Symphonic music was never meant to be only for the hoity-toity upper class. It was written to be heard and enjoyed by everyone. The last movement, based on a poem by Friedrich Schiller has been one of my favourites for many years. I hope that one or two of you, at least, will listen to this. It is worth a few minutes of your time. In my opinion, it is as close the chardi kala as Western music will ever get!
This is the vocal part of Beethoven's final symphony, composed when he was completely deaf. It is conducted by that dear old Nazi, Herbert von Karajan, someone whom I object to on moral grounds. Still, he is the best symphony conductor IMO (not IMHO, my opinions are rarely humble!) of the Twentieth Century This recording has the advantage over most other recordings that I have heard, in that the singers can actually sing.
In my old Deutsche Grammaphon recording, the singers were absolutely dreadful. Liner notes said that "Walter Barry (the bass) was supposed to be an engineer." I could only respond, Yes, he was." Although I have actually known a couple of engineers who were reasonably good singers.
Anyway, I have no idea if my readers ever listen to symphonic music. Please listen to this one. It's fun and rousing. The translation, however, is awful. Time permitting, I will put my own translation in here. (Yes, some of my German is back. A little French. The Punjabi, however, is still a start from scratch project.).
This is the vocal part of Beethoven's final symphony, composed when he was completely deaf. It is conducted by that dear old Nazi, Herbert von Karajan, someone whom I object to on moral grounds. Still, he is the best symphony conductor IMO (not IMHO, my opinions are rarely humble!) of the Twentieth Century This recording has the advantage over most other recordings that I have heard, in that the singers can actually sing.
In my old Deutsche Grammaphon recording, the singers were absolutely dreadful. Liner notes said that "Walter Barry (the bass) was supposed to be an engineer." I could only respond, Yes, he was." Although I have actually known a couple of engineers who were reasonably good singers.
Anyway, I have no idea if my readers ever listen to symphonic music. Please listen to this one. It's fun and rousing. The translation, however, is awful. Time permitting, I will put my own translation in here. (Yes, some of my German is back. A little French. The Punjabi, however, is still a start from scratch project.).
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