Dmitri Shostakovich filmed in 1975 during rehearsals

[pisoplot]

No idea what you're talking about. I was expressing an opinion about his music and his times. What do you mean my 'state'? What do you know about my 'state'? Is there something wrong with you?

[largolegato]

Anyone be very nice to translate what he says in the video?

[asemtu]

Subtitles would be wonderful!!

[elgatosucio]

Thanks for sharing this priceless video. Unthinkable in Argentina. Thank you so much.

[abqcleve]

Absolutely priceless! Thanks so much for making this available.

[cafity]

WOW... he was a genius just for speak that language xD! It's incredible to see the real face (not a portrait) of one of the most brilliant composers of all time... and in colors!!! =)

[Jragir]

Shostakovich was truly an operatic genius to rival Verdi, Wagner, and Mozart. The way he used the human voice as an instrument was unrivaled in his time, and it is a travesty that he only ever wrote two operas. It is surely a dilemma... If he had lived in a more free society, he would have certainly been ABLE to write more... But would he have wanted too? Perhaps his genius stemmed from the very environment and time in which he lived... Would he have written as brilliantly in the U.S.?

[menestrel76]

Shostakovich isn't a musician, he is the music himself!

[xchaosblade0]

A true musicain. His constant movemont shows his attention to 100 things at ounce

[intermerdacce]

must be not easy to sing and play...

[Phusics]

Could anybody tell me please the title of the lovely music you hear at the beginning (0:00-0:40). Or is it from "The Nose", too?

[MaxMA1971]

It's from the last movement of his last symphony (the 15th), where he quotes Wagner

[Phusics]

Thank you very much. I don't know his 15th very well. Werde jetzt aber unbedingt mal reinhören.

[embcomposer]

Muchas gracias por este documento, ¿existe su continuación?, sería fantástico tenerlo completo.

[ThaSchwab]

Damn. This is the year he died, too. :(

[aloa]

20th century Beethoven !

[musicin37]

shostakovich is better than beethoven

[Choen444]

@aloa Totally

[Svaple]

Deberíamos todos comprender el idioma ruso.

[pisoplot]

DS was without doubt the greatest artist of the 20th century and very possibly of all time. Who else worked under such appalling conditions? Few artists create work with the prospect of being shot should the work not please the State. A genius of the first order and I defy anyone to live through what he lived through and not be of a nervous disposition. The moronic comments below a sign of the banality of these times.

[pseudodenis]

1. >> very possibly of all time

Oh, really? What about Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Ustvolskaya - to name only Russian or Soviet composers of XX cen.

2. >> ... anyone to live through what ...

In fact, Shost. was a natural part of Soviet establishment, which he didn't like, but he was quite a flexible man (conformist). You are trying to reproduce a boring MYTH about a suffering artist, repressed by the State. But in REALITY his works were played and he was musical officer (good salary, fame etc)

[massimiliano123123]

@pisoplot Where are Rachmaninov and Prokofiev??

[martinfrehley]

@massimiliano123123 They are for more than 20 years dead at that time.

[Fhilbo]

@pisoplot Agreed. Genius. Clearly one of the most evolved organisms ever to have walked the planet.

[FirstPublicChannel]

@pisoplot evryone could say the same for the artist he prefers

this is a moronic comment, not the other ones

[pisoplot]

@FirstPublicChannel List then the other composers over history who have lived under the threat of execution. If you cannot name more than a few then clearly you are the moron.

[Tuxster3]

@pisoplot The greatest artist of the 20th century and very probably of all time? Oh, really? Trust me, your emotions have gotten the best of you. Most people in your state are given to making such hyperbolic comments. I don't hold it against you.

[pikachun00b7]

You guys are looking at a master, why are you posting such stupid comments? Isn't there anyone with brains?

[TheGamingWeasel]

Shostakovich looks like Woody Allen.

[pikachun00b7]

but unlike you he was a genius

[interex956]

those are real cigarettes, hahaha

[themouseofevil]

The poor guy was so stressed all the time. I wish I could go back in time and teach him how to meditate! Imagine what he would be like if he were relaxed and happy!

[chrisman737]

I believe, if I am not mistaken, that he was also very sick at the time. It could be that he wasn't so much stressed as he was simply in a lot of pain. I believe he actually died the year that this was filmed, and he had been very, very sick.

[pikachun00b7]

you obviously are an idiot

[gianpaga11]

Ho grande gioia di vedere l'amatissimo Dmitri.

Una grande gioia e commozione. Veramente amo la sua musica e di riflesso il compositore eccelso! Un saluto a tutti gli amici che come come stravedono per lui.

[rafa149208]

La nariz es una de las 3 ó 4 óperas más importantes del s.XX. En Madrid afortunadamente la han programado 2 veces por la Orquesta de Cámara de Móscú con sus magníficos intérpretes.

[rafa149208]

In Madrid I had the chance to attend 2 performances of "The nose" by the same performers of the premiere. In my opinion one of the best operas of XX century

[Maxanime]

Por júpiter!!!!, Shostakovich en color!!! woooh!! que elegante....

[rafa149208]

Amazing video! Just a few months before his death. He's enjoying his own music like a kid. People approache him with a whole respect, like if them were at the presence of God (well I think DSCH is God).

[woodyaan]

He is absolutely a humble, modest, and noble personality...All exclusive people are alike...i suppose...

[fowlyetti]

Yay. What gems. Videos of Shotakovich.. in colour no less!

[daverbecks]

This video should NEVER be deleted! I will watch it all twice every day; one in the morning and one at night, before I go to sleep. I demand that these remain in YouTube forever! Bottom line, end of story.

[daverbecks]

And I thank the kind man who posted this. Thank you very much!

[cheekychiko]

I wished theres a version with english subtitle... thanks anyway