Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 - Finale

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @jasonjohnson5161
    @jasonjohnson5161 7 лет назад +568

    This guy makes composing/writing look like a walk in the park. I have not heard a title I did not love.

    • @mydogskips2
      @mydogskips2 6 лет назад +48

      Yeah, for him it does seem to be quite effortless. I once read that Shostakovich was able to write music while at a concert listening to another piece.

    • @winniechau4442
      @winniechau4442 2 года назад +5

      Loving it

    • @gracegorman3306
      @gracegorman3306 Год назад +1

      What is it you like about the title? The Dog Breath Variations is a pretty good title. (Frank Zappa)

  • @TempestPhaedra
    @TempestPhaedra 8 лет назад +672

    I hope this music is never lost

    • @mlefeb
      @mlefeb 7 лет назад +12

      TempestPhaedra It never will be, there's too many arrangements for it

    • @EthanDyTioco
      @EthanDyTioco 7 лет назад +20

      With the internet around? Never!

    • @wildgurgs3614
      @wildgurgs3614 6 лет назад +7

      Ethan DyTioco *Entire internet crashes*

    • @lennyrose5852
      @lennyrose5852 6 лет назад +5

      TempestPhaedra well, one day everything will be lost

    • @daph0307
      @daph0307 6 лет назад +16

      One day everything will be lost, but until that day comes, it's very difficult that something like this can be lost.

  • @qwerty4012
    @qwerty4012 Год назад +325

    For those who have played Mother 3, Dmitri is, in my opinion, the most important guy to the game soundtrack. I just love it!

    • @RinkuSonic41
      @RinkuSonic41 Год назад +10

      There are so many tracks that reference his work in general, but mostly this Symphony no 5
      For example, the "LOG-O-TYPE" fanfare at the start of every chapter is inspired on the last minute of this (from 10:15 until the end)

    • @davidduszek709
      @davidduszek709 7 месяцев назад +5

      I feel his influence in the Castlevania ost too

    • @NZC_Meow
      @NZC_Meow 6 месяцев назад +1

      Read that as Mahler 3 and got really confused lol. Mahler 3 and this are so different

    • @thebrustkid7080
      @thebrustkid7080 5 месяцев назад +4

      Given Mother 3 is about oppression from a dictatorship it checks out. Sakai a genius

    • @HighKingRSS
      @HighKingRSS 4 месяца назад +3

      Im only here Because of Mother 3

  • @alisonturcotte4201
    @alisonturcotte4201 3 месяца назад +58

    I love how it's so sarcastically happy. It's phenomenal.

    • @fhinq2776
      @fhinq2776 3 месяца назад +4

      Stalin-Era Soundtrack

  • @Esoteric_Loonaism
    @Esoteric_Loonaism 3 года назад +579

    “Oh hello Mr. Shostakovich”
    “Here’s my manuscript.”
    “...”
    “Are- are you okay?”
    “Нет.”

  • @emilyjohnson8249
    @emilyjohnson8249 9 лет назад +724

    I played this piece with my high school orchestra when I was a sophomore. Beautiful and fun to play, but very difficult.

  • @redtexan7053
    @redtexan7053 5 лет назад +1223

    Stalin: How much timpani do you intend to put in this piece?
    Shostakovich: Да.

    • @Passingman_
      @Passingman_ 4 года назад +15

      Ré-La-Ré-La-Ré-La-Ré-La-
      Ré-La-Ré-La-Ré-La-Ré-La-
      Ré-La-Ré-La-Ré-La-Ré-La-
      *Ré-La-Ré-La-Ré-La-Ré-La-*

    • @Indie0204
      @Indie0204 4 года назад +13

      @@Passingman_ It is in D minor. It would be Do - Sol, since the timpani goes from D to A

    • @alexuturgaidze5722
      @alexuturgaidze5722 3 года назад +1

      @@Indie0204 Re minor.

    • @littlewishy6432
      @littlewishy6432 3 года назад +2

      @@Indie0204 That doesn’t have anything to do with what they were talking about. They’re referring to the notes, not solfège.

    • @john_ehardt
      @john_ehardt 4 месяца назад +14

      Da in Russian means yes, so Shostakovich is saying that he is going to put “yes” timpani in the piece. It has nothing to do with the music itself

  • @harryandruschak2843
    @harryandruschak2843 7 лет назад +606

    "The beatings will continue until morale improves."

