Today’s my pappys funeral… and the only concert he was ever able to attend was me playing this and a few other things at the Nashville symphony… just feeling sad and nostalgic but happy he was here for this ❤

I would like to salute the discreet and efficient work of the page turner...

RIP Maestro Ozawa...

Since my teen years (now 81), I have loved this music and never thought it was properly acknowledged. I love Seiji as he conducts with such emotion always. I am crying.

Years later, still a fabulous performance of this too often overlooked music! Just wow. Pianist, conductor, orchestra, choir all on point. Doesn't get any better.

Thank you Beethoven for existing. Bravo Argherich and Ozawa.

I was in this stage as a member of the chorus. In this time, I didn't know how special they are. I was the common man but lucky girl. Now, I’m so happy to see and listen this movie. I understand how special it is. I can live only this experience.I love music forever!

@charlesross9260

4 жыл бұрын

Fabulous, beautiful, profound . Thank you for helping to create something like this.

@donghunlee8387

4 жыл бұрын

omg you were in greatest scene of beethoven with maestro ozawa and argerich

@GeorgesPiriou

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for being there, offering this joy to us.

@user-ss8xb4gt3i

4 жыл бұрын

好きです！

@user-oi3hl7lj4p

4 жыл бұрын

なんて羨ましいことでしょう！ あなたはこのとき何歳だったのですか。すばらしい経験をされたのですね。ベートーベン の本領発揮ともいえるダイナミックなピアニズムと、力強く屈託のない明るさが前面に出たこの曲が私は大好きです。アルゲリッチと小澤の演奏を映像で見られるだけでも嬉しく思います。

My favourite piece of classical music by the greatest composer of all time. Sublime.

Okay , It's December 16th , 2020 !!!...Beethovens 250th Birthday Anniversary Celebration !!!....Who's Watching !!!???.....

@detectivehome3318

3 жыл бұрын

me

@j1a2v3e4

3 жыл бұрын

@@detectivehome3318 Me too

@ivanacuric2310

3 жыл бұрын

I am

@dennispearson9287

3 жыл бұрын

@@ivanacuric2310 AWESOME 👌!!!!!.....

I agree with all the positive comments on pianist and conductor, but would also like to point out the excellent sound quality. Kudos to the sound engineer. I wish there was a special thumbs-up to give to the composer!

My heart is full!! Just seeing Seiji Ozawa (now much older as I, too, am - I saw him in his prime when he was the conductor of the San Francisco Symphony) walk out arm in arm with the great Martha Argerich now, too, much older, brought tears to my eyes! How wonderful to see these two together bringing Beethoven's wonderful Choral Fantasy to life!!! Bravo to both of you!!

@Tatrasw

4 жыл бұрын

I saw him in sf, so tears came out!

@MrKlemps

4 жыл бұрын

I saw him in Boston for nearly 30 years. I assure you his prime did not come until he was nearly 80, physically frail, a survivor of injury and grave illness, but spiritually unencumbered for the first time in his career. His intensity here and in some other videos of the same period is now all inward, entirely between him and the players he is collaborating with. So unexpected and, in all sorts of ways, so moving!

@petersommer4522

2 жыл бұрын

So grateful that we in SF had him here, for a few glorious years. He is probably my favorite conductor.

@davidjared3402

2 ай бұрын

Agreed; this one makes me cry too, seeing these elderly masters together...and the audience response -- so cordial!

A performance built around two musicians, both at the height of their powers and both way past 70.

@dennispearson9287

3 жыл бұрын

Wow !!!....The Music Has Kept Their Spirits Young , Vibrant , And Relevant !!!....Like A Fine Wine , They Have Both Only Grown Finer , And More Priceless with Age !!!!!.....

The journey from 17:03 to the ending is probably the most touching moment in human history. I don't know how many touching moments there are in the journey.

Martha Argerich and Sejii Ozawa have lost nothing of the virtuosity and vigour that always characterized their innumerable performances throughout the years. So glad this particular performance is available also on dvd!

@renatavn5167

2 жыл бұрын

L mejor !!!!!

@angryjalapeno

11 ай бұрын

It is sort of stunning to see these two musicians looking rather frail until they start making music ... then wow!

