"My 7th symphony comes as an echo of the threatening events of the year 1941. I dedicate this composition to our war on fascism, to our upcoming victory over that enemy, to my home city of Leningrad. Now I'm going to play an extract from the first part of the 7th symphony."
Shostakovich says "My 7th symphony inspired by the terrible events of 1941. To our fight with fascism, to our coming victory over the enemy, to my home city of Leningrad I dedicate this composition. I will play an excerpt from the first part of the 7th symphony".
I love to hear his actual voice. It is great to have that part of him as well as his music and life story. We can't hear Beethoven or Bach speak, but we have Shostakovich speaking. Very cool.
*almost* totally agree; I think Bartok slightly edges him for greatest of the XX, however I will say that the breadth of what Shostakovich excelled at is without parallel.
@@ruslannuriyev We could say that Rachmaninoff wasn't really "of the 20th Century". In terms of musical temperament, etc., he harks back to a somewhat earlier era... :-)
Currently reading "Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad" by M T Anderson. In it, he describes how, as Shostakovich was writing the piece, he often played it for his friends on the piano. I couldn't imagine how he could accomplish the power of the piece with only ten fingers. Now I see. Thank you for posting!
@Between the Notes, I agree. I'm an old guy and have been a Shostakovich fan for many, many years. When I finished it, I did some Googling and found out it was written for "young adults." There are many great writers who write for that audience. But this surprised me. That's how remarkable the book is. I've recommended it to people of every age who love music and history. Cheers and peace!
For me Prokofiev had more raw natural musical talent than Shosta, but the pain and suffering of Shostakovich is very powerful in his music. Prokofiev makes music that is out of this world, but Shostakovich makes music which expresses the horrifying truths, but also the beauty of our world.
having a russian music school for some good years, playing recently this Masterpiece with all my body and soul, having this pictures of death and terror in my mind, i was thrilling and freezing all the time i've been performing it..... I thought that this effect is only with an orchestra, but that video drove me back, having retrospective thrills... Really touching video, Thank you for posting it!!! (Y) Greetings from Moldova!!!
@@yanmordanenko8889 лично мне больше всех из советских композиторов после Шостаковича нравится Эдуард Артемьев. Однако есть полно отечественных и зарубежных, которые мне очень нравятся.
@@yanmordanenko8889 если говорить из современных, то мне очень нравятся работы человека под псевдонимом Sergey Eybog, пишущий очень хорошую музыку для игр.
I am recently reading Sarah Quigley's "the Conductor" about the creation of the 7th symphony and how it was performed by the last remaining musicians of Leningrad, conducted by Karl Eliasberg. And both him and Shostakovich are such deep characters with weaknesses and strengths that I just fell in love with them. There are also some scenes where Shostakovich presents fragments of his still unfinished symphony to an audience. That's why this video is just precious Can I have more of it, please!
This symphony and his 5th work had got me so much impression and awe, thus I made a trip to St. Petersburg to see in my eyes what actually made him the 20 century's greatest composer. The city never disappointed my expectation, furthermore I felt the power of the people and beautiful soul in there. Still remember the pleasure to see his statue and his hometown. I also went to the Leningrad cease museum and saw the monument that got me in tear. Thank you so much for this unique video!
This is so touching. He chose to stay in Leningrad and lived through the horror. He plays the climax of the first movement. what are we to make of this fragment, like the accompaniment to a silent film? It is certainly one his greatest musical moments in the symphony, but he plays it like a cartoon. Is he tired or just protesting? Like so much to do with him, it is enigmatic. I know he knew how to play the piano better than that!
perhaps it's the timbre and tone quality of the piano. I think the brass in this section give's it a distinct color that's just different than what a piano can produce
How did I know this music for so long without knowing there is a recording of the man himself playing it? This section of the Leningrad symphony is one of those pieces of music which feel life changing; I vividly remember listening to the transition from bombastic melody to searing violence when I had first heard this music. I wish I had the musical brain to be able to transcribe it to piano as here, or somehow sheet music arranged for solo piano. Not that I could hope to play it properly but that isn't the point!
Люблю эту симфонию, всегда слушаю когда грустно и тяжело на Душе, Она, симфония говорит о том, что как бы трудно не было но Победа грядет, и Свет ВСЕГДА побеждает Тьму! ❤❤❤❤
@@josephupton3601 I would expect this due to how high his voice is and the speed at which he is playing. I actually think it sounds better (his playing) though!
