Beethoven Symphony No. 5, 1st mvt--Arturo Toscanini/NBC Symp
BackTelecast March 22, 1952 from Carnegie Hall, New York City for the second movement go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijiHzheK4GQ from an interview by Robert Stumpf II with Bob Bloom, who played with Toscanini: I played for him for six years. He yelled at me a lot, but as a father. After awhile I became, from those in the orchestra, possibly closer than anyone else to Toscanini. Away from the podium, he was like a little child. He loved music. In his study, he would show me Puccini's snuff box, Verdi's eye glasses. He treasured these things. One day I was visiting him and he asked me to stay for lunch. I could tell he was very tired, and we had finished our business, so I told him that I didn't have to stay. I said, "Maestro, you look tired. Why don't you take a nap?" He said, "I've been up since five o'clock this morning studying this symphony." The symphony that week was Beethoven's Fifth. I said, "Maestro, how many times have you conducted that?" He answered, "Oh, hundreds." I said, "And you're still studying it?" I loved his answer. He said, "Well, I'm always afraid I may have missed something." This is how he really felt about music.
Channel: Music
Uploaded: June 2, 2007 at 11:37 am
Author: TheGreatPerformers
Length: 0:06:06
Rating: 4.90
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Tags: Beethoven Symphony 5 Classical romantic 5th ArturoToscanini
Video Comments:
Trulyloyale (Sunday 30th of November 2008 12:21:47 PM)
Ps only an absolute ignorant of music can adfirm that von karajan's interpretation and direction of 5th Simphony " is better" than the head masterpiecing one by Arturo Toscanini , only an absolute ignorant of music , no matter wherevere he's from .....
Trulyloyale (Sunday 30th of November 2008 12:16:19 PM)
it's not a very good interpretation to your taste ???!! XDDDD
That's a clear evidence of how various and bad human tastes may be .....:-)
RapROFLMAO (Friday 28th of November 2008 10:47:32 PM)
This is amazing. I'm glad I got into classical music. The sheer emotion and power generated from it is fantastic.
Olorin444 (Thursday 27th of November 2008 07:31:52 AM)
Though technically sound, imo it's not a very good interpretation (for my taste).
aminsmirc (Friday 28th of November 2008 02:17:18 PM)
You're deaf!
Olorin444 (Friday 28th of November 2008 07:40:42 PM)
And you did not understand what I said. I didn't like Toscanini's interpretation. Not the symphony itself. I prefer Karajan's.
theatrecrazy91 (Thursday 27th of November 2008 04:20:11 AM)
Sheer genuise!!! Beethoven is a child prodegy!!!
ClassicalMusicReview (Wednesday 26th of November 2008 06:12:14 PM)
Here is a video of frightening contrasts. On one hand a great conductor desperately trying to (And on some level succeeding) to find the core of the expression.But having saddled himself with a metronomic modernist revisionist idea of Beethoven,he in the end fails. If a digital sampler could play artisitcally it would be this. But we are capable of a more fully dimensioned expression than this. Certainly it has been demonstrated many times already in the history of recording.
alexongcs (Wednesday 26th of November 2008 06:25:35 PM)
Why Smith? I think at least it has more emotional undercurrents beneath their metronomic rhythm than the flatness of today's orchestra.
ClassicalMusicReview (Wednesday 26th of November 2008 06:34:33 PM)
Dear Alex,I agree with you.That is why my review is a 'mixed one' We can do better..and have.But it's definitely got good intensity.Just ignore the phrases...and you'll be fine (~!~)