Schostakowitsch: 5. Sinfonie ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ David Afkham

[@jerrera45]

The first time I heard this symphony was in the early sixties when I was a young teenager. The recording was Bernstein and the NYP in Moscow. I never knew so much emotion could be put into a piece of music. I could hear all the gut wrenching emotions I was feeling as a young man. Pain, confusion, love, hate, despair, hope. It was all there. And now as an old man of 75 I am so grateful I survived it all. Thank you Dimitri

[@artlowenstein2898]

Yes, I grew up on the Bernstein recording too. He was a great champion of this piece, and his performance still is wonderful to listen to

[@alidarizzotto3182]

You really describe the amazing gift of music!

[@stoneazg8418]

Very Eloquently Stated

[@jerrera45]

@@stoneazg8418 Thank you

[@bach13460]

"The symphony was presented as the "Response to a Right Criticism" and it is said that the work was received with great emotion and general enthusiasm. Among the various movements of the symphony, the fourth was defined by the critics as a "triumphal-optimistic forcing" and "a desire for revenge on the part of the composer". According to Volkov, Shostakovich described the epic final movement of the Fifth as follows: «What should be celebrated. I think it is clear what really happens in the Fifth. The jubilation is forced, it is the fruit of construction [...]. It is as if someone were beating you with a stick and meanwhile repeating to you: "Your duty is to jubilee, your duty is to jubilee". And you get up trembling with broken bones and start walking again muttering: "Our duty is to jubilee, our duty is to jubilee [...]" » citation from wikipedia.

[@IFinishedAVideoGame]

A beautiful symphony and it's meaning (or at least the meaning I perceive in it) has never been more appropriate in 2022. Deep sadness and pain and ultimately an enforced, fake happiness. My heart for those who's lives this music could relate to.

[@matttondr9282]

I fully agree with you, the “happy” parts really feel more like a fake smile while you’re deeply hurting inside.

[@fredericfrelat6395]

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[@fredericfrelat6395]

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[@rd3ster]

In particular, I appreciate his tempi. Too many conductors/orchestras rush the pace, trying too hard to dazzle. Afkham gets it right in all the movements.

[@karlpomeroy8031]

And he puts power into the performance.

[@martinshaw2529]

If there ever were any doubts that Schostakovich was the supreme symphonic composer, this work dispels them. The third movement has to be one of the most sublime pieces of symphonic music ever written.

[@burton48]

Agreed about the third movement.

[@stoneazg8418]

PROFOUND AND MESMERIZING

[@gigogrom216]

the first one too

[@celloplaysmusic7330]

The fourth also

[@sergiocontreras3447]

I agree with you Martin. I love the way Afkham conducts, always so parse in his movements. I prefer the 5th to the 7th. Some parts of the 5th can even be romantic, although I am pretty sure that this is not what Shostakovich had in mind.

[@premgandharvmusic]

Shostakovich's music is a terrific treasure for humankind.

[@yowzephyr]

I am constantly taking in Shosty's music during this pandemic. Music has always soothed me. But now I need the best of it constantly, like an i.v. in my arm.

[@premgandharvmusic]

@@yowzephyr I agree, Music Is a good and Deep medicine for mind and soul. It also help very much to create own music. It literally saved my Life during lockdown.

[@ethanhill9460]

Tell putin.

[@TheLogicBeast]

@@ethanhill9460 I see you fell for the propaganda - Shostakovich didn't.

[@thestarwarsmusiccomposer3491]

@@ethanhill9460 bruh....... Tell putin he stinks and schostakovich would run the country better

[@peterlebow5219]

One of my dear-departed dad’s favorite pieces of music of all-time.

[@peterlebow5219]

Thank you to whoever liked my comment!

[@irlkaijugroupie7614]

may he rest in peace !!

[@peterdumpel5729]

I wonder whether the guy at 29:18 went out of his way to do a Debussy cosplay.

[@awakenedbahamut2574]

What do you mean, that's Debussy!

[@SS-yc5km]

Haha nice

[@FranzKaernBiederstedt]

Do you mean Sebastian Wittiber the solo flutist who at this instance is listening to be beautiful oboe solo?

[@Act1471]

Looks a lil like Mussorgsky as well?

[@tanhaoze]

Lmao

[@DiegoRivera28]

I. Moderato 0:26 II. Allegretto 17:25 III. Largo 23:28 IV. Allegro non troppo 38:15

[@captainkev10]

Thanks!

