Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 / Rattle · Berliner Philharmoniker

[CHEdumbo]

i felt that the sound quality of this video is a little bit poorer than other berlin phil videos

[JoeTbn96]

D.....S....C...H.......

[MyXoxolovexoxo]

omg kinhavennnnn '11

[MrCatneko]

Much better than Karajan's 2nd recording.

[raulcat19]

YEAH! Albrecht Mayer from 2.10 on! Perfect!

[raulcat19]

I really love and admire Rattle but I hate his conducting from 1.40 on.

[raulcat19]

OMG- I got goosebumps when they plaed his name! So obvious but nice haha

[lbrinin1701]

WOW!

[MegaChemboy]

1:45 = who let of the stinkbomb!

1:46 = COR BLIMY!

[padredemishijos12]

It make an enormous difference when the conductor has memorized and interalized the score. In Venezuela the conductors are trained to memorize the score. 'That will always give any conductor an edge on the piece plus the respect of the musicians.

[sahand144]

The clarinet part is crazy!!!!!

[MegaChemboy]

clarinet part is INSANE! :O the guy with crystal mouthpiece is....... amazing!!!

[wierdo1232123]

Music will save the world.

[jeromesim]

Perfect Shostakovich sound !

[OpenCadence78]

Oi! Does a cellist come in early right at the beginning?

[eamflutes]

Who is the playing principal clarinet?? With the crystal mouth piece? I am determined to find out who he is... He's AMAZING!

[carlnielsen1]

@eamflutes His name is Christopher Corbett; he plays Solo clarinet in the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

[eamflutes]

@carlnielsen1 OH Thanks so much!!!! I literally spent hours trying to find out who he was. Thanks! :D

[MegaChemboy]

@eamflutes you are so right about that!

[quagdude]

i always liked shostakovich because has nice dark movements at the end

[chr1israzor]

2:17 Best Oboe synchronized dance.

[leoncioviolin]

impecable. BRAVOOO

[BBRENTTAGHAPP]

i wonder how much members of the berlin phil get paid?

[AWiddit]

Aren't the last 4 notes in the unison brass Shostakovitch's initials in Russian?

[BerlinPhil]

@AWiddit Yes! - however, these are not his Russian initials. It is D, E flat, C, B natural, or in German musical notation D, Es, C, H (pronounced as "De-Es-Ce-Ha"), thus standing for the composer's initials in German transliteration: D. Sch.

[LLJtbone]

@BerlinPhil Wow, that's a pretty interesting bit of info.

[gabriel26121990]

lol contrabassoon player at 2:15 very crazy ^^

[iGotSpaceLikeNASA]

i just played for Simon Rattle about an hour ago :P Did Bruckner 9. Amazing musician, not much else to say!

[DarkKnight6464]

1:29 greatest facial expression 

[obligotoryoblivion]

O.O'' That is just amazing. So cool, really want to play it sometime :L XD

[superblindados]

Copy and paste: "Incredible high school musicians from Venezuela! Led by Gustavo Dudamel"

[violinoamore]

Quite disturbing music ...

[mrdogalemao]

Incrivel !!!

[RedSoxWSAgain]

great interpretation. The knowledge that more speed doesn't always create more intensity. While dudamel is good his talent is overshadowed by rattle's pure knowledge not even counting his talent.

[padredemishijos12]

@RedSoxWSAgain Is that because Dudamel is exactly half Rattles age? Rattle has been quoted as saying that Dudamel is the most amazing musician that Rattle has ever met. Quite a compliment. Dudamel is a gift from Venezuela to the world.  Refined and polished latin talent. Gustavo Dudamel is very lucky to not have been born in Los Angeles where he might have ended up in jail, like many poor latinos. Very lucky to have been born a Venezuelan.

[LordMgls]

Rattle was at the Met matinée yesterday.

[schnozz87]

Can these performances be bought as mp3 files from Itunes or somewhere?

[froehlicherelter]

happywandy457,  when you watch conductors gestures, you´ll find out that great conductors mostly tend to save them as much as possible: This gives confidence to interpreters and permits more body language and mimics to guide all kind of details of the work performed. This piece is an example of great performind.

Hans Fröhlich-Germany

[zuzanazuzanita]

grosos éstos tipos! vamo'  el shosta!

