Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 / Rattle · Berliner Philharmoniker

Full-length concert at http://www.digitalconcerthall.com/concert/38

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 / Sir Simon Rattle, conductor · Berliner Philharmoniker / Recorded at the Berlin Philharmonie, 29 August 2008.

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• Shostakovich
• Schostakowitsch
• Rattle
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[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.

[salsadance999]

Which mvt is this?

[BerlinPhil]

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

[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.

[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.