Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" 1st Movement part 2

[wj4710]

@peterstieber

Some peope will NEVER learn

[wj4710]

thanks Dimitri for writing this music..................heartwa­rming

[menshikov1971]

mozart - mr. be - rachmaninov - shostarjvitch, whot's a classic lirics...sviridov in back ))))

[natashavpollard]

Мощно!

[KrAnKaRn]

I frickin love it, this is eating up my brain !

[tgoncharova]

cute..pretty....and it shouldn't be !!!

[skender1000]

pff nul loser L

[ContagiouslyParanoid]

These threatening drums make you goosebumps.

[AllTiiMeLow]

question: what is the difference between the 1st movement and the 4th movement etc?..

in the 1st movement there are also the four phrases? allegretto poco allegretto adagio allegro non troppo or not?

how long is the sinfonie?

[BassicStorm]

March theme is great

[sdeshpande102]

ah! i wish the whole symphony were up somewhere on youtube

[StopFear]

scary composition that speaks about violence from Nazis on one side and violence from Soviets on the other. People in the middle.

[dicthash]

@StopFear

"violence from Soviets" is killing a lot of fucking nazis. I love this "violence".

[peterstieber]

@dicthash

Violence from Soviets included killing of fucking Nazis, as you say, but also killing of Polish, Ukrainians and own people, which started during Russian Revolution. And then when WW2 was over raping German women in Berlin. Both - Germans with Hitler and Russians with Stalin were very good at murder, rape, torture...

[schukinofclm]

@peterstieber Please, don't use the words Soviets and Russians as similarities. During the Revolution, the Civil War, the peaceful time that followed- the Soviets were not the same as the Russians, but just a part of them. But during the WWII the Soviets and Russians became united and all people of Soviet Union fought against the invaders. But only during the WWII you can use "Soviets" and "Russians" as similarity.

[dicthash]

@peterstieber

1) there were 7 millions of west-south Russians (so called "ukranians") in the Red Army. 2) As for "raping german women" - that was a prostitution for food. In the american occupation sector was the same story.

[vernissa89]

@dicthash

1) russians so called ukrainians????

2)all the thousands of women were prostitutes? You can't be serious

[werkzeug0]

@vernissa89

1) yes google for "little Russia" or "malorossia"

2) yep. Thousands.

[FCO0710]

This melody at the beginning is SO joyful! I really love this entire piece, a true masterpiece. Full of so many emotions

[The1976spirit]

Everybody who first heard this in the concert audience knew Ravel´s Bolero. We are told Shostakovitch´s melody is NEGATIVE, threatinening soldiers are marching! By attention, very willingly he studied Ravel´s NEGETIVE melody in the Bolero, marching Lutheranian guys of the office for tax investigation threatening katholic Parisian bitches. Shostakovitch or Ravel, whores will always have a fainting fit!

[strela]

Shostakovich was there in Leningrad! no shrapnel, dhaddox...read! he was a fire fighter and cabbage farmer during those times while half of Leningrad died, eating each other

[hellomate639]

This more obscure, not traditionally tonal music stimulates my imagination tremendously. I don't know why. It's like synesthesia for me. It happens almost involuntarily, as if I were on some sort of drug.

[dhaddox]

@hellomate639 Shostakovich had a bit of shrapnel in his head that gave him synesthesia so maybe you are hearing it the same way he did.

[ebnykhda]

Could this be an answer to Ravel's Bolero!!? I just love this second movement. Thanks for sharing this!

[MikeDrewYT]

This theme is quoted in the first few bars of the Eighth as well.

[bivmvideo]

My favorite section of this symphony. Homage to Ravel

[AtlanticFriend]

Truly inspiring music. The way it starts as a murmur and gains speed and intensity reminds me of the old Russian Partisan song.

[oldflint]

The famous theme in the first movement Shostakovich had first as the Stalin theme (which close friends of the composer knew). Right after the war started, the composer called it the anti-Hitler theme. Later Shostakovich referred to that "German" theme as the "theme of evil," which was absolutely true, since the theme was just as much anti-Hitler as it was anti-Stalin, even though the world music community fixed on only the first of the two definitions

[dicthash]

@oldflint

yet another victim of western propaganda is detected =)

[FryingDutchman94]

It´s unbelievable that you can pick one short melody and play it in all variations, and it´s not going to be boring...

