Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 in G minor op. 103 | Semyon Bychkov | WDR Symphony Orchestra

[@PinkCrocodile]

Whoever did the cinematography deserves a raise

[@pprudencio1966]

Yeah I liked it, but it had its faults though. The march in the second movement could have warranted an epilepsy warning with all of the flashing images, but other than that, it was very creative and showed all of the instruments when they mattered!

[@pipster1891]

How do you know they were badly paid?

[@PinkCrocodile]

@@pipster1891 what? Nobody said they were badly paid?

[@christopherthorkon3997]

@@pprudencio1966 I have to agree.

[@yvegenytoscanini3866]

This performance is bursting with cinematographic creativity. Amazing

[@WDRKlassik]

Hi, Yvegeny! Thank you

[@ricardonascimento6020]

Fez toda a diferença!!! Quem dera todos os vídeos tivessem essa qualidade de imagem e som. Vale todo destaque ao trabalho. Bravo!!!!

[@dangtuandung2423]

OMG i feel like I am watching an Eisenstein's movie again, the vid used so much of Eisenstein's montage techniques. And fun fact that his two movies - October and Battleship Potemkin - did use this exactly Shostakovich symphony !

[@arnekorpen3143]

@@dangtuandung2423 Could you please explain how those two films released before 1930 could use the symphony written in `57?

[@renep9968]

Creattivity? It is many decades behind. Looks like early popmusic televison in the sixties.

[@krozjr5009]

Such a powerful performance. The first movement is desolate, isolated, and cold. Bychkov takes the climax of the second movement a little fast but the treatment of it makes it even more terrifying, like a stampede or a massacre in musical form. The third movement, what I usually perceive as the closest thing this symphony has to a ‘breather’, is filled with passion. And the finale is wonderful, the choice of bells ringing out giving it a feel of carnage and terror while the orchestra descends into chaos before Bychkov expertly restores order and allows the final bell to ring out perfectly. My new favourite performance of this amazing symphony!

[@nathanfarbman3927]

Shostakowitch carries the day. Bychkov is phenomenal as is the orchestra. The camera work, when it stuck to covering the orchestra and its soloists was excellent. The “experimental” episodes were more distracting than not. As this is a superlative rendition of #11, I will learn to love at least some of the cameras actions. I don’t recall ever seeing Semyon Bychkov in person, my loss. Enjoy him while you can.

[@WDRKlassik]

Thank you! We're glad that you like it 🤗

[@9776-at]

ありがとう❤日本からこんにちは🎉

[@casualglados1332]

This belongs on a DVD, like Bychkov's performances of Brahms are. I would happily pay a high price for it. I can only dream... Hans Hadulla has done such a beautiful job with the cinematography and the style!

[@WDRKlassik]

We're happy that you enjoyed our performance and the cinematography 🤗

[@waffleman-]

the editing is so over the top lol I love it

[@averageclassicalmusicenjoy5510]

The editing and camera shots gave me absolute goosebumps man

[@barney6888]

So true. Sometimes the video can be a real distraction. Here it plays its proper supportive role to the performance.

[@Discovery_and_Change]

(Ending too uptempo) 14:38 Powerful movement begins | 17:06 clap military | 18:56 flute lamentation | 19:24 trumpet build up 19:37 dark build up 20:59 deep breath build up | 21:16 trumpets | 21:19 | 21:35 explosion climax | 27:12 | 27:32 | 27:37 28:06 attack | 41:55 | 42:18 | 52:07 Military | 52:43 | 56:41 Beginning of end | 58:15 March in | 58:24 Summon 59:01 Angry ending

[@andreiloas]

This is amazing! The perfect rendition of the finale, I can't see how anything can top this!

[@quimica_medicinal]

No matter how many times I listen to this symphony, I always end up with a profound sense of wonder and a deep sensory catharsis...

[@WDRKlassik]

We're glad to hear that you enjoy this symphony 😊

[@zeneprof]

Remek! Nagyszerű előadás, kitűnő összjátékkal és irányítással! Bravo!

[@WDRKlassik]

Thank you! We're happy that you like it 🤗

[@tatsushiru]

What is really GOOD in this video is the camera man's work.

[@tatsushiru]

@agaphonus i'm about the video itself, while you are about its sharing

[@garethevans9210]

I don't know much about music, but I hear the fire

[@karelvandervelden8819]

Feeling it is understanding it.

[@timk5145]

I heard them play this in London's Royal Albert Hall in 2009 - an audience of 5,000. It was an absolutely amazing performance, and the audience's reaction reflected this.

