Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar" [With score]
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5 жыл бұрын-Composer: Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September 1906 - 9 August 1975)
-Text: Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko
-Bass: Sergei Aleksashkin
-Chorus: Choral Academy Moscow
-Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
-Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
Symphony No. 13, op. 113 "Babi Yar", written in 1962
00:07 - I. Babi Yar (Adagio)
17:11 - II. Humour (Allegretto)
25:33 - III. In the Store (Adagio)
38:18 - IV. Fears (Largo)
50:13 - V. Career (Allegretto)
The death of Josef Stalin on March 5, 1953, ushered in an era of freedom for Soviet artists. But, oddly enough, for nearly a decade following the dictator's passing, Shostakovich, one of the chief targets of Soviet censors in the past, wrote nothing of a radical or adventurous nature. In 1962, however, he broke out of his conservative shell and composed his Symphony No. 13, whose expressive language is deeper and more uncompromising than any of his then-recent compositions. Only the unwieldy Symphony No. 4, whose belated premiere took place in 1961, 25 years after its completion, is as challenging and substantive.
Even before the Symphony No. 13's premiere, Shostakovich was in trouble with the Khrushchev regime over it, though not, however, because of his music, but rather because of the texts he chose to set. The work uses five poems by Evgeny Yevtushenko, and it was the first of these in particular, "Babi Yar," from which the symphony derives its subtitle, that created the controversy. It tells of oppression of the Jews in Russia, an injustice Soviets felt the need to deny.
Over the objections of government officials, the premiere of the symphony took place in December 1962. It was a success, but pressures mounted to suppress or modify the work and a second performance had to be canceled. Bowing at last to the wishes of authorities, Yevtushenko and Shostakovich allowed the texts to be attenuated. Another performance took place, with the textual changes, after which the work disappeared from Soviet concert halls for nearly three years.
The Symphony No. 13 is made up of five movements, each having a subtitle pertaining to a Yevtushenko poem: Adagio ("Babi Yar"), Allegretto ("Humor"), Adagio ("In the store"), Largo ("Fears"), and Allegretto ("A career"). The chorus sings in unison or octaves throughout, except for a passage near the end of the third movement. The orchestral forces are sizeable, but Shostakovich's scoring tends to be sparing throughout, although there are outbursts of considerable power in several places.
The first movement is dark and dramatic, morbid and harsh. This bleak panel, with the bass soloist prominent throughout much of its duration, is an atmospheric and powerful setting of Yevtushenko's texts. The second movement is a Scherzo, and its "Humor" is often tart and brash.
The last three movements are continuous. The text of "In the store" praises the ordinary working woman. Shostakovich's music is subdued and dark throughout most of the movement, painting a bleak picture of life (which Soviet officials also could not have found much to their liking). The riveting climax in this section comes when the chorus sings (about women), "To shortchange them is shameful...." The austere and dark fourth movement deals with fears, as the chorus starts off whispering the word, effectively summoning a fearful atmosphere. The last movement, which offers text praising those with integrity in their careers, begins with an attractive, slightly sad waltz, although the mood throughout is brighter than in any previous panel. The ending is quiet, with the waltz turning gossamer, almost mystical.
In the last two decades of the twentieth century, this symphony gained considerable popularity both in the concert hall and on recordings. A typical performance of it lasts from about an hour to nearly 70 minutes.
