Mravinsky-Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

Evgeny Mravinsky conducts Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

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• Shostakovich

[klezklar]

This IS the real tempo: Mravinsky played all Shostakovich' symphonies in a presents of the composer, starting from 1st rehearsal.

I myself played THIS SYMPHONY in USSR with composer sitting right next to our conductor - it was the same tempo; that's what D.D. wants.

[SuperLuckydream]

Yevgeny Aleksandrovich shows one of those special and wonderful approaches to a performance  that one rarely sees.

[jslasher1]

A wonderful performance. Mravinsky's conducting of Shostakovich has never been surpassed.

[jslasher1]

@Largo64 An excellent comment on your part. Unfortunately, Internet etiquette is seldom employed by others, particularly those without any training.

[GGbreizh]

@Largo64 Shostakovich didn't oppose to Bernstein's tempo of the piece.

[dirxphan]

At this tempo it sounds a lot less triumphant and more bittersweet and ironic. I like it. (And I like the Bernstein/Western interpretation, too.)

[Kirasiah]

That's so much more difficult to play O.o

[Largo64]

@TheVaccumtube I tried to tell you that, as a matter of Internet etiquette, all caps, except for emphasis of a word or two, is considered shouting - and rude. You may not learn, but you can't say I didn't try. As to interpretation, it's a matter of taste. Depending on where you are, the popular taste regarding the Shostakovich 5 seems to have shifted. Russians may still prefer the original, but many western orchestras have followed Bernstein. I don't care what's popular. I like what I like.

[Largo64]

@TheVaccumtube Your handle of vaccuumtube is well chosen. A vacuum is apparently what's between your ears. Calling someone a moron because you disagree is uncivil. It fits with your childish idea that shouting makes people notice you. Well, it does, but not in the way you imagine.