Just thinking about the starving musicians stuck in the city, only 17 of them were still alive by the time of the premier. Giving hope to everyone else stuck there, and also to the whole world. Now that's some ''Keep calm and carry on.'' They were real heroes. And Shostakovich was too. Shostakovich himself was actually a volunteer fire fighter during the siege of Leningrad. Like 8 levels of respect.
If you're interested, Sergey Baklykov made a video of his visit to Samara, Russia where Shostakovich lived and wrote the Seventh Symphony while Leningrad was under siege. The occasion was the 78th anniversary of the premiere of the symphony and a performance played by the same orchestra, the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/yF3p_w2PU14/v-deo.html
After reading the story of the composer Dimitri Shostaovich, I so admire his brillance and love for his people and Leningrad. It's amazing the power of music, and even though the audience who heard this for the first time, were dying of starvation, it gave them the hope and will to live on. Bravo Dimitri Bravo!!!
Entire symphony is about totalitarism, only exemplified by Leningrad siege. As I read in biography, Shostakovitch started this work before Leningrad siege, and explained, that Hitler was just another face of evil, as well as Stalin was.
@@kociox Thanks for this important and very true perspective. Shostakovitch himself struggled with Marxist-Leninism -- he was enchanted by the ideals of communism but horrified as to how things actually transpired in the Soviet Union.
Thank you, all members of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony and Marin Alsop for giving me the chance to enjoy and appreciate the fruit of the hard work and musicianship you all bring to this performance. I have been listening to classical music for at least 60 years now, and the first time I heard this symphony was in the 1960s, from an acoustically inferior recording of a radio broadcast of the first performance outside Russia (so I read) conducted by Toscanini. I have since listened to all the symphonies by Shostakovich (preferred English spelling of his name) in various interpretations. This one, along with his 5th and 8th, just to name three, never fails to touch me in its expressions, in musical terms, of human suffering, endurance, brutality, pathos, absurdity, banality, passion, grotesqueness, memories of better days, beauty, love, peace, longing, spiritual rebirth and triumph . . . . Something like reading Dante's "Divine Comedy" or Shakespeare's great tragedies. This performance in Alsop's convincing interpretation is no exception. Again, my heartfelt thanks to the orchestra and to Maestro (Maestra?) Alsop.
Very well said! Read the book about Shostakovich by Julian Barnes, "The noise of time." Short but powerful. I wish everyone in the world would read it.
This German orchestra is one of my favorites. Playing the utmost resistance symbolic symphony of the Leningrad and Russia, The famous Shostakovitch No. 7 is remarkable. It is an amazing accomplishment, some 70 years later. Its is an out cry for humanity to unite, beyond their differences of the past, the WWII. Long Live the humanitarian spirit of Dmitri Shostakovitch.
@MrHallodri1 -- O My, Hallodri....You take No Prisoners, do you! Poor confused SirKuchen might have been entitled to some Restraint on your part...in cudgeling him for his misapprehension. But your Rage controls you....Greetings & Happy New Year from San Agustinillo!
This was written before the Germans invaded Russia. It's more about the insidious effect of Stalinism and the oppression of living under a totalitarian regime.
Dmitri Shostakovich said that his compositions were tombstones for his friends-what an honor to those who went through all the suffering-sometimes only music can describe it-what an awesome composer and GREAT performance-BRAVO ❤️❤️❤️
The story of how this symphony got to the New York Philharmonic is a story unto itself. (Look it up!) I love Shostakovich's dramatic moments, but I love the little quiet moments when he really gets lyrical. That man must have had a lot of love in his heart because it shows in the slow aspects of his orchestral works. Beautiful performance, Marin! You are the greatest.
Dmitri Schostakowitsch! Beyond our understanding. Such a sensitivity for tragic and ability to express it through music. Frau Alsop, thank you! Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, thank you all!
i saw a documentary about this piece of music and the images from it linger withme and will do so all my life (i hope). i don't know enough about music to judge this particular performance but i love this symphony because of the struggle it represents, the hardship we can only imagine fed and alive as we are, but also for the sheer beauty of it.
WOW! Talk about delivering the goods. The ending builds and builds and builds with one rousing finale after another. Just astonishing. Knowing Shostakovitch's history and work, this swept me away in tears.
Немцы конечно молодцы что взялись за Ленинградскую симфонию, но меня много больше впечатлило исполнение Приморского оркестра под управлением Антона Лубченко... там просто потрясающе исполнено... С душой до предела!!!