Military blockade of the city of Leningrad by German, Finnish and Spanish troops with the participation of volunteers from North Africa, Europe and the Italian Navy during the great Patriotic war. It lasted from September 8, 1941 to January 27, 1944 - 872 days. The number 871 days is also found in the literature.
Apart from the German army, the role played by all the other nationalities you mention was very limited, and usually as volunteers. All but the Finns, they were in charge of the North Western encirclement and relished it. They now pretend to have been neutral during the war, but they only left the Axis in late 1943, after operation Bagration, when Gerrnany had already lost. And they are at it again, joining NATO for no reason at all, after decades of fruitful neutrality which produced, among other things, the Helsinski Agreement that gave us the non- nuclear proliferation treaties dismantled by successive American presidents during this century.
Yes, he exists a reduction for 2 pianos from his 10th and his 4th, arranged by shostakovich. There is a recording of the reduction of the 10th by Shostakovich himself with an other pianist. About the 4th, there is a recent and wonderfull recording of the arr. on Chandos catalog. (Sorry for my english)
@@edmundpankau7749 Schoenberg was merely a purveyor of random noises, apart from Verklarte Nacht. 12 tone composition was a theory that disappeared up its own arse.
@@specialperson335 Prokofiev is indeed a great composer and certainly wrote some absolutely magnificent music. While his music is brilliant and his orchestration too, I just find that Shostakovich has more humanity.
Interesting is to hear and to see the great composer. But now listen the version with orchestra. Not one time but many times so you will remember it!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, Mr. Shostakovich has a much higher voice than what I expected. But back then, a lot of men and women alike had those higher pitched voices. So I guess that's how it was. Great video to see such a famous composer talking about his own work.
At 1:40: I'm not sure if the irony was intentional or not, but Shostakovich is playing bits of his "Leningrad Symphony" on a Bechstein - a famous brand of German pianos.
Exactly my thoughts , in the midst of the war, with the nazis surrounding leningrad.. The symphony itself was a mix of many other pieces though, many of which are german pieces, and particularly one of them was on of hitler's favorites ! so a German piano .. doesn't probably mean much after all!
Bobbnoxious Although the family name "Bechstein" sounds pretty Jewish. The family most probably had Jewish predecessors. Besides, Bechstein was an internationally recognized piano manufacturer: "Bechstein was the official piano maker for the tsars of Russia, the royal families of Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Austria and Denmark, and other royalty and aristocracy." (Wikipedia) That said, I don't find it the use of this piano too ironical.
Indeed. Edwin is founder Carl Bechstein's son. "Edwin Bechstein and his wife, Helene Bechstein, who was an ardent admirer of the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, bestowed many gifts on Hitler including his first luxury car, a red Mercedes costing 26,000 marks. Helene Bechstein and her friend Elsa Bruckmann introduced Hitler to Germany’s cultural elite in Berlin and Munich. 'I wish he were my son,' she said."
The war in Russia only started in 1941, and prior to that, the USSR and Nazi Germany were at peace with each other and even had trade agreements with the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact.
@@garrysmodsketches where? From all I've read Rostropovich loved him a lot. Shostakovich wrote two cello concertos for him, and trusted him to smuggle the score of his 13th symphony with him when had to run away from the USSR. Even in interviews late in Rostropovich's life, in the 2000s, he talks about Shostakovich like he just had a pint with him the day before. I'm curious about where you found that.
Many critics and composers had things to criticize musically about the 7th, in spite of it being an important historical document. Bartok even went on to make fun of it in his Concerto for Orchestra, 4th movement.
Prokofiev makes music that sounds different to anything else, like from another world. Shosta, however makes music that can perfectly reflect emotions that we experience in reality, in our world.
I don't think such a monumental sound can be boiled down and adequately expressed on the piano. Nevertheless, I didn't think it sounded cartoonish, but the recording quality didn't help. To be sure, Shostakovich's skill at the piano was tremendous, but his musical vision transcended that instrument. Also, he played the piano in a more straightforward manner than would, say Rachmaninoff (whose music he didn't care for).
If he performed it during the siege, almost certainly he was tired and starving, like everyone else who was not dead. that would explain the playing. Anyone know when this was broadcast?
@Nechljudov, where is this sourced from, and do you know if it is being played at the correct speed? As others have said, it maybe be that this film is being played back slightly too fast.
It can't be 1941 because the text in Russian says he is a twice Stalin prize recipient. He got his second prize in 1942 for the symphony, so it must be 1942
I have never seen this before either! The most similar example of this is when a pianist has to play, for example, a C and a D next to each other in a chord and they have to use their thumb on both notes as otherwise, the stretch would not be manageable. This, however, is totally new.