[allmusic.com]
@thijmenkrijgsman2417 3 жыл бұрын
Translated text : I. Babiy Yar There is no memorial above Babi Yar. The steep ravine is like a coarse tombstone. I'm frightened, I feel as old today as the Jewish race itself. I feel now that I am a Jew. Here I wander through ancient Egypt. And here I hang on the cross and die, and I still bear the mark of the nails. I feel that I am Dreyfus. The bourgeois rabble denounce and judge me. I am behind bars, I am encircled, persecuted, spat on, slandered, and fine ladies with lace frills squeal and poke their parasols into my face. I feel that I am a little boy in Bielostok. Blood is spattered over the floor. The ringleaders in the tavern are getting brutal. They smell of vodka and onions. I'm kicked to the ground, I'm powerless, in vain I beg the persecutors. They guffaw: “Kill the Yids! Save Russia!” A grain merchant beats up my mother. Oh my Russian people, I know that at heart you are internationalists, but there have been those with soiled hands who abused your good name. I know that my land is good. How filthy that without the slightest shame the anti-Semites proclaimed themselves: “The Union of the Russian People.” I feel that I am Anne Frank, as tender as a shoot in April, I am in love and have no need of words, but we need to look at each other. How little we can see or smell! The leaves and the sky are shut off from us, but there is a lot we can do - we can tenderly embrace each other in the darkened room! - “Someone's coming!” - “Don't be frightened. These are the sounds of spring, spring is coming. Come to me, give me your lips quickly!” - “They're breaking down the door!” - “No! It's the ice breaking!” Above Babi Yar the wild grass rustles, the trees look threatening, as though in judgment. Here everything silently screams, and, baring my head, I feel as though I am slowly turning grey. And I become a long, soundless scream above the thousands and thousands buried here, I am each old man who was shot here, I am each child who was shot here. No part of me can ever forget this. Let the “International” thunder out when the last anti-Semite on the earth has finally been buried. There is no Jewish blood in my blood, but I feel the loathsome hatred of all anti-Semites as though I were a Jew - and that is why I am a true Russian! II. Humor Tsars, kings, emperors, rulers of all the world, have commanded parades but couldn't command humor. In the palaces of the great, spending their days sleekly reclining, Aesop the vagrant turned up and they would all seem like beggars. Aesop the vagrant turned up and they would all seem like beggars. In houses where a hypocrite had left his wretched little footprints, Mullah Nasredin's jokes would demolish trivialities like pieces on a chessboard! Mullah Nasredin's jokes would demolish trivialities like pieces on a chessboard! They've wanted to buy humor, but he just wouldn't be bought! They've wanted to kill humor, but humor gave them the finger. Fighting him's a tough job. They've never stopped executing him. His chopped-off head was stuck onto a soldier's pike. But as soon as the clown's pipes struck up their tune, he screeched out: “I'm here!” and broke into a jaunty dance. Wearing a threadbare little overcoat, downcast and seemingly repentant, caught as a political prisoner, he went to his execution. Everything about him displayed submission, resignation to the life hereafter, when he suddenly wriggled out of his coat, waved his hand and - bye-bye! They've hidden humor away in dungeons, but they hadn't a hope in hell. He passed straight through bars and stone walls. Clearing his throat from a cold, like a rank-and-file soldier, he was a popular tune marching along with a rifle to the Winter Palace. He's quite used to dark looks, they don't worry him at all, and from time to time humor looks at himself humorously. He's eternal. Eternal! He's artful. Artful! And quick, And quick! he gets through everyone and everything. So then, three cheers for humor! He's a brave fellow! III. In the Store Some with shawls, some with scarves, as though to some heroic enterprise or to work, into the store one by one the women silently come. Oh, the rattling of their cans, the clanking of bottles and pans! There's a smell of onions, cucumbers, a smell of “Kabul” sauce. I'm shivering as I queue up for the cash desk, but as I inch forward towards it, from the breath of so many women a warmth spreads round the store. They wait quietly, their families' guardian angels, and they grasp in their hands their hard-earned money. They wait quietly their families' guardian angels, and they grasp in their hands their hard-earned money. These are the women of Russia. They honor us and they judge us. They have mixed concrete, and ploughed, and harvested … They have endured everything, they will continue to endure everything. They have endured everything, they will continue to endure everything. Nothing in the world is beyond them - they have been granted such strength! It is shameful to short-change them! It is sinful to short-weight them! As I shove dumplings into my pocket, I sternly and quietly observe their pious hands weary from carrying their shopping bags. IV. Fears Fears are dying out in Russia, like the wraiths of bygone years; only in church porches, like old women, here and there they still beg for bread. I remember when they were powerful and mighty at the court of the lie triumphant. Fears