Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70, B 141 (with Score)

[@AChee-nj2zu]

this will forever be the symphony that breaks my heart with it's fury, and it's beauty.

[@GreenTeaViewer]

are you certain?

[@jmbechtel]

​@@GreenTeaViewerPlease, indulge us with notable contenders! 🤔🤲🏽✌🏾

[@GreenTeaViewer]

@@jmbechtel I never indulge others; this leads to complacency.

[@mydogskips2]

This is his real symphonic masterpiece.

[@angelacooper2661]

This work is in D minor. I read somewhere that it was 'Dvorak's Pathetique' coloured by minor tonality and that D minor is a sombre key. I agree - for me the happy ending of the last movement into D major is as light after darkness and triumph at the end!

[@dansmodacct]

D minor starched to the max for string players (especially first violins!) 🎻

[@angelacooper2661]

​@@dansmodacctTim: I am an amateur string player in an orchestra (viola, by the way) and possess perfect pitch. The 7th Symphony is a work that I have never played, but in a concert given by the CBSO encountered it there. Very memorable occasion. I did play the 8th, which is a real challenge for the violas. The 3rd movement soars to a top D (octaves divisi, when I was tackling the higher octave!)

[@chrismcdonald9120]

The end of the first movement is so heavy and tragic then he ends the entire symphony with a triumphant blowout... Amazing

[@jmbechtel]

Those first few bars from the cellos and basses - very much "Isle of the Dead" vibes, so good!

[@chrismcdonald9120]

@@jmbechtel I haven't heard Isle of the Dead but if you're comparing it to Dvorak it's gotta be good

[@jmbechtel]

"Isle of the Dead," Op. 29 by Sergei Rachmaninov is a beautiful yet ominous symphonic poem. The narrative behind its commission is fascinating!

[@angelacooper2661]

Yes, Chris, as a violist in an amateur orchestra, I notice things like that. The 7th could be said to be Dvorak's Pathetique, given the sombre and impassioned key of D minor. Love the triumphant ending with the D major chord (the F# does it for me!)

[@Aronid-se4of]

6:07 Dvorak sat down at keyboard and thought, "This chord change works." Wow. Indeed, amazing.

[@classicalricky]

35:30 love this melody

[@aizxwa2300]

as a first violin i can say that it‘s almost the hardest part in this symphony yet it‘s beautiful

[@classicalricky]

@@aizxwa2300 haha yeah, i tried it & it is hard

[@christopherdivincenzo717]

Underrated symphony, why in the hell does no one know this?

[@thenoblegnuwildebeest3625]

Is that necessarily the case? I feel like Dvorak's 7-9th symphonies are his best known. The 9th beats out the other two by a long shot in terms of popularity, but I feel like 7 and 8 get a fair share of attention as well.

[@filipjandus4537]

In Manchester at least one orchestra plays it every year. It is very challenging for amateur though!

[@hom2fu]

music in general is very subjective. the music is deep, not catchy.

[@jims5722]

@@hom2fu I’d say incredibly catchy. Especially the Melody of the first and third movements

[@angelacooper2661]

Well, Chris, I am an amateur string player in an orchestra and have performed the fabled New World Symphony (and will be playing the first two movements of that work in the autumn) as well as the Eighth complete with a top D in the third movement right up the fingerboard. Not easy for a viola, bearing in mind that passage is high in the treble clef! Have not had the privilege of playing the 7th, alas. But I have attended a concert where the CBSO performed it. Best for me is the last movement with a triumphant D major ending!

[@FranceescoGFagott]

Es una de las más hermosas sinfonías que he podido escuchar y tocar, además que pude lograr una conexión increible con tan majestuosa obra, que me permitió vivir grandes momentos. Solo espero que las orquestas del mundo entero comiencen a apreciarla y transmitirla a todo el público posible.

[@andantino5558]

23:21 Sublime !

[@davidrehak3539]

Antonín Dvořák:7.d-moll Szimfónia Op.70 1.Allegro maestoso 00:05 2.Poco adagio 11:12 3.Scherzo:Vivace 20:48 4.Finálé:Allegro 28:29 Cseh Filharmonikus Zenekar Vezényel:Václav Neumann

[@davidrehak3539]

Köszönöm az értékelést

[@davidrehak3539]

Köszönöm az értékelést

[@AlkanLove]

素晴らしい

[@francescomassimi8434]

Game of thrones OST is for boys, Dvorak VII for men

[@Olivia-z]

8:43 18:00

[@ドラえもん-k3z]

2:55

[@masajbeyrifat6895]

Brahms bu eserde Dvorak a örnek olmuştur. Dünya bu eseri örnek almıştır. Türkiye den Ulvi Cemal Erkin 2. Senfoni > > kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKCTknSepKqsfKM

[@Les2107]

24:56

[@Musicrafter12]

I just love how in the 4th movement they take a little extra time at the end of those rocket arpeggios, to let the bottom fall out of the sound for just a moment, and heighten the impact of the following downbeat. Most orchestras just plow through them as if they weren't there. This is rapidly becoming my favorite interpretation.

