Beethoven - Συμφωνία No. 5 / Εισαγωγή (42 μαέστροι + 1 πιανίστας)

Opening 21 bars of the fifth symphony. Legendary, contrasting, and altogether interesting performances. This was done for my own pleasure and research and I hope you'll enjoy it too. 

 

 

 

In order of appearance not necessarily of preference these are the performers: 0:00 Leonard Bernstein, Wiener Philharmoniker 0:25 Paavo Järvi, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen 0:42 Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra 1:03 John Eliot Gardiner, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique 1:22 Christian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmoniker 1:43 Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker 2:01 Pierre Boulez, New Philharmonia Orchestra 2:27 Simon Rattle, Wiener Philharmoniker 2:44 Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra 3:07 Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Philadelphia Orchestra 3:21 Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker 3:41 Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra 4:02 Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul Philharmonic 4:22 George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra 4:43 Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Berliner Philharmoniker 5:02 Mikhail Pletnev, Russian National Orchestra 5:30 Gianandrea Noseda, NHK Symphony Orchestra 5:45 Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra 6:07 Edo de Waart, Hong Kong Philharmonic 6:24 Daniel Harding, Mahler Chamber Orchestra 6:41 Karl Böhm, Wiener Philharmoniker 7:06 Seiji Ozawa, NHK Symphony Orchestra 7:26 Gustavo Dudamel, Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra 7:47 Herbert Blomstedt, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig 8:06 Peter Eötvös, Ensemble Modern 8:25 Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony 8:47 Teodor Currentzis, MusicaEterna 9:03 Sergiu Celibidache, Münchner Philharmoniker 9:27 David Zinman, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich 9:46 Osmo Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra 10:05 Erich Kleiber, Concertgebouw Orchestra 10:24 Carlos Kleiber, Wiener Philharmoniker 10:46 Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra 11:13 Andris Nelsons, Wiener Philharmoniker 11:32 Philippe Herreweghe, Royal Flemish Philharmonic 11:48 Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony 12:08 Roger Norrington, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR 12:26 François-Xavier Roth, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln 12:42 Iván Fischer, Concertgebouworkest 13:02 Wilhelm Furtwängler, Berliner Philharmoniker (1954) 13:29 Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Frankfurt Radio Symphony 13:47 Masato Usuki, Freude Philharmonie 14:14 Glenn Gould (Liszt Piano Transcription) https://www.christianbaldini.info