The first time I heard this symphony was in the early sixties when I was a young teenager. The recording was Bernstein and the NYP in Moscow. I never knew so much emotion could be put into a piece of music. I could hear all the gut wrenching emotions I was feeling as a young man. Pain, confusion, love, hate, despair, hope. It was all there. And now as an old man of 75 I am so grateful I survived it all. Thank you Dimitri

@artlowenstein2898

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I grew up on the Bernstein recording too. He was a great champion of this piece, and his performance still is wonderful to listen to

@alidarizzotto3182

3 жыл бұрын

You really describe the amazing gift of music!

@stoneazg8418

3 жыл бұрын

Very Eloquently Stated

@jerrera45

3 жыл бұрын

@@stoneazg8418 Thank you

@bach13460

3 жыл бұрын

"The symphony was presented as the "Response to a Right Criticism" and it is said that the work was received with great emotion and general enthusiasm. Among the various movements of the symphony, the fourth was defined by the critics as a "triumphal-optimistic forcing" and "a desire for revenge on the part of the composer". According to Volkov, Shostakovich described the epic final movement of the Fifth as follows: «What should be celebrated. I think it is clear what really happens in the Fifth. The jubilation is forced, it is the fruit of construction [...]. It is as if someone were beating you with a stick and meanwhile repeating to you: "Your duty is to jubilee, your duty is to jubilee". And you get up trembling with broken bones and start walking again muttering: "Our duty is to jubilee, our duty is to jubilee [...]" » citation from wikipedia.

Shostakovich's music is a terrific treasure for humankind.

@yowzephyr

3 жыл бұрын

I am constantly taking in Shosty's music during this pandemic. Music has always soothed me. But now I need the best of it constantly, like an i.v. in my arm.

@premgandharvmusic

3 жыл бұрын

@@yowzephyr I agree, Music Is a good and Deep medicine for mind and soul. It also help very much to create own music. It literally saved my Life during lockdown.

@ethanhill9460

2 жыл бұрын

Tell putin.

@TheLogicBeast

2 жыл бұрын

@@ethanhill9460 I see you fell for the propaganda - Shostakovich didn't.

@thestarwarsmusiccomposer3491

2 жыл бұрын

@@ethanhill9460 bruh....... Tell putin he stinks and schostakovich would run the country better

Is it strange that this piece makes me cry? I am probably a bit crazy. I'm 15, listening to this symphony as I study for my world history exam next week. I hear something mixed with hatred, love, despair, hope, and so much emotion. I see people crying and laughing for joy and madness...... I feel like this piece connects past with the present, or, in other words, untouchable and tragic darkness with the vivid human emotion. The only problem is that, thanks to this great music, I just can't concentrate on my studies at all :)

@Ling__Ling__

Жыл бұрын

Fellow 15 year old here, It isn’t strange to cry, this symphony was Shostakovich’s fight against Stalin. Much of it is meant to criticize the Stalinist regime and to be satirical. But I think the best representation of Shostakovichs emotion is prob his quartet 8. I luckily have the pleasure of playing this symphony in the spring

@WennAde

Жыл бұрын

Nowhere near strange! Be proud of your ability to feel such profound emotions and never lose your sensitivity. What truly valuable do we have as human beings and as a culture? We have a possibility to grow in loving all the good things, beauty, each other - and we have art, where we can meet every emotion from the darkest to those of the purest light, and transcend everything quotidian, see so much deeper than what we ever can reach in a single life. What a mystery there lies beyond our being, our lives, our universe! If we weren't able to feel, to experience strongly and think profoundly, how dull and mundane would life be? It's important to take the time for your studies, too, but I tell you, they can always wait listening to a Shostakovich symphony, I reckon your time with this symphony was more important this time!

@annamariaisland1960

Жыл бұрын

On the contrary, you have understood this piece the way that most people do, and dare I say, in the manner the composer intended. As far as studies, listening to music is indeed studying, and what you will learn will stay with you for the rest of your life!

