NOTICE: This part includes the famous ‘invasion’ theme. Listen carefully to the crecendo. Part 3/10 Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Opus 60. ‘eningrad’ I. Allegretto (Third quarter) Conductor: Leonard Bernstein Orchestra: chicago Symphony Orchestra
September 2nd, 2010 at 7:12 am
Parody of Ravel’s Bolero
September 2nd, 2010 at 7:33 am
you can hear is the German troops heading for Leningrad, with their “good idea” ideological line, closing more and more, then the tone changes at 4:20, took by surprise the inhabitants are forced to fight this. The bombs fall represented by the terrible sound of the gong …
September 2nd, 2010 at 7:40 am
It is pieces such as this that remind us that History is as relevant today as it was at time of which it was happening… and I can think of no-one better than to convey this than Bernstein and his Orchestra.
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:32 am
Love it. Finally resolve at 9:32 … but still looking around.
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:56 am
easily my favourite shostakovich symphony along with No.5
Bernstein leads all the vibrating strings, columns of air, and struck skins into a torrent of angst and power.
September 2nd, 2010 at 9:51 am
@plasticnapoleon22 Imagine this invasion theme as Russia’s national anthem, played at the Olympic medal ceremony for a Russian Olympic Hockey victory. Or how about a World Cup Hockey victory!?! And you thought “Oh Canada” was good stuff. They should play this during the ceremony and keep playing the entire movement start to finish. Talk about adding some umph to an otherwise gravitas-challenged traditional medal handing out ceremony! Who’s with me!?!?! We’re going streaking to the quad!
September 2nd, 2010 at 9:52 am
9:19 that dissonant note makes a sound like a bomber flying overhead. Intentional?
September 2nd, 2010 at 10:52 am
Even though Stalin was a pig,this song by this russian composer was brilliant,I love it.
September 2nd, 2010 at 11:24 am
@dialecticon At first,it means peace in the world prior to the invasion as you heard the symphony the sound tones begin to increase as the symphony progresses,real cool symphony.
September 2nd, 2010 at 12:16 pm
when it is played here, the invasion theme begins to sound monstruos as it is accompanied with a dissonant interval, but before this it had started so childishly and almost playfully… what do you think is the meaning of this? What is Shostakovich trying to say?
September 2nd, 2010 at 12:56 pm
Eternal music!!!
Hail to all Defenders of our country!
Hail to all Sovjets, who stopped the Nazis!
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September 2nd, 2010 at 1:38 pm
The crecendo made me unexplainable weep. Shostakovich has to possibly be the greatest, if not one thereof, contemporary composers.
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Brilliant piece, but not a very fiery or inspired rendition in my feeling.
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:50 pm
here i am again…for the millionth time! just take in the intensity! Admire the brilliant orchestration military heaviness!
September 2nd, 2010 at 3:41 pm
the invasion theme gets me every time! i never grow tired of hearing it
September 2nd, 2010 at 4:07 pm
this should be the russian national anthem
September 2nd, 2010 at 4:28 pm
This timeless grandiose and chilling masterpiece sends shivers down my spine. For a Russian, whose family members both died on the front and suffered through the WW2 hunger, this music brings memories of the survivors and brings tears to my eyes. When I imagine how the symphony was played by starved Leningrad musicians during the German onslaught – it’s heartbreaking and so moving. This music captures the horrors of the war, the suffering, the spirit and strength of the Russian people.
September 2nd, 2010 at 5:19 pm
@classicalnut1 You are totally right. I respect him a lot~
September 2nd, 2010 at 6:02 pm
When i first saw the CD of this epic symphony, i thought it would be really boring. i mean face it, the first movement is a half hour long! But when i listened to it, i realized just how powerful it is. these variations are around 7 minutes long total, but they have been treated so masterfully that time no longer matters. Shosty tells a very powerful and almost disturbing story through this gigantic masterpiece. Shostakovich was a true definition of genius!!!!!!! plus, the mutation at 4:18 rules
September 2nd, 2010 at 6:18 pm
I think you’re an asshole.
Only a beast could hear the death dance
September 2nd, 2010 at 6:27 pm
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September 2nd, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Russian dance ? :3
September 2nd, 2010 at 6:54 pm
majestic
September 2nd, 2010 at 2:05 pm
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September 2nd, 2010 at 7:39 pm
true and perhaps Mao outranked both of em on the death scale but there are some differences. Hitler’s was a genocical war–waged war on a race or people whereas Stalin’s was a class war against peasants. Hitler applied modern industrial tech. to his killing process as well. Also the intense secrecy surronding Hitler’s genocide. Also: every Jew and Roma that fell into Nazi hands after Wanese was subject to immediate execution but not every Ukranian was in that positon in USSR
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:19 pm
Yeah. But he killed the most people.