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The piano is a Bechstein E-270. pity they don't make that any more [:(]
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Incredible!! I never thought I would live to see Shostak play! I really didn't expect any video footage. Thank you so much!
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why is this so....frantic? is it supposed to be like that? i dont get it :S
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Love the footage - a rare find!
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Actually, it was Leningrad (i.e. St.Petersburg) and he was asked to pose as a firefighter for an official photo shoot. (A more believable story than the one you have read)
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Wonderful footage with unusual material of my favourite composer. But horrible realization, with camera shoots to everyone and everywhere but Shostakovich
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Thank you SSOOO Much..
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robshelrobshel is right.
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Hmmmmm, that's so thrash metal!
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Many thanks. I actually own and read that excellent book. But I lent it out so I don't have access to it now. I have a vague memory of what you're talking about. BTW, if this sort of thing interests you, you might enjoy another excellent book: "This is Your Brain on Music".
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yeah, but it's in a format that no computer built today can process
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Fantastic. I love it
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I'm just looking if you have any footage of Mangore!!!
Just asking if it exist!
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A master in my book.
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Well, yes, but this is not the premiere, and we don't know for sure if this is Schmidt, since the performance is happening in Moscow, and this is not Stiedry conducting.
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that trumpet player is triple tounguing thats awesome and f'in hard
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That's the legendary Timofei Doksitzer on the trumpet.
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Who said he did? Maybe it was a personal choice to focus on composing orchestral pieces for whole orchestra's instead of focus on a potential career as a pianist.
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He was an excellent pianist! I can't believe he failed as a pianist.
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First, thanks for a very interesting video and nice work in putting the clip together. You need to correct the commentary, though, because the hall in question is the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, not the Leningrad Phil which looks very different. The conductor is not very well visible, but he looks a bit like Evgeny Svetlanov - but that would put the date to 50's at least! It might be also Kirill Kondrashin.
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Thank you for posting!
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Oh my...Thanks so much for this! Shostakovich is one of my favorite composers, so getting to see even 45 seconds of him at the piano is truly a treat!
Is there more footage like this on that "Violin Sonata" video?
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The significance of the music of Shostakovich cannot be underestimated in modern times. This is a man who took on the big boys and won. Without doubt the greatest composer of the 20th Century.
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Heat to burst your bouble... He's dead.
But this is a truly great piece of history right here.
(He totally mess up at 0:41/42 XD)
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me too!! lol. I do it at work too
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Great, thanks very much for the info. I have never seen photos of him when he was young, much heavier then some of his last album covers. Regards
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You are righ. Perhaps it was Sergey Yeriomin? He was in Moscow and was born in 1903. Means that he was 30 if this was in 1934. When I look at photos of him he looks quite like the player here. (Several good pictures of him in Tarr's book)
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I dont know why...Im not even a fan of this guy Shoshtakovich and yet I come back to this video everyday to listen to it, as if Im addicted.
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That means that you are a fan when the music is performed with the right hands. Explore.
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Who is the trumpet player, do we know?
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Wonderful! Thank you!
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Exactly. Also, I had never expected him to be such a good pianist, I thought he was mainly a composer, but those hands are lightning.
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HARRY POTTER!
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its so cool to see him play, makes me think about all the shit he went through
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I think Shostakovich was partially insane. You can see his repugnance for Stalin in his face and how his potential became viscid to one level because of the regime. He much resented the Communist party.
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Incredible!
The Russians school of piano is superb!
It must be in the DNA
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Thanks You very much! Shostakovich is my favorite composer!
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if it's him playing his own music, then there aren't wrong notes
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That Shostakovich composition is hard for the piano, but the Maestro Shostakovich plays that very easy. It is very interesting and nice even hard to play but not to listen to. Thanks for that video
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truly a very important composer for contemporary music and musicians.
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This is cool thx :)
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wow .... thx ;o)
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Very cool! I've never seen footage of him before.
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i didnt know he hits qwrong notes in this. i think theyre shoastakovichs harmonies. seeingi did my dissertation on thi
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"the piano keys Sh. presses and notes you hear in the audio are not the same."
how could you possibly tell that...heh
I think the original point was that if the composer is playing then whatever he plays is automatically right. This is obviously false, because even the composer could accidentally play notes he didn't mean to. I don't know this concerto well enough to pick out particular mistakes, but I think I can hear a couple of screw ups in there.
