Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 - Semyon Bychkov | Concertgebouworkest

This concert was recorded live on 19 June 2020 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov - conductor
00:26 I Andante - Allegro con anima
16:20 II Andante cantabile con alcuna licenza
30:19 III Valse. Allegro moderato
37:00 IV Finale. Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace
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[@coenvo]

Ive played this piece with an orchestra before as a cellist and let me tell you the pure euphoric thrill and adrenaline that rushes throughout the orchestra and throughout your body while playing is just out of this world. Another honorable mention of course to the cello moments in the second movement.

[@jaspervanberkel766]

OMG that horn solo, never heard it more beautiful!!!!

[@jiffey_faux]

Same!!!!

[@crimeancomposer]

Timing?

[@joehyunsue]

@@crimeancomposer17:11 😊

[@Greathanno]

When Tchaikovsky wrote this masterpiece In 1888, Mahler wrote his first and Concertgebouw Opened. Thank you Amsterdam! From Seoul, Korea.

[@mah26rib]

My all time favourite symphony. Bychkov's conducting is simply majestic, bringing out the best from the wonderful orchestra

[@ianwatson10001]

I have never before heard such committed playing and conducting in Tchaikovsky’s 5th. The emotional impact is almost overwhelming. A truly great performance.

[@carmen006]

you worded it perfectly

[@ИгорьЖданов-й3щ]

Послушайте в исполнении Мравинского (1960 г СССР)

[@CL-pe5qo]

@@ИгорьЖданов-й3щI followed your advice and went to Mravinsky. I’m forever grateful…. Unbelievably passionate and deep of his conducting. I was in tears. Thank you!!!

[@kullervo2844]

@@CL-pe5qo Please give Karajan and the Berlin Phil a listen. There's a version on here that's 46:54 long. Listen to the climax of the 2nd movement at 24:45. No one else does it like that. Perfect tempo and a thunderous tuba at 25:09. Hope you enjoy it 🙂

[@joseeduardocruz1272]

Sin lugar a duda, ésta es una gran interpretación de la quinta sinfonía!! Un muy brillante director y una orquesta grandiosa! El solo con el corno, se escucha increíble!

[@Robert-ct9zh]

This is beatiful. Was in Concert gebouw only once as a child in '57 I think it was. I can close my eyes and dream of being there again.

[@PhoebePaget]

Even after nine years since performing this piece as oboe II in my uni's symphony orchestra, I remember it like yesterday. Def a core memory for me

[@dawnpoint]

The dialog between the clarinet and the horn at the start of mvt 2 was the most touching and human thing I've seen in a long time.

[@brahmsian118]

Completely agree.

[@cavacado25]

Bruh as a clarinet player I feel offended because that is most definitely a Oboe

[@goldypython9994]

It was a clarinet at first but the oboe was closer to the end of the solo

[@taratriv813]

anybody have time stamp?

[@fattyvm30]

Laurens Woudenberg’s Horn Solo is just beyond words! So beautiful tone he has! And of course the World’s Best Orchestra!

[@yjhong78]

Deeply agree to your evaluation.

[@kendanziger8072]

Oh yes.

[@MD-md4th]

Just because the Concertgebouw was voted #1 many years ago by Gramophone Magazine , that does not make it the best then or now. I have heard the orchestra twice, and while the first performance in 2017 was great, the second in 2018 was mediocre.

[@301250]

The Berlin Phil, the Vienna Phil, the Oslo Phil, the St.Petersburg etc. are equally great!

[@jiffey_faux]

Came here to comment this. This symphony is my favorite piece and his solo is BY FAR the best I've ever heard.

[@leopanthera8261]

One wonders if this superbly performed concert by Concertgebouworkest under the direction of the amazing Semyon Buchkov is not the single best rendition available on the Internet, and also the fantastic performance of the musicians was beyond belief, and again I wonder if it is because they are relaxed and so superbly talented they were playing only for their determination to rise into the stratosphere of magnificence and not to please an audience. Bravo X 1000!

[@ИгорьЖданов-й3щ]

Доступно в ютубе исполнения Мравинского,Светланова,Гергиева,Спивакова,Тимерканова.Удачи!

[@kennethduckworth8100]

As someone for whom attending a concert in the Concertgebouw was always an impossible dream, I feel extraordinarily privileged to be able to watch and hear this fabulous orchestra in its own home. Bychkov is a great choice to conduct Tchaikovsky.

[@安登利幸]

The best Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 !!!!