slithered everywhere, like shadows, penetrating every floor. They stealthily subdued people and branded their mark on everyone: when we should have kept silent, they taught us to scream, and to keep silent when we should have screamed. All this seems remote today. It is even strange to remember now. The secret fear of an anonymous denunciation, the secret fear of a knock at the door. Yes, and the fear of speaking to foreigners? Foreigners? … even to your own wife! Yes, and that unaccountable fear of being left, after a march, alone with the silence? We weren't afraid of construction work in blizzards, or of going into battle under shell-fire, but at times we were mortally afraid of talking to ourselves. We weren't destroyed or corrupted, and it is not for nothing that now Russia, victorious over her own fears, inspires greater fear in her enemies. I see new fears dawning: the fear of being untrue to one's country, the fear of dishonestly debasing ideas, which are self-evident truths; the fear of boasting oneself into a stupor, the fear of parroting someone else's words, the fear of humiliating others with distrust and of trusting oneself overmuch. Fears are dying out in Russia. And while I am writing these lines, at times unintentionally hurrying, I write haunted by the single fear of not writing with all my strength. V. A Career The priests kept on saying that Galileo was dangerous and foolish. (That Galileo was foolish ...) But, as time has shown, the fool was much wiser! (The fool was much wiser! …) A certain scientist, Galileo's contemporary, was no more stupid than Galileo. (Was no more stupid than Galileo …) He knew that the earth revolved, but he had a family. (But he had a family …) And as he got into a carriage with his wife after accomplishing his betrayal, he reckoned he was advancing his career, but in fact he'd wrecked it. (But in fact he'd wrecked it …) For his discovery about our planet Galileo faced the risk alone, and he was a great man. (And he was a great man …) Now that is what I understand by a careerist. So then, three cheers for a career when it's a career like that of Shakespeare or Pasteur, Newton or Tolstoy, or Tolstoy … Lev? Lev! Why did they have mud slung at them? Talent is talent, whatever name you give it. They're forgotten, those who hurled curses, but we remember the ones who were cursed, (but we remember the ones who were cursed …) All those who strove towards the stratosphere, the doctors who died of cholera, they were following careers! I'll take their careers as an example! I believe in their sacred belief, and their belief gives me courage. I'll follow my career in such a way that I'm not following it! Translation Andrew Huth
@Indie0204 3 жыл бұрын
Commenting to hopefully save this. Very much appreciated contribution!
@pravemet4427 2 жыл бұрын
can you link to the original Russian text ... yandex has the original, but of course, Yevtushenko and Shostakovich worked to "expand" things a little ...can't find this "expansion" on yandex ... thanks
@technik-lexikon Жыл бұрын
These last two lines are the quintessence of Shostakovich's life.
@sophiatalksmusic3588 2 жыл бұрын
Last month, I had the absolute honour of reciting "Fears" in Russian to Evtushenko's widow and son; they were part of a panel of judges for a poetry recital competition for Russian language students, and I was one of the competitors. I began memorizing it in January, but soon February came, and the more I grew familiar with it, the more crushing it became as every line seemed to parallel the current situation in the most awful ways. By the time I had the entire thing memorized by heart, the war was underway, and it's absolutely heartbreaking to see how relevant it is. I've been studying Shostakovich's life and works in depth for a while now, and am familiar with at least the basics of Soviet history as a whole, so I was well aware of its historical significance, but the way it seemed to perfectly mirror the present was absolutely striking. So much of what I needed to try to understand was in that poem.
@anti64 Жыл бұрын
oh you're here! This is aweseome, how was their reaction?
@ArtyFactual_Intelligence Жыл бұрын
Fears have returned to Russia. Dmitri and Yevgeny are turning in their graves.
@sophiatalksmusic3588 Жыл бұрын
I honestly can't remember; I was so nervous reciting that it was all a blur. However, they did send me a small book of poetry (although I didn't win), which was incredible.
@peenut169 5 жыл бұрын
This is very yes.
@cyrusthegreat5434 2 жыл бұрын
extremely yeah
@pierfrancescopeperoni 2 жыл бұрын
I have only listened to the first bar while reading this, but I already agree.
@13169tanzyoub 3 ай бұрын
これはとてもはいです
@DynastieArtistique Ай бұрын
Yes.
@crescentmoon54 3 жыл бұрын
A few years back a friend of mine could not obtain the score...he sent a letter to the publisher in Russia on how to obtain it.... nothing.... then one day he received a package in the mail.... opened it up and and there was the score to Shostakovich's 13... he opened the first page and to his surprise was written ...."best wishes..Dimitri Shostakovich" .....
@joeweinberg3108 3 жыл бұрын
WHAT that is INSANE
@roberthayes7737 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like more than a "few years"...
@slateflash 3 жыл бұрын
Insane... if true
@excuseyou7198 3 жыл бұрын
@@roberthayes7737 Yeah, if it were true, the earliest that could’ve happened would be in the 70s.
