http://classicalconvert.com/2009/07/ranking-beethoven/ A beginners guide to classical music, by someone who switched at 23 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:47:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://classicalconvert.com/2009/07/ranking-beethoven/comment-page-1/#comment-114482 Mr. Blue Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:59:42 +0000 http://classicalconvert.com/?p=1249#comment-114482 Interesting ranking. My favourite recording of the 7th is Carlos Kleiber's live performance with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Read more about it here: www.musicride.org/?p=591 Interesting ranking. My favourite recording of the 7th is Carlos Kleiber’s live performance with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Read more about it here: http://www.musicride.org/?p=591

]]> http://classicalconvert.com/2009/07/ranking-beethoven/comment-page-1/#comment-114474 Al King Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:36:53 +0000 http://classicalconvert.com/?p=1249#comment-114474 I've never been a great fan of the 5th, but probably more out of its disproportionate popularity than its actual quality -- I'm listening to it now for the first time in a while, and my conception of it was a gross caricature -- it *is* pretty great. I've always preferred the start of the 9th to the choral parts, even though the Ode to Joy is probably the most famous part of it. I note that the Karajan No. 9 is pipped to the post viewcount-wise by the Ode to Joy performed by a muppet ;P I think I prefer the 1st and the 2nd to the 4th and 8th, to be honest. Classical delicateness and Beethovian brusqueness make a nice pair. I particularly like the openings to the 1st's first and last movements, and the contrast between deliberately awkward and flowing sections in the 2nd's last two. I'm similarly surprised that the 6th is down so low, but Fantasia was the one video my grandparents had and so overexposure might've addled my opinions of it. I’ve never been a great fan of the 5th, but probably more out of its disproportionate popularity than its actual quality — I’m listening to it now for the first time in a while, and my conception of it was a gross caricature — it *is* pretty great.
I’ve always preferred the start of the 9th to the choral parts, even though the Ode to Joy is probably the most famous part of it. I note that the Karajan No. 9 is pipped to the post viewcount-wise by the Ode to Joy performed by a muppet ;P
I think I prefer the 1st and the 2nd to the 4th and 8th, to be honest. Classical delicateness and Beethovian brusqueness make a nice pair. I particularly like the openings to the 1st’s first and last movements, and the contrast between deliberately awkward and flowing sections in the 2nd’s last two.
I’m similarly surprised that the 6th is down so low, but Fantasia was the one video my grandparents had and so overexposure might’ve addled my opinions of it.

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