[@samdajellybeenie14]

Hell yeah man Czech Philharmonic is great. Like Warsaw Phil, tons of talent.

[@barriegott8584]

This was the first symphony I heard live at the Sydney Town Hall as a young boy. The London Symphony Orchestra with Istvan Kertesz. It has been a favourite ever since. Just to hear Barry Tuckwell on Horn and Willie Lang on Trumpet was so special. A great work. I love it!

[@EinWildesMalou]

35:48 French horn is like "I'm an undercover bassoon, noone ist gonna notice" 8)

[@Musicrafter12]

I also swear somewhere they took a wind line and threw a trumpet on it, somewhere in the 1st movement, I think. Creative reorchestration decisions by Neumann, I suppose.

[@composergernt]

Yeah also in the final bars (425-430) there are some horns playing with the oboe, clarinet and bassoon. Makes it more epic though

[@barriegott8584]

My favourite Symphony of Dvorak. Wonderful.

[@franciscoariza9600]

Interesting how the conductor arranges this version and trumpets play the woodwinds line at 1:54

[@shadmium3471]

35:49 too, that french horn part, (solo i guess) wasnt originally written for horn, that part is taken from the oboes

[@samdajellybeenie14]

Wow what an amazing piece! That last movement was FIRE

[@frederickhill7181]

I keep coming back to this as my favourite 19th century symphony. There is some hot competition though, from Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mahler &c.

[@ProudBerliozian]

Not to mention Scharwenka, Godard, Hartmann, etc. 😉

[@derianalveswolanski9855]

18:22 18:40 i would cry for a 2h version of this! It was stuck in my head for weeks!

[@Fatima-hl2qg]

Let’s not act like the 3rd movement isn’t the best

[@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks]

The fourth is the best and the most intricate movement.

[@mahler151]

The catchiest, perhaps, but this whole symphony is utter perfection.

[@jochanaan58]

Magnificent performance of a great symphony! Every tempo and nuance is right and powerful. Yet I expected nothing else from this conductor and orchestra.

[@reginaldocruz9958]

Thanks for your job!! Congratulations

[@lennipollmi8248]

This symphony is so much better than the 8th oder 9th,why does no one knows this symphony!?

[@minpn5810]

God this recording is so good Thanks for the score it’s very helpful

[@jonsnowrhaegartargaryen]

Why at 1:55 and 6:50 the trumpets do not play their own part, but the part of the melody?

[@klop4228]

I think someone's reorchestrated the piece slightly to give the brass more to do. Makes some kind of sense - the brass instruments (well, trumpets and horns) of Dvorak's time literally couldn't play these kinds of bits, so one could argue Dvorak would have actually wanted it to be played like this (or just that the piece sounds better orchestrated like this) - a good example is 35:08, where the horns play the bassoon/oboe part because they played the equivalent bit at 31:28 - but a purist might not like it.

[@thissignupisretarded]

@@klop4228 It was George Szell with the Cleveland Orchestra. He added a fair bit to the Tpts and Fr Horns, mostly taken from the existing woodwind parts.

[@ashleythorpe7933]

@@klop4228 The trumpets could have played it in 1884! Valves where invented in the 1830s.

[@klop4228]

@@ashleythorpe7933 That is true! I forget when they came into normal use, though.

[@seansymon9323]

This piece really reminds me of Brahms Symphony 3!

[@모르가니]

Superb sense. It is known that Dvorak was inspired by Brahms No.3(1883) when he was writing this piece(1885).

[@seansymon9323]

@@모르가니 I did not know that. Thanks very much for your comment!

[@Eorzat]

Yeah, I immediately heard a flash of Brahms at 4:36.

[@dzinypinydoroviny]

No wonder. Dvořák and Brahms were good friends and admired each other's work.

[@jackdomanski6758]

the whole piece is Brahmsian

[@ondrejsedo8659]

1:54 the orchestration was adjusted (the trumpets took to main theme together with woodwinds)

[@ABruckner8]

Same at the end...trumpets playing the 2nd violin passage.

[@Vyvyanna]

2:58

[@Vyvyanna]

4:25

[@frogg002]

i played this 2 years ago and some notes are too high for me

[@emmamcallister1743]

What instrument?

