The Execution of Stepan Razin, with English subs (Shostakovich)

[@elizabethmuhleisen357]

Thanks for the English translation. Sang this in a chorus many years ago, in English, with the New Orleans (now Louisiana) Philharmonic. Dmitri Shostakovich’s son, Maxim, was the conductor. Incredible experience.

[@anti64]

@@elizabethmuhleisen357 Amazing, this would be such a dream.

[@djcbeatle]

Thank you so much for making this video! I wanted to make a video about this piece, in this performance, but you did an excellent job matching the images, translation, and music!:) This will be forever the most powerful and authentic performance of this work! One of Shostakovich’s greatest works, it could have been a shallow patriotic potboiler but his genius (and Yetuschenko’s) wouldn’t allow it! This is the closest Soviet music ever got to spirituality and mysticism in the brilliant, soft middle section where Razin has his mystical vision that all has not been for naught and that truth and justice will ultimately prevail!:) Thanks again!:)

[@anti64]

Glad I'm not the only one adoring this piece! Wish I had understood the lyrics the first time I listened to it, so that's why I decided to make this video, so people can get the full experience without having to search for the text.

[@emitch9213]

Wonderful! Thank you! You were very kind to go into such depth of Shostokovich's music of the Stephan Razin legend. My first hear of Shostokovich's music gave quite a moment for me. Another great composer that speaks the unique Russian style. How Russia's history of the fine arts has always found an impressive and unwavering excellence of the soul journey. Those justaposed paintings presented a fine background to your translations with the vocalist, Vitali's incredible rich voce. I am going to listen to your post, again. 💖

[@jeffreykalb9752]

The subtitles and pictures are just what I needed to get my kids listening to this. Thank you!

[@lukecokermusic]

This has been my favorite piece of music for a while. Thanks so much for uploading!

[@onceamusician5408]

this is still the bet version of this work i have ever heard. it was the one I first discovered at least 30 years ago and for all this time i had very little idea of the words though i had picked up "davai topor" from my reading thanks for this

[@branwilly1]

Thank you for the upload; enjoyed it much.

[@oscarpaiva2223]

Exceptional!!!! Stepan Razin's execution of Shostakovich is the most important work of the twentieth century... And Kiril Kondrashin, what a fantastic performance !!!

[@jackburgess8579]

>>"Stepan Razin's execution of Shostakovich" Fanciful, but an interesting thought! 🙂

[@onceamusician5408]

I suppose that English is not your first language? for what you said here is VERY funny, but of course not intentionally so your words "Stepan Razin's execution of Shostakovich" say, very clearly to an English speaker, that Shostakovich was the one executed and that Stenka Razin was the one who wrote the cantata or perhaps Razin was the one who executed Shostakovich of course that is not what yo mean !!!! :) the proper word here in the context you have set up by first saying "S. Razin's execution" is not OF Shostakovich but BY Shostakovich but i do know that English is VERY VERY DIFFICILT to learn as a second language. I remember the trouble my Russian friends, now migrants in my homeland NZ had in learning it it is weird and wonderful and that is why i love it so - but then i am a native English speaker. this is not to ridicule. keep trying

[@rotkob]

Incredible! Thanks for the subtitles and the beautiful images.

[@lightspeed174]

Man could Shostakovich compose. He was such a genius. This is wonderful. Not everyone's taste I'm sure but, I love this piece. Very intense but, nevertheless I enjoyed this immensely. Thank you so much for uploading this. Especially with english subs.

[@anonymeyos2881]

Oh, the voice is really powerfull and incredible !

[@AvgerinouAna99]

"There are No good Tsars. Stepan, you idiot!" Brutal

[@martinprochazka5280]

Quite the good translation for our english brothers❤

[@Rigpasword]

Nicely done! A reminder of the unending tragedy that is Russian history, from the Czars, to the Soviets, to Putin. Will they ever figure it out?

[@michaelsalmon9832]

Rolling my eyes into my brain

[@michaelsalmon9832]

@@testpattern7953 westerners are already choking on their own BS they don’t need Russian liberals helping them shove down more

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

Razin originally set out to loot villages, but as he became a symbol of peasant unrest, his movement turned political. Razin wanted to protect the independence of the Cossacks and to protest an increasingly centralized government. The Cossacks supported the tsar and autocracy, but they wanted a tsar that responded to the needs of the people - and not just those of the upper class. By destroying and pillaging villages, Razin intended to take power from the government officials and give more autonomy to the peasants. However, Razin's movement failed and the rebellion led to increased government control. The Cossacks lost some of their autonomy, and the tsar bonded more closely with the upper class - because both feared more rebellion. On the other hand, as Avrich asserts, "[Razin's revolt] awakened, however dimly, the social consciousness of the poor, gave them a new sense of power, and made the upper class tremble for their lives and possessions."

[@zarazheno]

4:05

[@joshuagearing937]

My favourite part! It's wild and terrifying, just as Shostakovich sets out terror and joy simultaneously.