This is insanely brilliant. As a professional pianist and having studied percussion...this was everything I needed in my life today. Thank you so much for sharing!
What I love about this is the respect you have for the music. So many out-of-genre versions of music just kind of take the tune and do whatever, but this one really shows that you know the original and really like it. Also, you clearly know what you're doing anyway. You know the style that you're turning it into. You're just good at this is what I'm saying.
Joachim, One of my all time favorite pieces of music is Beethoven's 7th...allegretto. Well, cuban, salsa and latin jazz are a huge part of my life, so when I heard this recording, I was floored and probably cried a little...Lol. You're a genius for combining the two as beautifully as you did. I listen to it at least 10 times a day and I don't anticipate stopping at any point. Thank you for giving the world a musical gem. I'm a fan.
Thank you for all the nice comments! I am going to make more videos like this, where I take an arrangement, turn it on it's head in a Cuban style. Please subscribe to this channel and join my email mailing list to find out more about this project, and ultimately, when I might be playing a show in your area - www.joachimhorsley.com/#newsletter Best Wishes everyone!!!
After listening to an orchestral version of this movement, I've realized how amazing you've arranged this. The rumba style you've played perfectly matched the piece, and the original melody is still kept without straying too far off the line, truly amazing !
i am in tears...literally. The saddest of all Beethoven movements has been turned into a fire-breathing Ode to Joy. Ludwig would instantly regain his hearing and go poco loco dancing his ass off until the break of dawn. Maestro, you are a Genius!
This is the most awesome reimagining of an iconic classical piece that I've ever heard. Bravo, Mr. Horsley! I can't stop playing this, smiling. and hearing it in my mind's ear throughout the day!
One of my favorite Beethoven Symphony's, surely he'd be equally amazed with your rendition. Instead of the characteristically somber emotion, we are all up dancing to this! Bravo, ready for more!
It's a real treat to hear/see such originality, more so when my two years-old grandson asks to watch your video while doing his little dance. As a Hispanic who enjoys classical and Spanish music this is a great mix!!!
Crazy! Like his fingers are dancing to the song itself with amazing rhythm and unparallelled precision. At some points, its like two little hand-people just dancing away having a great time😂
I've already seen a lot positive comments about this arrangement and I just had to also say.... "Dude, you killed it!" This is an awesome adaption of the original. I used it as an example in my classroom today to show how new and old are constantly being reorganized in interesting ways. The percussive element of this is on point! Keep it up! I hope to see more fun arrangements. P.S. I'm particularly bias to Beethoven so I wouldn't be opposed to not switching composers haha. Ever thought about re-arragning Beethoven's Sonata no. 21, "Waldstein?" Because I would definitely buy your version of it!
Hier soir une belle découverte à Sablé c''était vraiment la folle journée avec Beethoven sur des airs de Rumba. Merci pour ce très bon moment Monsieur Horsley
Si cet album pouvait attirer de nouvelles personnes vers la musique classique, ce serait absolument merveilleux. J'adore ce morceau de Beethoven, son côté solennel, froid, glacial... Avec vous, Monsieur, le voici gai, virevoltant? Très belle réinterprétation.
I play my bongo cajon to this every other day. It's part of my practice session. I love how you switch from rumba to cha-cha-cha and back to rumba. Keeps me on my toes Thank you so much.
La musique est un fabuleux territoire où la tradition la plus pure et la fantaisie la plus débridée sont aussi légitimes l'une que l'autre. Et j'aime cela! De ce sublime thème romantique, lent, grave et majestueux, à mon goût l'un des plus beaux et des plus poignants de Beethoven, vous donnez une version débridée, colorée et inventive, jouissive. J'y retrouve ce que je perçois de la situation pleine de paradoxes de la vie et de la création artistique à Cuba et dans les caraïbes, en général : malgré ou à cause d'immenses difficultés économiques et politiques, les peuples ont su produire des cultures où la gaîté et la lumière aident à supporter l'oppression et la misère. La douleur est toujours là, derrière les rythmes endiablés de la rumba, le thème romantique transparaît, mais il se voile, avec élégance, de joie et d'insouciance.
I just found this video on Facebook and it's simply amazing how you merged my favorite Beethoven piece with my favorite genre of music! Please keep doing what you do! Fan for life from this day.
Nothing short of amazing. The amount of work needed to make this surely can't be underestimated. All the hours in the making, I can only imagine! Bravo! Much much deserved praise.