  • @christalmightdelete7453
    @christalmightdelete7453 5 лет назад +187

    3:32 gave me chills

  • @itsnadaaaa
    @itsnadaaaa 6 лет назад +155

    This piece along with many of Shostakovich's pieces can be interpreted in different ways from the Soviet era to the People. It can be interpreted by the regime as a message of victory. Or by the people as a vengeful and powerful uprising against the regime. It depends on the ears of the listener, which I feel is the beauty of classical musical. The meaning can be different to every listener

    • @edilemma8052
      @edilemma8052 2 года назад +5

      gosh, much ado about nothing! Why bring "regime" to everything you experience in life? Enjoy the music, and don't speculate about different "interpretations".

    • @christopherkelley5875
      @christopherkelley5875 2 года назад +28

      @@edilemma8052 Shostakovich wrote a good portion his music under the baleful gaze of Stalin and was censured by the Soviets at one point, with professional and personal consequences. I can assure you, he didn’t have the luxury of being apolitical.

    • @edilemma8052
      @edilemma8052 2 года назад +11

      @@christopherkelley5875 His career has ups and down. However, he was very much revered, especially in the 50s and 60s. Today, why not to enjoy his work and show appreciation for his talent? Instead Russophobes bring "Soviet Regime" in each subject, and I hate that.

    • @stormyt6337
      @stormyt6337 Год назад +1

      Shostakovich is in modern times

    • @tctyt
      @tctyt Год назад +5

      @@edilemma8052 not a russophobe, I just loathe communism.

  • @dmitrishostakovich7561
    @dmitrishostakovich7561 3 года назад +59

    Another one of my great pieces

    • @chee2893
      @chee2893 3 года назад +8

      Sir I love your work.😂

    • @dmitrishostakovich7561
      @dmitrishostakovich7561 3 года назад +10

      Why thank you

    • @chee2893
      @chee2893 3 года назад +4

      @@dmitrishostakovich7561 your welcome :)

    • @yashbspianoandcompositions1042
      @yashbspianoandcompositions1042 3 года назад +1

      @@dmitrishostakovich7561 Your prelude and fugue in d flat major is one of the best prelude and fugue I have ever heard.

  • @ricklopez2314
    @ricklopez2314 7 лет назад +134

    I love the French Horn parts in this, the slow middle sections are amazing. When it's just the flute, clarinet, oboe and bassoon is beautiful.

  • @McIntyreBible
    @McIntyreBible 4 года назад +635

    This is one of Shostakovich's compositions that probably saved his life with Stalin!

    • @azrieldawson7377
      @azrieldawson7377 4 года назад +118

      Which is funny considering how there are parts that really feel super sarcastic. Gotta love how he takes dark situations and uses sarcasm to make dark situations better. Whether it be in his compositions or in his writings such as when he injured himself terribly as well as was sick/weak having to give up playing piano forever and remarked that “All I need to do now is wreck the left hand and then 100% of my extremities will be out of order.” Which while being tragic seems to be pretty sarcastic. But I digress, I’m surprised that Stalin didn’t catch on...but maybe he did and decided to let it go because of his standing in the public light, I find Shostakovich to be inspirational in these ways of becoming very accomplished and persevering despite his hardships and anxiety.

    • @McIntyreBible
      @McIntyreBible 4 года назад +9

      Azriel Dawson I would agree with you. Shostakovich is not my favorite composer, but his Seventh symphony is undoubtedly a masterpiece!

    • @McIntyreBible
      @McIntyreBible 4 года назад +21

      Azriel Dawson I read a biographical work on Shostakovich once, the author said that he composed this symphony to get back in favor with Stalin because he feared that if he didn’t straighten up, Stalin would order his execution!

    • @azrieldawson7377
      @azrieldawson7377 4 года назад +31

      Roger McIntyre Yeah, he had a few moments in his career where the Soviet government had thought his material was sympathetic of capitalist western culture and didn’t capture Soviet Realism properly. He had vague threats made toward him from news publishers saying if he didn’t stop then there would be consequences. Although the west continued to claim he was a big ideologue of the Soviet government it is pretty clear that he was just quiet about disagreements and was unable to say “no” to anything. He was very good at subtlety with composing stuff that in hindsight seems to have a very different meaning in context than it does on the surface. His later work is really hard for me to listen to sometimes because I can feel the feelings of fear of death since he was sure that he was going to die soon at that point in the 70’s. It’s really tragic.

