Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 / Dudamel · Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela 

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This is by far, one of the very best interpretations of this masterpiece... Especially the second movement is exactly how I'd like to hear it. Splendid!!! Such virtuosity from such a young orchestra, I mean this is truly uncanny...

This is without question one of the finest performances of this symphony. Wow...just wow. They need to try their hand at the Shostakovich 8th...VERY difficult piece to perform.

0:00 - First Movement 27:51 - Second Movement 32:15 - Third Movement 44:50 - Fourth Movement 53:52 - MAYBE THE LOUDEST FLIPPIN' SOUND AN ORCHESTRA CAN PRODUCE! Bravo!

You already know everyone wanted to applaud so heavily after that second movement lol

Shostakovich would have hugged EVERY one of these OUTSTANDING musicians!! And Gustavo Dudamel brought ALL that greatness out- the greatest performance of this symphony I've ever heard-BRAVISSIMO!!!❤️🙏🏼

Youth? YOUTH? YYOUUTTTHHH??? I literally have tears running down my face. Oh my God, oh my God......

The second movement of this awesome symphony is one of the most diabolical and treacherous 4 1/2 minutes ever written for orchestra. These kids not only played it well, but really really fast. Faster than most I've heard. Terrific job!!

Venezuela's wealth is definitely not oil. Each of these musicians is a world treasure. What a great experience seeing this video.

the clarinettist is fantastic. Amazing soulful playing.

This is with no doubt the best musical and acoustical rendering of this symphony. I could not find another rendering of this music which even from far away can stand with this interpretation and acoustical rendering. the Venezuelan soul is the créme de la créme of the human soul, at least as far as music is concerned.

I can only imagine how emotional the first performance, in 1953, was. Everyone knew what the music said.

Oh how I have to wished to have been attendance for this performance. This is the GREATEST performance of my favourite symphony ever. Thanks ever so much for posting

There will never be another performance to surpass this one. A breathtaking interpretation.

Absolutely amazing how good these kids are!!! They sound as good if not better than some of the professional big Orchestras in the US and abroad! Kudos to Gustavo Dudamel for such a amazing group of young people all with stupendous talent!!

El sistema no selecciona a los músicos por su origen social. solo selecciona talento, mis hijos pertenecieron al sistema de orquesta. aun no sabían escribir bien y ya ejecutaban el violín con maestría. A veces sentía ganas de llorar al ver a niños tan pequeños manejarse de esa manera. La música llena el alma y engrandece el corazón, pero llegar a esos niveles de perfección requiere mucho trabajo, dedicación y sacrificio de los niños y de sus padres. Por eso como venezolano me siento orgulloso de nuestro sistema de orquestas infantiles y juveniles en todo el territorio nacional. He disfrutado de su arte hasta en las comunidades indígenas de Canaima en Venezuela !!

Shostakovich, Symphony 10 in E minor, Op.93 Movement 1: 0:53 Movement 2: 27:53 Movement 3: 32:16 Movement 4: 44:51

As a violinist I would love to be conducted by Dudamel, he has such energy and command its breath-taking. I remember when I played this with the local amature orchestra I play for, this performance made us look a secondary school orchestra that had just learnt to play, despite the fact we have all been playing for years!

THE BEST youth orchestra I've personally ever heard - simply phenomenal! And the soloists were not only technically but also musically superb. Truly outstanding.

I performed this with the national youth orchestra back in 2013 when I was 16. Being 1st clarinet for this masterpiece was one of the best memories of music making ❤

Great interpretation! Fearless and most enthusiastic! The brass might be a tad too controlled (but I'm being a bit highly demanding and too used to Russian brass that is OUT of control).

Gustavo Dudamel brings out the very best of this highly talented group. His conducting evokes the elegiac and dramatic qualities, with which Shostakovitch imbues in this particular epic symphony; in my opinion, one of the composer's masterpieces, played here with both solemnity and passion. It's just astounding and very noteworthy, all in all, also a joy to listen to.

Sibelius suggests a story; Mahler tells a story; Shostakovich unfolds a story.

My all-time favourite DSCH work, not to mention the fact that it's one of the 20th-century's greatest symphonies. Bravo a thousand times over. The second movement if played just a tad fast really brings on the "wow" factor. No other conductor plays the second movement with such passion.