"My 7th symphony comes as an echo of the threatening events of the year 1941. I dedicate this composition to our war on fascism, to our upcoming victory over that enemy, to my home city of Leningrad. Now I'm going to play an extract from the first part of the 7th symphony."
is this a translation of what he says before he plays? if so, thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing. What a magnificent human. Thank you for translating - his efforts weren't lost, they did win the war on fascism.
Spasiba!
First movement probably
@@isast.pierre-charles4565 Yes
Shostakovich says "My 7th symphony inspired by the terrible events of 1941. To our fight with fascism, to our coming victory over the enemy, to my home city of Leningrad I dedicate this composition. I will play an excerpt from the first part of the 7th symphony".
Vladimir Fadeev thank you!
It was very important to understand what he said! Thank you very much for translation.
Спасибо вам
Thanks
What a genius and a patriot! In 1941 he foresaw the Red army victory over the fascism 😅
I love to hear his actual voice. It is great to have that part of him as well as his music and life story. We can't hear Beethoven or Bach speak, but we have Shostakovich speaking. Very cool.
Yes it makes a better connection with history when you you can see and hear the person making it.
there is a recording of Brahms speaking!
@@garrysmodsketches I was about to make the trivial comment that he had a high speaking voice- like Brahms,so I'm told.
english subtitles??
His voice is very high, so cool to hear him speak.
That's not what I expected Shostakovich to sound like.
Nolan It caught me by surprise
It's pretty much exactly what I expected him to sound like. Look at that face.
Surprise
@@dmitrishostakovich1447 lol
@@dacoconutnut9503 wow
its always a joy to see and hear the composer himself.
his voice definitely sounds different than i had thought....
NowItsKevin like a school boy
The playback speed is wrong.
That happens with me a lot talking with Russians, they tend to have a higher voice than what it may appear by their looks.
@@josephupton3601 no it isn't. That's really what he sounded like.
But he appreciated your creativity. I agree with him. Symphony 2 is the best creation of mankind.
He seems like he's feeling so much pain...really drives home the feeling of his pieces.
it is the beginning of the war...
For me, the greatest composer of the 20th century, and one with one of the most original gifts for innovative harmony in all the history of music.
Thank you.
I wholeheartedly agree.
*almost* totally agree; I think Bartok slightly edges him for greatest of the XX, however I will say that the breadth of what Shostakovich excelled at is without parallel.
Don't forget Rachamninoff.
@@ruslannuriyev We could say that Rachmaninoff wasn't really "of the 20th Century". In terms of musical temperament, etc., he harks back to a somewhat earlier era... :-)
I have watched this Recording so many times I just love the sound and the fact that this is dmitri Shostakovich
Currently reading "Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad" by M T Anderson. In it, he describes how, as Shostakovich was writing the piece, he often played it for his friends on the piano. I couldn't imagine how he could accomplish the power of the piece with only ten fingers.
Now I see.
Thank you for posting!
@Between the Notes, I agree. I'm an old guy and have been a Shostakovich fan for many, many years. When I finished it, I did some Googling and found out it was written for "young adults." There are many great writers who write for that audience. But this surprised me.
That's how remarkable the book is. I've recommended it to people of every age who love music and history.
Cheers and peace!
❤ phenomenal. Spectacular ability. ❤his voice. He let his music speak for him. Who wouldn't if they could compose like this?
I'm just so happy to see my 3rd fav. composer to actually speak and perform in a language I actually know... Life's great.
who's the first two? I sure hope I'm one of them? :D
(It's okay, I never am. Why is my music so underrated)
@@fhpurcell5364 wtf
@@fhpurcell5364 so true bestie
@@fhpurcell5364 don’t listen to them Babe..... You my 1# Composa Of all Time........ Don’t gotta worry bout Nothing ....... Keep it Real........
@@cherry-ey2ij no i m his the biggest fan ?
*Prokofiev casually looks away*
hahah perfect
Thought you haven't heard Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No.1!
Prokofiev was busy making his War and Peace opera adaptation
For me Prokofiev had more raw natural musical talent than Shosta, but the pain and suffering of Shostakovich is very powerful in his music. Prokofiev makes music that is out of this world, but Shostakovich makes music which expresses the horrifying truths, but also the beauty of our world.
