Shostakovich's 4th Symphony 4

[karajanfan15]

4:17-4:57 so dissonant, so awesome.

[miepdetruus]

7:00 she's hot, nice moves

[roflmao9999]

this symphony wasn't banned my uncle joe.

[villa72]

This is the most moving symphony he ever wrote. Fuck I can't stand it that you all think it's weird, Stick to Mozart you assholes.

[Ear4Beauty]

The conclusion of this symphony is one of the weirdest. To me it sounds like a little child playing on the smoldering edge of a volcano. 

[thissignupisretarded]

LSO. Gergiev. Nice combo.

[TXMUSICMANONE]

What orchestra is this please? A very well performing group of woodwinds....

[XxXjoeqiuXxX]

@TXMUSICMANONE lso

[EDGJZConglomerate]

is this gergiev?

[Pastrypoet]

yes

[username14657]

My favorite movement! Can't get over it!

[frenchhousewolf]

Is it me but the volume is too low for this set, especiaaly the 7th

[IvanTheCat]

The conductor is pretty weird.

[schnozz87]

the "tick tock" idea at the end of the 2nd movement is also at the end ofthe 15th symphony, seeing as the 4th symphony was withdrawn due to Stalin does anyone else see that as a final "f**k you" to Stalin?

[ScriabinFanatic]

Why would he wait till 1971 to say fuck you to stalin when stalin died about 20 yrs earlier?

[takharov]

It could be indeed autobiographical as are many elements in that symphony sucha s the scream (of anger/despair) from Wozzeck but also a self awareness of his own mortality and the clock ticking to it's inevitable end.

[BrucknerMotet]

Actually, marmaladekamikaze, it's

"FUCKIN" C!

(minor)

:)

[drmichaelpt]

This is a brilliant piece of music! Just played here in Boston this weekend, first time in many years, highly reminicent of Mahler. Just love it!!

[jezmuff]

I am sorry but that is HANDS DOWN one of the stupidest things I have ever heard said. "Reminicent (sic) of Mahler"? Are you sure you don't mean Bartok combined with Hindemith? Mahler! God, that made me laugh.

[EDGJZConglomerate]

have you heard the whole symphony? The funeral march opening the third movement is very Mahlerian and there is a passage for the low strings in a transitional moment nearly ten minutes from the end that is almost exactly a Mahler quote. You'd be surprised what you can find with some research.

[fredrickzinos]

Not performed until the 1960's. Banned by uncle joe.

[OrodesIII]

@fredrickzinos

Not so.

Shostakovich withdrew this himself without it ever having a performance because he considered it in need of more work. Stalin never heard it.

[quinto34]

@OrodesIII Not so

Shostakovich withdrew the 4th symph. after the commisioner of the composersunion (V.J. Iochelson) appeared on the rehearsel in Leningrad, after which the director of the orchestra (I, Rienzin) told Shostakovich behind closed doors he didn't want to use legal means to withdraw the work so he was advized to do so himself..

Given the context of his time Shostakovich was given no choice..

[AlexanderTch]

@quinto34 Director of the Orchestra was nto Rinezin. Premiere of the 4th Symphone was planned for 11 December of 1936 and it should be played by the Orchestra of Leningrad Phylarmonia led by Fritz Shtidri. But composer removed the symphony from rehearsals. Reason is uknown. It was supposed that composer did that because he was sharply criticised by musisians and critics for his another thing - opera "Katerina Izmailova". Nobody advised Shostakovich to withdraw it from rehearsals. you lie.

[quinto34]

@AlexanderTch

I don't know what oyur sources are but I don't discuss with rude people, so whatever dude

[AlexanderTch]

@fredrickzinos Nope, you lie. And those stupid morons who voted for your lie are stupid as yourself. Premiere of the 4th Symphone was planned for 11 December of 1936 and it should be played by the Orchestra of Leningrad Phylarmonia led by Fritz Shtidri. But composer removed the symphony from rehearsals. Reason is uknown. It was supposed that composer did that because he was sharply criticised by musisians and critics for his another thing - opera "Katerina Izmailova"

[AlexanderTch]

@fredrickzinos Critisizing article was called "Confusion instead of music" mostly for too avangardistic style, too formal. Uncle Joe did not have any connection to that story. During WW2 notes of the symphony was lost. And ony in the end of 50s Shostakovich restored the symphony from old fragments he had found. So, it was possible to play only in 60s. You are just typical america. stupid anti-soviet moron knowing nothing but arrogant and your stinking lies poison minds of other chickenheads.

[mrmuch]

... at the end of the scherzo, that "tick-tock" treatment of the theme that you hear again at the end of his 15th symphony... I love this damn thing.

[teetsiwa]

It takes awhile to get used to Shostakovich's 4th even if you're a classical music lover.

[Zwijnhaat]

Definitely true... I hade to listen to it at leat five times before I appreciated it. But once you do get used to it, you'll simply be addicted to it.

[EDGJZConglomerate]

@teetsiwa Not if you have the CSO Resound recording! Instant fave!

[muslit]

@EDGJZConglomerate instant?

[EDGJZConglomerate]

@muslit Yes.

[BlackIsOut]

@teetsiwa I got hooked after listening the first time, what does that make me, crazy?lol

[marmaladekamikaze]

FUCKIN A!