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I always loved Shostakovich's 12th symphony and admired him as a composer; I had no idea he was such an accomplished pianist too.
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What I would have given to have seen Shostakovich performing live. Thank you for this superb post.
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That made my day. Now, have you got any footage of Mozart?
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Fantastic!!!!! Discovering clips like this is why I love YouTube so much. Thank you.
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This is an insane speed.
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In 1992 a friend of mine returned from Moscow with a tape of Shostakovich playing on piano (and SINGING!) a draft of the first movement of his Symphony No.13. The recording (played to me privately in London) was taped before the symphony was finished, so it differs from the final version. But apparently Maxim Shostakovich banned the recording. Do you know if the tape still exists? I mention it in the book on Shostakovich which I edited last year ('The New Shostakovich', revised edition, p.414).
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This is an amazingly good piano concerto, especially for a first one. Too bad we don't have the entire thing.
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(ref "Timofei Doksitzer on the trumpet": it seems that it is actually Leonid Yuriev, Principal Trumpet for Moscow Philharmonic (see another comment about this). Since Moscow Philharmonic was formed only in 1951, this is, of course, some other orchestra.
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damn I never thought of him as a pianist...I was very wrong
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I have only read/heard of him having problems with polio, but never arthritis.
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hahaha footage of mozart...
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May I just most heartily thank you for all the effort you have gone to in order to correct the pitch & video problems of the original? This is great!
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It's called "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat." Shostakovich is briefly discussed in the chapter called "Reminiscence." However, Sacks is quoting a New York Times article called "Did Shostakovich have a secret?" in which a Chinese neurologist named Dr. Dajue Wang suggests the theory of the metallic fragment. I gather that the article was written in the '70s. Hope that helps...let me know if you are able to find the original article!
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Did you ever wonder why no one else was around?
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I agree. But I had to do something in place of "no footage available to go with the music". They were used around there in the "Sonata for Viola" DVD, which is why I used them here. I would much rather go back in time and save the complete celluloid of this performance.
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Well I can tell you I found another footage here - the
10:09 story of his 7th symphony. He plays bits of it on the piano and then talks about it. He also sits by the piano composing (so it seems.) There is also footage of the siege of Leningrad and interviews with survivors (for example the oboe-player at the première and Shostakovitches secretary).
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Quick, call 911 - my heart just stopped! What a treasure!!
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it's not the right venue, this is in moscow, the premiere was in Leningrad
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Then what exactly are you talking about when you say he hits wrong notes at the end of the final stride cadenza?
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what if he meant to play different ones.
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WICKED
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Wow.The soviets have everybody (esp. their own artists )on film.Amazing how many artists came over during wars & we have nothing.Rach wanteed to tape a live recital but never came to fruition.WhqatI would give to c Hofmann,Lhevinee,Sauer in 30's film.WOW Where did this come from ?
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THANK YOU! It's always interesting to hear composers play or conduct their own works, because you get to hear exactly what they wanted when they wrote it
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perhaps it's an isolated aspect of the performance that you enjoy.
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Vozmozhno. Est' istochnik informacii?
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Shostakovich was an amazing pianist!
The recordings of both his concertos he made in 1957 are interesting - You can hear the decayed version of the virtuosity he shows here, but he developed wrist problems shortly before, giving it an interesting innacuraccy.
This 1st concerto is an extremely difficult piece to play. I doubt that was the original speed. But this is truly an amazing piece of footage.
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Correct: he does hit wrong notes at the end of the final stride cadenza, but he does not mess up at
0:41/42.
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Just kidding. I thought one of the violinists looked like him.
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This is incredible. Thank you for showing this. Shostakovitch always means so much to me.
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Shostakovich was a very compassionate man, and a GENIUS at that.
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unique
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It's just awesome to see a video of this genius playing one of his own works, really!
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The first concert grand I ever touched was an E270. Of course, I was just a first-year student, and some apparachnik chased me away (it was the faculty rehearsal area) but I got the bit between my teeth. Decades later, I was working for Bechstein, not in Berlin. The E was replaced by the EN, then the D. While improvements were made, the old E model was a legend, more than just a piano. Rather like the Neumann M-50, to put in techn-gizmo terms.