@jayvardhanchoudhary7487

Жыл бұрын

Fellow 17 year old here I am also reading history while listning 😁

@JustinEverson

Жыл бұрын

DOIN HISTORY RNNN

It's been my absolute pleasure to play this symphony as leader (concertmaster) twice in my life. It contains such tones of human existence, the best orchestral violin solo (outside of those quasi-concertos like Sheherezade/Lalo), magnificent flute and harp moments, a slow movement of infinite sadness, tunes of joy, and a triumphantly sarcastic climax. And this is a wonderful rendition

@stuartpoyser6678

2 жыл бұрын

forgot to mention bad-ass piano bass

@KellieEverts--conductsNightTra

Жыл бұрын

what on earth is a sarcastic climax?🙃🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

@TheLogicBeast

Жыл бұрын

@@KellieEverts--conductsNightTra Shostakovich is taking the piss out of Stalin.

@robertsacks7995

Жыл бұрын

@conrad long story short, Shosty's symphony no.4 and his Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk were "disliked" by the Party for being too depressing, and not having a triumphant end. Shosty said "ask and ye shall receive" and the Party loved it, while the rest of the world saw it for what it was: a middle finger to Stalin.

@jacobvanoosterhout5281

Жыл бұрын

​@@KellieEverts--conductsNightTra think about how triumphant movements usually end, then listen to the finish. Shostakovich starts the finale in classic triumphalism - the opening motif for the movement played by the brass and slowed way, way down with timpani accompaniment, feeling like for all the world to land in a Beethoven-esque power chord, but no, symphony's not done yet. Timpani tries again, still not finished. All the while, the violins' repeated eighth notes bring to mind being repeatedly poked with a spear. It's extraordinarily sarcastic.

If there ever were any doubts that Schostakovich was the supreme symphonic composer, this work dispels them. The third movement has to be one of the most sublime pieces of symphonic music ever written.

@burton48

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed about the third movement.

@stoneazg8418

3 жыл бұрын

PROFOUND AND MESMERIZING

@gigogrom216

2 жыл бұрын

the first one too

@celloplaysmusic7330

Жыл бұрын

The fourth also

@sergiocontreras3447

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you Martin. I love the way Afkham conducts, always so parse in his movements. I prefer the 5th to the 7th. Some parts of the 5th can even be romantic, although I am pretty sure that this is not what Shostakovich had in mind.

A beautiful symphony and it's meaning (or at least the meaning I perceive in it) has never been more appropriate in 2022. Deep sadness and pain and ultimately an enforced, fake happiness. My heart for those who's lives this music could relate to.

@matttondr9282

Жыл бұрын

I fully agree with you, the “happy” parts really feel more like a fake smile while you’re deeply hurting inside.

@fredericfrelat6395

11 ай бұрын

M by

@fredericfrelat6395

11 ай бұрын

M by

I'm a fetus and I cried when I listened to this. We're also playing this at our 3rd grade recorder concert. I'm playing the first violin part.

@simply_papaya

2 ай бұрын

i hope your piano audition went well!

@caplen5123

Ай бұрын

Good luck with the drum solo! 😃😃

Listening to this modern performance, I really feel Shostakovich has completely become a classic in the 21st century.

@osiantownsendjones2833

5 жыл бұрын

Surely the most popular 20th-century composer today, and, in my opinion, the greatest symphonist ever alongside Sibelius.

@tomy1830

3 жыл бұрын

Star wars soundtrack

@notaire2

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomy1830 In a meaning so.

@fredericchopin6445

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomy1830 no

@tomy1830

3 жыл бұрын

Wrong

I. Moderato 0:26 II. Allegretto 17:25 III. Largo 23:28 IV. Allegro non troppo 38:15

@captainkev10

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@stoneazg8418

3 жыл бұрын

MANY THANKS FOR POSTING THIS SIR RIVERA. MUCH APPRECIATED.

@migueldelarosa911

2 жыл бұрын

I always come for your comment heje

One of my dear-departed dad’s favorite pieces of music of all-time.

@peterlebow5219

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you to whoever liked my comment!

@irlkaijugroupie7614

3 жыл бұрын

may he rest in peace !!

Listening to this after reading Symphony for the City of the Dead. Beautiful book which details Shoskatovich’s life from the revolution, through Stalin’s pogroms and the Siege of Leningrad during WW2. What an extraordinary life he’s led and what a magnificent piece of music this is.

