Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 opening (42 conductors + 1 pianist)

For the Eroica Symphony Opening, click here: 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) Ludwig van Beethoven / Лудвиг ван Бетховен / لودفيج فان بيتهوفن / লুটৱিস ফান বিটহ’ফন / Λούντβιχ βαν Μπετόβεν / لودویگ فان بتهوون / 루트비히 판 베토벤 / Լյուդվիգ վան Բեթհովեն / לודוויג ואן בטהובן / ルートヴィヒ・ヴァン・ベートーヴェン / ლუდვიგ ვან ბეთჰოვენი, 路德维希·范·贝多芬, / بيتهوفين, ,לודוויג ואן בטהובן / 루트비히 판 베토벤, Λούντβιχ βαν Μπετόβεν, লুডভিগ ফান বেটোফেন “Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use“ for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.“