Hard to find the appropriate words, I want to bathe in this wonderful piece, need to find a way to get to see this amazing man. The passion from these young people and Gustav is awe inspiring, thank you for keeping GREAT music alive. Bravo to Venezuela for supporting and maintains this program.

Oh my gosh, the violin section bowings put the Vienna Philharmonic to shame! Super duper incredible performance!

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 / Dudamel · Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela. Great composer, great conductor, great performance! It is simply breathtaking! Gustavo Dudamel and Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra you are magnificent and unique! I've watched this video at least ten times and never get tired to watch it again. You tremendsuly, have inspired me!

So proud to have had Gustavo as our orchestra leader in Los Angeles all these years. And so sad to be losing him . . .

Immensely powerful and expressive for such young musicians. They are immensely talented.

Es necesario e imperioso que nosotros los hispano-hablantes, no solo reconozcamos el talento y la maravilla de esta Orquesta Sinfónica, sino que su grandeza y esplendor radica en su total y exquisita ejecución de esta magnífica obra que quizás otros conjuntos no han logrado, esa sinergia de éxtasis y poderío con el cual esta orquesta se hace su interpretación tan hermosa y pulcra, como hermano latinoamericano es un orgullo para todo el continente y una precisa y eficaz demostración que el arte no solo europa se lo reserva, el arte es mundial como lo fue en tiempos antiguos, a su vez es una lástima que muchos países europeos talves no todos, detentan superioridad y observan con cierto desdén a los compositores rusos los cuales podemos decir en resumidas palabras, son mejores, Bach (al cual amo profundamente cada composición), Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Reincken, Buxtehude, Mozart, Haydn tuvieron su gloria pero, los compositores rusos tales como Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Scriabin, Shostákovich, Musgorsky y demás son incomparables y exceden el arte con las bases de los grandes para ellos ser aún más grandes no por vanidad ni altanería sino porque lo son, y la Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Simón Bolívar es un digno ejemplo de esa grandeza mundial, mi mayor respeto y admiración para ellos, y la más grande ¡Enhorabuena!

Adore the bassoon AND Contra Bassoon in this piece.! Think this orchestra & Dudamel are spectacular!

Besides being performed well, this is one of the greatest symphonies of all time. So beautifully composed.

That's a spetacular performance by Dudamel and Simon Bolivar Orchestra. Shostakovitch's 10th Symphony will never more executed better than like this !

One of the most powerful and beautiful introductions to any piece of music. Wonderful. A great piece of music by one of the all time great composers. And so beautifully played as well. So good. Thank you.

SHOSTAKOVICH IS THE MOST BADASS COMPOSER!!!!! Just discovered him in spring of 2020. He was decades ahead of his time. If I were to hear his symphonies (10, 7, 5, 8, 11, 12) for the very first time BUT didn't know who composed them OR WHEN, I'd think they were for an epic action movie filmed after 1980. No other classical composer compares to him. His use of heavy strings is spellbinding. SHOSTY ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Гениальное исполнение гениальной симфонии гениального композитора! И ещё... Звукорежиссер знает эту труднейшую партитуру не хуже дирижера. БРАВО!!!

Shostakovich’s 10th played in Venezuela, did the Communists Government not see the Irony

Excelente interpretación. El Sistema de Orquestas es sin lugar a dudas el más importante aporte de Venezuela a las artes universales.

I loved the bassoon and contrabassoon solos.

I'm going to break my own rules. I don't believe in the 'best' or 'greatest' but for me this the greatest symphony yet written, & this the best performance I've heard. Shostakovitch sees EVERYTHING. Love, beauty, grandeur, horror, cruelty, everything that is in this world. And it's driving him insane. The section starting about 12.40 (I wish I knew the technical terms for his genius, but whatever techniques he uses are always subservient to his music, his humanity) develops at 17 minutes into the most distraught, compassionate piece of music I've ever heard. It has me in tears. Literally stunning. To paraphrase: Dmitri Will Tear You Apart Again.

the ending brings me so much joy. dudamel looks so proud of the orchestra, the audience explodes with applause (and that really loud "hey!" i love it omg), it's just so pure c: dudamel is so full of energy the entire time and doesn't even break a sweat from what i can tell? and you can tell at the end he knows it was a damn good performance too and it just makes me so happy to watch this cx one of the best interpretations too, by far! thanks so much for uploading this! made my day :D

coughing fit at 27 minutes. was everyone smoking bongs or something?