@MrJohnMurdoch

2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to look that up. Thanks for the recommendation.

@zjschrage

2 жыл бұрын

have you heard his 7th Symphony, its about the Siege of Leningrad (kind of...).

@celloplaysmusic7330

2 жыл бұрын

@@zjschrage its nicknamed "Leningrad" And frankfurt radio symphony has a performance of it on youtube also

@zjschrage

2 жыл бұрын

@@celloplaysmusic7330 yes lol I am familiar, the Makena interpretation is my favorite

@celloplaysmusic7330

2 жыл бұрын

@@zjschrage makela* 😃

In particular, I appreciate his tempi. Too many conductors/orchestras rush the pace, trying too hard to dazzle. Afkham gets it right in all the movements.

@karlpomeroy8031

Жыл бұрын

And he puts power into the performance.

I. Moderato 00:25 two note outcry Clar and oboe - Build 3:17 trumpet's buried hope 4:12 suspended sorrow 4:51 brief outcry 7:02 brass agression 8:07 triumphant brutality 10:14 a massacre 11:53 return to the suspended sorrow in major for sorrowful remembrance 13:16 II. Allegretto 17:25 heavy and light waltz, scherzo light and playful dance, pure innocence, trio 19:13 now mixed with oppression 20:00 scherzo 21:06 III. Largo start: 23:24 flute theme: 26:01 first climatic build 26:59 oboe theme 28:37 the two bell notes/start of build 31:17 Melody in First violins and xylo/ Passionate cellos 32:37 quiet sorrow 35:12 the ending prayer 37:10 IV. Allegro non troppo Opening Abrasive Theme 38:15 world crumbling Trumpet solo 40:41 tranquil horn solo - string sorrow 42:02 slow march with opening theme 46:24 "triumphant" ending 48:57

@alxrnexlj

3 ай бұрын

i love you

16:08 Pulling up the pitch in order to return to the main theme is simply genious. Every performance should do that very audibly. Last part of the first movement is amongst the most mystical, spiritual experience made by Shostakovich, out of this world.

In about 1967 I was a high school student working as an intern at KSPS public television in Spokane, Washington. We broadcast a live performance of #5, but we rehearsed our camera framing and moves for hours ahead as the orchestra rehearsed the score. It became etched in my mind from that time forward as a stunning, sophisticated, enchanting and captivating symphony. The mental images and the emotions it creates and conveys are so real. The piece never leaves me👍👍👍👍👍

@josuekoenig1723

4 жыл бұрын

The camera work on this symphony is stunning! Must've been a privilege being able to work with this piece.

“ACH DU LIEBER, ACH DU LIEBER, ACH DU LIEBER, MEIN SCHATZ”!!! There’s nothing much else to say! But I’ll say it anyway! At 81 years old, hearing such a fabulous piece of GREAT GREAT music as this, & such a wonderful performance by this tremendous orchestra, I’m “NUMB” with tears in my eyes & a lump in my throat!!! I once heard this music played by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Grant Park Concerts by the Outer Drive (about 1964) at night, under a gorgeous Aegean sky!!! I STILL vaguely feel & hear that tremendous performance in the “marrow of my heart”! Awesome beyond belief!! WOW! I know what will be going through my head tonight as I try to sleep! The name is “SHOSTAKOVICH” & his PICTURE should have been displayed during this fantastic performance!!!!! “Gesundheit”!

@Tortuosit

2 жыл бұрын

Worth living for, right?

the balance in high/low sound mixing is so good and particularly at 41:45 when the low brass comes in, that part always floors me but in this version especially so, god i love this symphony :^)!!

@jajefan123456789

3 жыл бұрын

god yes so many orchestral recordings don't do any post work on the audio and it's such a tragedy that we lose quality that we would normally find in the hall because of it

This is a ridiculously great recording and performance. Bravo.

When my grandmother died , i was just 15 at that time and going through such overwhelming emotions was seldomly in my concerns , my situation was grim I took my headphones and walked in the fields listning to the 3rd movement of this symphony it seemed benign in a sea of sorrow , i was inundated by the dessonance and the timid silence throughout the movement i walked for hours until my path was interupted by a stream , It was an experience one cannot express in words but the sheer profoundity of one's sorrow could be eloquently understood by this Symphony

I honestly believe this to be the greatest single piece of music ever written... technically, spiritually and musically. Some of the lines, forced harmonies etc are beyond the comprehension of a mere mortal like me... and I have a masters in composing.

