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Shostakovich – Symphonies Nos 1 & 15

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Catalogue numberBIS-1643 SACD
Release date2014-02-10
Discs1
Orig. sample rate44100Hz
Total time79:15

5 diapasons, Diapason 05/2014
Disc of the Week, BBC Radio 3 CD Review 17/05/2014


”At the heart of it all is Wigglesworth’s masterly control of structure and dynamics; the end result is discreet, direct and utterly absorbing. Well worth the wait; a fitting end to this fine cycle.” musicweb-international.com 02/2014

Mark Wigglesworth's cycle of the symphonies of Dmitri Shostakovich has been evolving gradually since its beginnings in 1997. First out was No. 7, the 'Leningrad Symphony', which Classic CD Magazine described as 'a magnificent release in all respects'. Since then, Wigglesworth has offered us a Ninth, Twelfth and Fourteenth all designated 'Benchmark Recordings' by BBC Music Magazine at the time of their respective releases, a ‘Babi Yar’ (No. 13) described as 'probably the most convincing Thirteenth to have appeared in the West’ in International Record Review, an account of the Fourth in which the conductor, according to the DSCH Journal, proved himself to be 'unquestionably outstanding'... The list could go on, with the general verdict being that the cycle has offered constantly interesting and often thought-provoking interpretations and striking performances. Wigglesworth started his traversal with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, recording Symphonies Nos 5, 6, 7, 10 and 14 with that orchestra, and in 2005 moved across the English Channel to continue the project with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. It is the Dutch ensemble that on this last instalment of the series perform the First and the Fifteenth, the alpha and omega of a symphonic production that spans almost 50 years of the composer's life and more than perhaps any other body of musical works reflects world events – the Communist revolution, World War II, Stalinist oppression – and their creator's reactions to them.
 
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  Composer: Shostakovich, Dmitri
  Symphony No.1 in F minor, Op.10 (1924–25) 31:50
01 I. Allegretto – Allegro non troppo 08:33 $ 1.80 USD
02 II. Allegro – Meno mosso – Allegro – Meno mosso 05:07 $ 1.07 USD
03 III. Lento – Largo – Lento – 08:28 $ 1.78 USD
04 IV. Allegro molto – Lento – Allegro molto – Meno mosso
– Allegro molto – Adagio – Largo – Più mosso –
Presto
09:42 $ 2.04 USD
 
  Symphony No.15 in A major, Op.141 (1971) 46:03
05 I. Allegretto 08:59 $ 1.89 USD
06 II. Adagio – Largo – Adagio – Allegretto – 15:43 $ 3.30 USD
07 III. Allegretto 04:32 $ 0.95 USD
08 IV. Adagio – Allegretto – Adagio – Allegretto 16:49 $ 3.53 USD
 
  Album total 79:15
ComposerShostakovich, Dmitri
ConductorWigglesworth, Mark
OrchestraNetherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

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