[@stoneazg8418]

MANY THANKS FOR POSTING THIS SIR RIVERA. MUCH APPRECIATED.

[@migueldelarosa911]

I always come for your comment heje

[@stuartpoyser6678]

It's been my absolute pleasure to play this symphony as leader (concertmaster) twice in my life. It contains such tones of human existence, the best orchestral violin solo (outside of those quasi-concertos like Sheherezade/Lalo), magnificent flute and harp moments, a slow movement of infinite sadness, tunes of joy, and a triumphantly sarcastic climax. And this is a wonderful rendition

[@stuartpoyser6678]

forgot to mention bad-ass piano bass

[@GuruRasaVonWerder]

what on earth is a sarcastic climax?🙃🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@TheLogicBeast]

@@GuruRasaVonWerder Shostakovich is taking the piss out of Stalin.

[@robertsacks7995]

@conrad long story short, Shosty's symphony no.4 and his Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk were "disliked" by the Party for being too depressing, and not having a triumphant end. Shosty said "ask and ye shall receive" and the Party loved it, while the rest of the world saw it for what it was: a middle finger to Stalin.

[@jacobvanoosterhout5281]

​@@GuruRasaVonWerder think about how triumphant movements usually end, then listen to the finish. Shostakovich starts the finale in classic triumphalism - the opening motif for the movement played by the brass and slowed way, way down with timpani accompaniment, feeling like for all the world to land in a Beethoven-esque power chord, but no, symphony's not done yet. Timpani tries again, still not finished. All the while, the violins' repeated eighth notes bring to mind being repeatedly poked with a spear. It's extraordinarily sarcastic.

[@Tortuosit]

16:08 Pulling up the pitch in order to return to the main theme is simply genious. Every performance should do that very audibly. Last part of the first movement is amongst the most mystical, spiritual experience made by Shostakovich, out of this world.

[@notaire2]

Listening to this modern performance, I really feel Shostakovich has completely become a classic in the 21st century.

[@osiantownsendjones2833]

Surely the most popular 20th-century composer today, and, in my opinion, the greatest symphonist ever alongside Sibelius.

[@tomy1830]

Star wars soundtrack

[@notaire2]

@@tomy1830 In a meaning so.

[@fredericchopin6445]

@@tomy1830 no

[@tomy1830]

Wrong

[@milly03799]

Is it strange that this piece makes me cry? I am probably a bit crazy. I'm 15, listening to this symphony as I study for my world history exam next week. I hear something mixed with hatred, love, despair, hope, and so much emotion. I see people crying and laughing for joy and madness...... I feel like this piece connects past with the present, or, in other words, untouchable and tragic darkness with the vivid human emotion. The only problem is that, thanks to this great music, I just can't concentrate on my studies at all :)

[@Ling__Ling__]

Fellow 15 year old here, It isn’t strange to cry, this symphony was Shostakovich’s fight against Stalin. Much of it is meant to criticize the Stalinist regime and to be satirical. But I think the best representation of Shostakovichs emotion is prob his quartet 8. I luckily have the pleasure of playing this symphony in the spring

[@WennAde]

Nowhere near strange! Be proud of your ability to feel such profound emotions and never lose your sensitivity. What truly valuable do we have as human beings and as a culture? We have a possibility to grow in loving all the good things, beauty, each other - and we have art, where we can meet every emotion from the darkest to those of the purest light, and transcend everything quotidian, see so much deeper than what we ever can reach in a single life. What a mystery there lies beyond our being, our lives, our universe! If we weren't able to feel, to experience strongly and think profoundly, how dull and mundane would life be? It's important to take the time for your studies, too, but I tell you, they can always wait listening to a Shostakovich symphony, I reckon your time with this symphony was more important this time!

[@annamariaisland1960]

On the contrary, you have understood this piece the way that most people do, and dare I say, in the manner the composer intended. As far as studies, listening to music is indeed studying, and what you will learn will stay with you for the rest of your life!

[@jayvardhanchoudhary7487]

Fellow 17 year old here I am also reading history while listning 😁

[@JustinEverson]

DOIN HISTORY RNNN

[@robdobson5419]

This is a ridiculously great recording and performance. Bravo.

