Shostakovich Violin Concerto 1 op 99 (1/5)

[dalecampbl5]

shostakovich is the ultimate depression...his music is torment, horror, sadness, despondency, anger all rolled into one. Listening to his music for 20 minutes can cause a headache.

[racsish]

this concerto was extracted from the cosmos ......

[MidniteHasStruck]

Even this old recording can't hide the brilliance in his playing!

[apluspianist]

After Shostakovich died, I can't find any great composer. Please tell me if you can find. 

[maximgankov]

@apluspianist Arvo Part

[stenkarazin51]

Such melody, such rhythmic sophistication and complexity, such repose, such distillation of tragedy.

Thanks to USSR for DSCH and D.O. The like will never be seen in the Brave New World of post 1989.

[kelamuni]

the master is mezmorizing.

[pppsssssssss]

Shivers up and down my spine whenever listening to Oistrakh's Shostakovich...particularly the first and third movements. What a spectacular portrayal of the range of emotions that we as humans feel. It is as if the words to describe these emotions can't be spoken, but rather, can only be expressed through the music.

[Oistrakhfollower]

7:46 the scariest moment of all music ever

[Isospinsymmetries]

Leonid Kogan, Nathan Millstein, Yehudi Menuhin and Jascha Heifetz were all beyond reproach but David Oistrakh was beyond belief.

As Isaac Stern stated "Never did a single ugly sound emanate from David Oistrakh's violin."

No one has ever put so much soul into the violin. Beauty that transcends communication. Vibrato so natural and gentle. What is simple is made extraordinary. It also lends simplicity to what is intricate. This is artistry's beauty and the few that touch it touches all.

[TheOhfishes]

This is so much better than the hillary han recordings. Way more emotion.

[violinoamore]

Cutting first 2:18 would not hurt ?

[dalecampbl7]

when i first heard this piece I was a 16 year old kid who was into Chopin and Beethoven. I thought the music was terrible. now, I finally truly appreciate the musical language of this violin concerto.

[peymaania]

This Music .....This Music is Too Much! It should be locked away in a safe and the Keys to the safe must be destroyed. It is too powerful and dangerous.

[JeSuSfReAk6120]

Wow,this had me depressed in about 10 seconds...in a good way,the way only a beautiful piece can. ; )

[unclejuniorsoprano]

Shostakovich had such a profound genius, truly Russian in a most unique way. There are elements of Prokofiev in his music, but he managed to take Russian music a step further. Both composers were very much affected by Soviet politics, but this is even more evident in Shastakovich's music. Oistrakh too felt political pressure being a Russian Jew and was even spat upon. I need not comment on his playing of this music other than to say that it is unsurpassed. I am more fond of #2, however. Superb!

[Oistrakhfollower]

@unclejuniorsoprano Me, too. I prefer No.2 concerto. More melodic. But No.1 is quite brilliant at the end

[DimitriAdamou]

Image the fortunate people who got to sit there in the room and listen .. how I wish I had the same chance :(

[PianoMazter]

the concert start at:

2:18

[drharishp]

Heaven to hear this piece played by Oistrakh. Truly otherworldly. Thank you so much :-)

[brother234]

at 6.45 he sounds surreal.

[volk410]

Part of that is because he's playing with the mute on for that passage.

[Alitha84]

love oistrakh...

[rapoport3a]

I know of no evidence that this concerto was revised much before it was played or published. The opus no. 99 was probably a game to suggest the the concerto was new in the mid-50s, which of course it wasn't. Opus 99 was later reassigned to a different composition.

Shostakovich originally had the soloist continue playing at the beginning of the fourth movement, right after that incredible cadenza, but acceded to Oystrakh's request to let the soloist rest a short bit there.

[emilywilliams420]

this concerto is so random

[superbemaison]

This is not op99 but op77!!

[cuppajoe99]

It was originally issued as op. 77, but later revised and published as op. 99.

[gianpaga11]

In memoriam two genius: Dmitri Shostakovich and David Oistrakh.

I love so much his great music!

[helenagothicangel13]

Op. 77?

[xchaosblade0]

is this a major or minnor. im pretty shure minor but im just checking

[Smilee306]

a minor, Op. 99

[seatleontsi1]

masterpiece!!!

[tangiiiiiii]

Ow ! Merci pour ce boulot génial, mister Shostakovich --> best musician of all time !

[Brunildilla]

Shostakovich's music affects me so much, this wonderful concert that also played with an infinite sadness and despair .... Oistrack what really caught in a way that not everyone has done,and that is what paradoxical, there is a mixture of sadness, suffering, disturbing and beauty ...

Thank you so much for this,  even while listening to the 1st mov gives me a great sorrow and anguish, it is absolutely wonderful and a fantastic reference for all the violinist..

[pjioayncoe1210]

Oh my God! So rare do I hear the anguish and frustration in this concerto this masterfully blended with its intense sadness yet unrelenting resilency. Thank you very much for sharing this performance!

[lolmanerik]

Who is conductor and orchestra and where was it taken and when??? THX

[Brunildilla]

Heinz Fricke , Orchester Staatskapelle Berlin , 1967.

Ricording from Deutsche Staatsoper Berlín

[xhoan]

Oh my God!I'm waiting this video for a long time !!!!!

Thanks!

[miroboja]

Thanks for uploading this great video !!! For me Oistrakh is the Best Violinist EVER. Spasibo.

[xchaosblade0]

Its spasiba

[miroboja]

You say SpasibA, but you write Spasibo.

Anyway, Oistrakh is the BEST !!!

[severlalreves]

David is among the best

[theoldlefthander]

Thank-You Thank-You Thank-You!!!

[violin03]

Tha-a-a-a-nks!