Best part in my opinion is from 0:00 to 1:39, i just love the energy in the music, I would dance on it all night long. Even if I do enjoy what goes after. That's a huge performance, thank you so much for sharing this with us.
This is really great. Everything has a purpose. A lot of covers and arrangements are unnecessarily flashy and drawn out. This one is flashy, but nothing sounds like it was playing to impress or intimidate. It sounds absolutely necessary to have played it that way. Great job.
I don't have the words to express the joy and happiness this gives me. Clever, interesting...this cover has been playing in my head for six months now. Thank you for this. More please. Well done. If I were wearing a hat I would tip it to you.
Beethoven in Cuba & Sheherazade are on non stop at home!!!! Wonderfull!!!! Congratulations from Argentina ( the other end of the world) Thank you for such marvelous arrangements.
Suggestions for other videos: - Bach passacaille in C minor - Brahms symphony 4, last movement - Rachmaninov 3rd piano concerto, main theme - Mozart piano sonata in A minor, last movement - Mendelssohn scherzo from a midsummer night's dream - Chopin nocturne in C minor - Beethoven piano concerto 4, last movement There are so many!
Holy cow! The whole time I was listening to this I was imagining showing this video to Beethoven and Mozart and what their reaction would be. I bet they would love it!
Rumba! Vamos a bailar a lo cubano!!! Arriba! Thanks very much for doing something so great! My father is cuban, and I've been in Cuba a few times. I am actually a citizen of the Czech Republic! Great job!
On videos like this I tend to find myself sidetracked and clicking elsewhere. This time I found myself stunned all the way through. This is just amazing.
Mr. Horsley - during the last year of her life, I would play music videos for my mom weekly that I knew she would love, and always did. My mom passed away 3 weeks ago. I found this and your other videos the week before she passed and I'm so very sad that I was never able to play these truly awesome videos for her. She always said that "I feed her soul". You feed my soul and I will remember her memory every time I play your videos - especially this one. Thank you!
Oh my, I'm so sorry for your loss. What a kind and touching thing to say, and thank you for sharing this personal experience. I'm sure it's a very challenging time for you. Your words here are very much appreciated and give me real energy to keep going with this project. I'm wishing you all my best. Take good care of yourself!
That is a statistical problem. The original piece is already genius and the outcome can be on the full range of awful to genius. It is most likely that it is avarage and therefore below the original in quality.
Thank you so much for this very spectacular version of a fantastic piece of music! One of my favourite pieces of all time..and now I can dance to it. Hurrah!
Hi I listened to this in music class at school and when I first watched it I was like ha cool but when I watched it at home it was so good that I turd my head phones up soo loud
I just came back to this song because I forgot how amazed I was the first time I heard this. The thought of rumba comes to my head and this is the immediate song that comes to mind. I've also been listening to your newer pieces and they are all just as beautiful. Keep up the amazing work sir!
this song is perfect
This is insanely brilliant. As a professional pianist and having studied percussion...this was everything I needed in my life today. Thank you so much for sharing!
What I love about this is the respect you have for the music. So many out-of-genre versions of music just kind of take the tune and do whatever, but this one really shows that you know the original and really like it.
Also, you clearly know what you're doing anyway. You know the style that you're turning it into.
You're just good at this is what I'm saying.
Thank you!
@klop422 he's a genius! I just discovered him, I love piano works and the classics but these improvisations are just mind blowing!
@klop422 Well said!
You can actually hear the 7th in its full form. He did a great job.
Joachim,
One of my all time favorite pieces of music is Beethoven's 7th...allegretto. Well, cuban, salsa and latin jazz are a huge part of my life, so when I heard this recording, I was floored and probably cried a little...Lol. You're a genius for combining the two as beautifully as you did. I listen to it at least 10 times a day and I don't anticipate stopping at any point. Thank you for giving the world a musical gem. I'm a fan.
Arnold Garza thank you, you are very kind!
Are you still listening to the piece?
Yes, update plz
This "interpretation" was probably the last thing Beethoven was thinking about when he wrote this masterpiece, but this remix is absolutely brilliant!
Thank you!!!
これ、カッコイイ！是非とも今度の来日で生で聴きたい♪
Thank you for all the nice comments! I am going to make more videos like this, where I take an arrangement, turn it on it's head in a Cuban style. Please subscribe to this channel and join my email mailing list to find out more about this project, and ultimately, when I might be playing a show in your area - www.joachimhorsley.com/#newsletter Best Wishes everyone!!!