    • @zachflame123
      @zachflame123 4 года назад +4

      says who?

  • @dominiccugliari2282
    @dominiccugliari2282 4 года назад +37

    Our high school orchestra started this today. Violin 1 is absolute hell

  • @BlutoUSN
    @BlutoUSN 12 лет назад +130

    Mon 9 Jan 2012 5.55 AM in Yokosuka, Japan...
    I'm on my way to work and you uploaded Symphony # 5 - Finale...My day just got a whole lot better!...

    • @mojalaska
      @mojalaska 5 лет назад +12

      Hello from tuesday 19.11.2019 22:11

    • @wh4193
      @wh4193 3 года назад +11

      Hello from Tuesday, Jan the fifth. 1:52 AM

    • @gabrielgan2971
      @gabrielgan2971 3 года назад +9

      Hello from Wednesday 14 April 2021

    • @foggyforest2625
      @foggyforest2625 3 года назад +7

      Hello from 25.5.2021!!

    • @yozora6636
      @yozora6636 3 года назад +5

      Hello from Tuesday 9.11.21 8:15 pm

  • @sophiatalksmusic3588
    @sophiatalksmusic3588 4 года назад +76

    3:36 just gave me chills! I wonder what he was thinking when he wrote this piece... supposedly, it resonated with the people who were facing the same fear that he did.

  • @haroldfan7682
    @haroldfan7682 5 лет назад +562

    You've heard about Harry Pyotr,
    Now get ready for Ron Wassily

    • @pedrosaune
      @pedrosaune 3 года назад +2

      hahahhaha harry pyotr tchaikovsky

    • @jessedylan6162
      @jessedylan6162 3 года назад

      Harry Potter, not Pyotr...lol.

    • @juliee593
      @juliee593 2 года назад +17

      @@jessedylan6162 buddy that's the joke

    • @jessedylan6162
      @jessedylan6162 2 года назад

      @@juliee593 it took you 6 months to respond...that's the bigger joke.

    • @juliee593
      @juliee593 2 года назад +15

      @@jessedylan6162 what, do you think I was there for the past 6 months just waiting to answer you? I just lost some neurons reading what you said.

  • @박시규-k4l
    @박시규-k4l 9 месяцев назад +13

    This is of the greatest orchestral pieces of all time imo

  • @creativeprodigies1322
    @creativeprodigies1322 8 лет назад +639

    This piece holds a lot of significance to me because according to "Symphony for the City of the Dead" the audience reacted tearfully, a loud and stretched ovation. The meaning confused a lot of people, especially the Soviet government. But it had given them the "Socialist realism" they wanted to hear. The message of "merrier times" was want they wanted to advertise and it is believed by many that this was part of Shostakovich's mask. It held a different meaning for ears that it needed to appeal to and a different meaning to the ears that he actually wanted to hear it. The audience was touched by it, because it spoke to them while the government was satisfied because it had been exactly what they wanted from Shostakovich and other composers. A "big, celebratory finale!" It is indicated though, that there is a battle between the "joyous, subtle" moments and the "grand, powerful, even a bit foreboding" moments of the symphony. It paints a picture for me that there is someone tall, intimidating and forceful who looks down upon the innocent, who are just crawling forward, trying to grasp at any hope that may be left for them. Whether this force be Stalin or the NKVD, or both even, it is clear that there is a contrast between the subtlety and the power of each section.

    • @matthewnewell2392
      @matthewnewell2392 8 лет назад +27

      +CreativeProdigies i read somewhere (can't remember which website) that the first time it was played it got a 40 minute standing ovation. 40. Minutes. I would certainly say that would qualify as "stretched!" Truly an amazing work, as you said.

    • @obamaobama4955
      @obamaobama4955 7 лет назад

      nicely put

    • @davidlambaugh6856
      @davidlambaugh6856 6 лет назад +8

      that is a beautiful illustration.. i always loved Waltz 2 for painting a picture like this for me, Waltz 2 makes me imagine a grand carousel, a kind of pained observation of the circus of the Soviet power spheres he was enduring at the time, maintaining a beautiful perspective in life and an awareness that one must keep on, but terribly pained by the actions of the powers that were. i imagine folks waltzing to this, meanwhile some of the dancers occasionally catch glimpses of others amid the circles of the waltz whom they know or fear will likely be assassinated or imprisoned soon.