[@charakter-etudenjohannesst8121]

Unfortunately it was not the WDR Symphony Orchestra that played this Symphony with Bychkov in the Royal Albert Hall in 2009… 🤷🏻‍♀️😌

[@WDRKlassik]

Thats true, it was not the WDR Symphony Orchestra but for sure, to experience this symphony live in a concert hall is a great experience.

[@tks6234]

I LOVE everything about this recording

[@WDRKlassik]

Thank you! 🥰

[@Hussain_Eidani]

Great symphony, beautiful performance ❤

[@OrKestrAlan]

Great Symphonie, and performance too

[@マルセルスワン]

27:37 ここから完全にスタンリー・キューブリックの映画みたいなカメラワーク

[@stefanmariaschneider]

Reminds me of 1920s silent movies, like Metropolis.

Extraordinary performance. I want to clap after that ending. Bychkov really feels Shostakovich

[@baranovakova6402]

I´ve already been to two performances of Bychkov conducting Shostakovich (5th and 11th symphony) and I have to absolutely agree with you. Every time I remembert the 11th I get goosebumps just from thinking about it. It was the strongest musical experience. He is going to perform Shostakovich´s 7th with Czech philharmonic this spring and I really can´t wait. He gets it just right for how I feel it.

[@116oo]

銃撃場面でこんなにテンポ上げる指揮者初めてだ！すごい解釈！ マリス・ヤンソンスもここでスコアにないテンポアップをしたけど、この方はそれ以上。好きだわ。

[@itamarbar9580]

27:59 PERFECT TEMPOOOO

[@Ben-ig3bf]

I agree, many orchestras play way too slow there

[@yowzephyr]

Truly a great performance! (And Mick Jagger ain't got nuthin' on Semyon Bychkov's lips.)

[@SergioPerez-gi3ye]

Magnífica interpretación de esta gran sinfonía que es una de mis favoritas, felicito al director y a todos los músicos de esta orquesta. No he tenido la oportunidad de escuchar en vivo esta sinfonía pero cuando lo haga lo disfrutaré al máximo. Felicidades por compartir esta joya musical. Saludos desde México 🇲🇽

[@Subrosio007]

es mucho mejor la versión de andris Nelson y la orquesta sinfónica de Boston. en esa versión hasta se cuente lo que pasó en vida el pueblo ruso en 1905 ( en especial las muertes en el segundo movimiento) saludos desde Tijuana

[@АлександрНарбутовский]

Что смыслы и чувства обуревали Шестаковича ,что он писал такую глубиннуюмузыку которая траматична по своему звучанию

[@kirksmith1534]

This is a great conductor

[@jacobtapianieto9655]

Semyon Bychkov is one of the greatest conductors of our time!!

[@nicolaibantis7601]

Божественые звуки божественного духа человечей души.

[@gljamil]

Excellent performance, nice video!

[@barrydavis987]

A superb sound upload. The balance is very good. Many thanks for this.

[@barney6888]

Breathtaking.

[@Giarola77]

Strong interpretation as we can usually expect from Semyon and this Orchestra. However, truly dangerous camera effects for epileptics. There is no reason to force image when sound is the point.

[@samsonbald393]

Then why film it at all?

[@Giarola77]

@@samsonbald393 just calm down with change of takes, as the majority of concert movies. That's the point. No one said anything about the value to record it.

[@samsonbald393]

@@Giarola77 that's exactly my point. Most concert movies have no artistic value at all. I see no reason, why that should be the gold standard. Imo this video reflects the danger and force of the music very good.

[@Giarola77]

@@samsonbald393 good for you that you enjoyed!

[@akira.kanai1999]

17:01 27:31 この部分のカメラワークが最高です😂

[@Dylonely_9274]

That’s incredible, what a symphony.

[@libera_libera]

This is my most favorite music of schostacovich.Masterpiece!!

[@Dylonely_9274]

What is your favorite ?

[@ravithangiralaviolin1201]

Jeez, amazing cinematography!

[@KHME32]

How wonderful camera moving !!

[@WDRKlassik]

Thank you! 😊

[@WDRKlassik]

Thank you 😊

[@OhioStudiosOG]

​Thank you 🤨

[@michaelthoseby4682]

Fantastic performance with proper bells at the end. So many performances use tubular bells and the impact is pathetic. TV direction was not to my taste, I'm afraid

[@luisneto7066]

Wonderful !

[@claudiaochoacruz]

Great performance!! Thank you!

