Schostakowitsch: 5. Sinfonie ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ David Afkham

Dmitrij Schostakowitsch:
5. Sinfonie ∙

(Auftritt) 00:00 ∙
I. Moderato 00:25 ∙
II. Allegretto 17:25 ∙
III. Largo 23:28 ∙
IV. Allegro non troppo 38:15 ∙

hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony ∙
David Afkham, Dirigent ∙

Alte Oper Frankfurt, 3. Februar 2017 ∙

[premgandharvmusic]

Shostakovich's music is a terrific treasure for humankind.

[jerrera]

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

[JesusIsTruthAndWayAndLife]

I can listen to this symphony almost every day and still not bored!

[DiegoRivera]

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

[stuartpoyser]

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

[martinshaw]

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.

[juliak]

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.

[JTBPercussion]

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

[Tortuosit]

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.

[notaire]

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

[peterlebow]

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

[IFinishedAVideoGame]

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.

[bearifiablepau]

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

[PatriciaDHarden]

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

[jayvardhanchoudhary]

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

[peterdumpel]

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

[smlbee]

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 :^)!!

[RachelWakefield]

"At the premier, they cried openly, not caring that they wept. The whole audience -- victims of the present's catastrophe -- knew what the Largo said. Millions dead, tens of millions sent to the gulag. And no one had dared speak the fact in public, until this music." -- Richard Powers, Orfeo

[robdobson]

This is a ridiculously great recording and performance. Bravo.

[jandrewscali]

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