I believe this is the greatest performance of Shotakovich's 10th symphony I've ever heard! Better even than Kondrashin. Didn't think I'd ever say that.

Principal clarinet is sublime. Bravo bravo! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

As a youth orchestra these players are simply the best though the NYOGB would run them a close second. Amazing talent and an affimation that at least this, one of the finest aspects of human culture, has a secure future.

This is the closest and most interconnected I´ve seen musicians be in an orchestra, including the Director, they all are one big instrument. Bravo "El Sistema" !!

I just remembered why this is my favorite symphony. . .

This music is more relevant than ever in our 21st century. When I hear this music, I cry over the death of so many thousands of people who would have done something meaningful for themselves and others in their lives that they no longer were allowed to live. Guns, guns, guns and more guns. The heads of state causing the death of so many thousands of innocent human beings are crazy and schouldn't be allowed to lead their people, but be closed in madhouses or be eliminated.

Absolutely magnificent! Gustavo Dudamel one of the greatest conductor of our time. Bravo, Bravo Bravo!

All orchestras in Venezuela are double sized due to the abundance of fine musicians. I have seen the combination of two large orchestras, and it amazing. Only in Venezuela.

He estado escuchando esta sinfonia por varios anhos, con distintas orcestas y directores. Todavia pienso que esta es una de las mejores versiones, si no la mejor.

The first notes scream for authority. This is one of the most exciting symphonies I know - and not just for the crazy 2nd movement. The whole piece is full of imagination, sarcasm, irony and hatred. Shostakovich spat on Stalin´s grave and this music makes it audible.

Increíble. Sin palabras. Un orgullo que hermanos latinoamericanos logren tal maestría, tal... divinidad. Impresionante.

ПОТРЯСАЮЩЕ !!! ТЫСЯЧУ ЛАЙКОВ !!! БРАВО , ВЕНЕСУЭЛА !!!

I thought that only Russian conductors and orchestras really knew how to play this piece. The only truly excellent performances I've heard were on Melodiya LP's. Well, Dudamel knows this piece and knows how it should be played: fast, hot, and full of energy where it's needed and quiet and subtle where it's not. Of course, he needs an orchestra to do his bidding but he has a great one here. It's full of kids and they are terrific. There are little mistakes here and there, the kinds you hear with the best orchestras, and those only add to the magic of the performance.

Incredibly great -- both the marvelous performance and Shostakovich's brilliant symphony.

i cannot find anything wrong with this performance

Dudamel infuses so much energy to this Shostakovich piece!! BRAVO to the Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Simón Bolivar!!

Watching the expressions on the young players' faces is a joy in itself.

Every time, this piece leaves me close to tears. Very powerful

Vuelvo a escuchar esta música y pienso que lo que oigo es una perfección musical absoluta, que no ha sido igualada desde que Shostakovich escribió esta sinfonía. Cuando escucho esta grabación de la Décima Sinfonía de Shostakovich, no sólo oigo la música, sino que experimento toda la historia del siglo XX, con todas sus atrocidades, que se siguen repitiendo en el siglo XXI. Ninguna otra orquesta o director del mundo puede igualar el sonido orquestal tal y como se toca y se graba.

such a massive number of musicians who can play together even at the fastest tempos...from 53:36 is astounding...

31:50 this guys face says it all

De todos es conocido el profundo rechazo que el compositor, sentía por el régimen político imperante en Rusia, entonces llamada URSS, pese a que, por salvar su vida, tuvo que plegarse a las directrices soviéticas. Parece ser, que el segundo movimiento de esta sinfonía, esta dedicada a las victimas de unos de los grandes asesinos del siglo XX, Stalin. Es una gran sinfonía, profunda y llena de momentos espectaculares. Los finales de Shostakovich son únicos, por sus pianíssimos, como en la 4ª y 13ª, o por su explosividad, como en la 5ª y 10ª. Es una maravilla de música, y esta orquesta y su director, la hacen aún mas grande.

I have joked that the best music for a villain is "The Imperial March" by Williams. Then I heard the second movement of this symphony (27:55). It IS Stalin; one of the most evil men in history.

was that Rafael Payare on the French horn?