OK Joachim, it's done
I HAD to hit subscribe at that fugato. Very nice job!
Please do, I love this!
We are waiting for your new videos!
And come to play in Japan, too!!!
Thank you for making a video of the arrangement!!
*After all these years, it's still fun to listen to. With a smile on my face, I stamp my foot*
After listening to an orchestral version of this movement, I've realized how amazing you've arranged this. The rumba style you've played perfectly matched the piece, and the original melody is still kept without straying too far off the line, truly amazing !
Thank you Lord for bringing this music to my random TH-cam rabbit hole of awesomeness. I love you so much
Music like this makes me squeamish about calling myself a musician. This level of musicianship leaves me feeling positively humbled, and in awe.
i am in tears...literally. The saddest of all Beethoven movements has been turned into a fire-breathing Ode to Joy. Ludwig would instantly regain his hearing and go poco loco dancing his ass off until the break of dawn. Maestro, you are a Genius!
Thank you!
Une approche de Beethoven qui ne sera pas du goût de tout le monde. Pour ma part, totale adhésion ! Félicitations !!!
This is the most awesome reimagining of an iconic classical piece that I've ever heard. Bravo, Mr. Horsley! I can't stop playing this, smiling. and hearing it in my mind's ear throughout the day!
Everything is there . The sublime theme of the 7th of Beethoven, the great rhythm and the Cuban soul that flies us with passion.
Bravo to the artist
One of my favorite Beethoven Symphony's, surely he'd be equally amazed with your rendition. Instead of the characteristically somber emotion, we are all up dancing to this! Bravo, ready for more!
Joachim - you are a brilliant composer, pianist and percussionist - God bless you - may you and your talent thrive!
Ain't no party like a Beethoven Rumba party. Arrrrrrrriba!
It's a real treat to hear/see such originality, more so when my two years-old grandson asks to watch your video while doing his little dance. As a Hispanic who enjoys classical and Spanish music this is a great mix!!!
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Aw! Can we see the video of his little dance?
Crazy! Like his fingers are dancing to the song itself with amazing rhythm and unparallelled precision. At some points, its like two little hand-people just dancing away having a great time😂
I've already seen a lot positive comments about this arrangement and I just had to also say.... "Dude, you killed it!" This is an awesome adaption of the original. I used it as an example in my classroom today to show how new and old are constantly being reorganized in interesting ways. The percussive element of this is on point! Keep it up! I hope to see more fun arrangements.
P.S. I'm particularly bias to Beethoven so I wouldn't be opposed to not switching composers haha. Ever thought about re-arragning Beethoven's Sonata no. 21, "Waldstein?" Because I would definitely buy your version of it!
Ryan Striker thank you so much! That Beethoven sonata is heavy duty! Great suggestion.... :)
Hier soir une belle découverte à Sablé c''était vraiment la folle journée avec Beethoven sur des airs de Rumba. Merci pour ce très bon moment Monsieur Horsley
Very hard to surpass for anybody -BRAVO!
"What if Beethoven was born in Cuba"...the creativity is universal, indeed.
Je danse sur cette musique dans mon cour de classique ! Elle est super, bravo vraiment, vousl'avez tres bien interprété !!!
Si cet album pouvait attirer de nouvelles personnes vers la musique classique, ce serait absolument merveilleux. J'adore ce morceau de Beethoven, son côté solennel, froid, glacial... Avec vous, Monsieur, le voici gai, virevoltant? Très belle réinterprétation.
Super concert hier soir aux Folles journées de Nantes. Un très bon moment. Thx for your work. Good job.
I play my bongo cajon to this every other day. It's part of my practice session. I love how you switch from rumba to cha-cha-cha and back to rumba. Keeps me on my toes Thank you so much.
Great ! Beethoven loved musical innovation: I think he would have loved.
Off the hook, excellemente!
Inventive, intelligent, and so well performed. Nice videography, too!
Cette version dans un style rumba est déconcertante et époustouflante. Bravo pour votre performance!
Merci, Marie-Sandra!
I never, never thought I'd have accepted to "touch" the sacrality of Beethoven's Symphonies before, but, damn, this is excellent!!
This is the first thing to lift my spirits since November 9.Beautiful.
La musique est un fabuleux territoire où la tradition la plus pure et la
fantaisie la plus débridée sont aussi légitimes l'une que l'autre. Et
j'aime cela!
