Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 (Mravinsky)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 in E minor op. 64
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Evgeny Mravinsky
Live Recording: Leningrad, USSR, Great Hall, march, 19, 1983

Remastered: audio&video

[BytomGirl]

I just listened to my double CD of Mravinsky with Leningrad Philharmonic conducting 3 Tchaikovsky symphonies, 4, 5 and 6

[VladimirKhrobystov]

Thank you for sharing this treasure! But the date is not correct definitely - this concert was much earlier than 1983. Victor Lieberman sitting on concertmeister chair here, has emigrated from the USSR to Holland in 1979. Georgy Kneller, the next 1st violinist after Lieberman, is at the 2nd desk here. French horn solo is played here by Vitaly Buyanovsky, in 1983 already Andrey Glukhov was playing principal horn in Tch., 5. This time my teacher Vladimir Kurlin was first oboist in this orchestra, here another oboist plays. Even Mravinsky himself is too young here. I remember him in 1983 - he was older and conducted sitting. I suppose this recording belongs to 1972-74.

[songsmitha]

A powerhouse precise performance, with instrumental sound - especially the violins - slicing like razor blades
to bring the full force of the music to our ears. I am curious about the lack of applause from some members
of the audience in the closing shots here. Don't they realise how fortunate they are to have witnessed this
rendition by a great orchesta and its legendary conductor?

[ThejasMirle]

I love this powerful interpretation of this piece. I also can’t help but appreciate the beautiful film work. There is so much focus of the hall and not just the orchestra. It adds so much to the experience of the music just as it might if I were sitting in Leningrad and present at its performance

[DONMALAPATA]

Fantástica interpretación....!!!! es como si fuera la primera vez que escucho la 5a de GRACIAS

[matthewwalsh]

Hands down the greatest interpretation and performance of this work I have ever heard. And WHAT a room. The perfect amount of reverb for an orchestra in my opinion. I love that because the audio recording approach wasn't overly complicated, you can really hear the orchestra in the hall. This is the closest to being there we could possibly get, I think. Man man man man man. Thanks so much for posting!!

[scuunjieng]

Since I first heard his DG recording when a teenager in the 1970s this has never been challenged in my view. I can see why many consider it incomparable and in its own class. Many thanks for this deeply appreciated post. Sorry I never got to see the Maestro live

[vesaruotonen]

Vitali Michailovitsh Buyanovski solo horn.
My past friend.
Vesa

[kurbatska]

42:05 Moment of truth! Great Mother Russia is here, in every single note. Thank you for posting it !

[johnybravo]

definetly best conducting, if you listen to other conductors: they're just too affected/artificial at all and after all. This one is minimalist, far from over-done, easy-going, but yet just one brilliant powerful take

[bomcabedal]

Ah, the 1980s... when a concert registration would rarely show even a single person performing, you know, the actual music. It's hilarious how there is a separate camera aimed at the conductor's backside (34:00) but none at the orchestral players. Karajan's were almost worse since you often even didn't get to see his arms.

[duvidl]

Too many shots of the audience and not enough of sections of the orchestra. Where is the brass section? I don't think it was isolated one time in this video. It was nice to see Mravinsky, but this is a poor production from a video perspective.

[Thedearster]

You sure this is 1983? Marvinsky looks sorta young here compared to his other performances in the '80s.

[shashthiru]

is this performance transposed? the second movement doesn't sound like b minor at all...more like a flat minor

[arkadi]

Дата неправильная, Виктор Либерман не мог сидеть концертмейстером в 83 году, он уехал в 79. Потом очень низкий строй, почти на тон ниже, оркестр в те годы строился очень высоко, иногда ля 446, это возможно исправить?

[evamezzo]

сначала спустился к оркестру, потом с оркестром в зал - вот так !!!