La “Signora “ del piano; senza rivali; una maturazione straordinaria. Una esecuzione potente, coinvolgente in ogni nota. La resa sonora è superlativa. Ozawa è un ottimo direttore. Nessuno dei due si è fatto fagocitare dalla macchina commerciale. Sono due artisti “ veri”. Mai una posa da “divi”. Grazie

Three Giants: BEETHOVEN Ozawa Argerich... tears tears tears

@ruthchipperfield3061

5 жыл бұрын

Tears? Surely not. I'm too mature... but towards the end, the glorious skies opened. SO many people, unitedly making outrageous music with all their might, knowing this was the moment, my heart burst with tears. I thank God.

@barrysmith1202

4 жыл бұрын

i had long wondered what had foreshadowed the 9th

@johnroh3905

4 жыл бұрын

Anyway it’s a great performance, balanced very well, understanding well for piano part.even though I never expected like this

@arturolpc3593

4 жыл бұрын

Tears come at eye! Indeed!

@giftthemusicologistmweetwa5435

4 жыл бұрын

Giants indeed

Seiji OZAWA Great Director

Beautful!

Martha is the Queen regnant of the piano. Beethoven is smiling at her from above.

@MrPeter3011

5 жыл бұрын

O yes,he surely will do,....

@mathrodite

5 жыл бұрын

And does she have a rather worn bandage on her left index finger?

@laurenturotaru2975

4 жыл бұрын

@@mathrodite daca te visezi intr_ casa neterminată, închisă la culoare

@eberharden2565

4 жыл бұрын

So true!

@francescagiorgi9760

4 жыл бұрын

Total agreement. He is actually smiling from above.

This is a marvellous performance of an unearthly piece! Glory to Beethoven! He makes me proud to be human!

Che lezione di civiltà, di altissima e nobile civiltà da Argerich e Ozawa!!!!Chapeau!!!!!Chapeau!!!!

I made my debut singing the Bass Solo in the vocal ensemble of this wonderful gem. Peter Tiboris conducted the Manhattan Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall. What a memory!

@CarlosRamirez-hf4wn

2 жыл бұрын

Excelemte acercamiento al espiritu bethovenisno!

@billhaydon8361

Жыл бұрын

An absolute sublime piece of music by the greatest composer ever.

The best version of Beethoven's Choral Fantasy I have ever heard. Absolutely divine.

@1LaOriental

3 жыл бұрын

christopher Jones Rudolph Serkin under Leonard Bernstein is magnificent.

@pierreburthey6010

3 жыл бұрын

Please, give a shot to the 1991 Live Philharmonie Berlin with Kissin & Abbado

@m.h.8111

Жыл бұрын

This version is very very good !!! Almost Just like what Beethoven really want.

Merveilleuse Martha,merveilleux Seiji.

No me canso de ver y escuchar esta magna obra de mi Compositor predilecto... Ludwig van Beethoven... Todavía celebrando sus 250 de su Nacimiento!!!!

Quels mots peuvent décrire ces Géants? Musique sublime, interprètes gigantesques. Emotion, larmes.

I ADORE THIS WORK AND ALL, MARTHA,SEIJI, SOLOISTS, ORCHESTA AND CHORUS ARE WONDERFUL !!!!!!

I first heard this nearly 60 years ago in New York. It blew me away then, and has done so again today. Wonderful.

I love the smile on Ms.Argerich's face as she plays the choral passage (17.55). This is music that should be enjoyed, and she is enjoying it.

@spevoljub

2 жыл бұрын

She even sing along for a moment

@digitricks

2 жыл бұрын

you're an accompanist, there's no greater pleasure then to have people singing with you! I'm a church organist so I know how that feels.

@fabiopaolobarbieri2286

2 жыл бұрын

@@digitricks Come to think of that, a lot of the choristers are smiling as they sing.

Unica ed insuperabile Martha.Complimenti sempre al maestro Ozawa

... cuánto cabello blanco, cuánta experiencia y conocimiento, cuánta pasión y cuánto amor por la música, por l belleza, por el arte, hermosa interpretación !!! 💜🍁💚 ...

Magnifique enregistrement rempli d'énergie aussi bien de la part du piano, que du chef, de l'orchestre et du chant. Très gran plaisir à écouter et réécouter. Merci

Come molti sapranno , questa Fantasia e ' una specie di prova dell'Inno alla gioia della Sinfonia n.9. Quando l " ho vista e sentita per la prima volta mi ha commosso il pensiero che Beethoven fosse già quasi sordo: ha una struttura architettonica davvero imponente. Mi emoziono ogni volta e mi viene la pelle d 'oca e anche...le lacrime agli occhi. 💕🌏🙏

super, danke

I saw this recording so many times, and every time when I see these beautifull people enter the stage I get tears in my eyes. This is far most the best recording of Beethovens Choral Fantasy.