De ce sublime thème romantique, lent, grave et
majestueux, à mon goût l'un des plus beaux et des plus poignants de
Beethoven, vous donnez une version débridée, colorée
et inventive, jouissive. J'y retrouve ce que je perçois de la situation
pleine de paradoxes de la vie et de la création artistique à Cuba et
dans les caraïbes, en général : malgré ou à cause d'immenses difficultés
économiques et politiques, les peuples ont su produire des cultures où
la gaîté et la lumière aident à supporter l'oppression et la misère.
La douleur est toujours là, derrière les rythmes endiablés de la rumba,
le thème romantique transparaît, mais il se voile, avec élégance, de
joie et d'insouciance.
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Bravissimo, Maestro.
I just found this video on Facebook and it's simply amazing how you merged my favorite Beethoven piece with my favorite genre of music! Please keep doing what you do! Fan for life from this day.
Seong Min thank you! I will make more!
Nothing short of amazing. The amount of work needed to make this surely can't be underestimated. All the hours in the making, I can only imagine! Bravo! Much much deserved praise.
Amazing!! That movement is one of my all time favorites...and this might be the best version of it I have heard!
Wow, thank you Karen!
karen ross same here
Of course I want it too, is amazing. Thank you a lot, you are GREAT!
karen ross same! plus mixed with cuban style music, this BLEW. MY. MIND.
if Beethoven was alive he would be completely amazed by this.. an utter and complete twist. lovely.
"AWESOME" would be an understatement. Fabulous Musical Feat. Its New Wine in Old bottle. Crazy Idea Lovely Rendition.
Absolutely gorgeous! Can't stop my feet! 😍
Best part in my opinion is from 0:00 to 1:39, i just love the energy in the music, I would dance on it all night long. Even if I do enjoy what goes after.
That's a huge performance, thank you so much for sharing this with us.
This is really great. Everything has a purpose. A lot of covers and arrangements are unnecessarily flashy and drawn out.
This one is flashy, but nothing sounds like it was playing to impress or intimidate. It sounds absolutely necessary to have played it that way.
Great job.
Amazing, amazing, amazing... Congrats!
Must have listened to this a hundred times over the years... So great. Love it. Wish I could give it a million likes.
Just don’t have enough… classical instantly! 👏👏👏
Magique a la folle Journee ! Thank you so much Joachim
WOOOW! Absolutely BRILLIANT!!! 👏👏👏
Absolutely F A N T A S T I C! ! !
PLEASE MORE RUMBA BEETHOVEN 😉🤗😀
My half-Cuban soul has never felt more blessed than right now
This is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I am obsessed with this.
I don't have the words to express the joy and happiness this gives me. Clever, interesting...this cover has been playing in my head for six months now. Thank you for this. More please. Well done. If I were wearing a hat I would tip it to you.
Thank you, Bert. So glad it gave you a good feeling, and thank for the kind words!
Still coming back to this regularly. What a fantastic piece of music!!
Thanks - welcome back
Beethoven in Cuba & Sheherazade are on non stop at home!!!!
Wonderfull!!!! Congratulations from Argentina ( the other end of the world) Thank you for such marvelous arrangements.
awesome!!!
I'm Cuban and I like Beethoven. This is simply brilliant!
Creative, fabulous and skillful.. LOVE this artist. Xoxoxox
Suggestions for other videos:
- Bach passacaille in C minor
- Brahms symphony 4, last movement
- Rachmaninov 3rd piano concerto, main theme
- Mozart piano sonata in A minor, last movement
- Mendelssohn scherzo from a midsummer night's dream
- Chopin nocturne in C minor
- Beethoven piano concerto 4, last movement
There are so many!
tguiot this is a hard-core list! I love it. I will be in the shed :).
Holy cow! The whole time I was listening to this I was imagining showing this video to Beethoven and Mozart and what their reaction would be. I bet they would love it!
Just incredible. The fugato is amazing.
I have had this on repeat all day. This is GOLD
agreed.
jtrainn423
nje pjese e imja
the Martin show
I though classical music was dead, but now OMG i can hear!
i came for beethoven but i stayed for Joachim Horsley
#LoveBeethoooven
wonderful i hope you can make same for mozart #lovemozaaart
Rumba! Vamos a bailar a lo cubano!!! Arriba! Thanks very much for doing something so great! My father is cuban, and I've been in Cuba a few times. I am actually a citizen of the Czech Republic! Great job!