[@yangminglee4621]

I. 2:38 Andante - Allegro con anima - Molto più tranquillo II. 18:34 Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza - Non allegro - Andante maestoso con piano III. 32:29 Valse: Allegro moderato IV. 39:11 Finale: Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace - Molto vivace - Moderato assai e molto maestoso - Presto

[@scortia]

The second movement never fails to tug at my heart a bit.

[@ex_cathedra4237]

The strings at the beginning have such a great harmony. It's painfully beautiful. I love the horn solo as much as anyone, but man.. The strings are amazing.

[@heidifluteatl]

I love the spacing of the orchestra. I know its for COVID but it really makes the individual section SHINE out!!!!! And you can really see the soloists. The conducting is WONDERFUL too.

[@brahmsian118]

Thought the same!!

[@homeofcreation]

Totally agree.

[@klarion]

I think it's the playing that makes the sections stand out. But practically, it's much harder to play yhis way

[@klarion]

Also, we did this type of recorded concert during COVID and it does make an impact. .. i suppose the fact that currently it's one of the top orchestras in the world kind of matters.. a bit

[@heidifluteatl]

@@klarion I know

[@upplandia8177]

Wow! strong and melodious. One of the best Tch-5 in my life. Because of o audience or longer distance among players, echo is also long which I really like it.

[@josearmandoestrada305]

Qué manera de captar la esencia y el espíritu de Tchaikovsky; es un verdadero ágape espiritual escuchar esta espléndida versión del inigualable Maestro Bychkov. ¡Gracias, Maestro!.

[@expeditodealmeida2586]

What a clarinet sound!👏👏👏👏✨✨🙌🏼

[@frahan3]

There are simply no words to describe the beauty of this music. Tchaikovsky, he, himself, pouring out all his soul.

[@damnedseagull6194]

Thoroughly enjoyed the performance, in particular, the famous horn solo part played by Laurens Woudenberg. 👏👏👏

[@marchbird1]

A stellar performance that sheds LIGHT in these our somber times. BRAVISSIMO!!!

[@azizka88]

I know more then 20 records of this symphony. I have to admit this was best record! Bravo orchestra and Bychkov

[@c08lam]

Really impressive performance, it is of the deepest regret that no audience was allowed to see it live.

[@curtisgrindahl446]

As much as I love classical music my education is limited, so this is the first time I've listened to this symphony and I have to say how deeply moving I find this piece. What a gorgeous performance done only a few months after COVID brought the world to a halt. I imagine many have turned to KZbin and are as delighted as I am by the offerings. The production quality of this performance is wonderful. And so my education continues. Thanks for this lovely offering.

[@WarinPartita6]

WOW, WOW, WOW​! I​ was​ in​ awe​ of​ the​ whole​ performance, had​ several​ goosebumps​ and​ almost​ shed tears​ in​ several​ part​s​ of​ the​ second​ and​ last​ movement​s.​ What​ a​ magnificent​ rendition​ of​ the​ Tchaikovsky​ masterpiece.​ One​ of​ the​ best​ i​ have​ ever​ witnessed.​ Immense​ thanks, to​ this​ great​ orchestra​ and​ the​ brilliant​ conductor​ who​ conduct​ed​ the​ whole​ symphony​ from​ memory! My​ next​ visit​ to​ Amsterdam​ i​ will​​ be​ in​ this​ Hall​ enjoy​ing​ a​ concert​ for​ sure.​

[@joedeegan3870]

I love this Orchestra !

[@martinmeng100]

The sound, the transparency, the phrasing, the full emotional impact and beauty of Tchaikovski's 5th, thanks to the magical combination of Bychkov and the Concertgebouw Orkest!! What a present!!!

[@lukeruben361]

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[@masonrhys5216]

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[@dinshawmuncherjee5123]

I am left so stirred by this brilliantly conducted and played by this phenomenal orchestra What a stirring performance. Thank you

[@9doves]

Brilliant music by one of the great masters of orchestral writing and a stirring performance by one of the best orchestras in the world…. Thank you for making this available on this platform.