No words... May God keep them both for long!!!

I’m in tears and having a lot of gossebumps! Beethoven is on fire. Arge rich and Ozawa sublime.

@1940limited

3 жыл бұрын

It had the same effect on me.

This is the piece that first awoke my passion for Art Music. After 50 years I am happy to say that I had not listened to a performance of this level and emotion.

The utter joy on Maestro Ozawa's face as the piece ended says all. So much praise has been written over the years about Beethoven's 9th Symphony, and deservedly so, but there is in the Choral Fantasy an innocence and joyous exuberance that speaks to me as no other work does. . . or can. Beautiful!

@hildewieziolkowski8305

4 жыл бұрын

Q Chilipulver

thank you for existing Ludwig and Martha

Quelle finesse d'interprétation de tous les instrumentistes et en particulier Martha Argerich !

Outstanding rendition of this unforgettable piece. Simply stirring!

Seiji Ozawa, el mejor. Martha Argerich, insuperable.

Energia, forza, bellezza che travolge e commuove: dionisiaco ed apollineo, splendido. Grande interpretazione.

Tears, tears, tears....

bEETHOVEN,Argerich, Ozawa, Stutzmann ,QUE MARAVILLA!!!!

Utterly delightful performane of a sadly neglected masterpiece. The choir were excellent. Beethoven - the composer for the world North South East and West

What a performance! Soprano Lydia Teuscher is incredible. Her voice reaches heaven....

A bushel of red roses for this grand dame of the piano who raised the art of Beethoven to even greater heights.

@Bechstein1910

5 жыл бұрын

Di

@Bechstein1910

5 жыл бұрын

How is the incredible discordance achieved commencing at marker 3.57..? I regretfully have not seen the full score. Is it available over internet ? Would appreciate any advice. Michael Harvey, Luxembourg

@davidfeldman6384

5 жыл бұрын

@@Bechstein1910 ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/4/42/IMSLP516663-PMLP1806-Beethoven__-Fantasia_in_C_Minor_'Choral_Fantasy'-__I_-_Adagio_(etc).pdf

One touches eternity in this performance.

Resulta fascinante que el Director Seiji Ozawa logre crear tanta belleza con una gesticulacion tan sencilla.

This is my favourite Beethoven, the beauty always brings tears of joy. It has fantastic piano, short solos of various instruments, duets between piano and instruments, and caps off with a mixture of vocal solos, trios, and complete choir, and a melody one finds that one is humming spontaneously the next day. Little wonder that Leonard Bernstein thought Beethoven was the greatest musical genius.

@KRITIK-ex3fq

5 жыл бұрын

Where did you find the fact that Bernstein thought Beethoven was the greatest musical genius?

@veronika111100

5 жыл бұрын

It was in one of his lectures on Beethoven@@KRITIK-ex3fq

@veronika111100

5 жыл бұрын

@@KRITIK-ex3fq An additional reference from the Guardian www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/12/leonard-bernstein-composer-conductor-inspiration-genius-proms

@aaravramnath7763

5 жыл бұрын

For him, Beethoven was the greatest composer of all time - his very first TV show was on Beethoven’s 5th symphony. Beethoven never lets you down, he said, because everything he wrote sounds inevitable. He was uncomfortable conducting Wagner: as a Jewish man, he found it difficult to separate his music from his anti-semitic writings and way it was used by the Nazis. He loved the wit and balance of Haydn, though, and was particularly celebrated for his interpretations of Mahler, a composer very close to his heart. If Lenny’s performances were a collaboration between his live audience and his live musicians, when he recorded he became Lenny the rabbi - the docent who wanted to illuminate the ancient texts. All conductors are storytellers and Lenny was one of the best. He’d come out onto the stage, bow, shake hands with the orchestra’s leader, and wait, wait for the audience to be paying attention. One of the things I miss most about him is his ability to tell a joke, because of his timing. Timing is everything in classical music.

@jernejoblak7633

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your responses!