What a simply wonderful symphony, full of all the range of emotions (from sublime beauty to heart-rending pathos, and everything in between). And as ever, an excellent performance from this truly exceptional orchestra - full of poise, tenderness, power and empathy for the power and feeling of the music.
125gr bánh mỳ/người/ngày , hàng triệu người chết đới,dịch bệnh,bom đạn, mấy trăm ngày thành phố bị bao vây ... ngay trong cuộc sống đó vẫn có Giao hưởng số 7-Leningrad của Dimitri Shottacovik,Bản nhạc vẫn vang lên từ thành phố rồi những nhạc công đó lại xông ra chiến tuyến . Tuyệt vời ,Những công dân Leningrad , Tuyệt vời Shottacovik & Giao hưởng số 7 ! Tôi quá thích thú , khi được nghe tác phẩm này do Dan nhạc Đài phát thanh Frankfurt do Nữ Chỉ huy !
what a powerful statement of liberty !!! very good interpretation musical and intensity in the meaning of this dramatic time of sufferance...never again please God, never again on any side of humanity
спасибо за график записи 00:32 I. Allegretto 29:58 II. Moderato (poco allegretto) 41:43 III. Adagio - Largo - Moderato risoluto - Largo - Adagio 59:28 IV. Allegro non troppo Очень здорово-хорошо что оживает муз история высшего рейтинга исполнения всем оркестром. Удивительное доверие инструментам звучать в замысле адекватно. Но, не для обиды и значимости интернациональности музыки, российские музыканты-оркестра исполняют как сами участники обнажаемых событий. Просто душу захватывающую тему борьбы за выживание торжества справедливости. Не часто, но по потребности набирания духовных сил, слушаю симфонию 7 Шостаковича. Всем участникам этого муз события - СПАСИБО (и ЮТУБу).
Как же хорошо Шостакович передал звук надвигающейся угрозы. Сначала как будто где то далеко играет марш, но вот они все ближе и ближе, бои все яростнее и яростнее
肖斯塔科维奇，个人最喜欢的音乐家之一。One of my favorite musicians，Shostakovich，have listened all of his music. Jazz Suit is also good，Symphony No.6，9 good two. Lady in Mtsensk good three.
I'm not a gifted listener, but I've enjoyed this orchestra's performances more than most others. Yes, there's a war behind this work; yet Shostakovich always sets me into a more contemplative mood. Perhaps odd when you imagine people freezing and starving to death. I love this performance. I'm hearing it 5 years later.
Молодцы музыканты: сумели тонко передать нюансы сложного произведения, особенно, ярко выраженную в мелодии гениального композитора холодную, решительную устремленность прусской военной машины к победе любой ценой, в том числе путем тотального уничтожения других народов и ценой утери человечности людьми, ставшими ее винтиками, а также отчаяние с нотками обреченности людей, пытающихся ей сопротивляться.
questa sinfonia fu scritta da Schostakovisch per la popolazione di Leningrado sotto assedio dei tedeschi per 3 anni e ora è una radio sinfonica tedesca che la trasmette: quando fu suonata sotto assedio fu trasmessa dagli altoparlanti per farla ascoltare ai tedeschi invasori e assalitori come monito che quella bellezza musicale sarebbe stata invincibile come il popolo russo.
Having seen Marin conduct live, I can assure you she is anything but what organboi says. I have also seen the Leningrad performed live; an unforgettable concert experience. It may or may not be as strong a work as the DSCH'S 5th, or 8th, my personal favourite, but it's no failure. Wrong again organboi.
This is a great performance from a truly great conductor leading a great orchestra! Easily my favourite Shostakovich symphony which never fails to make me cry... what a privilege to witness this master work! Thank You for a wonderful crafted, honest video recording!!! PLEASE DO NOT do what the French do... we don't need to see the nose hairs and sweat of the players... let their music speak for itself!
To understand this music, you need to first understand that Finland was incontestably involved (though people quibble about some details) in the siege of Leningrad. Secondly, that the main theme of the first movement comes straight out of Sibelius. You hear it in at least a couple place. For example, 2 minutes into Sibelius' 6th symphony.
I still can't hear the theme in Sibelius's 6th. Are you talking about the 22 bar theme repeated twelve times in the first movement of Shostakovich's 7th, starting about 7 minutes in? Or the very first theme in the symphony? And which bars would that be from Sibelius?
Excellent performance. Conducted by one of the best American conductors who is not well known. While the 5th (with the Bernstein interpretation) will always be my favorite, the 7th might be the greatest symphony ever written.