On videos like this I tend to find myself sidetracked and clicking elsewhere. This time I found myself stunned all the way through. This is just amazing.
Mr Horsley! This is incredible good! Best Grats from Germany. Respect for theat great Work!
Mr. Horsley - during the last year of her life, I would play music videos for my mom weekly that I knew she would love, and always did. My mom passed away 3 weeks ago. I found this and your other videos the week before she passed and I'm so very sad that I was never able to play these truly awesome videos for her. She always said that "I feed her soul". You feed my soul and I will remember her memory every time I play your videos - especially this one. Thank you!
Oh my, I'm so sorry for your loss. What a kind and touching thing to say, and thank you for sharing this personal experience. I'm sure it's a very challenging time for you. Your words here are very much appreciated and give me real energy to keep going with this project. I'm wishing you all my best. Take good care of yourself!
Splendid work Joachim Horsley!
I hate when someone try to change something from classicals..but i truly love this version.
bravo bravo
It is to be musician to not only repeat classic works but to made somethink with them. To play by our way.
That is a statistical problem. The original piece is already genius and the outcome can be on the full range of awful to genius. It is most likely that it is avarage and therefore below the original in quality.
@@jannisopel what?
@@jannisopel usually the orginal is very stale repetetive and simplistic imo. But each their own i guess
@@jannisopel Socrates would not like you
J'adore ! J'ai hâte d'en entendre de nouvelles... et MERCI ! 🎶♥️
Oh, my, my, my...!!! You put music in my veins!😍
Thank you !
Congrats !! ... great mix rumba & Beethoven .... wonderfully played !!
I love this a little too much. Thank you for this Joachim. When cleverness, talent and knowledge collide this is what happens.
You ara UNBELIEVABLE! Wonderful! Bravo! You made my day!!!!
il est tout simplement sublime
¡EXTRAORDINARIO! ¡QUÉ PIANISTA Y QUÉ SWING! FABULOSO. SIN PALABRAS!
I've listened to this 3 times now! Doesn't ever get old! Awesome work!
La 7º sinfonía del PROCER es una de las más impactantes y este arreglo de gran virtuosismo es notablemente bello. Gracias!!!
Cured my bursitis just absorbing your marvelous energy what a gift that sound can fro this.
Sharing this video is my pleasure... My feet are taping, fingers shaking, and skin shivering !! Thanks a lot to You, Jo, and your people !!
Emozione unica! Splendido
Thank you so much for this very spectacular version of a fantastic piece of music! One of my favourite pieces of all time..and now I can dance to it. Hurrah!
Please create more content like this. I'm absolutely blown away by your creativity on these classics!
Kyle Thompson thank you! It means a lot. I have plans to make as many as possible!
i love you Joachim Horsley
I've been listening to this all week. Bravissimo, Maestro!
Absolutely amazing!!! WOW!!!
This guy is a legend. Truly amazing
OMG!! Just extraordinary.
¡MAGISTRAL!....Superb!....Outstanding!...Marvelous!...¡HERMOSO!...¡BRUTAL!
You, sir, are unbelievable.
Hi I listened to this in music class at school and when I first watched it I was like ha cool but when I watched it at home it was so good that I turd my head phones up soo loud
JOACHIM: LA PERFECCION EN SU MAXIMO NIVEL, UN LUJO!!! DESDE PARANA, ENTRE RIOS, ARGENTINA.
Gracias, Ana!
It's the best thing i've seen today. This is incredible. It's look so hard but the sound is beautiful!
Perfect fusion. More please.
Потрясающе! Это виртуоз!
Me encanta, ole! Enhorabuena desde España.
Usually I just despise these types of covers, but this is truly brilliant, comparing the original to this or vice versa is not a fair comparison
This is just totally AMAAZZZZIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great arrangements! Great musical and visual edition! No puede uno dejar de moverse, los pies quieren rumbear! Congratulations!
My favorite Beethoven Symphony....absolutely love what you did!
Interesting and very elegant way of combine de music of a genius and the great rhitms of my beloved Cuba. Thank you.
I just came back to this song because I forgot how amazed I was the first time I heard this. The thought of rumba comes to my head and this is the immediate song that comes to mind. I've also been listening to your newer pieces and they are all just as beautiful. Keep up the amazing work sir!
Thank you so much, Nate! I appreciate your comments so much. Looking forward to sharing the new music with you this upcoming year.