合唱で締めくくる点が、第９交響曲の壮大な構想を予兆させる名曲。 高揚感あふれる演奏ですね。ピアノには、楽聖若き日の悲愴や熱情にも通じるエネルギーをも感じました

I love Beethoven

I have never heard this work before - and I am 65 years old!! what a great pity it took so long. It has today changed my life. Magnificent. Inspirational. At a time when South Africa is facing COVID-19. We shall overcome it. Thanks to Herr Ludwig van Beethoven, Seiji Ozawa, Martha Argerich and the Saito Kinen Orchestra and Chorus.

@frogmouth

4 жыл бұрын

It is a more unified piece than the 9th symphony.

Realmente la unión de estos maestros la pianista, el director y coro y orquesta sinfónica permiten disfrutar de una obra maestra de la historia de la música mundial.

I love the fact that 1. she turns the pages herself, when she's able, leaving the page turner sitting there in awe. And, 2. That the conductor didn't start the beat---it was Algerich. In, effect, even setting her own tempo for the entire piece. THAT'S preparation.

@apostolismoschopoulos1876

5 жыл бұрын

To be honest, I find them kinda selfish especially the latter one.

@ThomasDawkins88

5 жыл бұрын

@@apostolismoschopoulos1876 No conductor would start this piece because it's a solo cadenza for the piano. The tempo is, of course, agreed upon at rehearsal.

@apostolismoschopoulos1876

5 жыл бұрын

@@ThomasDawkins88 So in solo cadenza's is the pianist allowed to take initiatives, do I understand this correctly?

@ThomasDawkins88

5 жыл бұрын

@@apostolismoschopoulos1876 Within reason, yes. With a few exceptions, mostly from the Romantic period onward, the soloist is the only person playing a cadenza. Beethoven has the timpanist play a duet with the pianist in the cadenza to his own transcription of the violin concerto, for example.

@heron6462

4 жыл бұрын

It's usually pre-arranged between the performer and the page turner beforehand if and when the turner will turn the page, including repeats and when to turn. If it's a long reach by the turner, making easier for the performer to do the job, that's how it will be done. You can't have the page turner jumping up only to find that the performer has pre-empted them. The tempo is also pre-arranged. In a performance with a star like Argerich, nothing is left to chance. Even if it's a not very good performance like this one.

I have returned to this masterpiece many times. Each time I understand and love it more. Everyone involved should be so proud. Thank you.

What a beautiful performance! This masterpiece is performed so movingly. Thank god for Beethoven. I wish that Beethoven could have lived 100 years.

@mrains100

3 жыл бұрын

200!

@kerryhanford3322

3 жыл бұрын

Beethoven the greatest to grace the world with his genius. God Bless

@jbut1208

Жыл бұрын

God be praised for this gift to us!!!!

There is something about this particular composition by Beethoven that leaves every performer in complete humility at the end of it all. Simply amazing.

Adore this piece. Have 8 different recordings of it This one is absolutely amazing and beautiful. BRAVA to all involved.

@rocketsurgeon5758

2 жыл бұрын

8 is a decent start.

Seiji Ozawa- Martha Argerich- Beethoven takes ones breath away to a higher other worldly state of being. All the cares and problems of this world are left behind!

@jtc1947

5 жыл бұрын

WILLIAM? Maybe if Beethoven had done a bit of tweaking, the Choral Fantasy ( in C) MIGHT have out done His ODE TO JOY? You do know that DEAN WITTER used the MAJOR THEME as backdrop to a number of their TV commercials? Like to drove me nuts until I figured it out.

@williampearson4968

5 жыл бұрын

@@jtc1947 TURN OFF THE TV -JUST ENJOY BEETHOVEN - Symphonies, Piano Concertos, Violin Concerto, Piano Sonatas, String Quartets, and my favorite is the Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano are all masterpieces!

@MrPeter3011

4 жыл бұрын

o yes..and thats the best music can do......

Wonderful to see Maestro Ozawa acknowledge the blind violinist on his way off the stage.

Seiji Ozawa!!!! Bless His Heart....... Still Has the Passion!!!!

le maestro Ozawa que j'ai eu le bonheur de croiser à Tokyo est plein de bonté dans sa direction d’orchestre comme dans la vie , entièrement dévoué a Martha Argerich .C'est magique...

I just love Ozawa, such a genuinely gracious man.

What a passionate performance from two great masters!

@cellogirl11rw55

5 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the incredible orchestra and choir!

