Shostakovich plays Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, III act, Entracte

Rare footage, filmed not later then January 1936

[@kylefarlow]

Congratulations Dmitri, you played yourself...

[@ultimawerewolfbluephoenix9670]

This comment is gold

[@reiwinchester214]

the dad joke never died

[@DmitriShostakovichDSCH]

😭

[@mrbananahead2005]

Works on multiple levels since this is the opera that got his works banned in the USSR

[@Bozpot]

It's fascinating watching those little hands leaping about with such energy and precision.

[@LynnNeumann]

One of my idols.

[@zolkify]

The piano version feels more fascinating than the orchestral suite they made out of the opera.

[@tokotikisu]

?

[@moondog50002000]

the 3 dislikes must be Stalin

[@itamarbar9580]

If it was Stalin, the video would be taken down

[@bach5861]

Stalin, Zhdanov, and Malenkov.

[@jingtinggao3936]

Might also be Glenn Gould

[@bach5861]

Don't forget about Richter.

[@jingtinggao3936]

bach5861 Did Richter comment on this opera explicitly? Gould spoke lowly about it once

[@crazyorganist1609]

What a genius pianist

[@LJBSasha]

Although abridged (one wonders why), one can't but marvel at how Shostakóvich himself is playing his own music - and one of the funniest excerpts from what otherwise is quite a grim opera!!! Not for nothing that Dmítriy Dmitrjévich (Shostakóvich) spoke of this very interlude, according to his late friend and fan Galjína Pávlovna Vishñévskaja: "The bastard (the shabby peasant, who had just discovered the hidden corpse of her dead husband) rushed to the police, overjoyed that he could inform on her. A pæan to informers - that's a hymn to all informers!" Here, it's no question that on their recordings of the complete opera, Rostropóvich is closer in spirit to what Shostakóvich was out to express than Chung, even if the latter is sometimes more of a stickler to the absolute letter of the score... [It should be mentioned that Vishñévskaja, who for over 20 years was the principal soprano of Moscow's Boljshóy Theatre, was also the late wife and then widow of the no less great late 'cellist and conductor Mstíslav Ljeopóljdovich Rostropóvich. On his recording of Shostakóvich's "Lady Macbeth of Mcjénsk District" (widely considered his - and hers - greatest recording ever) she sings the title-rôle of the murderess-heroine Katjerína Ljvóvna Izmáylova.]

An extraordinary find, a rare jewel!

[@kaleidoscopio5]

That left hand 🤤

[@me_is_hobo]

His right hand is jealous

[@BricksAndButter]

Its so rare to find videos of early 20th century composers, thanks for uploading!

[@JhetJhetMC]

This is my idol A true sigma at his time

[@conforzo]

He could play both Well tempered clavier books from his head at the age of like 12 or something xD

[@DavidJGillCA]

WOW! I wish there was more.

[@pianoplaying-kblee1262]

Sir Dimitri Shostakovich music always new and many new things to hear. He is devoted composer !

[@me_is_hobo]

His right hand must be so jealous

[@girlwithoutpearlearring]

I want to play like that...

[@Alix777.]

No way

[@brandgardner211]

amazing pianist

[@kimsground7190]

What a beast.

[@davidmdyer838]

I played this opera as a violinist. It's nightmare difficult.

[@PSearPianist]

What an amazing clip - thanks for uploading!

[@oooooo2062]

Bravo! una joya de este gran compositor

[@GreenBaldrick]

He's not even 30 here 😢

[@user-vz4fy8uw9y]

Да, впервые опера поставлена в 1934. Тут ему, действительно, может быть от 28 лет и чуть больше.

[@zarminae]

Reading The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes. Brilliant

[@saarlooswolfhund6237]

We love you, DSCH!

[@sweetfangs1979]

That left hand tho...

[@user-xl1tm6wz8b]

Это что невообразимое! Потрясающе!

[@vibhavperi983]

I guess this is Shostakovich at around 25 or 26

[@technik-lexikon]

about 30 I think (he was born in 1906)

[@Ggeorgiev89]

Deamn Good

[@FaisalAzizFizzy20000]

The film's playback is too fast. In reality, it would be 0.75 speed.

[@peterhan4903]

The camera back then have the limit of recording so he played it faster? But idk

[@forbiddenfursona]

this is actually kinda how fast it is supposed to played, even in the orchestra

[@osiantownsendjones2833]

What the hell is his left hand doing?!!

[@kaleidoscopio5]

Osian Townsend Jones Is trying to scape from the body 😂

[@sneddypie]

jumps

[@AndrewRudin]

Playing the Russian version of Stride piano.

[@kuglagerfeld]

I didn't know Harry Potter is such a great pianist. :-) God bless Dmitry Dmitrievich.

[@peterlaul]

Ну надо же, нашелся какой-то крокодил, который дислайк поставил!

[@benjaminford4360]

peterlaul Вы не представляете , но на видео где он играет свой 2 концерт поставили 8 дизлайков!!!! ВО ПРИДУРКИИИИИИ.....

[@peterlaul]

Уже два крокодила!

[@peterlaul]

Три крокодила!

[@ninadasilva1867]

What's that short black and white footage just before he starts playing? Is it a video of the original production?

[@user-vz4fy8uw9y]

Очевидно, это отрывок из кинохроники того времени. Опера была чрезвычайно популярна, и журналисты могли снять о ней небольшой репортаж для "киножурнала", который показывали в советских кинотеатрах перед основным фильмом.

[@joemiller95]

I'm always amazed when non-professional concert performers can play like this.

[@Dylonely42]

ㅤ

[@dalegend5924]

Too bad the music itself is godawful

[@mayadevane3157]

Excuse meeeee

[@dalegend5924]

@@mayadevane3157 it’s a matter of opinion but I dislike Shostakovich even more than Prokofiev

[@sanjai_s]

It's your taste but I like Beethoven over Mozart, Liszt over Chopin, Prokofiev and Shostakovich over other contemporary composers, Tchaikovsky and Rach are my undisputed favourites,

[@yashbspianoandcompositions1042]

I would recommend Shostakovich or any modern/ contemporary composer any day to Mozart.

[@ValzainLumivix]

Kid