[@juliak7783]

Listening to this after reading Symphony for the City of the Dead. Beautiful book which details Shoskatovich’s life from the revolution, through Stalin’s pogroms and the Siege of Leningrad during WW2. What an extraordinary life he’s led and what a magnificent piece of music this is.

[@MrJohnMurdoch]

I'm going to look that up. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@zjschrage]

have you heard his 7th Symphony, its about the Siege of Leningrad (kind of...).

[@celloplaysmusic7330]

@@zjschrage its nicknamed "Leningrad" And frankfurt radio symphony has a performance of it on youtube also

[@zjschrage]

@@celloplaysmusic7330 yes lol I am familiar, the Makena interpretation is my favorite

[@celloplaysmusic7330]

@@zjschrage makela* 😃

[@caseyburnett6530]

I'm a fetus and I cried when I listened to this. We're also playing this at our 3rd grade recorder concert. I'm playing the first violin part.

[@simply_papaya]

i hope your piano audition went well!

[@caplen5123]

Good luck with the drum solo! 😃😃

[@JTBPercussion]

I. Moderato 00:25 two note outcry Clar and oboe - Build 3:17 trumpet's buried hope 4:12 suspended sorrow 4:51 brief outcry 7:02 brass agression 8:07 triumphant brutality 10:14 a massacre 11:53 return to the suspended sorrow in major for sorrowful remembrance 13:16 II. Allegretto 17:25 heavy and light waltz, scherzo light and playful dance, pure innocence, trio 19:13 now mixed with oppression 20:00 scherzo 21:06 III. Largo start: 23:24 flute theme: 26:01 first climatic build 26:59 oboe theme 28:37 the two bell notes/start of build 31:17 Melody in First violins and xylo/ Passionate cellos 32:37 quiet sorrow 35:12 the ending prayer 37:10 IV. Allegro non troppo Opening Abrasive Theme 38:15 world crumbling Trumpet solo 40:41 tranquil horn solo - string sorrow 42:02 slow march with opening theme 46:24 "triumphant" ending 48:57

[@alxrnexlj]

i love you

[@mackjay1777]

Magnificently performed masterpiece. We are so fortunate to have such a performance in great audio and visual quality to see anytime on KZbin. Thank you!

[@Bleakhouse7]

I agree completely

[@smlbee9447]

the balance in high/low sound mixing is so good and particularly at 41:45 when the low brass comes in, that part always floors me but in this version especially so, god i love this symphony :^)!!

[@jajefan123456789]

god yes so many orchestral recordings don't do any post work on the audio and it's such a tragedy that we lose quality that we would normally find in the hall because of it

[@richardsilva-spokane3436]

In about 1967 I was a high school student working as an intern at KSPS public television in Spokane, Washington. We broadcast a live performance of #5, but we rehearsed our camera framing and moves for hours ahead as the orchestra rehearsed the score. It became etched in my mind from that time forward as a stunning, sophisticated, enchanting and captivating symphony. The mental images and the emotions it creates and conveys are so real. The piece never leaves me👍👍👍👍👍

[@josuekoenig1723]

The camera work on this symphony is stunning! Must've been a privilege being able to work with this piece.

[@michaelreidperry3256]

Schostakowitsch gives me a warm lovely emotional burn. I feel things I so often don’t get to feel and am missing out on. Thank you!

[@robertopmcochetti1uue871]

Pero 1964 con que tocaban con bombo leguerp

[@chriscoates5427]

Oh! This i a very emotional, very "Dark" work, but is fantastic live. Please support your local orchestra an hear live music. Looking forward to this being played the year by the WASO ! I would love to be the percussionist on the big drum at the finale!

[@ellie8782]

Love the WASO, especially when they are conducted by Asher Fish

[@ThePubliusHuldah]

so would I !!!! It is great!

[@benedictrodil4931]

The big drum is called a timpani, and it's a perfect instrument in that movement aloneeee

[@mr.thickey3959]

“ACH DU LIEBER, ACH DU LIEBER, ACH DU LIEBER, MEIN SCHATZ”!!! There’s nothing much else to say! But I’ll say it anyway! At 81 years old, hearing such a fabulous piece of GREAT GREAT music as this, & such a wonderful performance by this tremendous orchestra, I’m “NUMB” with tears in my eyes & a lump in my throat!!! I once heard this music played by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Grant Park Concerts by the Outer Drive (about 1964) at night, under a gorgeous Aegean sky!!! I STILL vaguely feel & hear that tremendous performance in the “marrow of my heart”! Awesome beyond belief!! WOW! I know what will be going through my head tonight as I try to sleep! The name is “SHOSTAKOVICH” & his PICTURE should have been displayed during this fantastic performance!!!!! “Gesundheit”!