[@Ben-ig3bf]

This was the first full symphony that I ever played in my State youth orchestra in Germany. I had the pleasure of playing under Michael wendeberg, a truly great conductor and pianist, and also will be playing Schist 9 and Rachmaninov 2nd Piano concerto this year under and with him. I hold this piece very dearly in my heart because it really solidified my dream of becoming a professional musician and would ya know it, now I'm studying double bass at university and recently played in orchestral academy under Vilmantas Kaliunas (Who btw you should invite to Concertgebouworkest, Vilmantas is fucking sick and also an awesome person). Bychkov is also truly one of the greatest conductors of our time, conducting one of the greatest symphonies ever, conducting one of the greatest orchestras ever. truly a remarkable video

[@gerhardg5186]

Roerend om na hierdie emosionele weergawe te luister, met goeie klank en beeld. Ons sou drie konserte in die Concertgebouw bygewoon het in 2020, maar, nouja... Dalk gebeur die onwaarskynlike tog.

[@たぼもちやんこ]

Social distance makes resonance weaken but this performance is full of powerfulness!

[@pianofromsunsettosunrise]

Every month I listen to this concert again, since June 2020. it moves me every time! Thank you from Brasil.

[@jason101other]

Kudos to that outstanding principal oboist too.

[@rhm9343]

Besides all else, you provide us with an amazing audio quality, thank you! Special thanks to the sound engineers.

[@brucemiller5356]

i am so glad there were a few people in the balcony to witness that magnificant performance of one of the great symphonies in the repertoire. i think the ending of the 4th movement--and we all know how talented p,i.t. was in finishing his works--is one of, if not the, most magnificant.

[@heidifluteatl]

Fangirl comment So great to see Emily Beynon and the flute section on this my all time favorite orchestral composition!!!

[@yjhong78]

Respectful standing ovation remotely from Korea!!!

[@Mr1candyman1]

Delightfully nuanced. One of the finest interpretations and performances I’ve ever heard.

[@IvanHernandez-gx4rt]

It's incredible how Das Concertgebouw has become the best orchestra in the world and this performance seems to be the perfect example!!!💖💖💖

[@peperodriguez8319]

Bellísima Sinfonía en la que Tschaikovsky se enfrenta al tema del Destino y cómo vencerlo. En el segundo movimiento saca de su Inspiración los mejores acordes para vencerlo. En el scherzo juega con un vals como si quisiera evadirse de sus pensamientos. En el último movimiento vuelve a la lucha y manda el Destino, y apoyándose en la fe consigue dominarlo , terminando de forma triunfal recuperando temas del allegro. Gran Concertgebouworkes y gran Semyon Bichkov dirigiendo. BRAVO. Mi agradecimiento.

[@mortishanocturnal71]

The french horn player in the second movement thou....Bravo!

[@davidhopkinson6647]

What a wonderful piece of music - and performed brilliantly.

[@justinmclean9002]

This is my favorite recording of Tchaikovsky 5 now. There is something so heavy about the amazing resonance this recording has in an almost completely empty concert hall due to covid. Not a lot of orchestras in Canada (or in general) have venues that can accommodate a full orchestra distanced like this. Very inspiring. P.S. Pardon my bias but the Brass and Double Basses sound F****** Amazing!

[@ruimendes461]

Já escutei diversas versões de todas as sinfonias de Tchaikovsky. Hoje tenho as seis dirigidas por Semyon Bychkov . Na minha opinião é o melhor dirigente destas obras.

[@ИгорьЖданов-й3щ]

@@ruimendes461 Предпочитаю Мравинского,если не слышали,то рекомендую найти(1960г)

[@ruimendes461]

@@ИгорьЖданов-й3щ vou pesquisar; obrigado !! 😍

[@crimeancomposer]

Another Sound, professional conducting and very accurate musicians from Netherlands ❤

[@karlberlin5422]

A wonderful Orchester. The Composer is one of the best ever 💐🎹

[@KStatus7]

I've been looking for this since last year when I first saw it as I was visiting Rotterdam on vacation! So glad I found it!

[@sandygardiner6433]

Absolutely love this orchestra and the music i🙏❤️🇨🇦

[@MrTorleon]

Bravo - a beautiful performance under a difficult situation. Here in New Zealand, under Level 1 Covid 19, last night, the NZSO and guests held their first public performance with a full audience gathered ! A promising step towards normality.

[@lawrencejohnson191]

Fascinating. It exposes the players in more ways than one.

[@melaniegarcia7146]

20:27 beautiful horn!!!

[@carlozanandrea2889]

Forse il miglior secondo movimento di questa straordinaria sinfonia che abbia mai ascoltato!

[@alexanderherrrera5809]

Comvomedora e impresionante interpretacion, simplemente maravillosa. ¡La belleza de la musica en su maximo esplendor!

[@BillHoller]

Wonderful performance, I am so touched! Thank you for your great performance.