@aaronshan51 3 жыл бұрын
@@excuseyou7198 It was probably the score but signed by Shostakovich, I doubt it was a personalized thing
@OW0974 Жыл бұрын
Today, 26th August 2022, I finally recognised this piece to be the masterpiece it truly is. Perhaps Shostakovich's best work
@puppy4645 3 ай бұрын
the ferocious climax (9:55 ~ 10:27) crescendoing up to the dropped bar (10:28), takes what would be a simple prolonged, dramatic pause, yet, produces a deafening silence, bludgeoning the listener into agonizing suffocation.
@robertcohn8858 2 жыл бұрын
Even not knowing the language, the power and pathos of this performance brings shivers and tears. Thank you for giving this to us.
@interex956 4 жыл бұрын
45:46 I LOVE this theme
@detectivehome3318 3 жыл бұрын
A new national anthem
@torterrakart7249 5 жыл бұрын
Damn, I have no words... This symphony has a powerful meaning in my life and I'm so happy that it would get spread to a wider audience thanks to your video! Kudos to you sir!
@TempodiPiano 4 жыл бұрын
For me too...
@DamonJHK 5 жыл бұрын
00:07 - I. Babi Yar (Adagio) 17:11 - II. Humour (Allegretto) **[25:17] Notice the Bartók-Parody (Bartók - Sonata [Concerto] for two Pianos and Percussion, third movement) 25:33 - III. In the Store (Adagio) 38:18 - IV. Fears (Largo) 50:13 - V. Career (Allegretto)
@stefansimonca-oprita6259 5 жыл бұрын
Incredible! Why do you think he did that??
@UtsyoChakraborty 5 жыл бұрын
@@stefansimonca-oprita6259 Bartók had parodied Shostakovich's 7th in his Concerto for Orchestra. It seems that he's returning the favour.
@joshscores3360 5 жыл бұрын
It seems that Shostakovich has obtained revenge on Bartok...
@stefansimonca-oprita6259 5 жыл бұрын
@@UtsyoChakraborty Yes, Thank you! In the whole movement, that motif appears, but in other keys. It is the movement's second section/theme.
@stefansimonca-oprita6259 5 жыл бұрын
In the second half of the first movement (after the Anne Frank section), we can find in a lot of places funeral rhythm(s), as in a funeral march.
@pokmanl9810 5 ай бұрын
This symphony and the eighth have just come onto my radar, and how in hell did I miss these two before? These two are so underrated, I’d say these two are on par with his fifth and seventh in terms of their grandioseness and humour
@OW0974 4 ай бұрын
Grandiosity, and I agree; in fact the seventh is actually too dully bombastic for my personal state
@1stukrainianfront 2 жыл бұрын
Humour is underrated.
@salmonidae3667 Ай бұрын
Never have I ever seen someone get this angry at short-changing or short-weighing someone, but it sure does make sense in context
@moondog50002000 5 жыл бұрын
This is the greatest video the internet has ever known
@jackminto7062 3 жыл бұрын
A lot of people think this is a weak symphony. These people should be euthanised.
@XQQ-qm8ow 3 жыл бұрын
@@jackminto7062 woah there, you're getting a little Stalin-esque
@sneddypie 2 жыл бұрын
@@XQQ-qm8ow maybe stalin was right
@juhaniranki5323 2 жыл бұрын
Doom metal before doom metal was born. Written down in 1962. Pretty nice, or is it? Shostakovich was mindblowing genius.
@dominicfiacco 2 жыл бұрын
44:01 A brief reference to the "oppression" section in the Eleventh Symphony.
@angelosilva4051 2 жыл бұрын
Magnifico Shostakovitch.Grande musica che ricorda un atto feroce e di crudeltà assoluta contro martiri innocenti.
@demi_95 2 жыл бұрын
Grande dono per tutta l'umanità! L'opera che ho adorato di più e che adoro di tutte le opere del '900!!! Shostakovich ❤🔥
@davidrehak3539 5 жыл бұрын
Dmitrij Sosztakovics:13.b-moll ,,Babij Jar" Szimfónia Op.113 1. Babij Jar (Adagio) 00:07 2. Humor (Allegretto) 17:11 3. A boltban (Adagio) 25:33 4. Félelmek (Largo) 38:18 5. Karrier (Allegretto) 50:13 Szergej Aleksashkin-basszus Moszkvai Kórus Akadémia férfikara Kölni Rádió Szimfonikus Zenekara Vezényel:Rudolf Barsaj
@davidrehak3539 5 жыл бұрын
Köszönöm az értékelést
@kedemberger8773 2 жыл бұрын
Hasnt anyone noticed that the 4th movement is a direcot quote of Wagner's orchestration of Siegfried Act 1 prelude?
