Sir Georg Solti, BRSO - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9, I. Allegro

We mark the 120th anniversary of the death of Shostakovich on 25 September 1906. Watch Sir Georg Solti conduct the opening Allegro of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9 with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. This performance was recorded live at Munich’s Philharmonie im Gasteig on 8 December 1989, as part of a concert featuring Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony alongside Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, the “Pathétique”. Watch the full concert on our streaming service STAGE+: https://www.stage-plus.com/de/video/v... Two very different Russian symphonies, each with a powerful story to tell. Tchaikovsky’s "Pathétique" Symphony was his final masterpiece, an impassioned outpouring of melody and sorrow whose very name means "full of emotion". Shostakovich's Ninth might seem like its polar opposite: crisp, playful and bristling with pitch-black humour. But in Stalin’s Russia, those were dangerous qualities. Few conductors felt the tug of history like Sir Georg Solti, and few drove more directly for a piece's heart. This recording with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, captured live at Munich’s Philharmonie am Gasteig, finds both conductor and orchestra at their uncompromising best. Sir Georg Solti, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9, I. Allegro Subscribe here for more classical video clips – The Best Of Classical Music: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-DG _______________ Find Deutsche Grammophon Online: Instagram:   / dgclassics   TikTok:   / deutschegrammophon   Facebook:   / deutschegrammophon   X:   / dgclassics   Homepage: http://deutschegrammophon.com Newsletter: https://deutschegrammophon.com/newsle... _______________ 最优质古典音乐 – 此处订阅: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-DG Le meilleur de la musique classique. Pour vous abonner cliquez ici: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-DG 最高のクラシック音楽―登録はこちら: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-DG 최고의 클래식음악을 구독하세요: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-DG Подписаться на лучшую классическую музыку:: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-DG La mejor música clásica - Suscríbase aquí: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-DG #deutschegrammophon #classicalmusic #stageplus