Mind Blowing Performance with all generations. Tears flowing Experience.

A great pianist anh a great conductor. Excellent.

Breathtaking is simply insufficient to describe this performance. The joy in which it was given and received brought tears to my eyes.

Goosebump

The first entrance of the voices is absolutely magical. Unforgettable.

Un enchantement sublime Martha Argerich, Seiji Ozawa éblouissant

Woweeee!!! What a wonderrful performance! Electrifying, and perfectly executed to every loving detail, with top singers and Ozawa at his sensitive best, all infused with the magic of Agarich. I'm in my 70's now and I've been listening to this warhorse for more than 50 years live and recorded, but never so fresh and exciting as this. It has left a tear in my eye.

I m argentine and very proud of Marta not only for being a great musicien but also she is a very nice person. and what about the director, he is a wonderful man and a "sabio" in the musical level

Wow, just wow. I played my Dad's old LP with this piece on so much, I knew where all the jumps and scratches were. Haven't listened to this piece for ages. Divine, underrated piece of Beethoven's music, it just sums the composer up for me.

@davidjared3402

3 жыл бұрын

I agree about it being underrated. We hear SO much about the Choral Symphony, which in some ways is rather odd, but I much prefer the spirit of the Choral Fantasy all the way through.

@dissilymordentroge5818

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidjared3402 To my ears the 9th Symphony is a lesser work than the Choral Fantasy. Possibly because every time I hear the village band (Salvation Army?) marches through the final movement the jingoism appals.

Sublime!

Fantastic!!!!! the most beautiful thing I ever see in my life!!!!!!!! Thanks Beethoven Thanks Martha, Thanks my lovely MAESTRO Seiji Ozawa!!!!!! Ilove you all!!!!!

Emociona la humildad de ambos maestros para con sus músicos. Es propio de los grandes. Gracias por tamaño regalo para el alma.

Marthaaaaa!!!! Bravoooooo!!! Seiji!!!!! Bravooo!!!!

Wonderful

Martha & Seiji FTW!!! Awesome, love for all...

Quanta beleza, Mestre BEETHOVEN! VIELE DANKE IMMER!

Emocionante y de una calidad extraordinaria este reencuentro entre dos viejos maestros Argerich-Ozawa

It takes Beethoven to remind us humans of a few things, their greatness, for example. We can win, against all our delusions, if God permits.

My loved Beethoven just as must be interpreted with energy and passion. Thanks to Ozawa and Argerich.

Martha is as animated, pin point accuracy, just as in her 30s. Wonderful performance with Seji. Old age need not be a total decline!!

This is music of the Gods with Beethoven smiling down on the Great Martha Argerich from Heaven Bravo Martha, Bravo Osawa and Bravo to the Orchestra and Choir.

@wayneshum

3 жыл бұрын

Agree with you,best version by far

This is the best conductor, pianist, rythem and speed music ever!

One of the most powerful performances of Choral Fantasy!

Einfach Phantastisch, Ozawa, Argerich, orchester, Chor - UND BEETHOVEN als einer der Besten der Besten. Kompliment, sehr nett finde ich, wie zurückhaltend, berührt Ozawa ob der Huldigungen ist.

The hands of this woman links the now with the infinity

UNE PETITE NEUVIÈME AVANT L'HEURE Bravo à tous, impeccable !

Ozawa's rapt attention to Argerich's opening solo is intense. He is feeling every nuance and emotion as she leads us into the work. Artistry indeed!

Two Maestro of the Classical Music World

I have listened to this recording again and again and this is indeed a lovely performance. While I have long been aware of this composition, it is only until lately that I could comprehend its beauty. The most amazing expression in the choral is the part "und Kraft und Kraft vermählen". The choir and the orchestra really capture the spirit of this text and transmit this "Kraft" in a wonderful and exuberant harmony. Listening this part brings joy and excitement. Thanks for uploading this video.

Genius Argerich's performance is beyond description ， immeasurable , unfathomable and full of admiration , acclaim and deep emotion From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵

Possibly my favourite reading of the Choral Fanatasy. Love them all!

Une pièce monumentale si inventive La fugue du début quelle subtilité Grandissime titanesque

so so magnificent - I love all the components of this Choral Fantasy , what a pianist in Martha Argerich , and the orchestra - the fabulous choir , all put together so well by Mr Maestro. Beethoven must smile with this!