JG
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and yes, I agree that he could have easily been a concert pianist. He only did what Stalin told him when he knew Stalin was watching or would soon find out of his activities, but I would guess pretty surely that behind the scenes, in COMPLETE secrecy it was a whole different ball game.
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I think I read about the arthritis it in a biography I read when I was doing research for a paper for a Soviet history class I was taking when I was an undergrad 20 years ago. There is no doubt that he had arthritis in his hands. The question really is whether this contributed to his lack of performances.
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For all you we know, there could have been a lot of making fun of Stalin Shostakovich did that never came to light because it was SO low-key.
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What did his comment say?
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There's a funny recording of a telephone conversation between Rostropovich and Shostakovich where you get to hear Shostakovich sing that you might like that's also included in the "Sonata for Viola" documentary.
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WOW!
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if he's burning in hell, that's where I want to go.
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I think it was David Oistrakh, great Russian violinist, who recorded the conversation with Shostakovich, as you may watch in "Sonata for Viola" by Sokurov.
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You're right, those are the wrong notes; gasp!
I dont think I have ever found a recording of somebody who plays that part with the correct notes, up the the correct speed, etc. If you know of one, please tell me.
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Believe me, the recording i have of this piece is even faster. He's just incredibly good.
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Actual title for the film is "Sonata for Viola" by Alexander Sokurov. No, there isn't more footage like that. (There is some of him just talking a little, or composing, not playing). I would myself be very interested to get hold of some more "rare" stuff like this. (Some of it could have easily been destroyed in the recent fire at the film archives buildings in St.Petersburg!)
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Thank you for putting this up.
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Pheonominal! Shos is my favorite!
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I love him!
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OMG harry potter in person!!!
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You know, no, I don't think so. Malko left Russia in 1928.
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I read Shostakovich biography...
Young Shostakovich had a part-time job playing piano during silent movie sessions...
Also in the very beginning of World War 2 he worked as a part of team that collected unexploded bombs from roofs of houses in Stalingrad! Here is a small citation: =Shostakovich signed with the local firefighters squad and, during his duty hours on the Conservatory roof, was putting out incendiary bombs the Nazis dropped on the city=
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Amazing!
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I didn't say that this footage was from Leningrad - I just said that the premiere happened there.
You are right - this is from Bol'shoi Zal in Moscow.
I shall update the description.
As to "when it was recorded", I know that it would have been still in the 30s. (First of all, look at him - he is a young man here. Secondly, I heard about this footage being from 1930s from some interview - can't remember which, or maybe I read it in one of the books).
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How do you know this fact - just from looking at it?
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Hehe, the first violin section looks cool with the funny bald concertmater at
00:43.
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Incorrect: There is a glitch in the footage at that moment (poor splicing of two tapes).
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The trumpet part is very deteriorated. Shame... This concert is grate.
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At the premiere the conductor was Fritz Stiedry.
Who this guy is I can't tell yet.
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Thanks a lot!
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ridiculously serious.
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He was also a brilliant pianist, so he had to choose to become a pianist or a composer. He said, later on, that he could have combined it, so performing and composing. Fortunately, he chose to become a composer, otherwise he may could have composed less!
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This kid was a genius!
One of my favorite composers. Thank you for this rare footage!
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Outstanding!
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Are you really from Svalbard?
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Cool!!
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Bl**dy marvellous! I had absolutely no idea that this footage existed - thank you a million times!
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Amazing, I wish to know him someday. Great master,
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This is excellent, very hard.
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Thank you and congratulations for this video. is freat.mameruso
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great trumpeting and shostakovich plays really well too
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amazing to see the past composer and also pianist to play his own work with even more than i min !!
Thankx for sharing ~
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that was grat to watch ty very much
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I know right? The 6th and the 9th quartets are my favorite so far. And I've played in his Fifth Symphony and that was pretty much awesome too. What I love about his playing is the specific sound that his compositions bring out of the instruments and ensembles, the unity of character and form that you see throughout the body of his work.
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Symphony number 5 is the greatest
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this cadanza is so.... so communist haha I love it
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The trumpet soloist is Leonid Yuriev (1913-1971). In mid 1930-s he was a Principal Trumpet with the Cinematography Orchestra, as well as with the Bolshoi Theatre. Yuriev was Golovanov's favorite trumpet player.