I come back to this again and again...chills every time.

Ads maks me want to shit my pants during yhe climax of a transcendental masterpiece; only youtube can do that, smh

Браво, маэстро Дудамел!!. Все произведения , которые исполняются под его руководством, он дирижирует блистательно. Шостаковича же чувствовать и интерпретировать сложно. Трижды браво!!!

Assolutamente fantastico. Effetti sonori dall'onirico al stupefacente con perfetta intesa fra orchestra e direttore. Da ricordare fra le esecuzioni migliori di questa sinfonia "cosmica".

57:11 BEST PART EVER

Magnifica presntacion del maestro gustavo me siento orgulloso de pertenencer al sstema de orquesta y de haber trabajado con el!

Ahora comentaré sobre la interpretación, en lo personal me fascinó el primer movimiento Moderato y el último Andante-Allegro, tienen una ejecución poderosa y llena de vigor la he escuchado previamente bajo la conducción de Bernard Haitink y la Orquesta Sinfónica de Londres (LSO) y debemos admitir que hay una diferencia de supremacía en cuanto a delicadeza de interpretación y lo que se apega totalmente al concepto con el cual Shostakovich compuso dicha obra, el segundo movimiento el Allegro y el tercero Allegreto son delirantes hay una atmósfera de divinidad exaltada hacia la Razón y el humano en ella algo que siempre caracterizaba a Shostakovich era su implacable capacidad de conmover los sentimientos más profundos y de remover los lugares más imposibles dentro de si mismo, se los digo cuando escuché el segundo movimiento y el último lo único que pensaba era profundamente en la riqueza y magnificencia de esta obra tal que podía provocar erizarme la piel y disfrutarla de principio a fin, cuando los violines, violonchelos, y toda la orquesta deja de tocar es como si hubiese alcanzado la cima del éxtasis cultural, maravillosa y esplendida interpretación la mejor que he visto en mi corta vida.

Venezuela is an amazing country with amazing people. For the Latin American world, Venezuela is the birthplace national sovereignty and dignity. Venezuela is also a danger. Because it shows the Ruler of the World, that with dignity and courage you can break the chains of slavery. For the United States, Venezuela is a runaway slave. To punish Venezuela, the Empire has imposed a brutal economic siege on the disobedient Venezuelans. Many traitors have run away. Those who remain and endure the US imposed siege are prepared to die to defend the motherland. These musicians are all the children of the beloved, Hugo Chavez. Mess with Venezuela at your own peril.

OH MY GOD this is absolutely amazing wow

Spectacular performans,fascinating!Dudamel is my favorite conductor

how come know one talks about 5:14 to 6:16. some of the most raw and emotionally gripping music ever written. no one does shostakovich like dudamel.

bloody hell that was brilliant!

Simply magnificent! I love the work of Gustavo Dudamel!

sensacional Gustavo Dudamel con la Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Simón Bolivar en el Royal Albert intrpretando la sinfonia no 10 de Dmitri Shostakovich para mi fantástica sensaciional muchas felicitaciones para todos

I love shostakovich...and this is one of my favorites

What a discipline this orchestra has, exceptional. Many other orchestras in the world should take an example of this orchestra here.

muy bacana esta orquesta y el sistema musical de venezuela, orgullo de toda latinoamerica

This orchestra and the Maestro is a gift of G-d to the world. I feel like I am in heaven! Real paradise! Everything is so perfect! It is difficult to believe that these youth has accomplished such a unique level! What a treasure! Dudamel is certainly above nature! G-d bless them all!

Every now and then,I turn to this symphony no.10 sponteniosy,!It is an inner demand, I guess.Kevork Zabounian. Sweden,Stockholm

Yes, it's a youth orchestra, and a pretty good one too. But for a mature version of this majestic symphony (I agree DSCH's best) you can't beat the 90-year-old Skrowaczewski, (also on this platform). That is a truly deep and profound understanding of what tyranny meant to this composer. Who lived it. This, Dudamel version is a little bit, what shall we say, juvenile and not fully developed. OK, its fast, but is that the point? For profundity, there's the wonderful Stanislaw. Pip Pip

Me enorgullese ser Venezolana y violinista y ver a esta gran orquesta y como director a Gustavo triunfar en cada rincon del mundo.. IM SO PROUD

Sometimes I think it's a counter-sense that Shostakovich is well-played for players trained in a socialist system. Shostakovich talks to us about misery of human condition, the one which he observed in USSR. So when Dudamel and "his" orchestra play Shostakovich, they are all denouncing the syestem from what all they emerged :S

This is a great composition by Shostakovich. In my opinion the only conductor that really gives it its due is Dudamel. Notice that he doubled almost the entire orchestra, particularly the bronces. What a genial change that I'm sure Shostakovich would approve.