2:32 minutes of pure handsomeness
having a russian music school for some good years, playing recently this Masterpiece with all my body and soul, having this pictures of death and terror in my mind, i was thrilling and freezing all the time i've been performing it..... I thought that this effect is only with an orchestra, but that video drove me back, having retrospective thrills... Really touching video, Thank you for posting it!!! (Y) Greetings from Moldova!!!
Look how stoic he is, no unnecessary movements like modern day pianists
из величайших последних лет нет такого музыканта, как великий шостакович
ошибаетесь. Ой как ошибаетесь.
@@minebaefu_danieru Кто же он?
@@yanmordanenko8889 лично мне больше всех из советских композиторов после Шостаковича нравится Эдуард Артемьев. Однако есть полно отечественных и зарубежных, которые мне очень нравятся.
@@yanmordanenko8889 если говорить из современных, то мне очень нравятся работы человека под псевдонимом Sergey Eybog, пишущий очень хорошую музыку для игр.
La musica non ha mai avuto confini grandioso artista!
What a precious video! thanks so much!
First time I've ever heard his voice and I've been listening to his music since the mid-70s.
I am recently reading Sarah Quigley's "the Conductor" about the creation of the 7th symphony and how it was performed by the last remaining musicians of Leningrad, conducted by Karl Eliasberg. And both him and Shostakovich are such deep characters with weaknesses and strengths that I just fell in love with them. There are also some scenes where Shostakovich presents fragments of his still unfinished symphony to an audience. That's why this video is just precious
Can I have more of it, please!
This symphony and his 5th work had got me so much impression and awe, thus I made a trip to St. Petersburg to see in my eyes what actually made him the 20 century's greatest composer. The city never disappointed my expectation, furthermore I felt the power of the people and beautiful soul in there. Still remember the pleasure to see his statue and his hometown. I also went to the Leningrad cease museum and saw the monument that got me in tear. Thank you so much for this unique video!
this whole video feels like a fever dream and i love everything about it
First time to watch Schostakovich playing ..
This is so touching. He chose to stay in Leningrad and lived through the horror. He plays the climax of the first movement. what are we to make of this fragment, like the accompaniment to a silent film? It is certainly one his greatest musical moments in the symphony, but he plays it like a cartoon. Is he tired or just protesting? Like so much to do with him, it is enigmatic. I know he knew how to play the piano better than that!
> one his greatest musical moments in the symphony
nah. Last movement is much more dramatic. First movement is just Bolero
perhaps it's the timbre and tone quality of the piano. I think the brass in this section give's it a distinct color that's just different than what a piano can produce
I love this symphony. It's great to see its composer playing it with all of his passion.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece. Very powerful and moving and strangely enough, played on a German piano!
Remembering DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) on his birthday !
Thank you for sharing this video of the greatest composer in history.
A marvelous document ! Thank you !
His hair looked like he hadn't sleep for three days doing musician stuff.
More like hadn't eaten in three days. The siege of Leningrad...
He didn't only compose music. While staying in the besieged city he also was a volunteer for a firefighting unit then and was often on duty
My grandma was also in Leningrad in 1941, 42.. It was so terrible. Some people was eating glue, dogs, cats..
Я люблю тебя, Митя!
УРА РУССКИЕ
@@loght_gamn_ нет у него ник Английский)))
@@igorbogatyrov193, ник английский - не русский?
yessssss, he picked one of the most abstract versions of the melody from the 7th!! haha he's a genius.
How did I know this music for so long without knowing there is a recording of the man himself playing it?
This section of the Leningrad symphony is one of those pieces of music which feel life changing; I vividly remember listening to the transition from bombastic melody to searing violence when I had first heard this music. I wish I had the musical brain to be able to transcribe it to piano as here, or somehow sheet music arranged for solo piano. Not that I could hope to play it properly but that isn't the point!
1:06 so shostakovich
I was not expecting his voice to sound like that
It sounds much better on piano than a full orchestra. Especially an old Bechstein like Shostakovich's. Makes it seems a lot more personal.
Zane Fritz Shostakovich plays full version on piano for friends.
i 100% agree
Люблю эту симфонию, всегда слушаю когда грустно и тяжело на Душе, Она, симфония говорит о том, что как бы трудно не было но Победа грядет, и Свет ВСЕГДА побеждает Тьму! ❤❤❤❤
well now we know how fast this was meant to be played
Unless the playback speed is wrong.
@@josephupton3601 I would expect this due to how high his voice is and the speed at which he is playing. I actually think it sounds better (his playing) though!