[@Tortuosit]

Worth living for, right?

[@WendelRosaBorges]

I first heard this symphony in my 26th anniversary. Instead of making a party, I went to the concert. So this is a special piece for me. Congratulations to the whole orchestra! (BTW the percussionist is so handsome haha). Bravo! Superbe!

[@amusesmouseion4654]

Almost physical synchronicity when conductor squeeses his nose at 48:18 and two musicians do the same little later. Fantastic symphony btw.

[@remember9097]

14:01 The most gorgeous melody EVER (I´m saving this to myself jsjsjs)

[@alphazero0]

oh wow

[@jajefan123456789]

100%

[@lebambale]

Lovely!

[@bluerev]

Definitely one of my favorite symphonies. Just such a masterful balance of form, substance, emotional profundity and range while remaining relatively accessible and full of memorable musical moments. Absolute masterpiece.

[@LeonCouch]

Another inspiring performance with energy, drive, and gravity, as appropriate. The slow movement imparts profound grief. Wonderful. I'm amazed by the videography, which must involve a lot of very expensive cameras with masterful control, gradually moving focus from musician to musician as well as moving between cameras to show the appropriate instruments to each passage. Vibrant colors. The audio production, even on a YT stream, is really excellent with the full range of frequencies. The balances are great. I'm very impressed with the production as well as the musicality of the orchestra and its young conductor. Lastly, I'm glad to see a hall full of an attentive audience. Thanks for offering your music to the world.

[@hilaryrubinstein9022]

The ending of this is obviously one of the greatest pieces of twentieth century music - the symphony was denounced by Stalin's stooges.

[@ClarinetEnthusiast]

14:00 despite its shortness, easily one of the most beautiful clarinet excerpts in Symphonic works. I would kill for the opportunity to perform this excerpt with an orchestra.

[@mariavidineeva2524]

It's literally SO good

[@harryhagan5937]

Practice, practice, practice!

[@jayvardhanchoudhary7487]

When my grandmother died , i was just 15 at that time and going through such overwhelming emotions was seldomly in my concerns , my situation was grim I took my headphones and walked in the fields listning to the 3rd movement of this symphony it seemed benign in a sea of sorrow , i was inundated by the dessonance and the timid silence throughout the movement i walked for hours until my path was interupted by a stream , It was an experience one cannot express in words but the sheer profoundity of one's sorrow could be eloquently understood by this Symphony

[@rebeccathornemusic]

So many comments with different time stamps for people’s favourite moments… it just proves this work is so incredible throughout! (If I had to pick my favourite moment it would be 30:36 - I have played this piece as a cellist and being in the string section at that point was magical)

[@emmi6714]

I was in the percussion section myself! Every time we played this would bring me to tears aha

[@knownanonymous1691]

08:08 gives me goosebumps

[@aldeayeah]

rightfully so! sounds downright villanous

[@yowzephyr]

0:25 is a good place to start. Music ends at 50:08. (Total music time: 49 mins & 43 seconds.)

[@simonalexander8657]

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[@tomascostero9962]

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[@yowzephyr]

@@tomascostero9962 Ñ ?

[@gianluigibelotti8446]

Ah yes, that finale. "brass, go wild,. Everybody else: play an A"

[@masaonakanishi8766]

20 8:55 29 10:40 31 11:07 37 12:10 --2------- 52 18:09 61 20:00 66 21:05 68- 21:35 70 arco 22:04 -4------ 97 unis 38:29 102 39:12 107 40:22 110 41:10

[@nurullahsametylmaz851]

11:53 Most of you dont know probably but this is an epic moment for turkish people cause we heard this melody for the first time Tarkan Movie intro. So here we say again together: Ben Altar'ın oğlu Tarkan!

[@TheLogicBeast]

I honestly believe this to be the greatest single piece of music ever written... technically, spiritually and musically. Some of the lines, forced harmonies etc are beyond the comprehension of a mere mortal like me... and I have a masters in composing.

