Beethoven on Google Videos

[Ateach Asc]

Those of you who've linked to the Glenn Gould videos on youtube might perhaps also like to link to the Beethoven 5th video on Google Videos. This particular video shows a relatively youthful Karajan busily driving his orchestra in a rather interesting interpretation of LVB's 5th. The advantage of Google Videos over youtube videos is that Google allows for much longer playtimes.

The link to this video is
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...12&q=beethoven

Or just search for Beethoven in the search bar.



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Must it be? It must be!

[lvbfanatic]

Originally posted by Ateach Asc:
Those of you who've linked to the Glenn Gould videos on youtube might perhaps also like to link to the Beethoven 5th video on Google Videos. This particular video shows a relatively youthful Karajan busily driving his orchestra in a rather interesting interpretation of LVB's 5th. The advantage of Google Videos over youtube videos is that Google allows for much longer playtimes.

The link to this video is
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...12&q=beethoven

Or just search for Beethoven in the search bar.

This is amazing! The Karajan version of the 5th at that particular is far more palatable than the one in his later life recordings. Does anyone else feel the same way about this?

But this medium, even if the sound and image qualities remain below par, is fantastic!

By the way... google videos has just added the 1922 film NOSFERATU to the videos available. Of interest in this particular presentation is the background music.

Would anyone happen to know who composed that music? The film's credits don't seem to give the name, and the music is very intriguing and quite interesting.

The link to this google video is
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...21&q=nosferatu

Or you can just search for Nosferatu when in google videos.




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A Calm Sea and A Prosperous Voyage

[Frankli]

Originally posted by lvbfanatic:
By the way... google videos has just added the 1922 film NOSFERATU to the videos available. Of interest in this particular presentation is the background music.
Would anyone happen to know who composed that music? The film's credits don't seem to give the name, and the music is very intriguing and quite interesting.

It's probably Hans Erdmann, see http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258762/
Wonderfully fitting, and far better than the modern score by James Bernard on my Nosferatu dvd! Thanks for the link.
I noticed that Murnau's masterpiece, das Cabinet des dr. Caligari, also can be seen on Google Video:
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...043&q=caligari
Quality is not so well unfortunately, but it is a nicely tinted version.

[lvbfanatic]

Originally posted by Frankli:
It's probably Hans Erdmann, see http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258762/
Wonderfully fitting, and far better than the modern score by James Bernard on my Nosferatu dvd! Thanks for the link.
I noticed that Murnau's masterpiece, das Cabinet des dr. Caligari, also can be seen on Google Video:
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...043&q=caligari
Quality is not so well unfortunately, but it is a nicely tinted version.

Dear Frankli

Thanks very much for this info. The music on the google video is quite haunting and most appropriately fitting.

But meanwhile back to Beethoven... As a countervailing influence to the Karajan 5th there is also, much to my delight, the Bernstein 1973 performance of the Pastoral. It may be found at

Bernstein The Pastoral (1973)
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...83324123683803

A little while ago, the forum noted possible the single longest interpretation of Beethoven's 9th symphony. I'm not sure if it was being conducted by MAXIMIANNO COBRA. However, this conductor stretches the play time into almost 2 hours, and the effort may be seen in totality across these 4 links...

Slowest 9:1??? 27 minutes 13 seconds
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...64507874962963

Slowest 9:2??? 23 minutes 37 seconds
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...65221341807316

Slowest 9:3??? 21 minutes 23 seconds
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...38448733461646

Slowest 9:4??? 41 minutes 57 seconds
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...79146853492378

This may be the ultimate antidote to the Toscanini and similarly paced versions.


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[lauren]

These are great thank you for sharing

[Marek Krukowski]

MAXIMIANNO COBRA.

http://www.hodie-world.com/excerpts.html