Neither is it the best symphony ever written, nor is it Shostakovich's best. Both the 8th and 10th are far superiour in structucring and compositional value.
As much as I adore Alsop, for all the obvious reasons, I do prefer the version that Klaus Mäkelä did with the orchestra last year. Mäkelä created a real sense of urgency in his interpretation, I think.
@@niek024 Well, neither conductor could have made a sound without the Orchestra. Most of the credit goes to them. Some people give the impression that there's only one musician on stage despite the full Orchestra being there. From the interviews I've seen with Marin, she's not into "conductor worshipping" at all but prefers to give much of the credit where its due: to the superb musicians who performed the piece. Marin is an excellent conductor, but as violinist Nigel Kennedy says, "conductors are over-rated."
@@danmoran454 I agree with what you say. But still it's the conductor who determines the interpretation of the piece, don't you think? The Mäkelä-Alsop was interesting to me, because it was with the same orchestra only a couple of years apart.
@@niek024 Well yes, it's mainly the conductor who determines the interpretation along with the artistry/subtle interpretation of each section of the orchestra as they perform the piece and how they -- according to the score -- feel certain parts should be played which a conductor may or may not have gone over at all in rehearsal. For piano concerti performances for example, sometimes orchestras don't even run through the entire concerto in rehearsal, particularly slow movements. They only have the time to touch on tricky places in some cases. So the interpretation is really a combined effort between the conductor and the rest of the highly-talented and trained musicians. (Although some orchestral musicians say "we're just a machine for the conductor; we have no say on anything" and they resent that). That's why the best conductors -- in my opinion -- are the ones who are humble and modest and give most of the credit for the performance to the musicians who performed the piece rather than themselves.
@@danmoran454 I must have been lucky, then. I've seen countless live orchestral performances and a number of rehearsals, and the conductors always gave credit to the players. And in two cases the conductor even praised the concerthall for the excellent acoustics.
This great war symphony has recently inspired a photo/poem book entitled Camera Symphonica: Scores of Love, Uprisings and Pandemic by Jaime Diaz Martinez. One reads in the introduction "the city of Paris would become Shostakovich's Leningrad, and the invader would take shape as plague and injustice. All these events would compose the sounds, cries and emotions that would lay forth the composition of this work". Shostakovitch is truly an inspiration for all sorts of artistic creations.
One of the most monumental productions of the most apt musical composition which represents one of the greatest world war two atrocities ; the besieging of Leningrad.
1.12.10 der Anfang einer der stärksten musikalischen Finale in der Polyphonie.Gänsehaut.Man hört den Schrei nach Freiheit und Leben. Väterchen Russland.
I've heard percussionists call this part "The Devil's Bolero". The 2 measure cadence that the snare drummer plays over the course of the next 10 minutes isn't really difficult, but it's one of the most exhausting (mentally and physically) 10 minutes of music for the snare drummer. You can't make a mistake during that part. One mis-stroke and the entire thing falls apart. You have to keep that cadence up while all hell is breaking loose around you. The cacophany that's attacking you is diametrically opposed to what you're playing and yet it fits marvelously. Shostakovich was an absolute genius.
This is quite a good recording. Kudos to the tuba player! And, for almost all of the performance, I enjoyed Alsop's interpretation quite a lot. But (and you knew there would be one, sorry!) , the end of the 4th movement just pales in comparison to the '89 recording of Chicago with Bernstein. He really basks in the glorious sound, the triumph at the end of the piece. This recording, as I said, I feel is quite good. But I still prefer the ending of that CSO with Bernstein recording. But, well done, Maestra!
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I love how at 1:03:27 they decide to show just one trombone playing quarter notes or something instead of showing the strings literally fLYING UP THEIR INSTRUMENTS UGH
Us musicians can be like that. haha I know - I have taught approx 25,000 music students since 1971 and have seen all the drama music students can create. Just retiring now - 2019.
There are a number of female conductors around who, from the strength of what I've heard from them, are very much overrated for the obvious reasons. However, Marin Alsop, IMO, is most certainly not one of them. She has done wonders with the OSESP (Sao Paulo S.O.) placing it among the World's great orchestas.
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Eternal memory to Dmitri Shostacovich, one of humanity's greatest men who spoke his truth as a composer and musician!
Just thinking about the starving musicians stuck in the city, only 17 of them were still alive by the time of the premier. Giving hope to everyone else stuck there, and also to the whole world. Now that's some ''Keep calm and carry on.'' They were real heroes. And Shostakovich was too.