[@denniswage9748]

"forced harmonies" is a perfect way to describe his use of dissonance. I am on the verge of tears throughout this whole piece. It's SO GOOD!

[@MrSridharMurthy]

Historically too

[@sansovino4124]

I presume you state that you have a masters in composing to give some gravitas to your statement that you believe this is the greatest single piece of music ever written. Two years on, do you still believe that? Hopefully not. Many years ago I was wildly in love with this symphony and then one day, I was listening to the third movement with a classical music afficianado and friend and we looked at one and said, almost simultaneously, 'A storm in a teacup'. I love this symphony but it is not even his greatest symphony, let alone greatest piece of music ever. I also have no doubt whatsoever that Shostakovich himself would have agreed. It's certainly very moving, but doesn't begin to reach the depths of many other symphonies, by Shostakovich and by others.

[@TheLogicBeast]

@@sansovino4124 well, it is of course subjective and i could write a thesis to try and back up my opinion. Fortunately , it's not an Olympic sport , so no winner required ... but yes , it's still my opinion and I make no apology for it.

[@sansovino4124]

@TheLogicBeast That, of course, is absolutely fine as it is indeed subjective, and I respect your opinion even if I disagree with it.

[@mattzaske]

When your like writing the like best music ever and after getting Symph #4 pulled by the commie enforcers, filling your britches with fear in '36 and then you remember at 38:00 to throw in some super soviet-ski sounds, comrade is pleased and whew, no gulag for now...

[@amusedic1237]

Mr. Afkham's style of conducting reminds me of a young Zubin Mehta. In 1967, Zubin took the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Andre Watts to Tehran, Iran for two concerts. I was able to finagle a ticket to the second concert not knowing what to expect. I got the ticket at the gate from a Russian mother and daughter who had an extra one due to the father's illness that night. The young girl and I exchanged many many smiles during the concert at the end of which I couldn't decide whether I had fallen in love with the girl or the music. I never saw the girl again but nourished the love for classical music and have loved and enjoyed it ever since. That was 54 years ago.

[@tophan5146]

Lovely story

[@clintow]

Visible shuffle-applause in the orchestra for Marc Gruber after the flute duet at 14:00. Well deserved! Great performance overall!

[@casparernst]

what do you mean with shuffle-applause? I see nothing:)

[@clintow]

Third clarinet shuffles her hand on her knee, second clarinet lifts his foot.

[@daryljamaat4266]

What is the significance of this? I am curious.

[@clintow]

Orchestra members silently applauding their colleagues, in this case applauding an extremely tricky solo played well.

[@daryljamaat4266]

It is good to see that solidarity within an orchestra.

[@petermyers7562]

I hear in the violins at the end, in the way that they refuse to let up their screeching, alarm bells that warn us to beware the triumphant victory parade.

[@yowzephyr]

Those violins could be saying "We beat Hitler. But we can't rest until we bury the capitalist pigs."

[@hfor2419]

@@yowzephyr how funny

[@Altonahh10]

@@yowzephyr Well, if you read about Shostakovich then you will find out that you are quite wrong here.

[@bearifiablepau2095]

THANK YOU for uploading this beautiful music and especially for sharing it free of adds. 🙌♥

[@edgarallangarcia3375]

A ratos épica, a ratos melancólica y a ratos juguetona y alegre, como la misma vida, esta sinfonía nos retrata a todos desde lo más profundo. Y si pensamos en todas las presiones, reprimendas y abjuraciones que tuvo que soportar el genial autor bajo el estalinismo y, sobre todo, gracias a los serviciales y furibundos estalinistas de su época, esta sinfonía se vuelve incluso más entrañable. (At times epic, at times melancholic, and at times playful and joyful, like life it self, this symphony portrays us all from the depths. And if we think of all the pressures, reprimands and abjurations that this brilliant author had to to endure under stalinism and, above all, thanks to the myrmidons and furious stalinist of his time, this symphony becomes even more endearing).

[@9340Steve]

This symphony is often referred to as the means for Shostakovich's "return to offical grace" (see, for example, Jan Swafford) after his near disaster with Lady Macbeth ("Muddle instead of music" is how Stalin summed up his views of that opera). The 5th is a masterpiece, sure enough. But was Shostakovich really groveling to save his skin? Listen carefully starting at about ten minutes in and lasting for the rest of the 1st movement. Isn't that Stalin taking over the revolution we are hearing ? Maybe I'm wrong, because it's stunning to me that a composer under that much pressure would have tried something so daring. And that Stalin and his fellow thugs wouldn't have caught it. The answer to that paradox might lie in the 4th movement, where we end in triumph. The Stalinists would likely have been very prejudicial towards such an ending. But do we really know who the victor is here? Is it the master or the wage slaves?