[@jaspersyswerda2064]

Time stamps: 1st movement: 0:31 2nd movement: 16:24 3rd movement: 30:19 4th movement: 37:00

[@williamfkoreniii9808]

I'm a horn player, and of course, the solo hornist was magnificent, as well as all the brass and percussion. But the woodwind section is stunningly brilliant. What cohesiveness the woodwinds gave to this performance. The woodwind principals are virtuosos in all respects. Wow! This is one of the best and most emotional performances that I've heard of the Fifth. Maestro Semyon Bychkov got from all the artists an emotion, and depths of sounds that are truly passionate and captivating. Thank you to Maestro Bychkov and the marvelous Concertgebouworkest. Bravo ... truly a brilliant performance!

[@MrNelsondias]

Para mim é uma das melhores interpretações da 5ª sinfonia do mago Tchaikovsky'

[@calsunligh]

Oh I see this was done in the middle of Covid.. too bad no audience for such a great performance! I wish to be sitting right front!

[@luisroucoferriz843]

If without a pandemic turning pages can be a bit messy, don't know how it feels for all fellow players to be inside players. Props to the Concertgebouworkest not only for the great performance, but also for their page-turning technique :)

[@jslasher1]

My favourite amongst all of P I T's symphonies. Wonderful performance too.

[@adude394]

Wonderful performance of a legitimate masterpiece. Second movement: Yep. That is how you play the French horn. Seems easy, doesn't it? 😁 I was privileged to sit in the front row when the Concertbebouworkest came to Hartford, Conn. a few years back under Maestro Chailly. They did the Brahms Double and Brahms 1, and it was the kind of concert you wished would never end. One of the greatest bands in the world. The quality of their playing is consistently at an astoundingly high level.

[@luisvergani2693]

The Concertgebouw artists bring (again) joy and beauty to our lives. Thanks and regards from Argentina.

[@paulgreen6921]

Yeah, the horns and woodwinds “Just takes the philosophical cake”. You know? The second movement has always been my favorite! PWG

[@ワンワン-e8o]

素晴らしい演奏ですね！ 今まで聴いてきたチャイコフスキーとは違うアプローチです😊 感動しました❤ 先日、コンセルトヘボウのマーラー全集のDVDを購入しました。 たいへん気に入っています😊

[@f.e.urquhart16]

Love to the Concertgebouw Orkest from Singapore

[@davidevans3227]

thankyou Tchaikovsky i love the bit in the first movement, about six minutes fifty/ fifty one.. gorgeous strings and the flute.. (lol i realise i could go through the whole thing like that) the bit starting at eight minutes twenty.. 🙂 x thankyou for sharing this second movement, after the horn and the clarinet, the oboe..

[@friedrick_ov]

Fantastic symphony, fantastic orchestra and conductor

[@giuseppevaroncelli8547]

Secondo me la migliore delle sinfonie del musicista. La passione e la bellezza di questa composizione tocca il profondo dell'animo.

[@jimholder6656]

"Bravo!" in every way! Has never sounded better!

[@Seki_diaries]

26:39 I need to remember this part because wow it gets …. Wow

[@pnocella]

Excellent performance by a great orchestra led by a great conductor! The Concertgebouw, of course, has a long-standing, well-deserved reputation for excellence. However, the real eye-opener here is Maestro Bychkov who seems unafraid to be completely immersed, heart and soul, into the music. Bravo Tutti!

[@ТатьянаБондаренко-ц7р]

Потому что эта музыка для него плоть от плоти. Ведь Чайковский в Ленинграде играл премьеру. Бычков воспитанник ленинградской школы дирижирования знаменитого Мусина.

[@MARTIN201199]

I feel like I've time traveled to 1890 and being listening to a master orchestra.

[@zwiesland]

I am shocked by the depth and beauty of this performance. Semyon Bychkov and the Concertgebouworkest are creating overwhelming magic here. Thank you for the beauty and healing you bring into the world by breathing live into this music in a way I never heard before.

[@luizsiqueira3313]

Bravo! Obrigado por iluminar nossos dias. Principalmente aqui no Brasil por todos os motivos pelos quais estamos passando.

[@barderucio]

The most majestic finale I have ever heard. Bravo!