    • @letsgotomarsman
      @letsgotomarsman 6 лет назад +9

      Nigga what

    • @samsocash9514
      @samsocash9514 6 лет назад

      david lambaugh PERFECT!!

  • @choppyhaze2
    @choppyhaze2 2 года назад +64

    This piece was the biggest fuck you to Stalin and little did Stalin know, he was outsmarted by one of the greatest musical geniuses in the 20th century.

    • @svalbardstudios7198
      @svalbardstudios7198 2 года назад +6

      arguably the best of the 20th century

    • @noverrr4508
      @noverrr4508 2 года назад +2

      @@svalbardstudios7198 or elgar, nimrod is an absolute masterpiece

  • @aurabear3802
    @aurabear3802 4 года назад +44

    College freshman clarinet player here. This is one of the most challenging pieces I've ever encountered. It's full of high notes and moving from one register up or down to the next. This and Die Fledermaus are two of the pieces I am playing for my upcoming concert. Wish me the best of luck.

    • @thatoneguy285
      @thatoneguy285 3 года назад

      Did you play this in band or orchestra?

    • @aurabear3802
      @aurabear3802 3 года назад

      I was in orchestra but our concert got cancelled due to COVID :(

    • @gyrow1684
      @gyrow1684 Год назад

      ​@@aurabear3802 How are you doing right now?

  • @theultimateswagon
    @theultimateswagon 4 года назад +82

    Every low brass member who's played this piece has part of it memorized, change my mind

  • @xamzax
    @xamzax 3 месяца назад +5

    I feel like I'm discovering Dmitri for the first time. What brilliant work

  • @jmaryannt
    @jmaryannt 2 года назад +12

    Had parts of this piece in my marching show last year. One of the best pieces I’ve played. It was fun learning the whole thing by heart and being able to play it whenever I wanted to. Was also one of the hardest pieces to play as a clarinet player.

    • @MattHudsonAtx
      @MattHudsonAtx Год назад

      I can't imagine trying to march this piece. That must have been an incredible show!

  • @michaelsegovia8841
    @michaelsegovia8841 3 месяца назад +3

    Beautiful piece. Introduced to his music in high school and been listening to it since.

  • @rangerfan9939
    @rangerfan9939 9 лет назад +38

    The duet between clarinet and basoon 👌🏻

  • @jeremyfox7112
    @jeremyfox7112 8 лет назад +24

    Playing this in orchestra. Awesome piece of music.

  • @MrJIMBOB57
    @MrJIMBOB57 8 лет назад +18

    I like to savor the tension release process, when it occurs, instead of racing through it, like gobbling down a favorite dessert...and so I really enjoy this interpretation...

  • @cowboyluigi5275
    @cowboyluigi5275 5 лет назад +54

    if Mother 3 gets made into a movie, His Highness’ Theme needs to take an approach more similar to this.

    • @randomd2146
      @randomd2146 2 года назад

      Yep

    • @ark7806
      @ark7806 2 года назад +2

      I mean Audacious March is already based on this symphony

    • @thebrustkid7080
      @thebrustkid7080 5 месяцев назад +2

      Watch they gon make a mother 3 movie: then not translate it

  • @sethfry9788
    @sethfry9788 6 лет назад +20

    This piece always makes me cry by the end

  • @danielsalacinski5116
    @danielsalacinski5116 3 года назад +14

    Wonderful... The brass and tympani took me back to where I played. Bravo!

  • @blipboigilgamesh7865
    @blipboigilgamesh7865 5 лет назад +94

    You cannot grasp the true form of Dmtri's music!

    • @zombies4evadude24
      @zombies4evadude24 3 года назад +27

      What did Dmitri do?
      Dmitri did something!
      *Lucas couldn’t stop crying*
      *Duster began to feel strange*
      *Kumatora’s body solidified*
      *Boney did absolutely nothing*

  • @danicarmem
    @danicarmem 5 лет назад +67

    Star Wars, Harry Potter, Avengers, Eyes Wide Shut, 2001: A Space Odyssey... Dmitry Shostakovich was a genius!