[@ЛапинСтаниславович]

I am from Russia, the vast majority of Russian people do not consider Stalin, as you write, a thug. Аnd Shostakovich did not think so, being a member of the Communist Party of the USSR, and you will be surprised, he did not like to go on tour abroad when the authorities insistently asked him about it to popularize Soviet art. That is, he did not really like your beautiful west!

[@johnrosenfeld5616]

I'm fairly conventional. Love Tchaikovsky's 5th, ditto Beethoven 5th, Saint Saens Organ Symphony etc, but this work was introduced to me as a child and still remains my favorite, despite its unconventionality and perhaps lack of the melodic themes of some of the aforementioned.

[@arionthedeer7372]

That’s just how Shostakovich worked, though. Lack of melody is kind of what he wanted. The first movement remains dissonant nearly its entire length. I’ve noticed that he avoids repetition of anything in his pieces like the plague.

[@words-with-wooly]

@@arionthedeer7372 I think that's why you hear that theme come back in subtle ways in the fourth movement. It all represented his struggle with the Soviet government, and how they wanted something positive and recognizable; something that would tell the world "Yes, this is *wonderful* Russia." But you're right, Shostakovich avoided such things. He didn't like being told what he could write, because he saw all the potential there could be. He loved working with dissonance and atonal structures. Still, even if this Symphony was, in a way, to save face with the Soviets (especially with how he ended it), I still think he created a masterpiece

[@nickyork8901]

Yet there are some of the most beautiful melodies of all music in this piece and elsewhere in Shostakovitch. I don't find the first movement to be at all dissonant. I did when I first played it, but now it seems almost classical.

[@charlesdavidcolon9830]

Great interpretation, displays beauty, musical poetry and esthetic orchestral qualities of immense scholarship.

[@user-yasai_saibai_utti-siki555]

これは稀にみる名演！！感動しました！！ ティンパニ最高！！ This is a rare performance! ! I was impressed! ! Timpani is the best! !

[@spacewalkerrr]

perfect...this music was the soundtrack of a Turkish movie series, adventures of a kind of historical hero, and whenever it comes out i was filled with emotions and chills when i was only 5 years old...now i'm 29 and still got goosebumps...I'm Turkish but I listened to this music when i was in Moscow, ironic, right. Ofc i didn't even know who the composer even was...Now I'm in love with the work of Shostakovich

[@ahmetelgun5695]

Hain Kostok 11:51

[@SuperSupraskater]

The cello and bass entrance at 36:47 always gives me the chills. So glad I was able to play movements 3 and 4 in high school. I never liked going to orchestra class, but this was the only piece I fell in love with playing. Thank you Shosty 🙏🏻

[@TheGossec]

7:30 saving this for myself

[@robindale9352]

Fantastic performance. And kudos to conductor David Afkham for understanding the great sob at the climax of the slow movement, which so many miss, Paavo Järvi included. Nice to hear what seems to me what the composer would like to hear.

[@tophan5146]

Could you provide timestamp?

[@beatrizperez369]

Yes please!

[@cinanhakkee]

It's true that he is the last giant .

[@Esvidrigailo]

Shostakovicht es como Tolstoi, un gigante

[@harryhagan5937]

If those Soviet thugs had had an ear for music, they would never have permitted this fantastic work of genius to be heard. It's the most candid portrayal of what the Glorious Rev wrought. Fear laid on more fear. That and idiocy.

[@HarmonicVector]

Stalin: "What a masterpiece!" The audience: "Does he know that this is actually slagging him off?"

[@mostlydaniel]

I play violin in my high school philharmonic orchestra and 41:57 is so fun to play

[@losdosabuelos]

FRS, Magnificent! we are going from Spain to Santa Cruz de Tenerife to hear you play this on 23.01.20. Dare I say that I think the pause at 33:21 could be a moment longer and 33:32 more agonized?

[@ВладимирУ-т3ц]

Большое спасибо Франкфуртскому оркестру за чудесную музыку!