I love SHOSTAKOVICH...Grande concerto e ottimo audio. Grazie❤🌹

This is very hard to believe they are a youth orchestra cause they just play so well together

Сколько раз слушаю, столько раз хочется поставить лайк!!! БРАВО !!!

I am only 6:03 into this and I am breathless

I have listened to a lot of European orchestras and even American ones, but there is just something about his orchestra that puts them to shame, I really don't know what it is, but something you cannot find in a European orchestra or American.

The best ever performance to date. Five stars!

What a wonderful performance of the greatest symphonic masterpiece of them all.

Definitely not merely a performance that's to be graded as "excellent considering" that these are university-level young adults, but "excellent overall ABSOLUTE"!!! [I can only fault the principal flautist for not being able to get all of the low B-naturals to speak in the 3rd movement, in addition to a few string pizzicati at the end of the First movement as well as a couple of spots elsewhere for not having the ultimate degree of togetherness.] As of the time of the writing of this review, I've also heard (via RU-vid) Skrowaczewski, Gjérgijev and Kondráshin (the list now also includes Karajan, Haitink and then Jansons - that last one I definitely dislike, while Haitink feels like his heart isn't fully in it given how he seems to underplay so much...) - yet awaiting are Mitropoulos (via RU-vid) plus definitely Rostropóvich (via private CD-collection). The remarkable thing is that each of those performances has something unique and individual to say - leaving Haitink and Jansons aside, none of the other five performances, Dudamel included, deserves "also-ran" disdain. That said, I find myself gravitating to this performance on account of: - 1) the spacious and really loving, even heartbroken, atmosphere Dudamel summons in the 1st-movement - contrasted with a real break-neck reading of the 2nd-mvt. which really not only evokes the monstrosity of Stáljin (that movement is supposed to be a portrait of him, with the entire symphony being a reflection of how the composer managed to survive that ultra-tyrant's cruelty and brutality) but does so in a reading that is almost as fast as what Shostakóvich himself played in his 2-piano version (I forget who was the companion pianist - alas, the video-clip is no longer available...); - 2) the youthful enthusiasm and red-blooded commitment tangible throughout the performance; - 3) the extra-lush and powerful sonorities that result from the orchestra being so extra-big (97 strings, if I've counted them right!) as to have all the main-woodwinds and entire brass sections doubled from the normal numbers. If you want a faster reading, go for Kondráshin (yet his reading of the 2nd movement is marginally slower than Dudamel's, which even Kondráshin's extra-precision can't quite compensate for); if you want an even more Western and polished feel (traditionally, Russia since Peter the Great has had a severe dichotomy between "Westernisers" and "Slavophiles"!!!), Karajan has plenty to offer; otherwise, one dares not go any slower in this symphony. Definitely 5/5.

This lad is great, gets the texture and timing right. Seems to do it better than the Russians!! I bought the full set of Mravinksy's Shostokovich symphonies in 1974, 5? and I loved them, but Dudamel to my mind has enhanced their their universal appeal,.

Questa Sinfonia è una delle migliori interpretazioni di questo capolavoro ... Soprattutto il secondo movimento è esattamente come mi piacerebbe sentirlo. Magnifica.... Un tale virtuosismo da parte di un'orchestra così giovane la Simon Bolivar diretta dal Grande Gustavo Dudamel dico che è veramente sconvolgente !

He disfrutado de este concierto después de diez años.Me ha encantado tanto la interpretación como la transmisión por imagen (gran acierto al enfocar a los instrumentos solistas en cada momento). Una gran versión musical y de imagen. ¡Bravo, Dudamel, Brava OSJSB! In my opinion, a great version and a great orchestra. Thanks, Gustavo Dudamel!