Beethoven: Coriolan Overture (Benjamin Zander, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra)

Almost as good as Egmont ;-}

Hello :) Please synchronize image and sound !

Un grand bravo et merci pour ce moment magnifique

Benjamin Zander, un gran estudioso de Beethoven y sus tempi originales. Gracias por esta versión que rompe la equivocada tradición.

Terrible! Why so rushed! Does Boston Philharmonic Orchestra pays its musicians by the hour?

This performance seems to bring out the melodic line and makes more sense.

Sounds hideous, rapid and comically amateurish.

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Thank you

Too fast for me, but I can respect this interpretation. Zander is such a fantastic musician and conductor.

Sublime!!! Thank you so much for this heavenly performance!!

Very thrilling performance! I admire Mr Zander's, a true student of Beethoven.

Thrilling performance. Yes, it's fast. But it's also crisp and the ensemble is superb. That the violins and principal oboe can coax such sweetness out of the secondary theme is amazing to me.

Beethoven's genius portrays perfectly the immense tussle between Coriolanus's angry vanity and the loving pleadings of family and country. The music tells us everything.

Yes, that second theme (perhaps love in Beethoven's mind?) has always been in my mind when I think of this overture. The power of the strings in their sustained unisons followed by the hammer chords always stirs the roots of my emotions. If I could travel in a time machine back to the first rehearsals and performance music like this......

Ist das nicht zu schnell? Hmmm 🤔

Listen and learn from Harnoncourt!

Yes, sets the temperature rising just like Charles Munch

Le chef aurait dû prendre son train plutôt que de nous faire entendre un Coriolan massacré

The power of C minor in some of Beethoven's works 😎

Verve. Pure verve.

Beethoven was a genius, and none of his numerous imitators came anywhere close. The shock and drama of the opening, the sweet beauty of what follows it… I'm no music critic, just an ordinary listener, and this, as with so much Beethoven, enchanted me.

I really like the tempo. I think it conveys the character’s emotions in this drama better. Perhaps the conformists will be shocked by this performance.😂