Shostakovich - Valery Gergiev - Symphony No.7 Mvt.2 (1/2)

[loboris1995]

good tempo,I've heard an other preformence wiche the tempo is too fast^^

[thisisstevet]

Thanks, absolutely superb!

[rachmortenson]

This orchestra has an amazing sound! I really enjoy this post and would love to see the rest of the symphony! Thanks for putting this movement up!

[SchwarzeDose21]

7:08 Big Lol :)

[tmenator]

For a westerner to truly understand this piece read Harrison Salisbury's "The 900 Days" the story of the siege of Leningrad where over 1 million people died of starvation.

[tmenator]

While composing this symphony, Shostakovitch was serving in the Leningrad Fire Department, The symphony was reduced on microfilm and flown out of the besieged city where it would be performed in Moscow and New York.

[ubersuperbatman]

hmm... this symphony is in Japanese... lol

[bagsjr1]

Scary

[bagsjr1]

Scary

[bagsjr1]

Scary

[clairannette]

Goodness me. Please tell me this utter aural blasphemy at 6:25 was purposely scored to sound so nasty! Wow. Otherwise, I'd really like to know why the Eeferchoad is on the payroll?!

[BrucknerMotet]

@clairannette Although I can't tell you what the composer was going for with the Eefer at 6:25, I do know for a fact that Shostakovich reveled in musical irony and musical jokes. I would not be surprised if the "aural blasphemy" was meant as a caricature of someone or something. There weren't many blasphemies that the composer recognized as such, other than poor composition and execution. No doubt that nasal whine at 6:25 was included in the score by design.

[hellomate639]

5:13 sounds like someone made a strange noise.

[ajiguaguau]

at 2:00 the played by the oboe evokes the pain of licking your heart' s fresh wounds, and the strings on the back are the breath of failing lungs. Sorrow, despair and uncertainty. The sound of communist terror. After the dark night, comes back a new beginning of simplicity spiraling again to a sudden re-organized encounter with the collective. Obviously he was very emotionally split. Maniac depression at its highest. Whoever lived in a totalitarian country knows the feeling. ;-)

[hellomate639]

@ajiguaguau

Sorry, that's too gross of an analogy. Brings up too many gross images that I don't associate with this song at all.

[mds279kr]

My God this is so complicated and hard to play, i wish i could se in to the Shostakovich brain to understand what is he mean, what is he feel. Do we rely mean the same? How to understand the genius?

[tusculum30]

Cannot say much except that I admire both gergiev as a conductor and Shostokovich as a composer very much. both are remarkable. Gergiev is my favorite conductor and Shostokovich one of my favorite composers.

[TheLinkea]

Very bad oboe and clarinet musicans

[utubeloverrr]

boy i wish I could pay the oboe that well

[vint22]

to geek-the tempo is just perfect!

[BrucknerMotet]

@vint22 I agree the tempo is spot on in this 7th. I'm a political science guy with a penchant for military history, and I know that even a couple of months of siege can slow the tempo of a great city. So much more with Leningrad during World War 2. Pace is just as important in music as it is in textual narratives in terms of capturing the feeling of what it was like.

[TheShahriyar]

Shostakovich is another case, He is not Russian, I think he is just an angel who his music is out of access of human.

and Gergiev is another case also...

I lost his concert here...Ops...

[60sgeek]

Slow tempo.

[Lonegan63]

Excellent Gergiev...One of the most versions..

[saybowiebasquait]

That's just fucking great.

[extreme540]

Superior interpretation of the 7th..

Bravo Gergiev!

Thanks for the video.

[number1muso]

this was amazing but someone needs to post the rest of this one here coz im trying to follow the scores for this but the rest of this isn't on here. i need it!

[OSSETIANgorgoch]

that's excellent...VALERY GERGIEV is OSSETIAN...so we feel proud of HIM... IRAETTAE RAZMAE!!!

[mds279kr]

No he is russien!

