Shostakovich - Jazz Suite No. 1: I. Waltz - Part 1/3

[ChidFreid]

wooow

[13243546abcdef]

this is the piece that made me fall in love with shostakovich when i was 12 .. <3 . Till this day it remains my favourite waltz to listen + imagine dancing to~

[Tuxster3]

Sure, a composer can call his music anything he wants, but there is nothing "jazz" about this music. Great composer though he was, jazz purists would not call this music jazz, and I tend to agree.

[mhdecoursey]

@Tuxster3: All the compositions of the "Big Band" era (see Wikipedia) were written on paper prior to performance. The distinction between classical music and jazz is subtle and slippery. As in many other subjects, a "purist" maintains easy distinctions only by drawing artificial lines that no one else can see. Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin also romped happily in the borderlands where purists never venture.

[Tuxster3]

@mhdecoursey To the "purists" those "lines" are not artificial and can be seen quite well. So, I tend to agree with the purists.

[zhongjinshu1]

wow it certenly must have taken some guts to write a JAZZ suite during stalins rule, in wich jazz was seen as "imperialistic decadent crap"

[abcdeflyer]

anyone else think of "Up" when they hear this?

[Overlorddz]

i see images of the western front in 1916 when i hear this

[311960]

Lindíssima!!

[joraca267]

This music reminds me of " The Godfather"

[thumanina]

I pity the lonely disliker.

[89Notsonice]

You can watch the video in the videoresponse for a better version of this masterpiece

[Hardiment123]

this is cock

[Daemoni]

@Hardiment123 Back into your hole pleb.

[Jerksound]

@atabikomnets: he's Rather unknown in the U.S.? Well my friend many things are unknown in the U.S. but guess what...whose fault is that?

[getlost0204]

One of the best composers ever, and definitely one of my favourites....

[PTCello]

Shostakovich could slum with the best of Jazz, but he was Always Shostakovich. Without doubt, the greatest of all 20th century composers, and certainly among the greatest of all-time composers.

Like Bach, Beethoven and the greatest, Shostakovich will live as long as Humanity lives.

[DucdeGramont]

@PTCello Wanted to write some words before I read yours. But couldn't be better than yours. But I have to add another two other great names: Gershwin and Ravel.

[PTCello]

@DucdeGramont

Yes. I am playing "pavane for a dead princess' on my recital, and Porgy is, after Don Giovanni and the other great Mozart operas, my favorite opera. Such a tragedy that the great Gershwin died at only 36.

[stomvi97]

♥Shostakovich♥



[COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY]

Bach will be dancing in his grave

[KAT3721]

♪♥♫♥♪ :-D

[quickaswink]

This is how I like to see it, no dislikes :D

[starfruit1231]

I have to dance to this song in my ballet class for our recital

[superblindados]

Copy and paste: "Gustavo Dudamel / SBYOV Shostakovich Symphony 10.mvt I 3/4"

[chicosa100]

Masterpiece!

[FlyingBanana1024102]

who is the pianist?

[northerbrewer]

The man is my hero for what he created and what he endured

[Yamahazryn]

the intro reminds me of Howl's Moving Castle!

i enjoy his works very much though =).

[Xylotonic]

On of the most elegant waltzes ever written. Playful and serious at the same time. Simple and with surprises around every corner. Wonderful, pure Shostakovich.

[Shaojian]

Uh, not well known in the US? Exactly which US are you living in? Sorry, but that's about the most preposterous statement I've read in a while.

[123yayicancount]

shostakovich is well known enough for his music to be used for the bbc proms...

[mademoisellefull]

i love that music

[doctorwhom01]

My life would be so dull in the mornings with at The Jazz suite's!

[SydVirgo]

I played this one...such a beautiful memory

[Fergophone]

Hauntingly beautiful. I love Shostakovich's music.

[meusisto]

@Fergophone

Please, what hauntingly?

[SirMeowMeow]

It is okay to some extent that people don't know about Shostakovich (I mean let's not forget him); if they can recognize that the music sounds great, it is all the more testament to the composition, as opposed to respecting a work because we know it's from a great name.

[mecklera]

My band just did a transcription/recording of this movt. for trumpet, cello, accordion, and guitar. Planning on finishing out the Suite soon. Love this stuff, its so quirky and wonderful!

Band it called Lulu's Playground if you're interested in hearing it, may post a vid of it soon.

[cacav]

@mecklera did you upload any? 

[mecklera]

@cacav I never did post a vid, though I have a few somewhere. We did record it though, it plays right away at our website lulusplayground (dot) com. sorry for the delayed reply!

[inhmn]

stop with that unknown thing. People who are interested in classic knows the names of Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Rahmaninov as well as those of Bethoven, Mozart and Chopin.

[krabbe88]

Only heard of mozart and bethoven.... but i've just realized that i've heard quite a few composers besides mozart and bethoven... Just a shame it's most likely from movies.

[Comprised]

@krabbe88 american?

[krabbe88]

@Comprised European.

[sreknoy]

@krabbe88 neither Russian

[pablovasconezm]

The glory of the russian-soviet music, when the silence was the law, and the music was a form of philosophy...DD Schostakovich...

[Jragir]

Ahh... Shastakovich, the great unknown Russian Hero...

[kate51035]

He is certainly not unknown!

Think before you say something

[Jragir]

He's unknown relatively speaking. When people hear russian, they think Tchaikovsky. I love Shastakovich, I was just saying that it's a pity he's not as well known as he should be.

[BrucknerMotet]

Under-appreciated, not unknown.

[BrucknerMotet]

Interesting question: What do you call it when something's appreciated by many, but most of them haven't a clue who created it?

(e.g. the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco, California; Jazz Suite No. 1). Is such appreciation appreciably lessened by ignorance of the creator's identity and biography?

[pookiehohn]

@kate51035 Why certainly, among the intelligence, but among the more plebeian types that make up the vast bulk of our encounters, they do, unfortunately, not tend to know of such great artists.

[Gonnakillyou]

@pookiehohn Why, aren't you an insufferable snob.

[atabakimoments]

@kate51035

he's Rather unknown in the U.S. , i don't like this but that's the reality.

[kate51035]

@atabakimoments If you say so. I am not from the USA :)

[COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY]

@kate51035 he is indeed unknown to those that do not know of him

[pelageja56]

me too...

[aesthetic1950]

This reminds me of Fellini movies.

[DannyDaWriter]

Interesting that this waltz is almost completely identical to the waltz of Ballet Suite No. 1 (with a few modifications). Both are wonderful works.

[EDGJZConglomerate]

we are playing this for our marching band show this year. This is the second out of three years we are playing shostakovich. Cool stuff.

[yashil17]

this is similar to the second Waltzes but it's not at the same time

[fortissimo94]

i play it in the trombone..

[Neishapour]

Note the stroke of triangle at 1:31; only a genius can change the course of a statement like that! DSCH was a genius and a humanist much like Beethoven. Listen to his symphony number 5 with Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic (1959 recording).

[Strad615]

I agree. The Triangle was a wonderful way of changing the melodic idea so suddenly. I've also heard Benstein conducting the Fifth, last movements. Bernsteins interpretation is superb, and he really brings out the specific traits of Shostakovich.

[johnnynoirman]

Shostakovich!is my HERO!

[carissia1910]

Awesome!

[Lotrompetista]

He did what he wanted. XD

I love Shostakovich!

[skryabyn]

I love these harmonies- seemless, yet out of the blue!

[Eddlap]

Congratulations! Great music!