Prokofiev - Symphony No. 6, Op. 111 (Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Valery Gergiev)

[@paulmouradian8968]

Maestro Gergiev is brilliant and great orchestra

[@OurFatherInHeaven37]

Mother! what a great music!!!!!!

[@TheVaughan5]

Now I've got to know this symphony better I think for me it's his best and this performance is a winner !

[@music-by1ou]

This symphony is so great!!!

[@germanquintero10121946]

ESPLENDIDA DIRECCION PARA UNA PRECIOSA MUSICA

[@franciscoespinozagamboa6490]

Magnífica interpretación de esta genial obra del maestro Prokofiev

[@Dysnomia__]

No podía ser menos viniendo de Gergiev.

[@skymoonbr]

Wonderful ! Music is not expressed in words. Music feel...

[@davidfranklin272]

An excellent symphony.

[@wickedpawn5437]

Never forget that this was a depiction of a devastating war. The first movement influenced the XX century music in many ways.

[@alexisdanielvaneskeheian2127]

Maravilloso!!!! Muchas gracias por compartir!!!! Saludos desde Buenos Aires!

[@BritinIsrael]

Very underrated symphony. A 1st movement that develops in to something quite extraordinarly exciting after an unusual opening few bars ....followed by his finest slow movement and a finale , tho not so intense, is typical Prokofiev. Most conductors tend to rush the final bars, which is a shame. Prokofiev certainly knew how to "compose a good tune". His thematic material and original ideas never cease to amaze me. Prokofiev and Shostakovich both lived through a very harsh period in Russian /Soviet history yet managed to survive the onslaught and produce some of the finest music of the 20th century.

[@paullewis2413]

IMO Prokofiev & Shostakovich are possibly the two most important composers of the 20th c. (If we omit Sibelius who was late 19th/early 20th c.) When I was first investigating so-called `classical` music I didn`t of course fully appreciate/understand them though Prokofiev fascinated me from the beginning. Perseverance can pay enormous dividends in music appreciation.

[@alessandro2421]

Prokofiev aderi al comunismo, tanto che tornò in patria quando era già consolidato socialmente. Ovviamente temette gli eccessi e le purghe ma non ne contesto mai il nucleo ideologoco

[@paullewis2413]

I`ve listened to all the performances of this symphony on Y.T. and this comes out as the best for me. I particularly like the way Gergiev doesn`t rush the climax thus making it more dramatic. I’m tempted to say that Prokofiev’s 6th is the finest symphony of the 20th c.

[@noriemeha]

Lot's of good and fine symphonies composed in the 20th century. Better not to pick out one.

[@darrylschultz9395]

The best way to remove temptation is to give into it. So on the count of 3, just go, "This is the best symphony of the 20th century!" at the top of your lungs. It'll be fun.🥁🥁🥁 One two three-go for it!

[@alirezazareefar8225]

Maestro Gergiev😍😍😍😍😍❤❤❤❤❤👏👏👏👏👏

[@dri3s]

12:55... just devastating. Haunting.

[@gagamin2]

thanks for sharing. Its really good performance.

[@wielandwittmann9832]

Grandiose Musik eines grandiosen Komponisten grandios interpretiert. 👍 👍 👍 👏 👏 👏 🙋

[@darrylschultz9395]

Grandly put, Grandma!!

[@meharibo]

For me his greatest work. The 1st movement has one of the most emotionally exhausting developments in the symphonic repertoire. This great composer was buried as they dealt with Stalin's corpse and few on the day noticed.

[@paullewis2413]

Since discovering this unduly neglected work I would also rate it as his finest. Recently heard a performance at the R.A.M. /London which was absolutely incredible. The playing from the students blew me away, at times they could have been one of the World’s great orchestras.

[@LuizBHMG]

His 2nd is certainly his best symphony, as he said himself. I would put the 3rd right after, then his 5th, his 7th, his 4th and then this 6th, which has much less dense orchestration, less polyphony and simpler musical development. But this is still a masterpiece in its own way, underrated in the musical world.