Shostakovich himself was actually a volunteer fire fighter during the siege of Leningrad. Like 8 levels of respect.
He wanted to go into the front line of the battle but they didn't let him. He had problems with vision. He was always wearing these glasses.
@@alexuturgaidze5722 That guy had some Serious BDE
If you're interested, Sergey Baklykov made a video of his visit to Samara, Russia where Shostakovich lived and wrote the Seventh Symphony while Leningrad was under siege. The occasion was the 78th anniversary of the premiere of the symphony and a performance played by the same orchestra, the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/yF3p_w2PU14/v-deo.html
read Sarah Quigley orchester chef / Leningrad sinfonie
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After reading the story of the composer Dimitri Shostaovich, I so admire his brillance and love for his people and Leningrad. It's amazing the power of music, and even though the audience who heard this for the first time, were dying of starvation, it gave them the hope and will to live on. Bravo Dimitri Bravo!!!
Одного лайка недостаточно чтобы оценить это исполнение по достоинству!
Eternal memory to the people who gave their lives in the struggle for life, in the siege of Leningrad!!! R.I.P.
You're right on, brother; thats what this entire symphony is all about!
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Entire symphony is about totalitarism, only exemplified by Leningrad siege. As I read in biography, Shostakovitch started this work before Leningrad siege, and explained, that Hitler was just another face of evil, as well as Stalin was.
He used material from passacaglia composed earlier, in a new work, and entire symphony is about confrontation between USSR and nazi-EU.
@@kociox Thanks for this important and very true perspective. Shostakovitch himself struggled with Marxist-Leninism -- he was enchanted by the ideals of communism but horrified as to how things actually transpired in the Soviet Union.
Thank you, all members of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony and Marin Alsop for giving me the chance to enjoy and appreciate the fruit of the hard work and musicianship you all bring to this performance. I have been listening to classical music for at least 60 years now, and the first time I heard this symphony was in the 1960s, from an acoustically inferior recording of a radio broadcast of the first performance outside Russia (so I read) conducted by Toscanini. I have since listened to all the symphonies by Shostakovich (preferred English spelling of his name) in various interpretations. This one, along with his 5th and 8th, just to name three, never fails to touch me in its expressions, in musical terms, of human suffering, endurance, brutality, pathos, absurdity, banality, passion, grotesqueness, memories of better days, beauty, love, peace, longing, spiritual rebirth and triumph . . . . Something like reading Dante's "Divine Comedy" or Shakespeare's great tragedies. This performance in Alsop's convincing interpretation is no exception. Again, my heartfelt thanks to the orchestra and to Maestro (Maestra?) Alsop.
Very well said! Read the book about Shostakovich by Julian Barnes, "The noise of time." Short but powerful. I wish everyone in the world would read it.
the cameraman and director have done a fantastic job. you see mistakes 1:05:06 yawnings 1:17:36 everything
I love the girl that mistake the "pizzicato" because i will have her exactly same reaction if I would mistake it myself ahaha
@@federicoguidoricci6398 ... because I would've reacted the same way if I'd made that mistake.
can you explain what's the mistake? wrong note? wrong timing? thanks.
@@blueXtwoplustwoI think she played the pizzicato too early because you can see her move her arm before the rest of the section plays
@@evilBreadD-jf9go thank you!
The Gremans playing the Leningrad symphony that s HEALING BRAVO
Absolutely remarkable. And that he composed this while Leningrad was under siege. What a stirring, majestic piece. Magnificent.
This German orchestra is one of my favorites. Playing the utmost resistance symbolic symphony of the Leningrad and Russia, The famous Shostakovitch No. 7 is remarkable. It is an amazing accomplishment, some 70 years later. Its is an out cry for humanity to unite, beyond their differences of the past, the WWII. Long Live the humanitarian spirit of Dmitri Shostakovitch.
Its germannn? Its from russia from schostakowitsch and made in Leningrad
@MrHallodri1 -- O My, Hallodri....You take No Prisoners, do you! Poor confused SirKuchen might have been entitled to some Restraint on your part...in cudgeling him for his misapprehension. But your Rage controls you....Greetings & Happy New Year from San Agustinillo!
Well said!
This was written before the Germans invaded Russia. It's more about the insidious effect of Stalinism and the oppression of living under a totalitarian regime.
@@sirkuchen1501 He meant the orchestra read the comment again mate
Замечательно исполнение, одно из лучших, и качество звука отличное.