[Yulam24]

So muss ein Komponist aussehen. Und das Lied erinnert mich irgendwie an die Disney Filme :-)

[saxcock]

Shostakovich and Berlin just don't mix too well, regardless of the conductor. I think it is a culture thing, a missing gene, hard to say.

Nice job though...

[alejoeisabel]

@saxcock Its political, think USSR.

[TheKevinV08]

Why doesn't Rattle really conduct the orchestra...

[orovalleydude]

@TheKevinV08 Please forgive what may seem like an impertinent or impolite remark, but I have see Barenboim do the same thing with both the CSO and the BPO, Rattle lets them loose because they know what they are doing and he trusts them. Turn the great orchestras loose!! Watch Barenboim and the CSO do the Tchaik 4th finale, you'll see the same thing!!

[TheKevinV08]

@orovalleydude I have no offence taken, but I should have made my comment clearer. I actually admire conductors like this, as they can let let them run loose and "conserve energy", only making necessary cues when needed. This is one of the reasons I admire conductors like Rattle, Barenboim, and Bernstien that seem to let the orchestra do the work. I still admire the conducting style of, lets say, Michael Tilson Thomas and Haitnik, but I find their style a bit redundant.

[classicalmusic6]

This is so amazing and intense! Berlin is the best orchestra ever. I like how Rattle only involves himself in conducting when he needs to.

[casnemechada]

tremendio!! bravo the woodwind, specially maestro walter seyfarth!!!

[ryantortallini]

i prefer the teresa carreno youth orchestra version better

[alejoeisabel]

@ryantortallini

Completely agree with you. The Teresa Carreno Youth Orchestra means it when it does it. I also like their interpretation of Shostakovich 12th Symphony, 1917. I think it is better than the Leningrad Philharmonic version. Just my opinion, but what do I know. Hear for yourself.

[victhrone]

brutal

[RAMIRO3]

im playing this right now ^^

[Sternman318]

I am confused as to what the purpose of the conductor is, in a group of such a calibre. It seems as if most of the players are intent on their music, and it does not appear that he is doing much as far as making sure they keep a consistent tempo.

[gerardtgibbs]

@Sternman318: it all happens in rehearsal.

[atomicmrpelly]

Most of it anyway, when I saw them do Turangalila at the proms Rattle had to cue the vibes player when he got lost!

[atomicmrpelly]

It's very true that this ensemble does not need a conductor to keep time. They do need one, however, to guide them through the piece, make sure it is shaped correctly and balanced well and to lead the more complicated points, eg when the tempo is changing or fluctuating.

Conductors are like icebergs in that a lot of their work is unseen, done in rehearsals. They have to unite 100 odd musicians, each of whom has their own idea about how the piece should sound!

Hope this helps.

[Sternman318]

Hah, that helps perfectly! I should have known since I have been in 'band' for 8 or years- I guess I just had a brain fart( quite a bad one at that).

Thanks!

[IOLTA]

@atomicmrpelly Wrong, wrong, wrong! The ensemble needs a conductor to makes sure that they keep the *same* time - everything else is up to the MUSICIANS.

. . . no one ever hears a conductor!

[atomicmrpelly]

@IOLTA So you're telling me that a conductors job is purely metronomic.... Underneath a video of Sir Simon Rattle?

[JupiterAdept]

@IOLTA

You must be joking.. Do you really think that makes sense?

[alejoeisabel]

@atomicmrpelly 

[song2712]

@atomicmrpelly Exactly, I couldn't agree more. Many people criticize extremely talented conductors for their "not keeping time". However, esteemed orchestras of the Berlin Phil's caliber do not need a conductor to keep time in front of them. Through the conductor's rehearsals, the tempo has been ingrained and the musicians' exceptional talent replaces the need for time beaten by a conductor.

And yes, conducting at a performance is only a part of a conductor's job and a small way to judge one.

[nickmaestro]

Frickin epic!

[andersonclarinete10]

muito bom bravissimo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ChrissysVideokids]

Super!!!!!!!

[JupiterAdept]

This piece is mad! Beautiful performance.

[MrMusicforlife44]

wowi...sehr gut...ein schönes lied für das beste orchester der welt. sehr gut gespielt bravissimo!

[MrBeethoven333]

Well I can safely say as much as I miss Karajan, Rattle did a very fine job of filling his shoes. Of course they are very much different, but in general he know's how to do his job well. Superb.