@denniswage9748

2 жыл бұрын

"forced harmonies" is a perfect way to describe his use of dissonance. I am on the verge of tears throughout this whole piece. It's SO GOOD!

@MrSridharMurthy

Жыл бұрын

Historically too

@sansovino4124

11 ай бұрын

I presume you state that you have a masters in composing to give some gravitas to your statement that you believe this is the greatest single piece of music ever written. Two years on, do you still believe that? Hopefully not. Many years ago I was wildly in love with this symphony and then one day, I was listening to the third movement with a classical music afficianado and friend and we looked at one and said, almost simultaneously, 'A storm in a teacup'. I love this symphony but it is not even his greatest symphony, let alone greatest piece of music ever. I also have no doubt whatsoever that Shostakovich himself would have agreed. It's certainly very moving, but doesn't begin to reach the depths of many other symphonies, by Shostakovich and by others.

@TheLogicBeast

11 ай бұрын

@@sansovino4124 well, it is of course subjective and i could write a thesis to try and back up my opinion. Fortunately , it's not an Olympic sport , so no winner required ... but yes , it's still my opinion and I make no apology for it.

@sansovino4124

11 ай бұрын

@TheLogicBeast That, of course, is absolutely fine as it is indeed subjective, and I respect your opinion even if I disagree with it.

Schostakowitsch gives me a warm lovely emotional burn. I feel things I so often don’t get to feel and am missing out on. Thank you!

@robertopmcochetti1uue871

3 жыл бұрын

Pero 1964 con que tocaban con bombo leguerp

This symphony, the 7th and the tenth make me cry. I do not know why, but there you have it.

@LyubomirIko

5 ай бұрын

The 7th was done in the heat of WW2 war among the most gruesome battles our civilization have faced...

42:10 Horn solo in the 4th movement accompanied by the strings and other instruments is just GOLDEN

Magnificently performed masterpiece. We are so fortunate to have such a performance in great audio and visual quality to see anytime on KZread. Thank you!

@Bleakhouse7

Жыл бұрын

I agree completely

I first heard this symphony in my 26th anniversary. Instead of making a party, I went to the concert. So this is a special piece for me. Congratulations to the whole orchestra! (BTW the percussionist is so handsome haha). Bravo! Superbe!

Большое спасибо Франкфуртскому оркестру за чудесную музыку!

Mr. Afkham's style of conducting reminds me of a young Zubin Mehta. In 1967, Zubin took the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Andre Watts to Tehran, Iran for two concerts. I was able to finagle a ticket to the second concert not knowing what to expect. I got the ticket at the gate from a Russian mother and daughter who had an extra one due to the father's illness that night. The young girl and I exchanged many many smiles during the concert at the end of which I couldn't decide whether I had fallen in love with the girl or the music. I never saw the girl again but nourished the love for classical music and have loved and enjoyed it ever since. That was 54 years ago.

@tophan5146

3 жыл бұрын

Lovely story

So many comments with different time stamps for people’s favourite moments… it just proves this work is so incredible throughout! (If I had to pick my favourite moment it would be 30:36 - I have played this piece as a cellist and being in the string section at that point was magical)

@emmi6714

2 жыл бұрын

I was in the percussion section myself! Every time we played this would bring me to tears aha

Oh! This i a very emotional, very "Dark" work, but is fantastic live. Please support your local orchestra an hear live music. Looking forward to this being played the year by the WASO ! I would love to be the percussionist on the big drum at the finale!

@ellie8782

2 жыл бұрын

Love the WASO, especially when they are conducted by Asher Fish

@ThePubliusHuldah

2 жыл бұрын

so would I !!!! It is great!

