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Needs Blue Danube..

In reply to this comment by paul4dirt:
that's actually Johann Strauss "An der Schönen, Blauen Donau" Op.314

You are of course completely correct, I feel the complete fool. Fixed tags and title.

As repentance I have posted this for your musical edification, thanks... http://www.videosift.com/video/Herbert-von-Karajan-conducts-Strauss-Blue-Danube-Waltz

>> ^paul4dirt:
that's actually Johann Strauss "An der Schönen, Blauen Donau" Op.314


You are of course completely correct, I feel the complete fool. Fixed tags and title.

As repentance I have posted this for your musical edification, thanks... http://www.videosift.com/video/Herbert-von-Karajan-conducts-Strauss-Blue-Danube-Waltz

D'oh! Radx beat me to pointing out Karajan while I was typing my response. Notice how we both pointed out Amazon.com. I'm not trying to push Amazon.com, but I think you should avoid iTunes.

Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan is still considered to be one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, and you can buy his MP3 of Symphony #9 at Amazon.com for $8.99. Or if you feel like splurging, you can buy all nine Beethoven symphonies (conducted by Karajan) for $22.97.

I don't recommend iTunes because of the goddamn DRM they still use. All of Amazon.com's MP3 dowloads are DRM-free.

One more thing: Karajan was a member of the Nazi party from 1933 to 1939. I don't know how important that is to you in regards to this purchase, but many Jewish musicians refused to play for him, so I think it's only fair that you know.

Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Singverein, New Year's Eve 1977 in Berlin

Amazon link ... if you really like the 9th, this one will blow your brains out. Well, maybe not. But it's a good one.

It's on YT as well, here's the first part of the first movement. If it wasn't out of sync, i would have sifted it a long time ago.

Original here:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Karajan-Beethoven-Symphony-No-9-Part-1
http://www.videosift.com/video/Karajan-Beethoven-Symphony-No-9-Part-2

Every recording of this piece, there's a soloist with such an energetic charge for the work.....Nadja Solerno-Sonnenburg at 17 yrs. old, with the Berlin Philharmonic, and Herbert Von Karajan, an all-time fav...

Conductors are a relatively modern creation. Up until Beethoven or so, orchestras did not have a conductor. They were lead by the first chair violin, referred to as the concertmaster or leader.

Many ensembles that follow historically-informed performance practice (e.g. Concerto Köln, Akademie für Alte Musik, and the Academy of Ancient Music) generally do not play under a conductor until they get into Haydn or Beethoven or Mozart. There are some HIP ensembles, however, that always have a conductor, like the King's Consort.

There are also some modern chamber orchestras that do not play with a conductor. The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has never had a conductor, for example.

BTW, Karajan almost always conducted with his eyes closed. He wasn't especially skilled or showing off, it's just one of his many peculiarities.

karajan knows he's the star, and so does the film director.

i would add the orchestra to the title if there wasn't the 60-character limit...

The conductor is the timing mechanism of the orchestra, he sets the tempo, executes clear preparations and beats, listens and shapes the sound of the ensemble. However this has changed over with Robert Wagner who was largely responsible for shaping the conductor's role as one who imposes his own view of a piece onto the performance rather than one who is simply responsible for ensuring entries are made at the right time and that there is a unified beat, thus elevating the profession, I mean look PlastiqueMonkey calls out Karajan not the Orchestra