@@osiantownsendjones2833 there are other recordings of his voice from the 1960's/ 1970's. This is pretty much what he sounded like.
@@josephupton3601 Shostakovich was notorious for playing quickly and nervously.
@@josephupton3601correct speed. Dont spread fakes
Military blockade of the city of Leningrad by German, Finnish and Spanish troops with the participation of volunteers from North Africa, Europe and the Italian Navy during the great Patriotic war. It lasted from September 8, 1941 to January 27, 1944 - 872 days. The number 871 days is also found in the literature.
Apart from the German army, the role played by all the other nationalities you mention was very limited, and usually as volunteers. All but the Finns, they were in charge of the North Western encirclement and relished it. They now pretend to have been neutral during the war, but they only left the Axis in late 1943, after operation Bagration, when Gerrnany had already lost. And they are at it again, joining NATO for no reason at all, after decades of fruitful neutrality which produced, among other things, the Helsinski Agreement that gave us the non- nuclear proliferation treaties dismantled by successive American presidents during this century.
Such a genius!
Yes, he exists a reduction for 2 pianos from his 10th and his 4th, arranged by shostakovich. There is a recording of the reduction of the 10th by Shostakovich himself with an other pianist. About the 4th, there is a recent and wonderfull recording of the arr. on Chandos catalog. (Sorry for my english)
The greatest composer of the twentieth century and far superior to quite a few from the 19th century too.
toomuchrose he was born in 1906. What 19 th century?
@@paulwilson8061 I think they mean he didn't live in the 19th century but he's still better than lots of composers that did live then
For me Prokofiev is greater. The genius of his third piano concerto is unmatched. Shostakovich's cello concerto and 5th symphony come close though.
@@edmundpankau7749 Schoenberg was merely a purveyor of random noises, apart from Verklarte Nacht. 12 tone composition was a theory that disappeared up its own arse.
@@specialperson335 Prokofiev is indeed a great composer and certainly wrote some absolutely magnificent music. While his music is brilliant and his orchestration too, I just find that Shostakovich has more humanity.
from about 1:26 to 1:36 is one of the most beautiful passages of music ive ever heard
Interesting is to hear and to see the great composer. But now listen the version with orchestra. Not one time but many times so you will remember it!!!!!!!!!!
браво Маэстро !
Боже мой! Не представил, что он имеел такой голоссссс!!
What a cute little man
Великий человек в мире музыки 🌹❤️
Да
Большой гуманист
Спасибо, спасибо за это видео!
Fascinating, thanks
wonderful cords at the end
Wow, Mr. Shostakovich has a much higher voice than what I expected. But back then, a lot of men and women alike had those higher pitched voices. So I guess that's how it was. Great video to see such a famous composer talking about his own work.
tremendous...hell of a player too
Qué belleza! Esta pieza entera es una magnífica obra maestra y el autor un valiente!!!
Дмитрий Дмитриевич такой искренний и чистый.КАК он это сказал.
At 1:40: I'm not sure if the irony was intentional or not, but Shostakovich is playing bits of his "Leningrad Symphony" on a Bechstein - a famous brand of German pianos.
Exactly my thoughts , in the midst of the war, with the nazis surrounding leningrad.. The symphony itself was a mix of many other pieces though, many of which are german pieces, and particularly one of them was on of hitler's favorites ! so a German piano .. doesn't probably mean much after all!
Bobbnoxious
Although the family name "Bechstein" sounds pretty Jewish. The family most probably had Jewish predecessors.
Besides, Bechstein was an internationally recognized piano manufacturer: "Bechstein was the official piano maker for the tsars of Russia, the royal families of Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Austria and Denmark, and other royalty and aristocracy." (Wikipedia)
That said, I don't find it the use of this piano too ironical.
Indeed. Edwin is founder Carl Bechstein's son.
"Edwin Bechstein and his wife, Helene Bechstein, who was an ardent admirer of the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, bestowed many gifts on Hitler including his first luxury car, a red Mercedes costing 26,000 marks. Helene Bechstein and her friend Elsa Bruckmann introduced Hitler to Germany’s cultural elite in Berlin and Munich. 'I wish he were my son,' she said."
The war in Russia only started in 1941, and prior to that, the USSR and Nazi Germany were at peace with each other and even had trade agreements with the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact.
This symphony not about Germany, this symphony about fascism
His personality 😈
His voice: 😸
...it's not funny..
Do you think his life is funny?
He had a very sweet personality fyi.