    • @armicurn474
      @armicurn474 3 года назад +10

      and mother 3 on the theme of Aodacious March

    • @coltonrowley3598
      @coltonrowley3598 3 года назад +9

      @@armicurn474 and many other mother 3 somgs

    • @bennytran2780
      @bennytran2780 2 года назад +3

      No Star Wars, that was John William, No Avengers, and No Space Odyssey. The composers in those were Richard Strauss, György Ligeti, Aram Khachaturian, Johann Strauss II. Both Eyes Wide Shut and A Space Odyssey are by the director Stanley Kubrick.

    • @sundancetitan5675
      @sundancetitan5675 Год назад +9

      @@bennytran2780 no I think he meant they were inspired by this music I mean it does sound like Star wars

    • @danicarmem
      @danicarmem 4 месяца назад

      Plágio ​@@bennytran2780

  • @cleiven3533
    @cleiven3533 5 лет назад +13

    9:15 is stunning.

  • @zombies4evadude24
    @zombies4evadude24 3 года назад +21

    This song inspired 2 songs from Mother 3, Audacious March and the Master Porky theme

  • @evanwhite5704
    @evanwhite5704 6 лет назад +13

    3:21 probably the most fun I had as a trombone player in that whole year of high school

  • @cube4547
    @cube4547 4 года назад +11

    A piece called finale will always be great

  • @foggyforest2625
    @foggyforest2625 3 года назад +7

    How much i listen to his other works,more i understand that how rare and epic the waltz no2 was
    It's one of the best pieces in history, maby the best I'm not sure

  • @lesleyvidales5530
    @lesleyvidales5530 4 года назад +8

    This is the closer to our 2019 marching band show and all I can say is how amazing this piece is, so much fun to preform!

  • @lokiofasgard69
    @lokiofasgard69 2 года назад +16

    0:06 This is very similar to His Highness’ Theme from Mother 3

    • @easobento2735
      @easobento2735 2 года назад +3

      This banger inspired some themes from Mother 3 like His Highness and Master Porky's theme.

  • @hellohi5602
    @hellohi5602 4 года назад +11

    I saw this live and it was so good I had to listen to it again

  • @thattrollman7036
    @thattrollman7036 8 лет назад +84

    Its way better when it is played slower, like this. Its more powerful at the beginning

    • @Massivecarcrash
      @Massivecarcrash 5 лет назад +3

      I prefer Bernsteins hectic tempo when it moves into the string sections after the inital presentation, this one is to sluggish for me.

  • @zeitakangel
    @zeitakangel 3 года назад +8

    I love these pieces so beautiful and sublime, with tones and rhythms very appropriate in each moment, it fills me with so much joy to hear this, the truth is very shocking and magical to hear these compositions of my dear dimityr.

  • @onglinwei2418
    @onglinwei2418 7 лет назад +259

    Shostakovich Soviet music is like driven with anger towards Stalin and it sorts of resonates with the people

    • @HuAwei-eq4cq
      @HuAwei-eq4cq 5 лет назад +27

      What anger? He got special prize from Stalin. Like 5 times.

    • @AnneIglesias
      @AnneIglesias 5 лет назад +68

      Hu Awei Because Stalin doesn’t understand the language of music and Shostakovich knows better than to refuse or disrespect the man that could have the head of anyone he wanted? Just a guess.

    • @HuAwei-eq4cq
      @HuAwei-eq4cq 5 лет назад +21

      @@AnneIglesias what are you talking about? For Dmintri Dmitrievich Stalin was leader of free world.

    • @AnneIglesias
      @AnneIglesias 5 лет назад +5

      Hu Awei ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @mikm.6227
      @mikm.6227 5 лет назад +56

