Shostakovich New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy YoYo Ma - Symphony No 5 Cello Concerto No 1

the fourth part is just... .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . ..

what he is telling here is true

I just listened to the remastered recording of this performance and I'm hugely pleased to find it online. Easily my favorite performance of this symphony.

This sucks

48:46

29:00

11:50

That’s great even if I prefer his performance with the London Symphony which I can’t find

Salve ric

I believe that is the best version of the fifth by Shostakovich Bernstein at his best.

Mamma mia... e che meraviglia! L' arte è un ponte tra i confini. Art is a bridge.

What was the reaction of the Russian audience when Bernstein played this Symphony in Moscow as they were not used to hearing played this fast

10:57 Bernstein's really getting into the groove

How come every video I could find on YouTube starts with clapping?

Phenominal Performance all the way around Period !!!!!

Considering it is an "Allegro Non Troppo" (Not Too Joy/Cheerful) The highlight of the performance of the fourth movement is the steady time / speed. There are no drastic changes between the beginning (A) and the recapitulation (A) and it maintains the emotional tension (except the central section B) until the colossal coda, the percussion makes it even more impressive.

I saw the NY Phil and Bernstein perform this live under the stars at the Waikiki Shell amphitheater in 1979--a stop on their way to these performances in Japan. The thrill of a lifetime and an experience I'll never forget.

47:50 final buildup is so majestic

49:25 this is much better than 1959

This is by far (IMHO) the DEFINITIVE performance of this great work of DSCH. I had the privilege of studying master-class in conducting with Maestro Bernstein in the late 1970s and early 1980s. One of the things discussed by The Maestro was that this 5th Symphony of Shostakovich was supposed to be his apology to Stalin for his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, which (It is rumored) Stalin himself wrote in an editorial in Pravda entitled "Muddle Instead of Music." However, later on, it was discovered after Shostakovich's death (in Shostakovich's letters to Isaak Glikman) that within this score, there are hidden messages and scornful parodies of Soviet leadership well disguised in a dramatic thriller. For example, many have noted that the march is sinister and mocking, and the waltz is ironic and bitter.

I believe that Maestro Bernstein shows in this performance exactly what Shostakovich had hidden within his score of this, his 5th Symphony. Just listen to the emotion in the largo 3rd movement. I can just about hear the tears and agony of women crying at the loss of members of their families to the soviet gulags, just as Shostakovich had lost three of his close family to those wretched places. That lonely oboe solo depicts the cry of a woman who had lost a husband or son to one of Stalin's purges. This "cry" had to be kept private since crying in public was illegal in the Soviet Union and was punishable by imprisonment; thus, the lonely oboe solo accompanied by a shiver of strings; however, this "lament" gets shouted out in anguish by the double basses. Then the rest of the orchestra shouts out this lament, which ends in a "Dead End." Look at the "anguish" in the face of Maestro Bernstein. He actually feels the pain and anguish within him, which draws out that feeling in the orchestra members.

Last 10 mins are gold ! What great composition !

Great work. Shostakovich was master

I'm pretty sure this is the performance from which the Deutsche Grammophon recording I had was taken. This is the performance that introduced me to Shostakovich and started me on my journey to being an all-time fan of this amazing composer. I always default to SNO under Neeme Jarvi for all other Shostakovich symphonies, but for the 5th, I always default to the New York Phil under Bernstein.