Oh my god, please convey my deepest gratitude and admiration to your art director. He is terrific, as is Semyon Bychkov and this marvelous orchestra. BRAVO!
Wunderschöne kraftvolle Darbietung von Maestro Bychkov, der wegen seiner Leidenschaft und der Emotionen, die er weckt, einer meiner Lieblingsdirigenten ist. Ich möchte meine Bewunderung für die Dame ausdrücken, die die Piccoloflöte spielt und die ich sehr, sehr charmante finde. Vielen Danke.
Merci WDR !!! Enfin cette splendide 10ème, à la fois une des plus intéressantes de Chostakovitch, dans cette interprétation parfaitement dosée et habitée. Bravo !!!!
I am so grateful for this video. Especially in the heart of winter, I can indulge in Shostakovich’s music, even the harrowing climax of the first movement ( especially). The performance is so impassioned, so moving. And the production, camera work, sound, and editing are sick! What a treasure.
Not once during the whole Allegro did they choose to lend us a view of Bychkov. I truly admire they decided to give all visual attention to the musicians themselves for this part (although I would've been happy to see Bychkov go completely insane conducting the Allegro; he has amazing expressiveness).
Andante, it always makes me cry. That movement in particular got me through some very hard times. At times, chaotic. In the end, beautiful. 'Tis the story of my life.
Die grandios eindrücklichen Klänge der tiefen Streicher.../Kontrabässe - totale Gänsehaut. Auch bei den folgenden Passagen mit den Violinen im Vordergrund.Später dann die einfühlsame Klarinette und alle weiteren, die folgen...Gelebte, gefühlte Musik, ich bin so dankbar....Wundervoll....es braucht keine Worte in der Not...Klänge, Sound und Rhythmus beinhalten alle wichtigen Informationen, womöglich schon 5000 Jahre lang...wer weiß.
Re-visiting this series of videos of Bychkov after a couple of years, it strikes me that the concerts of 20 years ago were more important than is perhaps realized. Gergiev was more gradual in evolving his approach to the Shostakovich symphonies over a number of different orchestras and continues to evolve, being also something of scholar too. Bychkov was also steady in getting his compass but when he built up a rapport with the WDRS there was a definite emergence of deeper delving into what the composer had left on paper. Quite simply, this was an approach to each symphony on its own truth in parallel to his colleague at the Mariinsky but less analytical by just a shade. We were lucky enough to have both Russian conductors in two countries performing the symphonies to standards not consistently heard before, even taking into account outstanding performances and recordings justly celebrated over the years. Whereas Gergiev is sometimes more 'edgy' in the 10th than at other times, Bychkov's WDR were of a piece but never clones of others. Overall, in this unique symphony -- neither a wartime one nor related to the small 9th -- the composer hinted at what was to come in the different language beginning with the 11th but already evident in the 1st 'cello concerto and quartets after the 8th. Bychkov's attention to the often overlooked percussion colors in #10 is especially notable. This particular 2003 performance also has, for me, a similar freshness to what Ancerl achieved with the Czech P O in the sort of 'competition' to record the 10th when the ink was dry. Like Ancerl, Bychkov leaves soloists exposed as they are in the score and this must be tense for the lead cor anglais, also carrying one of the most plangent melodies in symphonic music. If there is a downside here it is in the self-indulgent camera element but this does not affect the music.
при потрясающе высоком классе оркестра, не передать немецким бюргерам характер произведений Шостаковича , пардон, играйте бетховена и брамса - тут вы в "характере"
Eine meiner Lieblingssinfonien überhaupt und ich mag, was ich hier höre. Bychkov traut sich, das Leiden und den Wahnsinn, die diese Sinfonie durchziehen, noch hörbarer zu machen als viele seiner Kollegen. Da bleibt mir mitunter ein Kloß im Hals zurück, sehr gute Interpretation die manchem vielleicht zu flott vorkommt, aber für mich ergibt das alles Sinn.
The performance is top notch, but the videography is awful. The constant shifting of focus to the instruments with musical action and rapid-fire panning makes this an utter frustration to watch!