@that_oneguy_yt6329 4 жыл бұрын
35:38 you can hear the dies irae
@penguinearthfgmusic120 3 жыл бұрын
This is obviously a neglected masterpiece
@ArtyFactual_Intelligence Жыл бұрын
It is THE twentieth century symphony. But its lessons were not learned by the 21st Century Kremlin.
@stephenwu1524 Жыл бұрын
@@ArtyFactual_Intelligence I'd argue Das Lied von Der Erde
@Zoorty_ 5 ай бұрын
@@stephenwu1524not really neglected tho
@stephenwu1524 5 ай бұрын
@@Zoorty_ well, neither is this piece really
@looney1023 5 жыл бұрын
I was looking for this exact video for a while. Thank you so much
@p.g.pg38 5 жыл бұрын
J'ai beaucoup écouté cette impressionnant symphonie autrefois. Merci de nous la faire (re)découvrir avec les partitions!
@46metube 4 жыл бұрын
its difficult to visualize what this represents - the reality of all those human beings.
@meerkat1219 2 жыл бұрын
When I attend a baseball game in a stadium that holds 40,000, I think always of the 33,000 that were murdered over the course of 2 days at Babi Yar. The numbers of people are there in front of me, it's almost impossible to imagine how so many could be killed in that short period of time. God rest their souls.
@theend7339 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome! thanks for uploading Shostakovich's most important symphony! edit: anyone else feel like this is a combination of shosty's symphonies 4,9,10 and 11? string quartet 8 second movement shows up as well in the second movement lol (24:43)
@slateflash 5 жыл бұрын
Quartet 10 as well but that was written after this
@theend7339 5 жыл бұрын
slateflash wow i knew it sounded familiar, in the fifth movement right?
@slateflash 5 жыл бұрын
@@theend7339 Yup compare the fugue at 56:44 with this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r7elfKibppqyfnU.html and later in the same movement
@sneddypie 2 жыл бұрын
yea absolutely it was pretty funny tbf when i heard the 4th symphony quote
@dominicfiacco 2 жыл бұрын
@@sneddypie Could you tell me where it is? Thank you.
@gogigaga1677 Жыл бұрын
More Revelant than Ever. Babi Yar by Loznitsa brought me here
@KR-mm4el 2 жыл бұрын
the first movement is just one of the most harrowing, pained, brutal things i have ever heard. jesus christ, after that, the second movement dedicated purely to humor is badly needed
@technik-lexikon 4 жыл бұрын
it's a bit scary how this symphony (especially 3rd and 5th mvt) fits the actual worldwide situation...
@juhaniranki5323 2 жыл бұрын
Yes. A mindblowing genius. A.....
@cesarvallejovevo4025 5 жыл бұрын
Genial!
@OrKestrAlan 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome Symphony 👌👌👌👌
@eurooscar1 2 жыл бұрын
Almost in the end of the first movement occurred a technical fail (only here?), suddenly. The record is excellent!
@xzox 2 жыл бұрын
Kondrashin is the GoTo for Shostakovich symphonies. The boxed set is insanely cheap for the work of this genius. Go on...treat yourself !
@Dylonely42 Жыл бұрын
Amazing !
@gigogrom216 3 жыл бұрын
54:27 Violin concerto 3 mvt
@jennykichelmacher704 8 ай бұрын
l'unica colonna sonora per questi giorni così bui
@redfishplayz4476 4 ай бұрын
4:42 Best part
@littlewishy6432 2 ай бұрын
Please consider making or taking English captions for the text
@vondantalingting 3 жыл бұрын
So much for PRAVDA KRUSCHEV!!!
@user-ou9yj9bq2z 4 жыл бұрын
Гениальный Шостакович...
@lotuschan55 5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Wunderbar! 후울륭한!
@cybercake2576 5 жыл бұрын
Hi
@lotuschan55 5 жыл бұрын
@@cybercake2576 Oh hallo!
@nataliaslovinskaya4918 4 жыл бұрын
Грандиозно,шедевры!Браво!
@STASON0898 4 жыл бұрын
45:30 amazing
@ivanthecommunistspy1111 Жыл бұрын
32:30 - 34:42 is in my opinion the most delicate and well orchestrated section in all of music!
@antoniyvolkovviolin 3 жыл бұрын
58:17 🔥🔥🔥
@sneddypie 2 жыл бұрын
one of those rare incidences when a classical video has no hate comments.