P.S. OJ, thanks for your great trumpet website--I always enjoy reading your articles there.
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No, and I don't know if it does.
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Yes, Mendax... did him writing his last piece (the viola sonata) with his left hand have to do with arthritis?
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yippee! what a gem.
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my favorite composer
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this is the russian way dudes!
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i LOVE shostakovich!!!!!!!!
thank you!
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great pianist and composer
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All this is unrelated to the original point:
The term "wrong notes" in this particular case refers to the fact that the piano keys Sh. presses and notes you hear in the audio are not the same. It is very likely that he "meant to play the notes that he played". (It doesn't look like he is "messing up".)
Also, it is very common for certain composers to play their music differently from the published version.
Hope this settles the whole "wrong note" debate.
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Yes, I have his picture in the Dictionary of the Soviet Wind players. In fact, they used the picture from the performance on this video for the jacket of the book.
The reference about this particular performance came from another source, but I can't recall it now.
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May Shostakovich burn in Hell forever!
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amazing stuff. it's really a rare one.
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? Read a book.
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"how could you possibly tell that...heh"
By listening. (I even get paid for that).
The more original point before the original point here was the point I made in the little video description box over there.
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Это точно не Голованов (not Golovanov). Может быть, Гаук (Gauk)?
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Don't miss his piano quintet, piano trio #2, cello sonata, string quartet #8, all his symphonies, and some of his quirky pop tunes.
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Tozhe pohozh (possible). No togda poluchaetsya eto Leningrad Philharmonic, gastroliruyuschii v Moskve?
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Just a lot of irrelevant nasty sh*t. You can go to his profile and read people's responses to him.
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Damn! A video of Shostakovich himself playing the piano. See, this is why youtube kicks ass
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Wow, it's awesome to see Shosty play. Thanks so much!
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Does anybody know who the trumpet player was?
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He was enough of a pianist to be in the 1927 Warsaw Chopin Competition.
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I removed this Robert Niles' comment from here
RobertNiles78
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Sonata for Viola
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yup, he was a brilliant pianist, not only a brilliant composer
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It was mentioned by Shostakovich's mother later in life that he was crushed by only receiving an honorable mention at the Chopin Piano Competition, which is why he rarely performed, except for occasional interpretations of his own works. He DID write memoirs, and was an avid letter-writer. He advised those whom he sent letters to destroy them, although this obviously didn't happen, as so many of them are still in existence. This is where we've learned so much about a man who is so intriguing.
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i love him too :)
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I think he wrote only one cello sonata and its in D minor.
I like his 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15 symphonies. Try 5, 1, 11 first, in that order. The 2nd movement of #11 is a rather graphic depiction of Bloody Sunday where armed troops opened fire on a bunch of peaceful protestors.
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Welcome. Too bad there wasn't more surviving material from this performance...or was there?
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My goodness, he's a bit good on the old piano.
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Just to check: you have his picture, or you have a reference that mentions this performance with him in it?
Thanks, a1
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Conductor:
Definitely not Svetlanov and definitely not Kondrashin.
(Just look at this picture:
-youtube might remove this link below, though.
<3ws> dot siue dot edu/~aho/musov/kondrashin/shos tkon1 dot gif
A much much older shostakovich, and a man (Kondrashin) next to him, who is much younger than the conductor in the video)
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Superb - thanks for posting.
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Wonderful - a rare treat
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Which book, please?
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Have you analyzed the original video footage frame by frame (such as what I have here at
1:16-
1:20)? Sh. presses certain keys (that are not in the score), but they don't sound in the audio. It's almost like the performers were asked to "mime" their previous performance to get another camera shot.
What's your dissertation called?
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Excellent! SO neat to hear/see this performance!
Thanks for posting it!
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you are welcome
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Thanks for watching.
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Beatiful video! Great Shostakovich!
Thanks to share it.
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Brilliant. I agree that the conductor looks like Golovanov . See google images.
This is what YouTube is for.
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Возможно, дирижер - это Малько Николай Андреевич?
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Спасибо, Володя. How can you tell that it's Moscow -- because of the orchestra or because of the building?
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"Stride" is the bit where his left hand is all over the place in the last solo bit just before the very end.