[@frogg002]

@@emmamcallister1743 trombone 1, wbu?

[@dansmodacct]

Talk about high notes?? How about the 1st violin!! 🎻 😮

[@nnykk3286]

15:45

[@filibertopierami6892]

Tutti parlano di come è bella sinfonia N°9, ma io sostengo che la sinfonia N°7 è assai più bella della nona!!!!

[@dansmodacct]

I think they both are in different ways.

[@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks]

Probabilmente è per via dell'elevata memorablità del tema del quarto movimento che la nona è così popolare.

[@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks]

The fourth movement is very nice!

[@bluedragonmike]

23:42 Did I just hear some of Beethoven's Symphony No 7??

[@detectivehome3318]

Nope

[@dzinypinydoroviny]

What part of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 are you thinking of?

[@ryannguyen7004]

the theme of the 2nd movement kinda

[@stacey_1111rh]

This is brilliant

[@kikicallahan3662]

The first movement evokes the Obi-Wan vs. Anakin fight from Revenge of the Sith very well as it is in the same key as Battle of the Heroes.

[@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks]

I don't hear the theme of Battle of the Heroes. Furthermore Battle of the Heroes is tragic and I don't feel that this is the mood of the first movement.

[@kikicallahan3662]

@@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracksthey’re both in D minor, which is considered the darkest of all 24 musical keys.

[@angelacooper2661]

​@@kikicallahan3662I would respectfully disagree - for me, Bb minor is the darkest key of the lot and one I absolutely can't stand! And I have perfect pitch, so know what's going on.

[@hernanalejandromartinezgue5941]

Solo los genios crean grandes obras y está es una muestra de ello. Muy agradecido por brindarnos esta belleza musical

[@shmalfie8674]

His best symphony much better than number 8 or 9

[@toki_cb_]

6:00~11:10 17:00~20:45 24:50~28:45 33:40~最後まで

[@石部信明]

ノイマン、チェコフィルの演奏は凄いです。スイットナー、シュターツカペレベルリンと並ぶ名演だと思います。

[@adrianfernandez894]

2:50 12:43 22:20 25:30 29:50 32:40

[@gabrielcoman1998]

8:55

[@kikicallahan3662]

The Freedom Train Symphony

[@jennifermai1589]

2:57 hys excerpt A

[@leeshiadenhartigh6892]

excerpt 4- 25:30

[@anangryjuicebox2799]

24:10 20:50 22:02 22:13

[@matteogenerani5097]

4:37

[@judechandler5102]

6:16 9:20 22:42 33:41 35:20 36:53

[@hannahhh7210]

31:40

[@ru-tm8ng]

4:24

[@Les2107]

3:34

[@graceleelifestyle]

4:30

[@level1life79]

I feel like the 9th is way ahead of its time compared to this, like the power and simplicity of its final movement is unlike anything I've ever heard. This one is kinda all over the place, like in a good way, but the 9th is just so simple and remember able. Like I wouldn't be able to hum any part of this a week later but the 9th is the kind of music that you hear it once and you can still hear it in you head years later

[@dansmodacct]

That’s why the 9th is the most popular, I think

[@jmbechtel]

"... a number of experts even place it above the symphonies of Brahms." No shit. Brahms can't hold a candle to Dvorak. AT ALL. I swear, why do people like Brahms? He has a few catchy pieces, but geez, to make him one of the "Three B's" is preposterous. Bach, Beethoven, sure... but Bortkiewicz and Bruckner (AT LEAST) before Brahms. Hell, Bruch would even be a better contender for the spot!

[@jonnelson6446]

I.'m sure I'll get a lot of hate mail for saying this, but I'm just not as impressed with the seventh. It has a lot of power to be sure, but no real memorable melodic content. I'd much rather hear the fifth.

[@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks]

I think that the melodic content is also good in this one.

[@mohammedpasha1715]

"A number of experts place it above the symphonies of Brahms" What BS. No they dont. If they do, they're not experts.

[@vaclavmiller8032]

Not sure that's fair. This is a very great work and, while I personally would take any Brahms symphony over it (because they are even greater in my opinion), I wouldn't look down my nose at someone who rates it that highly.

[@haomingli6175]

Well, the 3rd and 4th of Brahms could be ranked higher than this one, but I don't think the same can be said for the 1st and 2nd.

[@petermyers7562]

Binary thinking shrinks the brain.

[@klop4228]

@@haomingli6175 In my view this absoutely knocks Brahms' 3rd out of the park, and I'd place it about equal to Brahms' other three, but that's just my opinion.

[@IsaacCreager]

Brahms is boring.