@emanuel_soundtrack 5 жыл бұрын
i have the felling the soldiers will enter my room
@46metube 4 жыл бұрын
lets hope they don't, for all of us.
@nataliaslovinskaya4918 4 жыл бұрын
Шедевры
@TempodiPiano 4 жыл бұрын
At the end of Humor, Bartok is killed and sent to the goulag. I am shocked.
@sophiatalksmusic3588 3 жыл бұрын
In that order?
@scottgilesmusic 2 жыл бұрын
😃
@user-qu8xy8yr8i 2 жыл бұрын
Гениально... Как же поёт Лейферкус... Браво!!!
@arkazoo4769 2 жыл бұрын
По-моему это Алексашкин
@user-qu8xy8yr8i 2 жыл бұрын
@@arkazoo4769 Да.. Вы правы, конечно, Алексашкин.. мой земляк из Саратова.. я ошибся..
@slateflash 5 жыл бұрын
I love 43:28
@martinbarzola7342 Жыл бұрын
9:46
@SelectCircle 3 жыл бұрын
One of things everyone has to hear once - but I blame no one for not wanting or needing to hear it again. : )
@MuzhiLi 2 жыл бұрын
Shostakovich: You either hate it or you love it. I like it, but I don't blame you for not enjoying it. That way we're both happy. Just don't post any more hate comments on these works. It really ruins the mood. Thanks!
@jackminto7062 3 жыл бұрын
Sooooooooooo... Can we talk about that last movement?
@technik-lexikon 3 жыл бұрын
It's the quintessence of the preceding four movements. The poem lyrics tell it - no matter how much money you make, your career is only worth if you stick to your beliefs (I'd extend it and say "ethically fine beliefs").
@excuseyou7198 2 жыл бұрын
@@technik-lexikon I also thought that a major theme in the last poem is that the people who try to bring people down are not successful with their careers, and thus are more or less forgotten.
@dominicfiacco 2 жыл бұрын
What a gorgeous ending! I think it’s as touching as the ending of the 15th symphony.
@aydenrodriguez5355 5 жыл бұрын
no way...
@joshscores3360 5 жыл бұрын
:O
@nataliaslovinskaya4918 4 жыл бұрын
Шедерв
@carami9767 Жыл бұрын
15:51 - конец 1 части 19:54 - соло скрипки 21:12 - Макферсон 39:18 - тема страха у тубы 45:42 - смело товарищи в ногу 52:00 - вступает солист
@celestialceilagor3802 11 ай бұрын
Thank you
@andreyroszyk1940 10 ай бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babi_Yar Just for a better understanding, what Babi Yar really is... Such a powerful symphony!
@thebasisti2482 3 жыл бұрын
ominous
@technik-lexikon 5 жыл бұрын
at 45:16, in the string section, are these quarter notes?
@slateflash 5 жыл бұрын
no
@markmurphy7870 5 жыл бұрын
These are quarter notes, but they have trills. So rhythmically, it''s a little bit of both. The heavy beat is a quarter note yet technically it's all really fast notes.
@interex956 4 жыл бұрын
yes they're quarter notes. the notes in parentheses are just clarifications of what the secondary trilled note should be since normally the accidental (if needed) would be above the note, but since there are more than two notes on each staff, the composer (or editor) added the clarification.
@osiantownsendjones2833 5 жыл бұрын
Here's a critical analysis of the first movement of this recording (keep in mind that this is only my opinion) 1 Babi Yar Adagio: The tempo here is rather variating, perhaps too much, and the dynamics are often too loud. It is evident that the soloist has listened to the Kondrashin recording, not the premier, but the same performers. This is, in my opinion, the very best recording of this piece. However, it is the soloists singing that deviates the most. The piece is always open to rhythmic interpretation so it cannot be criticised justly. From the section beginning at 11:47, the recording should be held in high regards. The string playing throughout the piece is faultless.
@jestemqiqi7647 3 жыл бұрын
When will you continue?
@scottgilesmusic 2 жыл бұрын
The tempi throughout are rather good until the last page where it's a little rushed. The soloist is a bit weak in parts, even tired. The men's choir doesn't seem to understand the text. An example: "Lev!" That means Leo and they should shout that name like he's a friend. The string sorority is solid throughout. There are a number of recordings that are superior. The Haitink is good but the only flawless recording is Mstislav Rostropovich's with the National Symphony.
