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Shostakovich Symphonies
Posted by Michael Bullivant on November 12, 2023, 1:18 pm Edited by board administrator November 12, 2023, 1:45 pm
Apropos John Quinn's review of the recent ICA issue of Shostakovich’s Symphonies 4 & 11, the former has indeed been available before. It was on a Medici ‘classic archive’ DVD issued about fifteen years ago when it was coupled with Rimsky’s Russian Easter Festival and Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.1 with Viktoria Postnikova, both recorded at a Prom the following year.
And Rozhdestvensky evidently didn’t change his mind about the tempo of the Eleventh’s third movement (I agree with John – it’s far too fast) since his 1983 studio recording dispatches it in not much more than the present recording – 9’58 according to the disc timing.
I also agree with John that No.11 is a – pace dear Dieter! – a fine work, my introduction to Shostakovich more than sixty years ago and still a favourite!
Re: Shostakovich Symphonies
Posted by dieter barkhoff on February 21, 2024, 5:08 am, in reply to "Shostakovich Symphonies"
Pace to you, brother. I love the idea that one man's meat is another man's poison.
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Apropos John Quinn's review of the recent ICA issue of Shostakovich’s Symphonies 4 & 11, the former has indeed been available before. It was on a Medici ‘classic archive’ DVD issued about fifteen years ago when it was coupled with Rimsky’s Russian Easter Festival and Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.1 with Viktoria Postnikova, both recorded at a Prom the following year.
And Rozhdestvensky evidently didn’t change his mind about the tempo of the Eleventh’s third movement (I agree with John – it’s far too fast) since his 1983 studio recording dispatches it in not much more than the present recording – 9’58 according to the disc timing.
I also agree with John that No.11 is a – pace dear Dieter! – a fine work, my introduction to Shostakovich more than sixty years ago and still a favourite!