Gustavo Dudamel has released complete videos of all nine Beethoven Symphonies for free on his YouTube channel. The video captures come from Dudamel’s celebrated performances with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Spain in March 2017.
The release also features videos of musicians from the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, reflecting upon their favorite moments in Beethoven's Symphonies, and the experience of performing them with Gustavo.
Whirlwind, earthquake of emotions, fireworks, pyrotechnics. The adjectives flow like a torrent to conductor Gustavo Dudamel when he wants to define what the nine symphonies of Beethoven performed by the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela represent. –El Pais
In their hands, Beethoven is full of the joy you don’t always find in other performances… –Bachtrack