@redfishplayz4476 7 ай бұрын
17:11 disstrack But different 💀💀💀
@technik-lexikon 5 ай бұрын
good description :D Shosty'S Symphony No. 9 is an even bigger disstrack x)
@ivanthecommunistspy1111 Жыл бұрын
First Movement Lyrics because I am too lazy to type out the rest of the movements: Бабий Яр Над Бабьим Яром памятников нет. Крутой обрыв, как грубое надгробье. Мне страшно. Мне сегодня столько лет, как самому еврейскому народу. Мне кажется сейчас - я иудей. Вот я бреду по древнему Египту. А вот я, на кресте распятый, гибну, и до сих пор на мне - следы гвоздей. Мне кажется, что Дрейфус - это я. Мещанство - мой доносчик и судья. Я за решеткой. Я попал в кольцо. Затравленный, оплеванный, оболганный. И дамочки с брюссельскими оборками, визжа, зонтами тычут мне в лицо. Мне кажется - я мальчик в Белостоке. Кровь льется, растекаясь по полам. Бесчинствуют вожди трактирной стойки и пахнут водкой с луком пополам. Я, сапогом отброшенный, бессилен. Напрасно я погромщиков молю. Под гогот: 'Бей жидов, спасай Россию!' - насилует лабазник мать мою. О, русский мой народ! - Я знаю - ты По сущности интернационален. Но часто те, чьи руки нечисты, твоим чистейшим именем бряцали. Я знаю доброту твоей земли. Как подло, что, и жилочкой не дрогнув, антисемиты пышно нарекли себя "Союзом русского народа"! Мне кажется - я - это Анна Франк, прозрачная, как веточка в апреле. И я люблю. И мне не надо фраз. Мне надо, чтоб друг в друга мы смотрели. Как мало можно видеть, обонять! Нельзя нам листьев и нельзя нам неба. Но можно очень много - это нежно друг друга в темной комнате обнять. Сюда идут? Не бойся - это гулы самой весны - она сюда идет. Иди ко мне. Дай мне скорее губы. Ломают дверь? Нет - это ледоход... Над Бабьим Яром шелест диких трав. Деревья смотрят грозно, по-судейски. Все молча здесь кричит, и, шапку сняв, я чувствую, как медленно седею. И сам я, как сплошной беззвучный крик, над тысячами тысяч погребенных. Я - каждый здесь расстрелянный старик. Я - каждый здесь расстрелянный ребенок. Ничто во мне про это не забудет! «Интернационал» пусть прогремит, когда навеки похоронен будет последний на земле антисемит. Еврейской крови нет в крови моей. Но ненавистен злобой заскорузлой я всем антисемитам, как еврей, и потому - я настоящий русский! Translitiration: Nad Bab'im Yarom pamyatnikov net. Krutoy obryv, kak gruboye nadgrob'ye. Mne strashno. Mne segodnya stol'ko let, kak samomu yevreyskomu narodu. Mne kazhetsya seychas - ya iudey. Vot ya bredu po drevnemu Yegiptu. A vot ya, na kreste raspyatyy, gibnu, i do sikh por na mne - sledy gvozdey. Mne kazhetsya, chto Dreyfus - eto ya. Meshchanstvo - moy donoschik i sud'ya. YA za reshetkoy. YA popal v kol'tso. Zatravlennyy, oplevannyy, obolgannyy. I damochki s bryussel'skimi oborkami, vizzha, zontami tychut mne v litso. Mne kazhetsya - ya mal'chik v Belostoke. Krov' l'yetsya, rastekayas' po polam. Beschinstvuyut vozhdi traktirnoy stoyki i pakhnut vodkoy s lukom popolam. YA, sapogom otbroshennyy, bessilen. Naprasno ya pogromshchikov molyu. Pod gogot: 'Bey zhidov, spasay Rossiyu!' - nasiluyet labaznik mat' moyu. O, russkiy moy narod! - YA znayu - ty Po sushchnosti internatsionalen. No chasto te, ch'i ruki nechisty, tvoim chisteyshim imenem bryatsali. YA znayu dobrotu tvoyey zemli. Kak podlo, chto, i zhilochkoy ne drognuv, antisemity pyshno narekli sebya "Soyuzom russkogo naroda"! Mne kazhetsya - ya - eto Anna Frank, prozrachnaya, kak vetochka v aprele. I ya lyublyu. I mne ne nado fraz. Mne nado, chtob drug v druga my smotreli. Kak malo mozhno videt', obonyat'! Nel'zya nam list'yev i nel'zya nam neba. No mozhno ochen' mnogo - eto nezhno drug druga v temnoy komnate obnyat'. Syuda idut? Ne boysya - eto guly samoy vesny - ona syuda idet. Idi ko mne. Day mne skoreye guby. Lomayut dver'? Net - eto ledokhod... Nad Bab'im Yarom shelest dikikh trav. Derev'ya smotryat grozno, po-sudeyski. Vse molcha zdes' krichit, i, shapku snyav, ya chuvstvuyu, kak medlenno sedeyu. I sam ya, kak sploshnoy bezzvuchnyy krik, nad tysyachami tysyach pogrebennykh. YA - kazhdyy zdes' rasstrelyannyy starik. YA - kazhdyy zdes' rasstrelyannyy rebenok. Nichto vo mne pro eto ne zabudet! «Internatsional» pust' progremit, kogda naveki pokhoronen budet posledniy na zemle antisemit. Yevreyskoy krovi net v krovi moyey. No nenavisten zloboy zaskoruzloy ya vsem antisemitam, kak yevrey, i potomu - ya nastoyashchiy russkiy!