      @hu awei @JediAnn Solo
      I played the whole simphony 4 days ago with a beautiful orchestra, and our conductor told us a bit about the backround, so what i kept in my head: Stalin went to see an Opera from Shostakovich, but he didn't like it because it was a sort of satire against the rich people ( don't know any other word). So as he didn't like it, he made Shostakovitch to public enemy number 1. In consequence, he lost all his friends, and his music wasn't aloud to be played. Shostakovitch wrote his 5th with a little note on it's side "an excuse to stalin" (something like that). Stalin didn't see the genius and hidden messages that Shostakovitch left in his piece, he just liked it, and decided that Shostakovitch wasn't public enemy anymore. But ther were few things hidden in the simphony that showed that Shostakovitch didn't like Stalin at all.
      1. The beginning doesn't sound like an excuse at all. There are only slow and dark melodies
      2. In the second movement i sas told that the violin solo should show the story of a young girl that had to play in front of stalin, and that had forgotten her part, but fortunately remembered in the last moment. Our conductor sang this text to that solo: papa Stalin papa stalin, which matches perfectly with the rhythm.
      3. I the fourth movement, the violins have to play constantly the same note again and again while the brass is playing long notes. The note the violins are playing means in russian (i think it was russian) "me"-> the message from stalin was like me, me, me, me, me,... -> he wanted to tell that he was the one who had suffered, and that he was finally the one who survived, and who was loved by everyone. The melody that the brass are playing doesn't show an happy final, but it seems very big and threatening which also critizises the deeds of stalin.
      That's what our conductor told us, and he knows damn a lot about the backround from music pieces.
      Also, it all seems logical, and for myself i can't see any reason why Shotakovitch should have liked Stalin
      (Sorry for grammar or construction mistakes)
      Have a nice day

  • @Abi-rv9es
    @Abi-rv9es 5 лет назад +9

    im playing this in orchestra and the band, and i love learning about his life :^)

  • @Z33N_THE_HEDGEHOG
    @Z33N_THE_HEDGEHOG 3 года назад +3

    This is One of the few times one of tge Songs I listen too for class work actually sounds incredible

  • @globalavenger7580
    @globalavenger7580 6 лет назад +4

    bravissimo, as 1st horn in the area symphony, i could never finish this without tears

    • @andrewsercer9538
      @andrewsercer9538 11 месяцев назад

      Same! I almost got too emotional even to play my parts when I played the first few full rehearsals.

  • @salamander26671
    @salamander26671 2 года назад +4

    I have performed this piece exactly 10 times in the last year and I like it a lot

  • @jimpern
    @jimpern 4 года назад +3

    I just love the way the timpani yield to the bass drum at the very end of the work!

  • @porygonlover322
    @porygonlover322 10 лет назад +185

    Porky's Theme?

    • @ambiantproductions2901
      @ambiantproductions2901 7 лет назад +28

      I noticed that this piece inspired battle themes in other things too

    • @1Dyermaker
      @1Dyermaker 7 лет назад +32

      Audacious March and Unfounded Revenge. My favorite songs from Mother 3 are from this man.

    • @oneish7454
      @oneish7454 5 лет назад +2

      No, Iron Blue Intention

    • @Alejandro-er7rp
      @Alejandro-er7rp 5 лет назад +5

      *Iron Blue Intention*

    • @wojszach4443
      @wojszach4443 4 года назад +1

      i would say battle of the corridor

  • @cabinellow159
    @cabinellow159 6 лет назад +11

    Damn this fits perfectly in an epic fight scene

  • @Fleshious
    @Fleshious 12 лет назад +8

    This is awesome. Thanks for uploading.

  • @Dylonely42
    @Dylonely42 2 года назад +6

    One of the greatest finals of all time.

  • @MrNewtonKenneth
    @MrNewtonKenneth 11 лет назад +6

    Playing this for All-State next week! So freakin' excited!!!!

  • @jesuab0_0
    @jesuab0_0 3 года назад +18

    Amo esta pieza de arte

  • @acev337
    @acev337 4 месяца назад +2

    I can hear how He influenced so much music done in some of the greatest movies of all time.

  • @davidtatro7457
    @davidtatro7457 10 месяцев назад +3

    One of the few recordings that REALLY bring out the massive overabundance of major 3ds that Shosty deliberate orchestrated into the final chords. Most orchestras balance those chords for a genuinely triumphant ending when that is not at all what he intended.

  • @karinaramos4821
    @karinaramos4821 10 лет назад +9

    I LOVE THIS especially the first part!,

  • @kmbdb2097
    @kmbdb2097 10 лет назад +7

    Playing in Orchestra. SO FUN

  • @MdW4177
    @MdW4177 2 года назад +9

    I honestly wonder if Shostakovich ever entertained having an "A" sound more prominently in the very last chord, so as to have a more..."ambiguous" perfect fifth ending.

  • @easobento2735
    @easobento2735 2 года назад +5

    This piece of art reminds me of the great music of the Dragon Quest games. Really cool.

