Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok [Hybrid SACD]
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Music CD Cover Performer: Hai-Ye Ni Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach Performer: Christoph Eschenbach Performer: Yvonne Naef Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Performer: Juliette Kang Edition: Music CD Format: SACD CD Release Date: 2008-03-11 Music Label: Ondine Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok [Hybrid SACD] Album
Free Music Review: Good in parts
Hit: 3 Stars
If you are familiar with Shostakovich's music the 5th Symphony will probably need no introduction, if you are not the 5th is a very good a place to start; a very accessible work of contrasts and exuberance.
The recording quality here is not in question, the sound is very good, but what of the playing? It is certainly a noble performance, but in this instance that is not always a good thing, perhaps for "noble" read slow. This works well with the largo, it certainly conveys requisite feeling of anguish, but the problem here is that this slow approach is extended to the rest of the symphony. This overall slow treatment results in a somewhat lack-lustre performance. The first movement comes across as ponderous; the last movement starts off with a rather plodding tempo; it does gain momentum, but fails to gain in excitement, and while the coda produces a great sound, it fails to move.
The Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok fair somewhat better, well sung rich and at times appropriately husky; there is some fine mournful playing too from the cellist Hai-Ye Ni and subtly from Eschenbach on piano. However it is an odd coupling with the Symphony, not perhaps what one would choose to listen after Shostakovich's 5th; it certainly makes a strange transition.
If it's Shostakovich's 5th you are after, there is no shortage of better performances available: Jansons on EMI, Haitink on Decca and at bargain price Rahbari on Naxos to mention a few.