[osetian111]

dont be stupid VALERIJ ABBISALOVICH GERGIEV IS 10000000 % O S E T I A N

DONT BIELIVE ASK HIM YOUSELVES.

AND WE OSETIANS PROUD OF HIM AND THAT HE WAS IN TZINVALL TO PROTECT AMERICAN BARABIRAN AGRRESSIA AGAINST OSETIAN PEOPLE!!!!!!!

[mds279kr]

but he is 0,000000001% russian.

[mds279kr]

Ok but Shostakovich is not osetian!

[MrUtube14]

hey hey put politics andaside and listen 2 the music

[gregapage]

MrUtune14, I disagree.

Shostakovich's music is so politically oriented, you have to understand the Socialist Realism and pressure from Stalin, to really understand his symphonies.

[MrUtube14]

yes i know that ive real shostakovich a life. i meant about were gergiev was born. who cares where he was born. lol why i use the word "politics" anyway

[DmitriyUA]

Please people, stop arguing who is Russian and who is Ossetian. Russians and Ossetians were always close to eachother! So stop arguing and let's live together with our Ossetian brothers!

[babajaga39]

hail, hail, gergiev!!!!

[ArturoAlejandroS]

Magnific piece!The 7º of Shostakovich is an amazing symphony,really powerful music.

[NailI3unny]

do you think you could post the rest of this?

[fliboi78]

It's also great to see two countries who've fought for so long over land to come together like this. Even if it is only to play a great symphony.

[halmmmd]

i just finished 4 rehearsals and 2 concerts this past week playing trumpet on this symphony, it is really amazingly beautiful

,,,and different parts of this music are still going through my head during the day

[HornLocker]

superb interpretation!

[Alan8797]

Can't you hear the bombs and antiaircraft batteries in the piece? Is that just me?

[kohok0807]

may anyone tell me wt are the instruments at 2:30, 4:13, at 6:30 respectively?

[fliboi78]

2:30, oboe. 4:13, english horn (cor anglais). 6:30, E flat clarinet. does anyone know why the kirov players are all the principals? was this done strategically?

[birdmanrmh]

2:30 = Oboe, 4:13= either bass oboe or an English horn, 6:30 = Clarinet

[fliboi78]

Sorry birdmanrmh. at 4:13 it is in fact an english horn. First of all, this work was not scored for bass oboe. Secondly, the bocal is of an english horn. Not a bass oboe. The bocal on a bass oboe is almost like a question mark.

[lianghaochen]

never really understood this piece, anyone care to shead some lights?

[Leomerya12]

Wiki says that the piece is so erratic on purpose, probably because of Shostakovich's period with Stalin. Things were really unstable at the time, which is why the piece is so unpredictable.Oh, and I love that clarinet solo around 4:40

[Leomerya12]

I mean, 6:30

[Paladin1441]

the piece tells the story of what Leningrad which was Shostakovich's home town endured, it was the longest besieged city in modern warfare, it endured almost three years of being under attack by the Nazi's the music was a call to arms for the Russians to rise up

and to defend their motherland.

[MaestroBabe]

Wow. He really did have hair once! ;-)

The 7th was originally scored for 2 orchestras, so it is wonderful to hear it that way. His recording with the Mariinsky + Rotterdam Philharmonic is scrumptious as well.

[wolfsmartgirl]

If it was such bullshit than why do watch it?

[Mark91Gilenson]

nobody remembered to mantion the maestro.

He is one of the best. no more to say. simply genious.

[Challensois]

Yeah Gergiev is simply a pro ! =P

[shavkatikk]

Cosmic music!

[shavkatikk]

Great posting!

[Challensois]

I prefer the 5 symphony... less moments where there is nothing to hear. More pressure and beauty !

[bigdonkey002]

I love the 5th...but come on. The silence can be just important as the notes.

[Challensois]

Of course ! But here I think there is too much silences...

But eh I did not say that I dislike this symphony !! I think that's a great work ! One of the most important symphony of Shosta ! :)

[Nitervol]

Such so much emotion, words are like a barbaric thing. so great!