[84CocoCo]

My god! I'm in awe. This is so sensational I can barely breath. You are one of the greatest orchestra's in the world. I'm so privileged to be able to watch you on line. What an inspiration you are. Thankyou = )

[salsadance999]

Which mvt is this?

[BerlinPhil]

It is the last one, "Andante - Allegro".

[lemidi]

4th

[classicalmusic6]

AMAZING AND SO INTENSE! Who could not like the best orchestra in the world playing Shostakovich!

[Ignatir]

Sehr stark!

[LLJtbone]

Exceptionally good sounding.. Love Shostakovich.

[Josefrainer]

So come on now, folks. if you like this so much, go and buy yourself a ticket for the Digital Concert Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic. €150,- for one year, and you can listen to the live performance and all the archive recordings, as often as you want. It's a fantastic endeavour.

[gregapage]

WOW, AN INCEDIBLE INTERPRETAION!!!

[MusicaRicercata]

Sir Simon Rattle is the best — his renditions of such great works (as with Shostakovich's 10th symphony) are superb. What's even better is how he is able to traverse many different schools of composition of the past century — from this, to Stockhausen's "Gruppen", to Messiaen's "Éclairs sur l'au-Delà..." — and interpret them all exceedingly well. Quite possibly the finest conductor of this century, and of course the Berliner Philharmoniker is magnificent as well. Bravo Rattle and Berlin!

[Torsten1345]

I agree with you! He´s an extraordinary conductor. He describes itself as a crazy duck, so called in school, but i think this is his secret of beeing successful in classic, the love to the music. Nice to see how europe works together.

[monster0129]

I was trying to watch out for it, and noticed that at 2:26, the woman in white is picking her nose :D :D :D

[curlyman217]

this is by far the best video on youtube. the music itself is a revelation. the clarity of sound and picture is unmatched by any other video, and it's loud enough for me. congratulations!

[karajanhk]

Slower than Dudamel's interpretation, yet Rattle's version is more frightening!

The violins are just yelling and screaming in pain from 2.29 onwards, just liek the people living in the USSR are living in a state of horror, you can feel the suffer and torture that the people bore in this piece of music!

[hundingwelser]

großartig

[her0esfan]

Yes, he was good at the lower strings - now that you mentioned it!

[curlyman217]

what movement does this except take place in in the symphony?

[jordisalazar]

This is an excerpt from the 4th movement of the symphony.

[etiterum]

I see a revenue stream: luxury wristwatches for the musicians.

[nfajkblg]

That's sexist!

[Marlene55M]

And very stupid.

[Crackadackas]

Not quite. Yueh was commenting that the intensity and seemingly "unrefined" manner in which Shostakovich composed, is almost frightening.

[karajanhk]

yuenchopin means the music is brutal and very direct; really frightening! Please DON'T misintrepret others' comment.

[yuehchopin]

音樂「粗暴」而直接，很嚇人！

[SalaputiaBrass]

richtig dufte

[alejoeisabel]

I believe that one day Shostakovich will be the greatest of all Russian composers. He certainly was prolific. He without doubt was the most outstanding composer or the 20th Century. I like the youthful exuberance of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra. Simon Rattle is the best!

[jackywushengzong]

I would disagree, Shostakovitch definitely loved the lower strings :D

[nickysaxpiccolo]

ah, i love this song. played this also in my youth orchestra. the piccolo part is fantastic. Obviously Shostakovitch liked piccolo:D

[Lonegan63]

Impressive performance...In the new high definition is fantastic...

[kgy122]

Rattle+Berlin Philharmonics=Best orchestra of the World

[LLJtbone]

@kgy122 I don't know I think the CSO and the NY Phil are pretty damn awesome. I am not saying that this orchestra is not stellar because it definitely is just that, stellar in all ways :-)

[robotkarel]

in the last years shostakovich has becoming more and more important, more and more played, or not?

[jmuzic77]

Perfect interpretation of Shostakovich

Great!

[devaraja42]

This is quite possibly the best rendition of this piece I've seen - many thanks for posting this!

[SonofDostojevskij]

That was powerfull. I cind of harmoic well thought-out mess.

[divine604]

1:45 :D

[omega770]

Marvelous!!

[rainbowfeather]

excellent performances, little vinyetts!

Very nice, like an appetizer. You surely know, I want more!

[JorPove]

Un regalo para el espiritu.................