Aleksiroea (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is his 6 symphony, the first part.

gregapage (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

WTF? It's about Leningrad in WW2 you fuckin idiot! Way after The Revolution. I agree with the guy below; the title's misleading. I thoughly enjoyed nonetheless. Thanks for posting.

kaidi456 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I take it this would be a good backing track for a documentary about the 1905 Revolution?

OriginalMoonbeam (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

very interesting

smodoh (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It is wonderful - I want to see it all!

SeptSongs (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

My goodness - technically you are correct - there is no mention of"documentary" - just that people are speaking of their experiences during the performance... you, ruski, are indeed a little devil.... in any case, my point is perhaps if you want to listen to the piece itself without any nasty interuptions you might try listening to a CD version - Gergiev or Haitink are good choices. Enjoy...

devilruski (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

No it doesnt, I don't see the word documentary there it says "Valery Gergiev conducts Shostakovich's 7th Symphony which salutes the sacrifices made during the Great Patriotic War as survivors of the Siege of Leningrad describe the first performance of this great symphony " Doesnt say documentary

SeptSongs (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Sorry, but if you press the underlined "more info" on the right, you'll discover that it must be part of a documentary... in fact, that film is the Emmy-winning "The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin" and there are many other excerpts of it on YouTube... The description: Valery Gergiev conducts Shostakovich's 7th Symphony which salutes the sacrifices made during the Great Patriotic War as survivors of the Siege of Leningrad describe the first performance of this great symphony

devilruski (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'm just trying to listen to the song,I didn't say anything about a CD, it doesn't say Shostakovich Documentary it just says Shostakovich 7th Symphony,so it's easy to assume that it was just the song, the info doesn't even say its a documentary.

SeptSongs (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

why are you on youtube watching a documentary excerpt while wishing you were listening to a CD when you could instead be listening to a CD instead of watching a great documentary?