[@Yu-uy5bv]

7:25 Viola solo is so clean.

[@smzig]

Shostakovich was facing criticism from the Soviets over his previous works. This was his response to "appease" them but you can hear the struggle and desperation in this piece. His critics liked this when he released it, but didn't realize it was a subversive commentary on the oppression of the Soviets.

[@ЛапинСтаниславович]

Shostakovich listened to criticism, accepted criticism and wrote a worthwhile piece. Conclusion: the criticism was fair and benefited Shostokovich. Greetings from Russia, which in its majority is for Soviet power.

[@PatriciaDHarden]

42:10 Horn solo in the 4th movement accompanied by the strings and other instruments is just GOLDEN

[@stephenmessick865]

Fantastic!! All my favorite FRSO principles were front and center in this great video. The last movement was world-class and chill-worthy.

[@SamirAbadeer]

integrating a variation of percussion types was a good evolution and the piano in a symphony wasn't traditional .. The Sound in its Total is GREAT

[@DavidPeng-dh6fg]

beautiful flute solo!!!

[@Zeify1]

I live in St-Peterburg where Shostakovich and this music were born. Now I'm going to emigrate from Russia, because Stalinism has returned.

[@LearnThaiRapidMethod]

What an amazing performance - and beautifully filmed too! :)

[@claudiodigirolamo2898]

The third movement is an inner torment, undefined that never arrives at a precise dominant tone, but that is then relieved by a drop of final hope, that F#maj in closing (37:44). Such a thing could write it or just a man who has tried inside all these things, or just a genius: Shostakovich is both.

[@celalnecatiucyldz8202]

ÇOK ZEVKLE DİNLEDİM. J'ECOUTE AVEC BEAUCOUP DE PLAISIR

[@johannesopfermann2917]

War ein geniales Konzert. Das Beethoven Klavierkonzert, war ja in gewohnter Qualität (also auch schon super), aber das hat alle meine Erwartungen bei weitem übertroffen. Hut ab!

[@susannabonke8552]

Sehr schön wiedergegeben. Danke

[@obscurerchen3146]

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[@MaryorieGodoy-x7s]

Será para mí lo mejor de la cultura de los siglos anteriores dé mi vida 😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@MaryorieGodoy-x7s]

Claro que sí , así es

[@avidovlieberman9314]

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[@stevebeeney9022]

Das ist richtig.

[@Ian-vd4mt]

終わりの、トランペット数本の和音が、揺れずに、直線的、しかも、濁っていない、のは、 楽譜と違うが、 しかし、これだと、 『革命は成功する🎉』 と、描いた、音楽作品である。

[@jandrewscali]

Oh, this orchestra. And oh, this conductor! Wonderful performance. The Largo rips my heart out. So beautiful! Thank you, FRS.

[@yichuankoay83]

Shostakovich is way ahead of his time. Visionary

[@astridarraut9502]

So,was gustav mahler they were both the greatest of composers

[@stoneazg8418]

ABSOLUTELY

[@StanObirek]

Beethoven wrote 'Pastoral', Schubert 'Unfinished', Shostakovich 'a Soviet artist's creative response to justified criticism'. And this was perhaps best answer expressed in a symphonic language in the whole 20th century. Thanks for publishing this great performance!

[@robertopmcochetti1uue871]

Al amigo Stan Obriek Beetohoven por la pastoral sinfonia 6 Biuriful

[@TheClassicdog]

The biggest threat to Russia was actual nazis, now the biggest threat to Russia is fear of invented nazis. I reckon old Shosty covered both bases with his universal language of music.

[@bassavino]

This conductor. He just guested in Cleveland. Needs to be on their short list for FWM's successor.

[@doomstarks182]

3 minutes in and I’m brought to tears and goosebumps

[@gagewinthrop7586]

28:33 you can catch the last chair bassist missing a note because he had a bad fingering, I think it’s an A-Aflat-A that everyone is hitting and he just skips the Aflat altogether lol

[@javadkhakbaz8016]

Amazing music. Awesome performance. Excellent recording/videography. Thank you!

[@barneymiller3925]

This performance is my favourite. I am not a fan of the Bernstein tempi, I prefer these with David Afkham.

[@samazwe]

The Allegro non troppo is very, very RUSSIAN. I can hear bits of Tchaikovsky-esque undertones, too!

