L'ennui mélodieux: Happy 237th, Maestro

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Happy 237th, Maestro

The Man.

The Music.

13 comments:

Betty Carlson said...: How pleasant to see a classical music YouTube clip. It also reminds me that it is my niece's birthday and I have done nothing about that! Thanks...; December 16, 2007 at 5:39 AM
Anonymous said...: AAhhh, Beethoven's 5th. This puts a spring in my morning step, Thank you. After listening to your clip, I fished out my CD and listened to one of my favourite Beethoven songs, Für Elise.

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!; December 16, 2007 at 12:57 PM
spyderkl said...: Yay! I completely forgot until I saw this in my newsreader this morning.

I'm a much bigger fan of his piano works than the symphonies, but Beethoven still is The Man.; December 16, 2007 at 1:54 PM
Randal Graves said...: betty c, I didn't really scour the YouTube, but I was hoping to nag something a little less obvious. :)

colleen, you can never go wrong with Beethoven. And, er, ich gehe in die stadt!

karen, blasphemy! ;-) But they're both great. You should check out Andras Schiff's series. As far as 'newer' ones goes, it's amazing.; December 16, 2007 at 7:32 PM
La Belette Rouge said...: Randal,
I don't know much about Beethoven. I do remember there was a 70's disco version of the 5th symphony, right? It was popular at the same time as "Disco Duck."; December 16, 2007 at 10:57 PM
Distributorcap said...: for 237 his taste in music is pretty good. maybe a little Tupac Shakur and 99 Luft balloons would spice it up a bit...; December 17, 2007 at 5:30 AM
Randal Graves said...: LBR, yes, there was, because back in 7th grade during the heady days of Saint Ronnie, we had to bring in an instrumental to play for music class. Some joker brought that in. I still have nightmares.

dcap, hey, 50 Cent conducted an orchestra during his commercial hawking of a product on the teevee, so why not! But the English version or the German?; December 17, 2007 at 5:56 AM
Mary Ellen said...: It was nice to listen to this morning...now I'm in the mood to listen to classical today. Thanks. ;-); December 17, 2007 at 9:43 AM
Randal Graves said...: Pas de problème, mon amie. :); December 17, 2007 at 10:51 AM
Tom Harper said...: All right, Happy Birthday to the Ludimater.

Who Hijacked Our Country; December 17, 2007 at 5:35 PM
Unknown said...: Is that Herbert Von Karijan conducting the 5th? I had to take out my abridged copy of Beethoven's biography.; December 17, 2007 at 5:49 PM
Randal Graves said...: Yes it is. I was hoping to find some footage of Harnoncourt conducting, since he does my favorite set of symphonies, but you can't go wrong with Karajan.; December 17, 2007 at 5:56 PM
Unknown said...: Especially if you can spell Karajan which I can't.; December 17, 2007 at 11:42 PM

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