Schostakowitsch: 5. Sinfonie ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ David Afkham 

Yes, I grew up on the Bernstein recording too. He was a great champion of this piece, and his performance still is wonderful to listen to

You really describe the amazing gift of music!

Very Eloquently Stated

@@stoneazg8418 Thank you

"The symphony was presented as the "Response to a Right Criticism" and it is said that the work was received with great emotion and general enthusiasm. Among the various movements of the symphony, the fourth was defined by the critics as a "triumphal-optimistic forcing" and "a desire for revenge on the part of the composer". According to Volkov, Shostakovich described the epic final movement of the Fifth as follows: «What should be celebrated. I think it is clear what really happens in the Fifth. The jubilation is forced, it is the fruit of construction [...]. It is as if someone were beating you with a stick and meanwhile repeating to you: "Your duty is to jubilee, your duty is to jubilee". And you get up trembling with broken bones and start walking again muttering: "Our duty is to jubilee, our duty is to jubilee [...]" » citation from wikipedia.

I am constantly taking in Shosty's music during this pandemic. Music has always soothed me. But now I need the best of it constantly, like an i.v. in my arm.

@@yowzephyr I agree, Music Is a good and Deep medicine for mind and soul. It also help very much to create own music. It literally saved my Life during lockdown.

Tell putin.

@@ethanhill9460 I see you fell for the propaganda - Shostakovich didn't.

@@ethanhill9460 bruh....... Tell putin he stinks and schostakovich would run the country better

Agreed about the third movement.

PROFOUND AND MESMERIZING

the first one too

The fourth also

I agree with you Martin. I love the way Afkham conducts, always so parse in his movements. I prefer the 5th to the 7th. Some parts of the 5th can even be romantic, although I am pretty sure that this is not what Shostakovich had in mind.

forgot to mention bad-ass piano bass

what on earth is a sarcastic climax?🙃🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

@@GuruRasaVonWerder Shostakovich is taking the piss out of Stalin.

@conrad long story short, Shosty's symphony no.4 and his Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk were "disliked" by the Party for being too depressing, and not having a triumphant end. Shosty said "ask and ye shall receive" and the Party loved it, while the rest of the world saw it for what it was: a middle finger to Stalin.

​@@GuruRasaVonWerder think about how triumphant movements usually end, then listen to the finish. Shostakovich starts the finale in classic triumphalism - the opening motif for the movement played by the brass and slowed way, way down with timpani accompaniment, feeling like for all the world to land in a Beethoven-esque power chord, but no, symphony's not done yet. Timpani tries again, still not finished. All the while, the violins' repeated eighth notes bring to mind being repeatedly poked with a spear. It's extraordinarily sarcastic.

Fellow 15 year old here, It isn’t strange to cry, this symphony was Shostakovich’s fight against Stalin. Much of it is meant to criticize the Stalinist regime and to be satirical. But I think the best representation of Shostakovichs emotion is prob his quartet 8. I luckily have the pleasure of playing this symphony in the spring

Nowhere near strange! Be proud of your ability to feel such profound emotions and never lose your sensitivity. What truly valuable do we have as human beings and as a culture? We have a possibility to grow in loving all the good things, beauty, each other - and we have art, where we can meet every emotion from the darkest to those of the purest light, and transcend everything quotidian, see so much deeper than what we ever can reach in a single life. What a mystery there lies beyond our being, our lives, our universe! If we weren't able to feel, to experience strongly and think profoundly, how dull and mundane would life be? It's important to take the time for your studies, too, but I tell you, they can always wait listening to a Shostakovich symphony, I reckon your time with this symphony was more important this time!

On the contrary, you have understood this piece the way that most people do, and dare I say, in the manner the composer intended. As far as studies, listening to music is indeed studying, and what you will learn will stay with you for the rest of your life!

Fellow 17 year old here I am also reading history while listning 😁

DOIN HISTORY RNNN

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may he rest in peace !!

Surely the most popular 20th-century composer today, and, in my opinion, the greatest symphonist ever alongside Sibelius.

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@@tomy1830 In a meaning so.

@@tomy1830 no

Wrong

I fully agree with you, the “happy” parts really feel more like a fake smile while you’re deeply hurting inside.

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Thanks!

MANY THANKS FOR POSTING THIS SIR RIVERA. MUCH APPRECIATED.

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I'm going to look that up. Thanks for the recommendation.

have you heard his 7th Symphony, its about the Siege of Leningrad (kind of...).