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Trumpet player: Alexander Nikolayevich Schmidt (1889 - 1955)
On page 143 in "East meets West" Edward Tarr says the following: "On 15 October 1933, Schmidt was the first performer of Dmitiri Shostakovich's Concerto No. 1., for piano, trumpet and string orchestra, with the composer at the piano and the Leningrad Philharmonic conducted by Fritz Stiedry"
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WOW. Incredible footage!
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This is crazy good.
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Um... think you have the wrong person, sorry.
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I can not believe that he is really playing it that fast. It must be something wrong with recording, right? It sounds unnatural.
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Great, thanks a lot for letting me know. If you want, I can update the video info section with this.
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Thank you so much. Shotagoldfish means so much to me, particularly the piano concertos.
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Thank you for uploading this! Thank you so much!
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Um... think you have the wrong person, sorry.
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I think it's the concert for Piano Trumpet and Strings,not the Piano Concerto...btw it's so strange to see him,playing his music...wonderful!
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So amazing to watch this. The wonders of Youtube.
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No, sorry, I don't. Did you watch the tape?
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Truly priceless video. Thanks a million for posting this. I have to admit I don't even like this piece, but I can't fail to recognise the immense value of this video, and I'm definitely glad to have seen it. I've watched it several times now.
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horrible!
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LOL!
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Looking at the google images, I agree that it looks like Alex. Gauk.
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MASTER!!!
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Uh.....WHY?
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lol he seems to be in such a hurry to leave at the end.
amazing footage though. it is a priceless treasure!
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Do you mean MPO?
It was founded by Samosud in 1951.
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My understanding of Shostakovich is that he was a composer first and a pianist second. He loved to play the piano and apparently liked to perform but he was not recognized at the conservatory as a "great" pianist although clearly he was first-rate. Shostakovich didn't write much about himself but when you consider that his 1st symphony got him international attention perhaps he took the hint.
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i love the fact that he used a "chair" rather than the typical piano bench.
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Someone in the comments suggested it was "Sergei Yeriomin". I don't know for sure.
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It was a hilarious joke, actually.
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On what did you base the dating of the movie? The exact year might help in finding the orchestra and the conductor. By the way Shostakovich continued performing on piano well into late 60's, there is no way that arthritis would have "forced" him into composing. He considered himself first and foremost a composer and after making his mark as such felt no need to continue his performing career!
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great!
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Queenn7 and Lenochka1107 believe it isn't (could be Gauk). Have to keep searching through archives of data until we know for sure...
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Sorry, that was in response to Mendax1773. I'm not sure why it appeared at the top.
Someone mentioned his lack of performing was due to arthritis. I've never heard anything about this, but as he strayed away from performance on the piano at an extremely young age, I wonder if that is possible. Also, the Concerto for Piano (and trumpet) was his first piece (other than a set of preludes) on his primary instrument in a long time. This may explain his absence from performance during those years.
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Yeah! Check out his childhood as described by wikipedia, he obviously had no problem getting music in his head out at a YOUNG age! Incredible player!
Cheers!
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(Again, for anyone reading the all comments in order):
The trumpet player is Leonid Yuriev (see another comment about that).
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Kissin!
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hi, harrison! lol. im assuming this is you because
1. you sent me this vid
2. this username is giulani.
if your name is not harrison, please disregard this XD
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Where did you hear that Rachmaninov wanted to tape a live recital? Considering how he was extremely worried about leaving wrong notes on his records - to the point where he would smash each such record with a hammer...
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Antológico !!!
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Thank you very much !
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He is also my favourite composer. Listen to his 6th string quartet and his 14th symphony! And of course 'Lady Macbeth of Mzensk'!
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Well, it sure would be nice if they suddenly discovered complete footage of the whole concerto of the one camera focused on his hands the entire time. Please, let me know if they do.
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How do we know that this was "definitely not" the premiere performance on 15 October 1933?
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AWESOME!!!! Thank you for the video!
A year ago I was lucky to be present at the performance of 5th, 7th, 10th and 13th Shostakovich Symphonies by St Petersburg Philarmony with Valery Gergiev conducting. Hopefully wuth YouTube more treasures will be discovered!
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Thanks.
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I love him!
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Oh.... this is soo beautifull, so moving, and I live his cadenza, it's genius, despite it's stacato, it's really wonderfull.
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Я согласен с Вами.
