VALERY GERGIEV - MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS 3° DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2013 - December 3rd, 2013 TEATRO SALLE PLEYEL IN PARIS
Yeah, I remember having more than one version of this symphony when I was 16, and one the back of one LP the 2nd movement just had one word/name: Stalin. ...and I thought, Ah, that makes so much sense.
Another magistral interpretation of this genuine masterpiece! A complete symphony, picturesque, emotional, innovative, played by an extraordinary Orchestra, conducted by a remarkable Maestro!
I have adored shostakovich for years; I visited his grave at the novodevichy cemetery and paid my respects to him. This symphony is nothing short of a masterpiece.
I dislike Gergiev for his political views, and I somehow don't believe he is a very nice guy. But I have to admit he has Shostakovich in his blood like few others. And the world class Mariinsky orchestra are playing their heart out for him.
After the desolation of the first movement, and the withering criticism of Stalin in the scherzo, DS must have been, and perhaps can only have been optimistic about his country in the aftermath of the tyrant's death. A truly remarkable interpretation by the Russian maestro of maestri (is that the correct plural?) I love this work from beginning to end!
All the things he would potentially criticise Stalin for exist in western propaganda exclusively. Shostakovich is so great the west back then couldn't cancel him and they had to attach this 'anti-Stalin' disclaimer to his works)) Sickening.
The flute and piccolo passage at 22:45 is very reminiscent of the passage just before the introduction of the second fugue subject in his last Prelude and Fugue from Op. 87
On the 100th anniversary of the composer's birth, a journalist named David Torres wrote this: "Onceupon a time, the human race sent a probe outside the solar system. Among the messages sent to a hypothetical extraterrestrial intelligence is a Bach prelude. No one could find a more naked, more beautiful music: all the scientific, mathematical and artistic achievements of Humanity quintessentialized in three glorious minutes. But, like Mozart, this music speaks to us not of what we are but of what we would like to be. If, in addition to beauty, we had wanted to tell all the evil, misery and lies that inhabit this little blue tear, we would not have sent old Bach as ambassador. We would have sent Shostakovich." And I agree completely. Lo incluyo en el castellano original: «Hace tiempo, la raza humana envió una sonda fuera del sistema solar. Entre los mensajes enviados para una hipotética inteligencia extraterrestre hay un preludio de Bach. Nadie podría encontrar una música más desnuda, más bella: todos los logros científicos, matemáticos y artísticos de la Humanidad quintaesenciados en tres minutos gloriosos. Pero, como Mozart, esa música nos habla no de lo que somos sino de lo que quisiéramos ser. Si, además de la belleza, hubiéramos querido contar toda la maldad, la miseria y la mentira que habitan esta pequeña lágrima azul, no habríamos enviado al viejo Bach de embajador. Habríamos enviado a Shostakovich.»
И все-таки Дмитрий Шестакович драматический композитор ,вся его музыка пронизанавнутренним напряжением иногда глубоким философским смыслом ,что ни говори похоже все это он пропускал через себя, как ему было не легко жить в таком напряжении
Why do you start with a snippet of the second movement? That's really incredibly annoying. I'm about to listen to nearly an hour of music. I'm in this for the long haul: I don't need a trailer to grab my interest. God, at the end as well. Ruins a wonderful performance.
Dmitri Shostakovich would be ashamed of Valery Gergiev. Dimitri Chostakovitch aurait honte de Valery Gergiev. Дмитру Шостаковичу було б соромно за Валерія Гергієва.
Just like Beethoven for Karajan or Furtwangler. I don't think Gergiev really supports what's happening in Ukraine. But obviously, he would've lost everything he has in Russia now.
@@ediccartman7252 Hello Bonjour Привет. 🇬🇧🇺🇲Unfortunately Gergiev is a genuine proud supporter, displayed, assumed and without complex of Putin. Like pianist Boris Berezovsky and a few others. 🇨🇵Malheureusement Gergiev est un authentique soutien fier, affiché, assumé et sans complexe de Poutine. Comme le pianiste Boris Berezovsky et quelques autres. 🇷🇺К сожалению, Гергиев - искренний гордый сторонник, выставлено, предположительно и без комплексов Путина. Как пианист Борис Березовский и некоторые другие.
@@ediccartman7252 Continued Suite Продолжение 🇬🇧🇺🇲Gergiev is more comparable to Wilhelm Mengelberg, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Herbert von Karajan. 🇨🇵Gergiev est davantage comparable à Wilhelm Mengelberg, à Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, à l'Orchestre philharmonique de Vienne et à Herbert von Karajan. 🇷🇺Гергиева больше можно сравнить с Вильгельмом Менгельбергом, Элизабет Шварцкопф, Венским филармоническим оркестром и Гербертом фон Караяном.
@@ediccartman7252 Continued Suite Продолжение 🇬🇧🇺🇲Regarding Wilhelm Furtwängler, things are quite different. It was defended by Jewish musicians, the famous anti-fascist Arturo Toscanni gave up conducting on the death of Wilhelm Furtwängler. Furtwängler was exonerated after the war... 🇨🇵Concernant Wilhelm Furtwängler, les choses sont assez différentes. Il fut défendu par des musiciens juifs, le célèbre anti fasciste Arturo Toscanni renonça à la direction d’orchestre à la mort de Wilhelm Furtwängler. Furtwängler fut innocenté après guerre... 🇷🇺Что касается Вильгельма Фуртвенглера, то все обстоит совсем иначе. Его защищали еврейские музыканты, известный антифашист Артуро Тосканни отказался от дирижирования после смерти Вильгельма Фуртвенглера. Фуртвенглер был реабилитирован после войны...
@@ediccartman7252 Continued Suite Продолжение 🇬🇧🇺🇲Herbert von Karajan didn't get his Nazi Party card once... but twice. 🇨🇵Herbert von Karajan n’a pas eu sa carte au Parti Nazi, une fois... mais deux fois. 🇷🇺Герберт фон Караян получил партийный билет не один раз... а дважды.
Someone made a comment that Valery didn’t shake hands with the concertmaster at the end of Symphony No. 5 and I discounted it, but the very next night for Symphony No. 10, the concertmaster was now the No. 2 violin, and the No. 2 violin from the night before was now the concertmaster... so I guess the maestro was dissatisfied with something
какой сумбур, вы, скорее всего, имеете в виду свою голову. самое прекрасное исполнение и интерпретация, которую я когда-либо слышал. Брависсимо маэстро и оркестру!