@@zjschrage its nicknamed "Leningrad" And frankfurt radio symphony has a performance of it on youtube also

@@celloplaysmusic7330 yes lol I am familiar, the Makena interpretation is my favorite

@@zjschrage makela* 😃

i hope your piano audition went well!

Good luck with the drum solo! 😃😃

And he puts power into the performance.

I agree completely

The camera work on this symphony is stunning! Must've been a privilege being able to work with this piece.

Pero 1964 con que tocaban con bombo leguerp

Worth living for, right?

god yes so many orchestral recordings don't do any post work on the audio and it's such a tragedy that we lose quality that we would normally find in the hall because of it

The 7th was done in the heat of WW2 war among the most gruesome battles our civilization have faced...

Shostakovich's great symphonies have enormous emotional range, particularly with regard to capturing all sides of tragedy. The 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, and 13th are all excellent works.

"forced harmonies" is a perfect way to describe his use of dissonance. I am on the verge of tears throughout this whole piece. It's SO GOOD!

Historically too

I presume you state that you have a masters in composing to give some gravitas to your statement that you believe this is the greatest single piece of music ever written. Two years on, do you still believe that? Hopefully not. Many years ago I was wildly in love with this symphony and then one day, I was listening to the third movement with a classical music afficianado and friend and we looked at one and said, almost simultaneously, 'A storm in a teacup'. I love this symphony but it is not even his greatest symphony, let alone greatest piece of music ever. I also have no doubt whatsoever that Shostakovich himself would have agreed. It's certainly very moving, but doesn't begin to reach the depths of many other symphonies, by Shostakovich and by others.

@@sansovino4124 well, it is of course subjective and i could write a thesis to try and back up my opinion. Fortunately , it's not an Olympic sport , so no winner required ... but yes , it's still my opinion and I make no apology for it.

@TheLogicBeast That, of course, is absolutely fine as it is indeed subjective, and I respect your opinion even if I disagree with it.

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What do you mean, that's Debussy!

Haha nice

Do you mean Sebastian Wittiber the solo flutist who at this instance is listening to be beautiful oboe solo?

Looks a lil like Mussorgsky as well?

Lmao

Love the WASO, especially when they are conducted by Asher Fish

so would I !!!! It is great!

The big drum is called a timpani, and it's a perfect instrument in that movement aloneeee

Lovely story

I was in the percussion section myself! Every time we played this would bring me to tears aha

what do you mean with shuffle-applause? I see nothing:)

Third clarinet shuffles her hand on her knee, second clarinet lifts his foot.

What is the significance of this? I am curious.

Orchestra members silently applauding their colleagues, in this case applauding an extremely tricky solo played well.

It is good to see that solidarity within an orchestra.

It's literally SO good

Practice, practice, practice!

I think I know the feeling "hey hey" is referring to. I fell in love with this piece almost seventy years ago and must have heard it at least fifty times since then. I call the feeling "melancholy" but really there's no exact word for it in English. German "Sehnsucht" doesn't quiite do it, either. I guess that's one reason we need music to complement language.

oh wow

100%

Lovely!

So,was gustav mahler they were both the greatest of composers

ABSOLUTELY

Al amigo Stan Obriek Beetohoven por la pastoral sinfonia 6 Biuriful

Could you provide timestamp?

Yes please!

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rightfully so! sounds downright villanous

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Será para mí lo mejor de la cultura de los siglos anteriores dé mi vida 😮😮😮😮😮😮

Claro que sí , así es

Great referral to the iron curtain movie. Listening to the Russian composers with the movie as a backdrop was rewarding and coalesced history and music

That’s just how Shostakovich worked, though. Lack of melody is kind of what he wanted. The first movement remains dissonant nearly its entire length. I’ve noticed that he avoids repetition of anything in his pieces like the plague.

@@arionthedeer7372 I think that's why you hear that theme come back in subtle ways in the fourth movement. It all represented his struggle with the Soviet government, and how they wanted something positive and recognizable; something that would tell the world "Yes, this is *wonderful* Russia." But you're right, Shostakovich avoided such things. He didn't like being told what he could write, because he saw all the potential there could be. He loved working with dissonance and atonal structures. Still, even if this Symphony was, in a way, to save face with the Soviets (especially with how he ended it), I still think he created a masterpiece

Yet there are some of the most beautiful melodies of all music in this piece and elsewhere in Shostakovitch. I don't find the first movement to be at all dissonant. I did when I first played it, but now it seems almost classical.