SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony No.10 "II: Allegro" (Audio + Condensed Score)

Composed by: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-75)
Year of composition: 1953
Performed by: Bernard Haitink cond/ London Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded live at Royal Albert Hall, London, 28 August 1986

[@gogotrololo]

"oh yeah, I listen to classical. It helps me relax"

[@jazztheory]

The amount of tests I've finished while listening to the 4th movement of his 5 symphony or the massacre in the 11th symphony is too many to count, not to mention rite of spring and other pieces that go crazy

[@NewEnglandFish]

I was in disbelief when I realized my mother (violinist) played in this recording! She especially loved this piece with Haitink. Wonderful to find, good stuff!

[@ezequielstepanenko3229]

I went to a performance of this masterpiece recently with both of my kids, 4 and 2 years old, an old lady came to me at the end and congratulated me for doing a great work at parenting, what an amazing concert, I love this piece

[@MattWeisherComposer]

Why?? And what exactly did you think she was saying? “Great parenting for introducing your children to Shostakovich in a very uncertain and scary way?” Or “great for having kids that were quiet enough to allow me to watch this piece!” In this scenario, which I really think is fake. Lmao you shouldn’t have done that. I’m a composer. And I LOVE Shostakovich. This is not the way to introduce 4 and 2-year-olds to Shostakovich. And I mean INTRODUCE. If your kids already knew Shostakovich, somehow-listening in the womb, I don’t know-and this whole post was a cry for attention…. Then that’s on you. Either way. Really dumb. :)

[@AnyOldMusic]

Not the reduction we deserve, but the reduction we needed.

[@bena2.014]

That's an awesome way of visualising the whole score

[@MrRbjunior83]

Total genius! Very simple “piano” type orchestration with monstrous impact! How many battles in the cinematic history they have similar music, very strongly influenced by this Scherzo!

[@tomekkobialka]

Indeed. I've known this symphony for many years, but doing this reduction greatly raised my respect for Shosty. It is hard to imagine how this piece could be better "proportioned".

[@MrRbjunior83]

Absolutely brilliant work is this condense score! Thank you for the beautiful visual lesson!

[@metodoinstinto]

Shostakovich himself said this movement described Stalin. "Not the USSR under Stalin, but Stalin himself", in his own words.

[@tomekkobialka]

Yes, I've heard that before. On a slightly related note, this concert was performed a few months after the Chernobyl disaster, which became one of the death knells of the Soviet Union, so the audience would've had that fresh in their memory as well.

[@bach_in_a_minuet8700]

Played this in university orchestra (I was playing principal flute) It goes so hard, but Jesus is it difficult.

[@Dylonely42]

It’s epic, I love it !

[@musical_lolu4811]

Yes! A long time coming. More material for me to study. From a fellow score 'reducer', keep up the good work!

[@kofiLjunggren]

Wow!!! Thanks for this!

[@luisamezcua6020]

Wow¡¡ que imagenes vienen a la mente¡

[@badmusicanalysischannel3182]

Thanks for the amazing work, this must've taken a long time

[@timguillaume867]

someone should check on shosty and see if hes ok

[@pepijnstreng4643]

He's dead

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

I wish we germans had a composer who did write music like that in the 30's and wrote a movement portraying Hitler in the same way as Stalin is described here.

[@alexeysavelyev]

Stalin is not described here, it's rather in 3rd movement. Shostakovich's music is very related to himself, rather than people surronding him, especially Stalin.

[@AndreyRubtsovRU]

That. Is. A. Myth.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

@@AndreyRubtsovRUFor a myth it certainly gets repeated often in introductions to the symphony...

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

@@alexeysavelyev Then explain why he quotes this music again in the finale shortly before his own motif wins the day at the start of the coda? It is clearly him saying: "I'm still here motherfucker and you are dead and buried!"

[@alexeysavelyev]

@@Quotenwagnerianer he quotes his music very often in his various compositions, it's all directed directly to him, or the whole nation (the finale of 11th Symphony)

[@aliciadalbey1201]

the violence of this jesus shosty

[@crimeancomposer]

My lovely recorded LPO

[@MichaelMomohara]

Excellent reduction, per usual! 👌

[@wilsonthedoggo]

This classical song is me running to the microwave from the bathroom before it beeps.

[@Dylonely42]

song

[@technik-lexikon]

a reduction of DSCH Symphony 8 mvt 3 would be awesome

[@davidrehak3539]

Dmitrij Sosztakovics:Allegro a 10.e-moll Szimfóniából Op.93 Londoni Filharmonikus Zenekar Vezényel:Bernard Haitink

[@封嶺]

從來沒看過這種斷譜 好有創意 雖然看得眼睛快瞎了TaT

[@ashleythorpe7933]

Headbanger!

[@leonardodealmeidaoliveira2822]

Hey fren, thats a nice work! Thank you very much! It's very clear to understand every line We are able to download your condesed score version?

[@jzer21]

That’s one spicy meatball.

[@paulthiebaut]

Great content mate. This indeed must have inspired JW for his action scores ! About that, do you have any examples of classical pieces/composers which could have slipped into JW's orchestration ideas ?

[@Luca-he6xu]

Hi Thomas, I subscribed to you for a long time, thank you for doing this reduction. The condensed score is amazing and easy to follow, may I know what software you use for this work？

[@natheniel]

Looks like finale to me

[@tomekkobialka]

@@natheniel Correct!

[@juicedelemon]

Nice engraving!

[@musicrenz24]

Remembers me a bit of the Star Wars battle music scenes 😅

[@Ultraandfinalirairabou]

AKA The theme song of Denryu Iraira Bou Returns

[@OW0974]

I saw more from here than from a full score

[@amj.composer]

This is why condensed scores are awesome

[@mistertornado2303]

I can hear how John Williams must’ve been influenced by composers like this.

[@DanielPerrea]

that wind writing is so John Williams

[@GreenTea4]

haha, I was about to comment that exact thing :d

[@MrRbjunior83]

Yes! Nothing wrong with this:) If I could, I would be influenced!

[@GreenTea4]

@@MrRbjunior83 no one said it's wrong, it' just fun to notice the similarities

[@btat16]

@@GreenTea4 There are people out there that would say it is wrong, but they usually don’t understand the creative process.

[@joshscores3360]

Why is your profile default and purple? Got legit worried for a hot sec

[@frederickarcala4749]

Accelerate to attack speed…Lock s foils in attack position

[@ithebinman]

0:40 trombone excerpt

[@HectorRodriguez-music]

Holy- this tempo is FAST 😅

[@deirrikethesmurf3000]

Dont even know what the heck I'm looking at