Shostakovich - Symphony No. 8 | Andris Poga | WDR Symphony Orchestra 

Anyone can express intensity, but human beings are not one dimensional, we are complex, we have context, flaws, hopes, needs. Without Dmitri Shostakovich the richness of humanity at that time may have been swamped and lost. His music is such a gift. To have a conductor to take it beyond history and bring it life for those who did not live it without just smacking us in the face is also a gift. loved it.

Безусловно, это очень чистое и эмоциональное исполнение. В музыке великого композитора ярко выражен напор осмысленного противоборства , смятения духа и поиски гармонии души и тела! Оркестрантов иногда становится немного жаль из-за столь большой концентрации для исполнения сложнейших музыкальных тем . Нельзя усомниться в высочайшем дерижёрском мастерстве маэстро. Спасибо коллективу! Спасибо Шостаковичу! Shostakovich forever!!💪

Diese Musik ist unglaublich. Ich bin sprachlos. Danke von Herzen!

Thank you for making these wonderful concerts available

Wie wunderbar Jérémy Sassano sein Solo gespielt hat. Ich bin gerührt und beeindruckt (17:56 bis 21:21)

Danke! ❤

Wunderbar die Bläser. Besonders natürlich die Oboe . Chapeau

For me this is the best symphony ever written, but its "message" is so sad that I cannot listen to it too frequently.

Sehr schön dieser 1. Satz. Man kann ihn anfangs nicht ad hoc als Komposition von DS erkennen. Ansonsten ist das ja oft der Fall .

00:39:49 - IV. Largo

I get a kick out of the plexiglass screen set up between the second piccolo player and the violinist to her right. Shostakovich was fond of piccolos in their upper register, and the shrillness can certainly be rough on the ears. I speak from experience. I played piccolo when I was younger, and I developed tinnitus in my right ear. Should have used cotton balls!

This is Shostakovich s symphony that may have been most suggestive to Allan Pettersson because of its form

If put to it I would say that only the first desk of the 2nd violins understands the mental torture that experiencing this symphony requires.

Danke! ❤