[@yelassinacoulibaly]

The music of Faso is an inexhaustible source of sweetness. It allows us to plunge deep inside ourselves and at the same time resonate with our fellow man, Yé Lassina Coulibaly❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@donaldmccormack7580]

Thank you all for a really moving symphonic performance. In the midst of this current COVID nightmare a real concert reassures that excellent music like this is far more permanent than any pandemic. Great to see that in general social distancing is being respected but I was a bit anxious about the players of string instruments being so close to one another.

[@nelfranca]

Ovaction from Brazil!!! Great orchestra, superb performance!!!

[@sylviawurtz1119]

thanks for helping me to study this enormous sinfonie... !!!

[@elsioufi]

Beautiful

[@atsumoritokyo1101]

One person recognized by Karajan. During the stage performance, he maintains the pride of a true conductor, refusing to retreat from practicing complete memorization conducting.

[@pulchralutetia]

Remarkable. Sublimely beautiful.

[@filippobiondi788]

Bellissimo potere godere stando seduto a casa uno splendido ed appassionante concerto come questo, per cui saranno sempre insufficienti i ringraziamenti per chi lo mette online. Un particolare plauso va anche alla regia, che sapientemente e con grande competenza, coglie e sottolinea tutti gli interventi dei singoli strumenti, rendendo chiara all'ascoltatore la complessità della partitura. Ritengo assolutamente inaccettabile le interruzioni con spot pubblicitari che spezzano il filo emozionale da parte dell'ascoltatore. Pur comprendendo le esigenze economiche, ci si potrebbe limitare all'inserimento di strisce, come del resto ce ne sono, che non interrompono la fruizione dell'opera.

[@leonardenrique7633]

Those heart beats of the music come out clear and beckoning.

[@ТатьянаБондаренко-ц7р]

Прекраснейшее исполнение ЗКР под управлением Темирканова в Японии. Это исполнение тоже великолепно. Я знакома с Бычковым по Ленинграду Бычков воспитанник ленинградской консерватории и они с Темиркановым одной школы. Учились оба у великого Мусина.

[@urlicht]

Bravo Maestro Bychkov ! grandissima orchestra che tiene alto il nome della splendida formazione di Mengelberg e dei suoi successori, fino a Haitink.

[@joseluizmattos6194]

Excellent!!! Sucesso a Master performance! Great conductor! Perfect sound exhbition!!!!!

[@joelmiller6799]

Thank you so much. I would be on my blanket sipping wine and enjoying a sky full of stars at Tanglewood. This performance brought a semblance of normalcy into my life. Bravo!

[@brianlemaire4221]

I first started to appreciate Tchaikovsky symphonies after hearing one movement of his symphony no. 6 played in the movie 'Now, Voyager'. Symphony no. 5 makes an excellent counterpart to his sixth. And always look to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw for a wonderful performance in every way.

[@jamotter8967]

Then there is the spectacular 4th.

[@brianlemaire4221]

@@jamotter8967 Thank you for the recommendation. I love the third movement that starts out with pizzicato.

[@jamotter8967]

@@brianlemaire4221 . . . the 4th movement of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony is (IMHO) one of the most powerful in all symphony. Tchaikovsky is lampooned by some "experts" as not a "serious" composer, but his music is extraordinary. You probably know his Piano Concerto #1, the greatest (at a minimum the most popular) of all piano concertos--trult a stunning showpiece. His Violin Concerto is much the same.

[@brianlemaire4221]

@@jamotter8967 Once in a while I listen to his Waltz of the Snowflakes. The choral parts in that piece give a magical feeling.

[@naiadeforta]

Hartelijk dank voor deze fantastische uitvoering! Heerlijk op een nog steeds "gelockdownde" zondagochtend in het Noord-Oosten van Brazilië.

[@jan-pietervanwaasbergen9870]

Heerlijk he, wat een magistrale symfonie, elke keer ontroert deze symfonie me zo, sterkte in Brazilié

[@magoulianitissa]

Really enchanting for this beautiful Sunday morning! Thank you. Greetings from Greece!

[@darkrevel]

Nice to hear ad see the fabulous Concertgebouw Orchestra do a performance on KZbin during Covid

[@grangetowncardiff6935]

Just wonderful. No more to say.

[@Dylonely_9274]

Really, really beautiful.

[@johnsurgeon]

Amazing and magnificent performance ,brilliant as its creator

[@antoniocarlosantunesantune3217]

Wonderfull interpretation and exellent sound!

[@andrepinones665]

Gracias. Saludos desde Chile.

[@kirksmith1534]

Vibrant Violas‼️👏🏾

[@ninakons829]

MARVELOUS,THANK YOU