[@levpetrenkov]

Клаудия, здравствуйте! Вам понравилась эта симфония Шостаковича, как и мне. Пишу Вам, слушая симфонию сегодня 7 ноября 2024 года, в день Великой Октябрьской Социалистической революции, в день Великого Октября! Как это символично для нас, родившихся и живших в СССР.)

[@slateflash]

Best timpani sound for this piece

[@RSciOfficial]

Thank you again WDR!!

[@WDRKlassik]

Hi, RSci! You are welcome!!

[@Demeter-999]

Splendide!!!

[@9776-at]

この人の芸術は誠に凄い！　真に良し！

[@WDRKlassik]

🥰

[@RSciOfficial]

Woahh!!!!! Hans Hadulla is an amazing T.V. director!

[@feihou4559]

those transfer and connection of the film editing are so amazing

[@b1i2l336]

Phenomenal performance annd camera work! Q.: Where are the bells at the conclusion? Their sound is supposed to last after the final orchestra cutoff!

[@hamthemanster]

Kudos to the vision mixer!

[@firzaakbarpanjaitan]

Amazing performance, and amazing cinematography (although in my opinion some parts are a little bit too much, almost like an experimental movies) nevertheless, Bravo!

[@Giarola77]

too much indeed

[@dfdhgtrss212]

@@Giarola77 Its in the style of the films shostakovich wrote for.

[@Giarola77]

@@dfdhgtrss212 tell me which movies are you talking about? Cos Lev Arnshtam, Faintsimmer, kosintsev, Chiaureli, Trauberg, Yutkevich and the other directors of the 28 movies Dimitri scored, none based it's technic in freak camera moves.

[@manolocorp]

How over the top do you want the cinematography? YES

[@WDRKlassik]

😂

[@ClassicalDavid]

Epilepsy warning at 28:06

[@stephenhall3515]

Bychkov and his musicians are in top form here -- as they generally are in Shostakovich's large scale works. Here we get clarity while avoiding the slightly analytical approach of Gergiev and the Mariinsky but both are valid and both phenomenal. The audience here gives just enough time for the last bell to die away whereas applause is too quick for Gergiev and it clearly peeved him a bit. The drawback, for me, here is the clever-clever camera work, which adds nothing and is too flashy at a couple of points as to warrant a warning to epilepsy sufferers. I am one such. And, insultingly, the cinema genius doesn't even show us the bells when the title of the last movement is 'Tocsin'. He/she put ego over the music and really should do other work. On the other hand, the audio engineers seem to have measured the dynamic jumps in this masterpiece and set levels to allow the sounds do as the composer and musicians seek to achieve.

[@WDRKlassik]

Thanks a lot! We're glad you enjoyed it this much. 😃

[@cengiztaner4754]

Bychkov is a titan Shostakovich interpreter, and WDR Klassik has a titan editor.

[@WDRKlassik]

Thanks for the compliment. 😊

[@OuwenH101]

For twosetters 27:51 Warning epilepsy warning

[@awakenedbahamut2574]

Bloody hell, thank you! I've been searching for this for like 40 minutes.

[@varundixit1365]

Which video if I may ask?

[@OuwenH101]

@@varundixit1365 How it feels to play different composers

[@クラシック音楽鑑賞]

映像技術もすごい！🎵😄✨

[@דוידגורכוהל]

אין כמו אימא בעולם!!!!!!!!.

[@Artist_Aejoo]

훌륭한 연주 입니다♡

[@angryyordle4640]

You can just feel the cruelty of the massacre this symphony was written about. Monarchy never again!

[@kirksmith1534]

The more I hear the later symphonies, the more I want to.

[@INA91031]

9:40 16 16:02 34 20:19 51 25:45 73 45:39 123 48:17 JUMP 50:52 151 57:38 173

[@peterwhyte317]

Wow!

[@djangaver]

Why dont I hear any coughs? Is it because of the edit or people were more civilized back then?

[@djangaver]

Oh I see now

[@wilh3lmmusic]

25:30 onwards is incredible

[@wanxuemeng3249]

the performance is perfect, but the visual effect is just killing me, literally. I almost had a seizure when it was flashing.

[@tommartin8700]

Spectacular performance ! (Unfortunately, the videography isn't worth squat.)

[@fabricefortin8230]

Pas du tout les mêmes tempos que Saraste, ici, la force implacable, inéluctable d'un sens dramatique de l'histoire est en marche. Bychkov est le meilleur architecte de cette partition !

[@dietmarhoffner2997]

Diese dirigentenlastigen Videos gehen mir ganz schön auf die Nerven. Die Musiker spielen, nicht der Dirigent.