Когда я слушаю седьмую симфонию то у меня всегда слёзы на глазах и комок в горле.
Очень советую тогда послушать последнюю симфонию, 15 Шостаковича, - в исполнении этого же радио-оркестра. Получите незабываемые эмоции!
Dmitri Shostakovich said that his compositions were tombstones for his friends-what an honor to those who went through all the suffering-sometimes only music can describe it-what an awesome composer and GREAT performance-BRAVO ❤️❤️❤️
The story of how this symphony got to the New York Philharmonic is a story unto itself. (Look it up!)
I love Shostakovich's dramatic moments, but I love the little quiet moments when he really gets lyrical.
That man must have had a lot of love in his heart because it shows in the slow aspects of his orchestral works.
Beautiful performance, Marin! You are the greatest.
Фрау Марин и её оркестру моё почтение. Браво!!! БРАВО!!!
Не фрау, а миссис - она американка, Марин Олсоп.
Dmitri Schostakowitsch! Beyond our understanding. Such a sensitivity for tragic and ability to express it through music. Frau Alsop, thank you! Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, thank you all!
Alsop is an A+ conductor.
I can’t get enough of that finale
Дирижёру отдельный респект, молодец, сделала всё красиво
the greatest masterpiece of shostakovitch-this is why he is one of my favourite composers.
My fav is Rachmaninoff
I prefer the 10th, but this is good too
Splendid performance! Marin Alsop is a great conductor!
Deeply moved by this outstanding performance, and by the conductor's passionate devotion to the work.
i saw a documentary about this piece of music and the images from it linger withme and will do so all my life (i hope). i don't know enough about music to judge this particular performance but i love this symphony because of the struggle it represents, the hardship we can only imagine fed and alive as we are, but also for the sheer beauty of it.
WOW! Talk about delivering the goods. The ending builds and builds and builds with one rousing finale after another. Just astonishing. Knowing Shostakovitch's history and work, this swept me away in tears.
Fantastic performance. Full of passion and pathos. Well done Marin Alsop and the FRSO.
Великолепное исполнение !!!
Eine wunderbare Symphonie, vor allem wenn man bedenkt, unter welchen Umständen sie zustande gekommen ist.
немчура
@Louise X Compared to other Shostakovich symphonies it is. I very much prefer his 8th as a War symphony.
@@katyatrue3686 что немчура, кретин?
Немцы конечно молодцы что взялись за Ленинградскую симфонию, но меня много больше впечатлило исполнение Приморского оркестра под управлением Антона Лубченко... там просто потрясающе исполнено... С душой до предела!!!
What a simply wonderful symphony, full of all the range of emotions (from sublime beauty to heart-rending pathos, and everything in between). And as ever, an excellent performance from this truly exceptional orchestra - full of poise, tenderness, power and empathy for the power and feeling of the music.
125gr bánh mỳ/người/ngày , hàng triệu người chết đới,dịch bệnh,bom đạn, mấy trăm ngày thành phố bị bao vây ... ngay trong cuộc sống đó vẫn có Giao hưởng số 7-Leningrad của Dimitri Shottacovik,Bản nhạc vẫn vang lên từ thành phố rồi những nhạc công đó lại xông ra chiến tuyến . Tuyệt vời ,Những công dân Leningrad , Tuyệt vời Shottacovik & Giao hưởng số 7 ! Tôi quá thích thú , khi được nghe tác phẩm này do Dan nhạc Đài phát thanh Frankfurt do Nữ Chỉ huy !
what a powerful statement of liberty !!! very good interpretation musical and intensity in the meaning of this dramatic time of sufferance...never again please God, never again on any side of humanity
Where was the liberty under communist rule after Germany surrendered?
Quel chef-d’œuvre ! magnifique, sublime, prodigieux : mille mercis aux artistes et Schosta for ever !
ОТЛИЧНО! Отлично сыграли,да и качество записи на высоте!)))
A most appropriate in this time of coronavirus pandemic crisis! It gives me hope and joy listening to this magnificent music.
спасибо за график записи
00:32 I. Allegretto
29:58 II. Moderato (poco allegretto)
41:43 III. Adagio - Largo - Moderato risoluto - Largo - Adagio
59:28 IV. Allegro non troppo
Очень здорово-хорошо что оживает муз история высшего рейтинга исполнения всем оркестром. Удивительное доверие инструментам звучать в замысле адекватно. Но, не для обиды и значимости интернациональности музыки, российские музыканты-оркестра исполняют как сами участники обнажаемых событий. Просто душу захватывающую тему борьбы за выживание торжества справедливости. Не часто, но по потребности набирания духовных сил, слушаю симфонию 7 Шостаковича. Всем участникам этого муз события - СПАСИБО (и ЮТУБу).