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shostakovich was a concert pianist but he developed arthritis fairly early in his career, forcing him to concentrate on composing. Great video btw! Shame it's not longer
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On the question of piano, there are various reasons why he decided to compose vs perform "as a career". Towards the late 50s he really did start experiencing problems with his right hand that prevented him from playing at the technical level you see here. But during the 30s, he was still very much a strong pianist.
"Shame it's not longer".
Blame the goverment for destroying the video.
Praise the film archive workers for saving the little that they did.
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Wow, we are so blessed to have videos of such great composers. Thank you!!
Kinda makes you wish old father Mozart had had home movie skills....
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It's not serious if he makes an mistake : he has composed this masterpiece !!
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Forgot to mention that Yeriomin premiered the Goedicke Concert Etude (in 1936).
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That trumpet and piano were dead together upon every beat. I am not sure they could be any more together and crisp?
They were AWESOME- Shostakovich and the trumpeter made it seem like effortless perfection!
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maybe he didnt have personal choices and he just did what stalin told him to do or else he would "disappear" like all the others. he never failed as a pianist. he could have easily been a concert pianist.
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Great man.
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Shostakovich. Probably my favorite composer (just me) but that's probably just a stage that i am in now that I have discovered his string quartets! He was truly a genious.
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lol... though Shostakovich was one of the few composers who was able to sidestep the whole communist thing for the large part - they initially didn't want to publish his 24 preludes and fugues, thinking it was bad propaganda to make a work based on one of a German composer (Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier") but they ultimately realized it was so good that it didn't matter.
Gotta love him. He had quite a wonderful sense of humor, too (see Jazz suites).
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haha! lol. you would like harrison, then. same interests.
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Impresionante!!!
Gran hombre Shostakovich, como músico y
como persona, admirable!
Me fascinan sus composiciones.
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According to various sources, Shostakovich started noticing weakness in his Right hand around 1958. The problem was diagnosed as polio in 1965.
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I enjoyed this very much, FrancoMFT8 and thank you very much for sending it to me!
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That is THE best video I have seen in a long time. Its so intriguing to watch Shostakovich himself perform, such confidence!
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how many cello sonatas did he write, it's slipping my mind. Also, what symphonies would you recommend?
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and what's really great about this is that Woody Allen was in the orchestra!
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What is? Do you mean the players are well dicsiplined?..
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I believe the orchestra is the Moscow Philharmonic Symphony, since that is the orchestra that Leonid Yuriev played in for awhile. I could be wrong however.
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Amazing footage. DS in his prime.
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words cant say how excited i was at seeing this clip. shostakovitch was a musical genius . i love all his music. thankyou very much .
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Ochen' rad. (mozhno na "ty") :)
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It's funny that the Bechstein Piano Company doesn't use this clip as part of their promo. But it's plain to see that legitimate music, even from the hands of olympians like Shostakovich, was once made on pinnos that were not Steinways or Yamahas.
"I'm not feeling quite up to olympic level today" -John Weinzweig, Summer 2004
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It's not THAT hard. Also, it's easily practiced, since you can basically do it anywhere (with or without the instrument). I used to practice my triple tounging at bus-stops when no one else was around.
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Hahaha! :D
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He only did what Stalin told him to do in "broad daylight" so to speak. Of course he had personal choices. He just had to be extremely careful he made them in complete secrecy.
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I have heard of that book and will definitely check it out. Apparently Oliver Sacks is also really into music and I think he somewhat recently wrote a book called "Musicophilia" or something of the sort...?
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I read in an Oliver Sacks book that Shostakovich's musical "muse" was a metallic sliver in his brain; every time he leaned his head to the side, he "heard" musical inspiration. Pretty interesting.
He apparently was not happy about getting the sliver removed.
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Nice video, though I could have delt without the random angsty photographs.
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you're an idiot
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Having read Sofia Moshevich's book, it is possible this is from 11th of January 1936, where Albert Coates was the conductor. Google his photo and let me know.
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brilliant
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Thank you for this-what a treasure!
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It seems to me this conductor is not Golovanov. I learnt a lot about Golovanov's activity and saw a lot of his pictures... Great conductor!
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Wow, thanks de raspuns care or fi sansele sa imi raspund un alt roman tocmai pe video asta. :-)
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