@@victoriarhee7250 Rostropovich said about him: "not a nice person".
@@garrysmodsketches where? From all I've read Rostropovich loved him a lot. Shostakovich wrote two cello concertos for him, and trusted him to smuggle the score of his 13th symphony with him when had to run away from the USSR. Even in interviews late in Rostropovich's life, in the 2000s, he talks about Shostakovich like he just had a pint with him the day before. I'm curious about where you found that.
Historical video. Here, I could hear some universal message.
Many critics and composers had things to criticize musically about the 7th, in spite of it being an important historical document. Bartok even went on to make fun of it in his Concerto for Orchestra, 4th movement.
Love the way he talks...
ГЕНИЙ ,БОЛЬШЕ НЕЧЕГО ДОБАВИТЬ.
Prokofiev makes music that sounds different to anything else, like from another world. Shosta, however makes music that can perfectly reflect emotions that we experience in reality, in our world.
He sounds like a little boy talking. A Russian Mike Tyson..............but he was a freaking GENIUS!!!
He had that boyish hair cut all his life I guess
What do you mean by “boyish”?
Pitch is higher(C→C#), so that this Recording seems too fast 😅
His real voice must be lower😆
it's bether with orchestra but still very good and it's always wonderful so see the master playing himself
Hermoso!
I want to hear that part of the symphony played that fast lol
It's called 1.25 speed.
Ryan Richardson he played it in a rush coz he was told to do so by the Soviet’s
Ryan Richardson soviets*
Ryan Richardson first part...
@@bmort1313it's called ignorance
exactly like I would expect him to play.
Is there an arrangement for this part?
👍👍
Does anyone know if this exists in piano reduction like his 4th and 10th symphonies which the composer created himself?
Those 20 thumbs down proves Stalin still has cousins around.
1 year later.. and it's still at 20.
It would be nice to see a piano version of this symphony
Are there ANY ARCHIVAL FILMS OF THE LIVE VERDI?
very nice Dimitri
Am I the only one to see the irony in seeing DSCH actually play the 7th symphony on a German piano?
ua-cam.com/video/_thKNBJcCNg/v-deo.html
Lol
I always thought he looked like Harry Potter but apparently he talks like him, too! (If Daniel Radcliffe was Russian, lol)
I kind of like this piano version better, with that speed. 😁
this is my favorite thing ever
это нужно слушать полностью, с оркестром!
If you don't understand the style, it doesn't mean that the very style is "muddy" and "constant".
If only he could have lived till 2007... I wish I could have met him in real life
Fun fact! His Son, Wife and daughter are still alive to this day
I'd love to get sheet music of this piano version. It sounds great
Hearing composers playing their own work is special. Because we can hear exactly the phrasing of the lines, what he actually means by them.
Только задумывалась эта музыка совсем про другое.
I don't think such a monumental sound can be boiled down and adequately expressed on the piano. Nevertheless, I didn't think it sounded cartoonish, but the recording quality didn't help. To be sure, Shostakovich's skill at the piano was tremendous, but his musical vision transcended that instrument. Also, he played the piano in a more straightforward manner than would, say Rachmaninoff (whose music he didn't care for).
What is the part of the symphony that he plays
If he performed it during the siege, almost certainly he was tired and starving, like everyone else who was not dead. that would explain the playing. Anyone know when this was broadcast?
@Nechljudov, where is this sourced from, and do you know if it is being played at the correct speed? As others have said, it maybe be that this film is being played back slightly too fast.
Shit story about changed speed. Keep it to yourself, man
Я люблю вой муссу, Маэстро Шостакович
Tyler LaChance
A true genious.
80 years ago
also why is this superior to the orchestral rendering ( . . )
It can't be 1941 because the text in Russian says he is a twice Stalin prize recipient. He got his second prize in 1942 for the symphony, so it must be 1942
Is there a full version of the 7th Simphony played or directed by Shostakovich?
Los Veterani shostakovich never really got into conducting till his late yrs
magnificient
i want his awesome hair
Снимали в Куйбышеве?
Why did he set tempo more quickly than original version?
anybody else notice how he plays those notes with his left hand around 1:39 ? I have never seen that before in my life. What is he doing ? ?
i guess it's just octaves in the left hand
I have never seen this before either! The most similar example of this is when a pianist has to play, for example, a C and a D next to each other in a chord and they have to use their thumb on both notes as otherwise, the stretch would not be manageable. This, however, is totally new.
So u guys never heard Shostakovich before