Formidable interpretation orchestre et la cheffe : Schostakovitch est mon premier compositeur russe préfé!
Prokofiev a giant too
Как же хорошо Шостакович передал звук надвигающейся угрозы. Сначала как будто где то далеко играет марш, но вот они все ближе и ближе, бои все яростнее и яростнее
Gänsehaut ab 8:51, die Musik suggeriert die anwachsende Bedrohung, langsam steigert sie sich in den Marsch....
он что написал ее в осажденном Ленинграде?
@@ОлексійНордерон представьте себе - да.
Эти моменты очень похожи на Мориса Равеля и Хачатуряна.
@@ОлексійНордерон Первые части симфонии начаты еще до войны 1941 года
Eine großartirge Musik eines großartigen Orchestres! Viele Grüße aus dem Münsterland, Bernd.
What an amazing conductor, I love her clear cues. Brilliant performance. Been listening to this for a couple of days now
eccezionale la sinfonia, bravissima la direttrice dell'orchestra, ottime fotografia e riprese. rimango entusiasta.
肖斯塔科维奇，个人最喜欢的音乐家之一。One of my favorite musicians，Shostakovich，have listened all of his music. Jazz Suit is also good，Symphony No.6，9 good two. Lady in Mtsensk good three.
Great symphony,Great conductor and Great orchestra.
I'm not a gifted listener, but I've enjoyed this orchestra's performances more than most others. Yes, there's a war behind this work; yet Shostakovich always sets me into a more contemplative mood. Perhaps odd when you imagine people freezing and starving to death. I love this performance. I'm hearing it 5 years later.
Bravissimi, ottima esecuzione!
thank you to all the people who love music!
Principal oboe and flute sound just beautiful.
Quel pathos ! Une œuvre magnifique à tous les égards.
Молодцы музыканты: сумели тонко передать нюансы сложного произведения, особенно, ярко выраженную в мелодии гениального композитора холодную, решительную устремленность прусской военной машины к победе любой ценой, в том числе путем тотального уничтожения других народов и ценой утери человечности людьми, ставшими ее винтиками, а также отчаяние с нотками обреченности людей, пытающихся ей сопротивляться.
Always a very moving experience to hear this work. I agree a moving memorial to the people of Leningrad ( St Petersberg)
20. yüzyılın başyapıtlarından, uzunluğuna rağmen sıkılmadan dinlediğim bir senfoni. Emeği geçen herkese teşekkürler, saygılar...
Magnifica la direcció de Marin Alsop. Extraordinaria l'òrquestra.
questa sinfonia fu scritta da Schostakovisch per la popolazione di Leningrado sotto assedio dei tedeschi per 3 anni e ora è una radio sinfonica tedesca che la trasmette: quando fu suonata sotto assedio fu trasmessa dagli altoparlanti per farla ascoltare ai tedeschi invasori e assalitori come monito che quella bellezza musicale sarebbe stata invincibile come il popolo russo.
Excelente interpretacion. Lo disfruté muchísimo. Magníficos todos Directora y músicos. Gracias por alimentar el espíritu.
What a brilliant Symphony and concert!. And a splendid Conductor as well!
Masterpiece... The darkest hour is before dawn... All of you must know, what I am talking about...
The Dark Knight!
Having seen Marin conduct live, I can assure you she is anything but what organboi says. I have also seen the Leningrad performed live; an unforgettable concert experience. It may or may not be as strong a work as the DSCH'S 5th, or 8th, my personal favourite, but it's no failure. Wrong again organboi.
Very good performance by the orchestra!
This is a great performance from a truly great conductor leading a great orchestra!
Easily my favourite Shostakovich symphony which never fails to make me cry... what a privilege to witness this master work! Thank You for a wonderful crafted, honest video recording!!! PLEASE DO NOT do what the French do... we don't need to see the nose hairs and sweat of the players... let their music speak for itself!
My God I saw a documentary about the siege. It was horrific, a living hell.
Love the ,, bass clarinet solo , also the. Harps. ... !!!!
San Petersburgo - Leningrado - San Petersburgo : Una ciudad maravillosa. El pueblo ruso : heroico y amistoso.
Shostacovich un gran compositor.