[1964star]

страшно scary

[2bn442RCT]

Thanks for the excellent posting. 5/5 STARS!

[schagris]

There is something "inhuman" about this piece. Nothing captures better what nazism was about. Amazing composition!

[gregapage]

This is a really good interpretation, mainly becuase of how clear and loud the tapping drum tatoo is. Often it get's drowned out.

[diehuts]

it starts like soldiers marching from far away. you can't see them, but you hear them coming. And when the strings play the theme in fourths, it sounds like the soldiers appearing on the horizon. Another inerestiung part starts at 1:25. Suddenly the theme is always repeated. I think it sounds like one soldier showing another soldier, how to march the right way. He shows him, and the other one repeats it, and finally they march together. A kind of ridiculing the soldiers.

[CommieThreat]

@diehuts I could make up any scenario that involves soldiers doing things and get as many thumbs up as you...

[almakobob]

Má oblíbená

[extreme540]

Exceptional!

[daichi7919]

長門も萌えー

[bewaretheducks]

Playing this in April

Greater Gwent Youth Orchestra FTW =D

[sljkghlehjrtljhdrlkt]

Its pure magic. Stunned !

[LLJtbone]

Good God Shostakovich was amazing at writing these symphonies.

[GannondorfsKitsune]

Yep

[eip81]

The martial quality of this symphony is amazing! After listening to that, I am almost in the mood of invading another country! :-D

[gregapage]

lol

This is rather incredible. Not as good as No. 10 though.

[Vanyaaynav]

Continue and to read in the further comics :-)

[ihova0]

You didn't get the idea. Listen to the whole symphony and read about what stands behind.

[rachthebandgeek]

this insanely amazing.

[alexhuddleston]

is this what Bartok mocked in the Concerto for Orchestra?

[pianololita]

Very clearly nationalistic - I like the steady drum rhythm throughout reminding me of the war and of soldiers marching and instilling in one feelings of nationalistic pride and patriotism; strings emerging at around 4:20 very effective against the pedal point that later develops into a dissonant harmonic progression - creating uncertainty that heightens into tension that lasts till the cut-off point at 6:34. Great use of devices!

[garricksto]

Looking forward to the rest! The bassoon solo coming up has a special place in my heart. Thank you for posting.

[pjioayncoe]

Thank you for posting this! I have searched a long time for a complete 1st movement on Youtube.

[GannondorfsKitsune]

It´s not complete yet but ill do it soon enough when my laptop stops shuting itself down everytime i turn it on......

[asf04]

@GannondorfsKitsune continue it PLEASE!! hope your computer is in good health :)

[GannondorfsKitsune]

@asf04 I've Lost the will. and the files... :(

[metatema]

Fenomenal  encontrarme esta pieza aquí .Una creación musical (intelectual) con precisión lógica.

[GannondorfsKitsune]

Sí muy fenomenal. Acabo de uploaded esto para ayudar a todos los amantes de Shostakovich.

[ArturoAlejandroS]

One of the bests crescendos of the music!Better than Ravel's Bolero!

[GannondorfsKitsune]

Thanks again =)

[atralfalgar]

fantastic, amazing. Thank you for posting.

[GannondorfsKitsune]

Ill try to get the next 2 parts up if possible within the next week or so.

[swansandtyphus]

Someone should a make a stirring movie about the brutality of the Eastern Front during WW2 using this theme. Probably follow the story from the perspective of a group of fanatical Waffen SS and diehard Communist partisans and Red Army soldiers on the other side.

[GannondorfsKitsune]

Yep

[GannondorfsKitsune]

=).

[ArturoAlejandroS]

This is fantastic!

5 stars.Full of heroism and valor this music.

[GannondorfsKitsune]

Thanks

[JonnyLaboryel]

Are you going to upload the rest of it???

[GannondorfsKitsune]

sorry about not uploading the rest of it. I will wait a month or two for the next parts ( Im preparing for the mini mass upload)

I will try to get it up soon.

[regimaster5000000]

Nice