Shostakovich: Symphonies #1 & 14 - Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
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Composer: Dmitri ShostakovichConductor: Simon Rattle
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-06-06
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- De profundis. Adagio
- Malague?a. Allegretto
- La Loreley. Allegro molto
- Le Suicid?. Adagio
- Les Attentives I. Allegretto
- Les Attentives II. Adagio
- ? la Sant?. Adagio
- R?ponse des Cosaques Zaporogues au Sultan de Constantinople. Allegro
- O Delvig, Delvig!. Andante
- Der Tod des Dichters. Largo
- Schlu?st?ck. Moderato
- I. Allegretto
- II. Allegro
- III. Lento
- IV. Allegro molto
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Free Music Review: Rich and deep!
Hit: 5 Stars
The playing and conducting on this record is simply phenomenal, exactley what one would hope for from an orchestra of this caliber. but what stunned me the most was the quality of the recording!
the sound of this record, (through high quality headphones, studio style), was incredibly rich and deep, yet everything came across clearly.
the record on the whole was simply excellant, and i would recommend it to anyone looking for either of these symphonys, especially the first.
Shostakovich: Symphonies #1 & 14 - Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Poster
This stunning new recording, taken from live performances in Berlin, features symphonies composed by Shostakovich early and late in his life. The 14th, a cycle of 11 songs, is a series of meditations of one sort or another on death(or immortality, dissent or loss of some sort), for solo bass and soprano voices, and scored for strings and percussion (made up of castanets, woodblock, three tom toms, whip, bells, vibraphone, xylophone, celesta). The songs are potent indeed, each being a microcosm of some type of pain, and Sir Simon Rattle has chosen superb soloists: Karita Mattila, at her most lyrical, refuses to shout, scaling her voice back to a point of intimacy when required, but of course with reserves of power; and Thomas Quasthoff, whose voice is more ravishing with each passing year, wrings all the feeling out of his texts. Rattle gets great playing from the orchestra, with the percussion startling with each of its aggressive entrances. The 1st Symphony is a huge contrast---very classical and bright, but also with surprising depth of feeling in the slow movement---a hint of what was to come in the composer's career. The performance is excellent, with particularly gorgeous, expressive playing from the oboes. Highly recommended. --Robert LevineClassical Music CDs
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