17:14 in love with the xylophone
0:00 - 1:22:40 in love with Шостакович ❤
marimba :)
@@ujwiersma8482 xylophone :)
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SO BEAUTIFUL
0:33
7:27 [strings col legno/pizz]
8:16 [flute]
9:00 [double bass - piccolo]
9:44 [oboe - bassoon]
11:04 [piano - trumpets]
11:46 [clarinet[
12:28 [violins]
13:08 [strings]
13:52 [trombones]
14:34 [brass]
15:16 [trombones - violins - percussion]
15:59 [violins - xylophone - brass]
16:39
17:29
18:39
20:24
(Low volume)
1st movement
0:32 begins | 16:38 explosion march | 19:25 pivotal, awe |
2nd movement
29:59 begins |
Among the best and most moving realizations of this great work that I've ever witnessed.
great lady!!!!!! perfect!!!!
Wow! What an ovation!
To understand this music, you need to first understand that Finland was incontestably involved (though people quibble about some details) in the siege of Leningrad. Secondly, that the main theme of the first movement comes straight out of Sibelius. You hear it in at least a couple place. For example, 2 minutes into Sibelius' 6th symphony.
Sid the Kid:))
Love Sibelius Symphonys!!!
I still can't hear the theme in Sibelius's 6th. Are you talking about the 22 bar theme repeated twelve times in the first movement of Shostakovich's 7th, starting about 7 minutes in? Or the very first theme in the symphony? And which bars would that be from Sibelius?
Love the sound and clarity she achieves.
Ha -- the mistake/eyeroll at 1:05:06 is priceless!
Urbie4 Why did they keep that in the video? That’s hilarious
Can anyone please explain what was the mistake?
Droopy eye, huh?
@@nooraanwahi495 I think she played too early
Cute 😍😍
Excellent performance. Conducted by one of the best American conductors who is not well known. While the 5th (with the Bernstein interpretation) will always be my favorite, the 7th might be the greatest symphony ever written.
Don't go overboard now.
I wouldn't agree that it's the greatest symphony ever written ....but on the other hand, I wouldn't disagree either!
Neither is it the best symphony ever written, nor is it Shostakovich's best. Both the 8th and 10th are far superiour in structucring and compositional value.
10th is his best. 4th and 14th are also outstanding works. 8th less so.
Qué gran música y qué extraordinaria directora. La orquesta sublime. Gracias por compartir.
Beautiful flute work!!
I really love this play. Thank you for sharing :)
Great conductor. Very well done! Ive heard many versions but for my taste this is the best. Perfect ending!
As much as I adore Alsop, for all the obvious reasons, I do prefer the version that Klaus Mäkelä did with the orchestra last year. Mäkelä created a real sense of urgency in his interpretation, I think.
@@niek024 Well, neither conductor could have made a sound without the Orchestra. Most of the credit goes to them. Some people give the impression that there's only one musician on stage despite the full Orchestra being there. From the interviews I've seen with Marin, she's not into "conductor worshipping" at all but prefers to give much of the credit where its due: to the superb musicians who performed the piece. Marin is an excellent conductor, but as violinist Nigel Kennedy says, "conductors are over-rated."
@@danmoran454 I agree with what you say. But still it's the conductor who determines the interpretation of the piece, don't you think?
The Mäkelä-Alsop was interesting to me, because it was with the same orchestra only a couple of years apart.
@@niek024 Well yes, it's mainly the conductor who determines the interpretation along with the artistry/subtle interpretation of each section of the orchestra as they perform the piece and how they -- according to the score -- feel certain parts should be played which a conductor may or may not have gone over at all in rehearsal. For piano concerti performances for example, sometimes orchestras don't even run through the entire concerto in rehearsal, particularly slow movements. They only have the time to touch on tricky places in some cases. So the interpretation is really a combined effort between the conductor and the rest of the highly-talented and trained musicians. (Although some orchestral musicians say "we're just a machine for the conductor; we have no say on anything" and they resent that). That's why the best conductors -- in my opinion -- are the ones who are humble and modest and give most of the credit for the performance to the musicians who performed the piece rather than themselves.
@@danmoran454 I must have been lucky, then. I've seen countless live orchestral performances and a number of rehearsals, and the conductors always gave credit to the players. And in two cases the conductor even praised the concerthall for the excellent acoustics.
That viola melody on 53:53 blows my mind every time. So simple yet so beautiful.
Agreed! Although I can’t decide whether I like it more played on the flute the first time or reprised by the violas, two very different “beautifuls”!