    • @ryanwingfield6092
      @ryanwingfield6092 2 года назад +3

      RIP Sugiyama. I considered him one of the last great classical composers in recent history.
      I honestly wish more games/media would use a classical style like him. Hopefully his succesor will be good.

    • @Artukarslan5439
      @Artukarslan5439 2 года назад

      @@ryanwingfield6092 Yoo we have Michiru Yamane!

  • @gopherasoda2492
    @gopherasoda2492 4 года назад +7

    Songs like this I feel are examples of the idea that limitations drive imagination

  • @wwjdcollee
    @wwjdcollee 9 лет назад +125

    2:59 SUPER MARIO GALAXY YALL hahaha

  • @pachebelscanon
    @pachebelscanon 12 лет назад +5

    to listen to- Amazing
    To play- Incredible!

  • @Tr0p1ca10as1s
    @Tr0p1ca10as1s 11 лет назад +6

    Our marching show's 3rd movement last year was inspired by this! I heard it on the radio again the other night and I may have swerved the car a bit ;)

    • @Tr0p1ca10as1s
      @Tr0p1ca10as1s 10 лет назад

      ***** not to be rude or anything, but in not about to give that to the internet. Our show was based on the Russian revolution though if you must know.

  • @natra4480
    @natra4480 4 года назад +8

    Everybody talk about Mother 3 or Harry Potter but nobody knows that this is one of the favorite pieces of Junichi Masuda who as composed most of the Pokémon themes?

    • @imacommentator
      @imacommentator 3 года назад +2

      I know!
      Also why no one talks about Castlevania? The beginning of Iron Blue Intention is similar to this

  • @Fishfishfishfishfishfishfishfi
    @Fishfishfishfishfishfishfishfi 5 лет назад +2

    This is our closer for our marching band show this year. So fun!!

  • @evanchertok4441
    @evanchertok4441 6 лет назад +5

    One of my favorite Timpani solos of all time is the Timpani and Brass fanfare at the start of the finale!!!

  • @jacksondavisTV
    @jacksondavisTV 8 лет назад +149

    Well we know it's not Bernstein with the New York Phil....

    • @jormaojos6544
      @jormaojos6544 8 лет назад

      +jacksondavisTV yep

    • @MinecrafterAl
      @MinecrafterAl 8 лет назад +15

      Because it's so slow?

    • @VinSad
      @VinSad 8 лет назад +70

      Because it's played at a reasonable tempo

    • @I.amthatrealJuan
      @I.amthatrealJuan 7 лет назад +25

      There is no such thing as a "reasonable" tempo. It's a matter of preference. Shosakovich in fact praised Bernstein's interpretation.

    • @MattWeisherComposer
      @MattWeisherComposer 6 лет назад +9

      [BS] Bleach he conducted it earlier, as well. I believe around 1950.

  • @tornikeumankoshvili7041
    @tornikeumankoshvili7041 6 лет назад +18

    I'm ashamed I wasn't aware of Dmitri Shostakovich's this symphony. This is transformative, from start to finish. It's like storytelling through story! Beginning reminds me of 2001: Space Odyssey theme. Damn...Forgot what's that call and who plays it, off I go look for it. :D

    • @cooljackster7390
      @cooljackster7390 3 года назад

      You mean Also Sprach Zarathustra

    • @tctyt
      @tctyt Год назад

      @@cooljackster7390 also* sprach zarathustra

    • @cooljackster7390
      @cooljackster7390 Год назад

      @@tctyt my bad I didn’t realize my error

  • @coolatta1
    @coolatta1 10 лет назад +1

    I was playing this song in an all city band, and when i hit the tam tam part, i gave the people in a band a really shock

  • @BrandonCuringtonOfficial
    @BrandonCuringtonOfficial 3 года назад +40

    Finally a version that doesn't play the 4th movement too fast.

  • @taboret3280
    @taboret3280 2 года назад +2

    Beautiful

  • @kennywilliams5695
    @kennywilliams5695 6 лет назад +6

    Pieces of this are definitely used in other media. This includes the song ‘Iron Blue Intention’.

  • @LegoEngineer003
    @LegoEngineer003 5 лет назад +9

    3:22 is an extremely fun part to play

  • @stevenbrodziak
    @stevenbrodziak Месяц назад

    I think how music is splendid. Everything revolves around classical music and I'm a prog fanatic that knows.

