Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 [Hybrid SACD]
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Composer: Dmitry ShostakovichConductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Format: Hybrid SACD, Import
CD Release Date: 2005-02-08
Music Label: Lso Live UK
Soundtracks:
- Palace Square: Adagio
- 9 January: Allegro
- In memoriam: Adagio
- Tocsin: Allegro non troppo
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Free Music Review: phenomenal live performance and recording
Hit: 5 Stars
Shostakovich's 11th Symphony is not one of his greatest works -- it is not in the same league as the 4th, 5th, 8th and 10th. It is better than the 7th (see my review of Gergiev's excellent recent recording), but similar.
Rostropovich and the London Symphony Orchestra perform the 11th magnificently here, though, with state-of-the-art recording quality, which makes this the clear choice for the 11th for a Shostakovich symphony collection. This disc has garnered rave reviews in Gramophone and the DSCH Journal. Warning -- the dynamic range is unusually wide. The opening Palace Square adagio begins at ppp, and if you turn the volume up so you can hear it, you will be deafened when the climax of the January 9th allegro arrives.
Rostropovich was a close friend of the composer. His recordings of Shostakovich have been uneven, but when he is ON, there is no conductor better at conveying the depth of tragedy and the Russian soul of the music, and Slava and the LSO were definitely ON the night they recorded this symphony in March of 2002.
See my SHOSTAKOVICH: A CENTENARY LISTENER'S GUIDE for more of the great Dmitri Shostakovich.
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