@benedictrodil4931

2 жыл бұрын

The big drum is called a timpani, and it's a perfect instrument in that movement aloneeee

14:01 The most gorgeous melody EVER (I´m saving this to myself jsjsjs)

@alphazero0

3 жыл бұрын

oh wow

@jajefan123456789

3 жыл бұрын

100%

@lebambale

Жыл бұрын

Lovely!

perfect...this music was the soundtrack of a Turkish movie series, adventures of a kind of historical hero, and whenever it comes out i was filled with emotions and chills when i was only 5 years old...now i'm 29 and still got goosebumps...I'm Turkish but I listened to this music when i was in Moscow, ironic, right. Ofc i didn't even know who the composer even was...Now I'm in love with the work of Shostakovich

The struggle of mankind heard in the form of music. Bravo!

Almost physical synchronicity when conductor squeeses his nose at 48:18 and two musicians do the same little later. Fantastic symphony btw.

The cello and bass entrance at 36:47 always gives me the chills. So glad I was able to play movements 3 and 4 in high school. I never liked going to orchestra class, but this was the only piece I fell in love with playing. Thank you Shosty 🙏🏻

Visible shuffle-applause in the orchestra for Marc Gruber after the flute duet at 14:00. Well deserved! Great performance overall!

@casparernst

7 жыл бұрын

what do you mean with shuffle-applause? I see nothing:)

@clintow

7 жыл бұрын

Third clarinet shuffles her hand on her knee, second clarinet lifts his foot.

@daryljamaat4266

7 жыл бұрын

What is the significance of this? I am curious.

@clintow

7 жыл бұрын

Orchestra members silently applauding their colleagues, in this case applauding an extremely tricky solo played well.

@daryljamaat4266

7 жыл бұрын

It is good to see that solidarity within an orchestra.

The baby faced composer had a very calm attitude but inside his heart had a hurricaine of music thankyou Dimitry in your glory

this made me realise how deep i actually fell in love with music... i have no words to describe how it makes me feel, cause it's a beautiful and sad and happy feeling at the same time and so much more. I love music

@jonrutherford6852

4 жыл бұрын

I think I know the feeling "hey hey" is referring to. I fell in love with this piece almost seventy years ago and must have heard it at least fifty times since then. I call the feeling "melancholy" but really there's no exact word for it in English. German "Sehnsucht" doesn't quiite do it, either. I guess that's one reason we need music to complement language.

14:00 despite its shortness, easily one of the most beautiful clarinet excerpts in Symphonic works. I would kill for the opportunity to perform this excerpt with an orchestra.

@mariavidineeva2524

Жыл бұрын

It's literally SO good

@harryhagan5937

10 ай бұрын

Practice, practice, practice!

Oh, this orchestra. And oh, this conductor! Wonderful performance. The Largo rips my heart out. So beautiful! Thank you, FRS.

I wonder whether the guy at 29:18 went out of his way to do a Debussy cosplay.

@awakenedbahamut2574

3 жыл бұрын

What do you mean, that's Debussy!

@SS-yc5km

3 жыл бұрын

Haha nice

@FranzKaernBiederstedt

3 жыл бұрын

Do you mean Sebastian Wittiber the solo flutist who at this instance is listening to be beautiful oboe solo?

@Act1471

3 жыл бұрын

Looks a lil like Mussorgsky as well?

@tanhaoze

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

Wonderful and powerful performance. I must comment on how exquisite the timpani performance is. Absolutely stunning playing. Immensely inspiring. I am so grateful for this page and their excellent recordings.

Fabulously good performance. The orchestra was flawless. String sections brilliantly together and the wind were just amazing.

Another inspiring performance with energy, drive, and gravity, as appropriate. The slow movement imparts profound grief. Wonderful. I'm amazed by the videography, which must involve a lot of very expensive cameras with masterful control, gradually moving focus from musician to musician as well as moving between cameras to show the appropriate instruments to each passage. Vibrant colors. The audio production, even on a YT stream, is really excellent with the full range of frequencies. The balances are great. I'm very impressed with the production as well as the musicality of the orchestra and its young conductor. Lastly, I'm glad to see a hall full of an attentive audience. Thanks for offering your music to the world.

0:25 is a good place to start. Music ends at 50:08. (Total music time: 49 mins & 43 seconds.)

@simonalexander8657

2 жыл бұрын

Ñ

@tomascostero9962

2 жыл бұрын

Ñ

@yowzephyr

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomascostero9962 Ñ ?

