Shostakovich Symphony No.11
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Composer: Dmitry ShostakovichConductor: Leopold Stokowski
Orchestra: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-03-15
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- The Pal
- January
- Eternal
- Alarm
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Free Music Review: Passionate, electrifying performance. Best I've heard yet.
Hit: 5 Stars
I have heard many performances of this Shostakovich symphony, including a live one, but this is hands-down the best of them. The tempi, the vibrancy of the performance, and the impassioned rendition make this THE performance to own.
The Houston Symphony gave a performance here that was out of their league-- world-class in terms of impact, brought forth in synergy with Stokowski as conductor.
Reading the liner notes (for the first movement especially) is highly recommended before listening, to get the full effect of the chilling difference between the first occurence of the "sunrise on the square theme" and its later return after the battle when it instead sounds like the stillness of death.
Shostakovich Symphony No.11 Poster
This has always been the version of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11 to go by. All others pale against this. This first appeared as a double vinyl LP in the 1960s, then as a single LP in the 1970s, and now on this CD. But give credit where all the credit is due: Stokowski extracts a deeply felt performance from the Houston Symphony Orchestra that catches all the nuances of the slow passages of each movement. But kudos go to the sound engineers who capture the incredible bass passages in the last movement. Since this is also a mid-price CD, this is the one to get. --Paul CookClassical Music CDs
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