[@noriemeha]

Hi Ben. I've a son Ben Meharry. Possibly there's a very distant relationship. Anyway, this symphony (for me) is Prokofiev's greatest one. I've liked it from my early youth, as I do all his symphonies, but this one has more anguish and is more prayerful and yearning for hope as a consolation.

[@ariadne4720]

I have loved this symphony since I accidentally discovered it as a teenager on the "B-side" of a Eugene Ormandy recording (I have long forgotten what the "A-side" was .. Tchaikovsky 6th? Or 5th? I reall don't remember). All I do remember is I fell in love with this symphony years and years ago. It is so filled with irony, pathos, humour, joy, tragedy -- I think it is one of the finest symphonies composed by anyone, ever. In my personal top 3. And thank you Maestro Gergiev and Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra for a superb performance!

[@ihtfp2003]

That was spectacular.

[@music-by1ou]

This is a very very interesting work.

[@sivadepilif]

The 2nd mov is monumental!

[@bartrainer3916]

WOW!

[@davidpatrickallen4653]

Thank you very much for this. It sums up all that the Russian people went through in WW 11.

[@georgescott9467]

thank you

[@fabianfrankenstein7294]

1:10 [introduction] / 1:26 [theme 1 in violins] / 2:11 / 2:53 / 4:08 / 4:33 [theme 2] 6:32 [Allegro moderato] 7:10 [a tempo] 8:05 [Andante molto] 10:05 [Allegro] 13:18 [moderato] 14:49 [Andante molto] 15:51 [Allegro moderato] 16:11 [Coda]

[@vinteui1]

Staggering work, staggering performance. The naked emotional intensity of the last four minutes rivals anything by Shostakovich.

[@vandoesselaerewillem6889]

Prokofiev as it should be ..........

[@claudiogabrielcastro3346]

The first movement works out a lot better with Gergiev's tempi, more sedate than most of his colleagues's

[@amapolabilis4663]

... effort after the Fifth but the Waltzes were a joy and highly recommended.

[@TheVaughan5]

At last we are getting broadcasts from Russia (Moscow Conservatory) with decent professional sound. This hall has long been on my list of places to visit the acoustics are reputedly very fine. Not familiar with Prokofiev's 6th symphony so this is welcome!

[@RivieraByBuick]

+cameronpaul this symphony of him was critisized by the Soviet government as an alien to socialistic ideology. worth checking out.

[@gorankatic40000bc]

+cameronpaul Prokofiev's 6th is a master-piece of Russian music. If he had lived a bit longer maybe we would hear more symphonies from him because 6th, revised 4th op.112 and 7th are magnificent, more mature and heavy. His language would be even more enriched with his experience in the 60's, I am sure, and we would have possibly 8th and 9th symphony. Gergiev once said if state didn't pressure him to write marches and party music Prokofiev would make 16 symphonies. Imagine that Prokofiev's 8th symphony is from 1954., 9th from 1957., 10th from 1960. etc. Since 5th is from 1944., 6th from 1946., revised 4th op.112 from 1947. and 7th from 1952. his tempo of writing symphonies after Stalin's death might have even be faster. Who knows.

[@aintmisbehavin1743]

+Sam Peckinpah was a classical composer: What a tragedy, his death at only 61. Absurd almost. He certainly had at least one or two valedictory works in him. As you say, who knows? Maybe one more work of genius? "His great eighth..."? Doesn't bear dwelling on. The world is poorer...

[@gorankatic40000bc]

Aint Misbehavin he was at the height of his powers. A tragedy. What do you think about this performance and about the 6th in general?

[@aintmisbehavin1743]

+Sam Peckinpah was a classical composer The sixth is a bit of a mystery to me. I like the melodies, and the final chords are.. excoriating. But the structure of the whole eludes me. None the less, anything by SSP is worth listening to, and this performance is bright and forceful.

[@jazzjazz999]

これは偉大なる演奏。

[@thomasengqvist]

A very beautiful part are the two minutes after approximately 11.11...

[@Lin.Jon-Kur]

36:25 you can tell from his look and the playing that something was wrong xd

[@davidpanton3192]

27:04 Isn't that sort of thing rather frowned upon in Russia?