I find myself listening to this piece over and over after I played it in my orchestra last almost two years ago now. It was very, very challenging, but I had a lot of fun. Although I was relieved when it was over, I find myself going back to play it on my own in my free time. A truly wonderful piece.

THANK YOU for uploading this beautiful music and especially for sharing it free of adds. 🙌♥

beautiful flute solo!!!

He looks so emotionally exhausted at the end. I can only imagine. Wonderful symphony. Darkly beautiful, innovative, and yet quite conventionally structured, which I think makes it more accessible.

One the most profound symphonic pieces ever written! I love it!

Fantastic performance. And kudos to conductor David Afkham for understanding the great sob at the climax of the slow movement, which so many miss, Paavo Järvi included. Nice to hear what seems to me what the composer would like to hear.

@tophan5146

3 жыл бұрын

Could you provide timestamp?

@beatrizperez369

2 жыл бұрын

Yes please!

Absolut imponierend, und sehr passend für heute!

Beethoven wrote 'Pastoral', Schubert 'Unfinished', Shostakovich 'a Soviet artist's creative response to justified criticism'. And this was perhaps best answer expressed in a symphonic language in the whole 20th century. Thanks for publishing this great performance!

@robertopmcochetti1uue871

3 жыл бұрын

Al amigo Stan Obriek Beetohoven por la pastoral sinfonia 6 Biuriful

The Frankfurt Radio Symphony is as good as it gets.

Sehr schön wiedergegeben. Danke

@obscurerchen3146

2 жыл бұрын

!

@user-vt4gs1wy5x

6 ай бұрын

Será para mí lo mejor de la cultura de los siglos anteriores dé mi vida 😮😮😮😮😮😮

@user-vt4gs1wy5x

5 ай бұрын

Claro que sí , así es

Great interpretation, displays beauty, musical poetry and esthetic orchestral qualities of immense scholarship.

War ein geniales Konzert. Das Beethoven Klavierkonzert, war ja in gewohnter Qualität (also auch schon super), aber das hat alle meine Erwartungen bei weitem übertroffen. Hut ab!

The most beautiful music I have ever heard. PERIOD

Fantastic!! All my favorite FRSO principles were front and center in this great video. The last movement was world-class and chill-worthy.

Shostakovich is way ahead of his time. Visionary

@astridarraut9502

5 жыл бұрын

So,was gustav mahler they were both the greatest of composers

@stoneazg8418

3 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY

Shostakovicht es como Tolstoi, un gigante

Bravo!!! Está Sinfonía es maravillosa, y esta es una bellísima interpretación 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Increíble!!

I've heard this before but this is the first time I've allowed it to speak to me. What an emotional journey.

IV. Allegro non troppo was used in movie "the Iron Curtain", which was filmed in 1950's, I looked for this music for times, thanks for sharing.

@stevene7099

Жыл бұрын

Great referral to the iron curtain movie. Listening to the Russian composers with the movie as a backdrop was rewarding and coalesced history and music

I'm fairly conventional. Love Tchaikovsky's 5th, ditto Beethoven 5th, Saint Saens Organ Symphony etc, but this work was introduced to me as a child and still remains my favorite, despite its unconventionality and perhaps lack of the melodic themes of some of the aforementioned.

@arionthedeer7372

3 жыл бұрын

That’s just how Shostakovich worked, though. Lack of melody is kind of what he wanted. The first movement remains dissonant nearly its entire length. I’ve noticed that he avoids repetition of anything in his pieces like the plague.

@words-with-wooly

3 жыл бұрын

@@arionthedeer7372 I think that's why you hear that theme come back in subtle ways in the fourth movement. It all represented his struggle with the Soviet government, and how they wanted something positive and recognizable; something that would tell the world "Yes, this is *wonderful* Russia." But you're right, Shostakovich avoided such things. He didn't like being told what he could write, because he saw all the potential there could be. He loved working with dissonance and atonal structures. Still, even if this Symphony was, in a way, to save face with the Soviets (especially with how he ended it), I still think he created a masterpiece

@nickyork8901

2 жыл бұрын

Yet there are some of the most beautiful melodies of all music in this piece and elsewhere in Shostakovitch. I don't find the first movement to be at all dissonant. I did when I first played it, but now it seems almost classical.