[@onlyhereformusic7486]

I find myself listening to this piece over and over after I played it in my orchestra last almost two years ago now. It was very, very challenging, but I had a lot of fun. Although I was relieved when it was over, I find myself going back to play it on my own in my free time. A truly wonderful piece.

[@elgar104]

Fabulously good performance. The orchestra was flawless. String sections brilliantly together and the wind were just amazing.

[@andrewdu9132]

IV. Allegro non troppo was used in movie "the Iron Curtain", which was filmed in 1950's, I looked for this music for times, thanks for sharing.

[@stevene7099]

Great referral to the iron curtain movie. Listening to the Russian composers with the movie as a backdrop was rewarding and coalesced history and music

[@yowzephyr]

0:25 is a good place to start.....Wow. This is excellently recorded. Especially for a live performance! All the instruments, all the notes, come thru crisp and clear. And it's a very fine performance. Too slow for my taste, but you can't always have everything.

[@pprudencio1966]

I think there’s a place for both a faster and slower interpretation. On one hand, the music sounds a lot darker and more painful when it’s played more slowly like this, but I agree that there’s something special about recordings like Solti, Bernstein, and Kondrashin that are just so brash and reckless and so inherently Russian.

[@eloyrascon3202]

47:22 grrrreeat page turning :)

[@daviomusicozuero151]

Wow

[@christiandelatorre6675]

Wonderful and powerful performance. I must comment on how exquisite the timpani performance is. Absolutely stunning playing. Immensely inspiring. I am so grateful for this page and their excellent recordings.

[@gagewinthrop7586]

Holy crap that third movement tho

[@jonrutherford6852]

Of all well-known serious composers of the 20th century, surely Shostakovich is among a handful it's appropriate to call "great". If civilization lasts that long, he'll seem to 23rd-c. listeners what Beethoven and Bach seem to us.

[@tennislibra]

Does anyone get a sense that the 1st mvmt is a dialogue between a voice of light energy and a voice of dark energy? Initially combative, and then briefly in the middle they come together in mutual understanding and a moment of sweet tenderness, before fading away back into their own perfect existences.

[@goodcyrus]

MOST EITHER DONT SEE OR DONT WANT TO POINT OUT ALL THE WEAK POINTS OF THESE FAMOUS COMPOSITIONS. THIS SYMPHONY HAS SOME SUBLIME STRETCHES THAT EASILY REACH MAHLER QUALITY BUT IT ALSO HAS SOME AWFULLY BAD MOMENTS AND EVEN LONG STRETCHES. THE MIDDLE MOVEMENTS ARE THE BEST.

[@gerardbegni2806]

Written before the war, but at a time when Chostakovitch became fully aware of the bureaucratic dictatorial nature of the regime and of attacks against his music and himself, we can hear in the beginning of the finale one of the former examples of that sarcastic stylé by winch he criticized the social situation, but this is just a moment in this quite firmly constructed symphony, which is probably is most "Beethovenian" symphony, just as his 9th could be considered as his most "Haydnian". The rendering is intersecting, scrupulous, quite analytic, but seems to me to lack of this beethovenien , non romantic, energy and sharpness. Hear for insi tance such different conductor's vision as Mravinsky or Bernstein.

[@ChrisWrightOM1]

I'm not much of a musicologist but I love the very end where the timpanist hits his drums so hard that they completely lose their tuning and sound like a cardboard box being kicked. I'm sure Shostakovich did this on purpose and I think I know what he was saying.

[@giovannaacosta3501]

Bravo!!! Está Sinfonía es maravillosa, y esta es una bellísima interpretación 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Increíble!!

[@zbigniewbrzezinski8869]

Außergewöhnlich gute Leistung ! Herzlichen Glückwünsche 🎈🎊🍾🎉...

[@andacomfeeuvou]

I think that even angels are inclined to listen to the Largo of this symphony.

[@WUMBO73]

why bro conudcting like that

[@cravis123]

One the most profound symphonic pieces ever written! I love it!

[@sergiocontreras8372]

This symphony, the 7th and the tenth make me cry. I do not know why, but there you have it.

[@LyubomirIko]

The 7th was done in the heat of WW2 war among the most gruesome battles our civilization have faced...

[@robertburns576]

Shostakovich's great symphonies have enormous emotional range, particularly with regard to capturing all sides of tragedy. The 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, and 13th are all excellent works.