Heard the symphony yesterday, in the concert hall, for the first time. The moment was indeed breathtaking.
Wow your absolutely right, blimey im in heaven!
Yeah, and what follows that section, with violins and basses, is amazingly beautiful too...jeeezzz !
Extraordinario homenaje a las víctimas esta maravillosa música
This great war symphony has recently inspired a photo/poem book entitled
Camera Symphonica: Scores of Love, Uprisings and Pandemic by Jaime Diaz
Martinez. One reads in the introduction "the city of Paris would become
Shostakovich's Leningrad, and the invader would take shape as plague
and injustice. All these events would compose the sounds, cries and
emotions that would lay forth the composition of this work".
Shostakovitch is truly an inspiration for all sorts of artistic creations.
16:38 will never get out of my life *tears in my eyes*
Gracias !!!! Por subir esta maravilla.
1:05:06 best viola move
Exactly! Also seemed kind of ironic that the camera just happened to be on her at that instant.
I was thrilled to find this beautiful piece by Schostakovich here.
One of the most monumental productions of the most apt musical composition which represents one of the greatest world war two atrocities ; the besieging of Leningrad.
Fantastic....Marin Alsop, the greatest synphony ever written
ist das Mega? Ich hab diese Musik im Schulunterricht 9. Klasse gehabt und bin seitdem infiziert. Diese sinfonie ist einfach nur Klasse. Great!
Damn beautiful performance. Thank you.
1.12.10 der Anfang einer der stärksten musikalischen Finale in der Polyphonie.Gänsehaut.Man hört den Schrei nach Freiheit und Leben. Väterchen Russland.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Geil. Ein Kniegeiler Psychopath.
7:30 best part
The March is the best part
Do you mean when nazis come to destroy Leningad? Yeah, definitely
@@thisIsVasilius we are appreciating music here, dummy
Isaac Smith the March to the end of the first movement is the best part. The first movement in general is the best out of the four imo.
I've heard percussionists call this part "The Devil's Bolero". The 2 measure cadence that the snare drummer plays over the course of the next 10 minutes isn't really difficult, but it's one of the most exhausting (mentally and physically) 10 minutes of music for the snare drummer. You can't make a mistake during that part. One mis-stroke and the entire thing falls apart. You have to keep that cadence up while all hell is breaking loose around you. The cacophany that's attacking you is diametrically opposed to what you're playing and yet it fits marvelously. Shostakovich was an absolute genius.
This is quite a good recording. Kudos to the tuba player! And, for almost all of the performance, I enjoyed Alsop's interpretation quite a lot. But (and you knew there would be one, sorry!) , the end of the 4th movement just pales in comparison to the '89 recording of Chicago with Bernstein. He really basks in the glorious sound, the triumph at the end of the piece. This recording, as I said, I feel is quite good. But I still prefer the ending of that CSO with Bernstein recording. But, well done, Maestra!
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That was the single nerdiest thing ive ever heard
1:52 Here, in the flutes, we can see the 2 types of players: The one that never moves, and the one that is always moving.
A flautist in motion stays in motion unless acted on by an outside force or the conductor.
I don't care much if they are moving or not, but she gets a very warm and rich tone out of that flute
And guess who's principal :)
A marvellous symphony, gloriously played and beautifully filmed!
Sinfonia belíssima Adoro ouvi la
Impresionante final. Maravillosa toda entera
que fortaleza de directora y que increible la orquesta...nada más que pedir pues esta sinfonía es preciosa
I love how at 1:03:27 they decide to show just one trombone playing quarter notes or something instead of showing the strings literally fLYING UP THEIR INSTRUMENTS UGH
perfect performance!
6:45 "But...but...you said I could play the piccolo solo..."
HAH
Us musicians can be like that. haha I know - I have taught approx 25,000 music students since 1971 and have seen all the drama music students can create. Just retiring now - 2019.
Maurice White on the piccolo....
😂good one
@@retiredmusiceducator3612 thank you for all your work throughout these years! without people like you I wouldn't be pursuing my conservatory dreams.
MARIN ALSOP IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT....
Brava Maestra Marin Alsop! A stirring performance of the Seventh! (I think some people just can't reconcile themselves to a woman on the podium.)
There are a number of female conductors around who, from the strength of what I've heard from them, are very much overrated for the obvious reasons. However, Marin Alsop, IMO, is most certainly not one of them. She has done wonders with the OSESP (Sao Paulo S.O.) placing it among the World's great orchestas.