  • @paulboddele3305
    @paulboddele3305 5 лет назад +79

    0:00 Waiting for my exam results...................A little stressed.......
    10:09 "ADMITTED"

  • @russellgunthner4581
    @russellgunthner4581 Год назад

    everyone shount woooo! at 2.59, I always been with a orchestra that practicr that. Fun in the moment and still hits home today

  • @sebastianng2486
    @sebastianng2486 3 года назад +5

    I played this in band, and it was so fun! Got canceled bc of COVID, but a amazing piece!!

  • @6ixlxrd
    @6ixlxrd Год назад +6

    Thought this was a compilation of Star Wars OST’s.

  • @thekph1
    @thekph1 9 лет назад +10

    Exelente tema!

  • @tabitharodriguez6439
    @tabitharodriguez6439 8 лет назад +22

    played this my freshman year in Highschool. Such an amazing piece lots of work but worth the beauty at the end !

  • @Luffy-yz9gj
    @Luffy-yz9gj 7 лет назад +6

    3:31-3-37 so powerful!

  • @WhipPlaysYT
    @WhipPlaysYT 28 дней назад +1

    Im here for a composer research project and ive NEVER heard of this dude in my life.
    H E L P M E

  • @gothgurl81
    @gothgurl81 5 лет назад +1

    Performed this in my high school wind ensemble class in high school 1999. Fun times.

  • @mikkovaltonen3564
    @mikkovaltonen3564 6 лет назад +101

    The change of tune from bleak-ish to cheerful at around 9:30 is abrupt and "forced", as if someone is being forced to smile against their will.
    Hidden masterclass FU for the Soviet regime.

    • @tsduali7516
      @tsduali7516 4 года назад +6

      it's like a silent walk towards exit in silent ovation

  • @ThatGuyIsACoolGuy
    @ThatGuyIsACoolGuy 7 лет назад +5

    ten seconds in and I love it

  • @antonijasiczek6167
    @antonijasiczek6167 7 лет назад +4

    I played the wind band arrangement of this, conducted by Larry Livingston it was p good

  • @GirlFromNippon
    @GirlFromNippon 9 лет назад +1

    It seems the last two minutes of this piece were added to the very ending of the film "Victory ( aka Escape to Victory )" made in 1981....or so I read. :)
    Great music ! :D

  • @dmitrishostakovich7561
    @dmitrishostakovich7561 3 года назад +3

    Change to 1.25 for the right speed ( yea It’s a slow tempo but change it to 1.25 )

  • @checz2339
    @checz2339 Год назад +4

    I love that this piece is the "musical middle finger" to the Communist USSR.

  • @k1rbycool99
    @k1rbycool99 Год назад +6

    10:24 Sounds like the Pigmasks' theme from MOTHER 3

    • @flaker_oats
      @flaker_oats Месяц назад

      it is directly based off of it lmao

  • @EuSouRCS
    @EuSouRCS Год назад +1

    MASTERPIECE

  • @niekesselbrugge1132
    @niekesselbrugge1132 5 лет назад +19

    *the final boss has entered the room*

  • @EvanDahill
    @EvanDahill Год назад +2

    This is the best version I’ve heard. Similar to Rostropovich tempo.

  • @andreww9430
    @andreww9430 4 года назад +3

    Can the add not me placed right before O (the 4/4 bit at the end), it really ruins the moment. Ads should be before or after the song

  • @omoriref
    @omoriref 2 года назад +1

    Why is he so underappreciated

  • @snowballs7007
    @snowballs7007 4 года назад +3

    Feel the OPPRESSION!

  • @MaskedVillainYT
    @MaskedVillainYT 12 лет назад +3

    @TheWickedNorth Hello. I'm quite fan of Your's. I would like to ask if you can upload Shostakovich's 7th symphony (Leningrad). It was written in 1941, during WWII. It is said, that Stalin himself requested this piece to motivate people to fight Germans. 7th symphony today is regarded as the testament of the 25 million Soviet citizens who lost their lives in World War II.

  • @TheApeakin
    @TheApeakin 9 лет назад +2

    This is a AWESOME piece of music and I would like to someday me a piece of music myself

    • @TasX
      @TasX 8 лет назад

      +Whiterun Guard Or band is deciding whether to play this, Marriage of Figaro, Slovakian Dance, or Pictures at an Exhibition.
      I like this one the most