Of all the classical pieces I've ever played, this stands head and shoulders above the rest. It's such a spectacular composition. As a musician, I found it an absolute joy to perform, and it was a guaranteed crowd pleaser.

This symphony and its interpreters make me feel to reach universal joy.

7:25 Viola solo is so clean.

これは稀にみる名演！！感動しました！！ ティンパニ最高！！ This is a rare performance! ! I was impressed! ! Timpani is the best! !

A consummate, extraordinary performance that impresses from the very first bars. This young conductor navigates the sinews of this symphony as though he were holding them all in his hands as he goes along.

Amazing music. Awesome performance. Excellent recording/videography. Thank you!

I think this Conductor and Orchestra gave the best performance ever of this work. I hope Shostakovitch gets to hear this performance.

This is glorious! Thank you, Shostakovitch and this Orchestra and Conductor.

Live muss das ein Hammer gewesen sein, grandios gespielt von allen! Innerlich musste ich mich immer wieder über diese schlechte Kammeraführung ärgern, filmten oft am eigentlichen musikalischen Geschehen vorbei. Aber die Freude über diese äußerst gelungene Aufführung überwiegt doch ganz deutlich!!

08:08 gives me goosebumps

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rightfully so! sounds downright villanous

Sempre acima das expectativas.Excelente.

Very lively rendition. Really brought it to modern life

fantastico, bravissimo!!!!

Excellent conductor and orchestra!

What an amazing performance - and beautifully filmed too! :)

This conductor is excellent and he conducts as if his life depended on this performance. Terrific!

I love you frankfurt symphony orchestra for sharing with us such incredible performance of such a masterpiece, and without any ads, god bless you !

A ratos épica, a ratos melancólica y a ratos juguetona y alegre, como la misma vida, esta sinfonía nos retrata a todos desde lo más profundo. Y si pensamos en todas las presiones, reprimendas y abjuraciones que tuvo que soportar el genial autor bajo el estalinismo y, sobre todo, gracias a los serviciales y furibundos estalinistas de su época, esta sinfonía se vuelve incluso más entrañable. (At times epic, at times melancholic, and at times playful and joyful, like life it self, this symphony portrays us all from the depths. And if we think of all the pressures, reprimands and abjurations that this brilliant author had to to endure under stalinism and, above all, thanks to the myrmidons and furious stalinist of his time, this symphony becomes even more endearing).

Thanks for uploading. Such great performance of a great piece

Love listening to this piece! Power and gentleness in one!!!

beautiful performance!!! i always love to hear that piece again, it unlocks some beautiful memories.

Absolutely magnificent. One of the only symphonies Iisten to in it's entirety. Thank you.

Wonderful rendition. I love the performance so much. Thanks.

Honestly I had never heard of Shostakovich until I watched the 1975 film Rollerball so thank you André Previn. This is one of my favorite renditions right here though.

i heard this semphony on the film it was turkish made that name is tarkan and i fell in love classical music love you shostakovic im glad to learn you

Excellent performance of a great symphony.

Außergewöhnlich gute Leistung ! Herzlichen Glückwünsche 🎈🎊🍾🎉...

Bravi. Musica incantevole. Grazie di cuore.

46:08, a lovely part of this symphony, with the harp!

Sotreffender perfktzionismuss da stimmt schon alles was der einzelne tut mit seinem Instrumennt Dankeschön für alles

Beautiful. One of my favourites. Cyra xxxx

There are two pieces I always get goosebumps from the first bar onwards. Mozart's requiem, and this one. Never fails. Gorgeous, and in anticipation of the rest of the piece.

sehr eindrucksvolle und excellente performance....immer wieder beindruckend schostakovich s symphonien zu hoeren....

I'm still not embarrassed to say that when I first saw 1975's Rollerball that one of the first things I did was seek out this symphony. Never heard of Shostakovich until that movie. Thank you Norman Jewison and André Previn.

Thank you for your wonderful performance.

11:53 Most of you dont know probably but this is an epic moment for turkish people cause we heard this melody for the first time Tarkan Movie intro. So here we say again together: Ben Altar'ın oğlu Tarkan!