la costruzione dell'opera,sapendo che Beethoven era già quasi sordo,la rende veramente un capolavoro del genio umano. Forse non è molto conosciuta ed è un vero peccato. Quando la ascolto,oltre alla pelle d oca,non posso trattenere le lacrime.👍💕👏

元気になられて戻ってこられるまでじっと待ちます。パリ管はいいですね。

"Großes, das ins Herz gedrungen, blüht dann neu und schön empor, hat ein Geist sich aufgeschwungen, hallt ihm stets ein Geisterchor." (Chor / Chorus)

ありがとうございました。この種の音楽は私の魂にとって非常に落ち着きます。

Adorable Sra. Ott., en esta vida, lo mejor para usted!!!!

Fantastische Komposition, fantastische Pianistin, fantastisches Zusammenspiel zwischen Pianistin und Orchester - insgesamt fantastisch. Und nicht zum Schluss, auch Chor und Dirigentin.

She makes the piano talk, sing and convey emotions.

@davidbrown8763

2 жыл бұрын

She is simply brilliant and Beethoven would be so chuffed...