[@windonthewingofmadness]

whos that cinematographerrrrr

[@WDRKlassik]

Hans Hadulla is his name 😊

[@semidesu]

27:50 爆発しちゃう！！！！！

[@yichili68]

很好奇，为什么是中文的标题和介绍？

[@WDRKlassik]

Wir stellen mehrere Sprachfassungen zur Verfügung, sofern Sie in Ihrem Account Chinesisch als Sprache eingestellt haben, wird Ihnen automatisch diese Sprachfassung angezeigt.

[@jgesselberty]

Great performance, but the final bell stroke decays too quickly. It should linger.

[@d.stamstam6158]

Best classical music composer of the 20th century despite the totalitarian stalinist regime he was living in.

[@zeroinfinit]

⁠@agaphonusthe only good thing to come out of that godawful regime

[@pedinomefaux]

Keep your filthy politics out of music.

[@revenge-of-hikkii]

小学生が頑張ってかっこよくした感じ 27:00あたりがやばい

[@graxo.]

14:39 17:06 21:35

[@henrykwiniszewski2634]

Oni grają, grają...żawodowi oswobociiele życia. Sztuka jet stroną lustra, która pochłania oddech życia, bez jego mrocznych pochłanięc.

[@tabathastaples7884]

Do you have eyes to see / ears to hear ??????? Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!!

[@igortsyb1]

The ending is incredibly powerful. This is how authoritarian regimes collapse.

[@angryyordle4640]

It's so sad if you consider how russian leaders now try to whitewash the tsars...

[@封嶺]

真….是有創意

[@jackeycheng7883]

Frankly, I think the video shooting aspect of SWR Classic performance was much better than this one. The important arrays of percussion were not filmed except the timpani⁉️

[@congadera]

Sooooo fu%& the woodwinds?? LOL. Just kidding. I truly love this piece but the brass get all the best parts. Meanwhile, the woodwinds get the most difficult ones haha.

[@windonthewingofmadness]

who made that masterpiece????

[@OhioStudiosOG]

Dmitri Shostakovich

[@rivciks5045]

Was the cameraman drunk? 🙂

[@次郎木付]

第４楽章は大掃除の時にかけたい

[@franciswang3572]

从没见过这么炸裂的剪辑🤣

[@nakamuratakashi1135]

28:06 オケ映像で初めてスゲーと思った瞬間

[@moko_moko]

45:20

[@branwilly1]

Thinking about the people of Ukrainian in the 3rd movement today.

[@pedinomefaux]

Like the Nazi ones killing the peoples of the Donbas for 8 years.

[@alanrobertson9790]

Love the gusto. I used to go to concerts but this was the last piece I bothered with. An audience member directly in front of me would fly his arms around at all the exciting bits thus ruining my concentration on the music. So I thought why should I spend 45 mins on the Piccadilly line each way when I get better enjoyment at home from a CD and now in 2020 youtube.

[@michaelthoseby4682]

How unfortunate that you had the same idiot in front of you at every concert!

[@richneuro6121]

Amazing and terrible... one can really feel the terrible tragedy of the 1905 Russian Revolution

[@EWGSHL]

Note to the video director: this should be about the musical composition and its performance and not you. Your self-indulgent part is a distraction to a great performance, which as filmed here, is best enjoyed with eyes closed.

[@christopherthorkon3997]

The editing is WAY overdone, especially with the 2nd movement. I know what they are trying to do, but such editing, for me, takes away from the music. The music doesn't need any help. I feel, in this particular, case, the editor should have taken it easy with the cuts and allowed the music to speak for itself. I came to listen to the music -- not to have my eyes scourged.

[@hectorfprez]

Aquí, el genio de Salzburgo se burla de los malos compositores, la fuga está mal escrita, el sujeto es muy corto, la respuesta viene muy rápido, el contrasujeto es horrible.... y así con todo....

[@yoshschnittke6845]

Que horrible edición de camara y tomas de ángulo

[@NotBroihon]

Ur mom

[@JivaGoswami]

ужасная интерпрентация симфонии у бычкова, слишком много у него вольностей и эмоций . дирижер должен исполнять то что написано в партитуре а не то что у него в фантазии

[@EricGross]

Fantastic performance by a truly great Shostakovich conductor. But this has to be the most annoying videography of an orchestra I have ever seen. Utterly idiotic and irritating effects intended to reflect the actions of the music which serve only to distract from the music itself.

[@ImVee10]

I just can't get past his lips.

[@pabloseena8278]

50:44

[@celloplaysmusic7330]

27:35