@Dylan-ks3up 4 жыл бұрын
54:30
@celestialceilagor3802 11 ай бұрын
4:43
@martaveproubert107 2 жыл бұрын
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@setshkrkrlenv Ай бұрын
5.55
@celestialceilagor3802 Жыл бұрын
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@Kihene 2 жыл бұрын
Страшно.
@scottgilesmusic 2 жыл бұрын
A reasonable performance but without a deeper understanding of the work. Rostropovich is superior. The tempi are good though and it's great to see the score.
@scottgilesmusic 2 жыл бұрын
It's really great to see the score! Thank you for posting this.
@TempodiPiano 4 жыл бұрын
I wonder what is Russian humor. It must be just devastation for the enemy! I had several debates about types of humors and I think that (traditionaly) French humor is used to humiliate a scapegoat or in negotiation to avoid an argument and attack ; since British and American humor tend to unify people softly. As a French admirer of the USA cinema, I consider that the "mean" characters in manichean films delight themselves with French humor before trying to torture the gentle ones, whereas these one, between themselves, use British humor. Besides, American people who come to Paris to visit are shocked by the behavior of the French ; indeed, this is a cultural misundertanding: trying to make the visitors confortable, we just look like rude and impolite people. This phenomenon is even worse with Japanese, who are so sick than they need a psychiatrist help, lol.
@lebambale Жыл бұрын
Interesting to read about these different types of humours!
@1stukrainianfront 2 жыл бұрын
22:58 is it just me or did i hear "homophobe"?
@luden6794 6 ай бұрын
Он поет "рукой махал".
@nt_partlycloudy21 6 ай бұрын
Dude the lyrics are Russian, not English.
@Barnstable11 Жыл бұрын
Why are we calling this a symphony? Can we just call any piece of music a symphony now? This is much more an oratorio than symphony.
@stephenwu1524 Жыл бұрын
It's a multi-movement work with clear structure and development typical of a symphony. If you're not used to heavy vocal usage in symphonies, you're probably not going to like a LOT of symphonies, particularly recent ones.
@Barnstable11 Жыл бұрын
@@stephenwu1524 The fact that people have overused the word symphony to fit more and more pieces is not automatically a good thing. If you think that multiple vocal recitatives constitute the kind of development you hear in Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart etc., I don't know what to tell you. Seems to me you can make an equally facile case for the piece being an oratorio, or a tone poem, or a fantasie, or whatever.
@stephenwu1524 Жыл бұрын
@@Barnstable11 Realistically anything can be called anything as long as the composer wants it to. I'm not saying that's a good thing, and I'm not saying that's a bad thing. I'm completely neutral because I don't think it matters. Either way, the music is great, and I don't really care what it's called.
@Barnstable11 Жыл бұрын
@@stephenwu1524 I understand your position, and agree to disagree. Words should mean things. Otherwise, we should just call every work "#19" or "Opus 10", and that seems sterile to me.
@stephenwu1524 Жыл бұрын
@@Barnstable11 I respect that - it is pretty weird that basically anything can be called a symphony, but ultimately I don't really care that much.
@user-om5jb2ev9u 6 ай бұрын
Ооочень фальшиво поёт бас(((((
@user-IllIllIlI Жыл бұрын
56:44 fugato
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