[@zabranouo.s.9953]

Prokofjev is modernity in music. It requires it´s type of listener, longing to be suprised, get into complicated and postmodern shape of art, I guess. It´s uncomparable with majority of music in its souvereignity and geniousness. Nothing is formal here. Sometimes you think you listen to heavy metal in classical music. Prokofjev has also weaker pieces, but symphonies all are extremely good. I was never able to také 2nd. Prokofjev changed my life when I was 22.

[@TheBony45]

What do you think of Shostakovich then? He's my favourite, and Prokofiev seconds

[@ronwalker4849]

SHOSTAKOVICH PUTS ME INTO A VERY BAD MOOD. JUST ANNOYING SOUNDS WHICH IRRITATE AND UPSET ME. NOT EVEN WELL CRAFTED FROM A COMPOSITIONAL VIEW.

[@LaSagadeF]

It's unbelievable how wrong you are on that point of view Ron Walker

[@TheVaughan5]

Remember Shostakovich wrote 15 symphonies, quite a feat. They are not all great, even the most ardent admirer of the composer will admit to that but his best are outstanding works. My favorites are nos. 5, 6, 10, 11 and 15 - don't give up on him, the rewards are great if you persevere.

[@ronwalker4849]

IF YOU LIKE SHOSTAKOVICH, THAT IS FINE, ENJOY IT. I JUST FIND IT AN IRRITATING NON HARMONIC NOISE WITH NO PURPOSE BUT YOU MAY HAVE DISCOVERED SOMETHHING WHICH HAS EVADED ME FOR SOME REASON. NOT ALL CLASSICAL MUSIC IS GOOD MUSIC. IF IT ENRICHES YOUR SPIRIT, THEN IT IS OF VALUE TO YOU, WE ARE NOT ALL EQUAL.

[@baalbor7050]

🎶🎶🎵🎵👏👏🎵🎵🎶🎶

[@VyacheslavLogutin]

35:25 Tuba solo

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Particular melody.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

It is difficult to memorize

[@msivega9949]

33:47

[@LuizBHMG]

Uma das mais sombrias de suas sinfonias. Tem instrumentação bem menos densa e mais fraca se comparada a outras de suas sinfonias, mas mesmo assim, ainda conseguiu passar uma mensagem forte. Genial!

[@victorgrauer5834]

The first movement may well be the finest of all Prokofiev's work, certainly among my all time favorites. But in the last movement it seems to me he loses his way, especially around the 39 minute mark. Things bog down and I find it hard to maintain my concentration. During such passages my interest lags and I lose the thread.

[@EvandroSvejk]

couldn't agree more

[@Cesar_SM]

Really? What curious. The 1st movement is my least favorite, at least from this symphony. The first part (before the march-like passage) sounds uncertain, gaseous, with no direction. The 2nd movement has more gravitas and rawness.

[@frankstein9982]

and yet the last page is completely devastating.

[@noriemeha]

@@Cesar_SM But that (I feel) is the composer's intention. I like every bar of this symphony. I feel it captures the 20th century 1941 on wards.

[@vine2197]

The whole symphony is a masterpiece

[@뚜두뚜두팬보이]

01:10

[@ПавелСавари]

По месту жительства в С-Петербург.

[@Skidoo22]

Where Bernard Herrmann got most of his ideas for North by Northwest

[@stephenhall3515]

Dare one say definitive?

[@hodaripoju4826]

mä vittu kuuntelin tätä kun mä söin hodarii

[@rokee_oolster]

Conductor: CHARLES BUKOWSKI

[@slateflash]

i don't like the way he ends it

[@davidfranklin272]

Last movement too fast...

[@dmtkr]

Музыка написанная жопой, с чем это прослушавших и поздравляем.

[@bigcedock]

Schleppt. Schade.

[@kellyjones6829]

Too many notes. Not really memorable. He's done better.

[@Franciscoemf]

I bet you heard it one time only. Cant memorize much in one hearing

[@paullewis2413]

@Kelly Jones. On first or even second hearing yes, it might appear unmemorable. Prokofiev was an amazing composer, the more you listen the more you discover in his complex compositions. This is in fact a great 20th c work but you have to get to know it and suddenly it all makes sense.