Essential Shostakovich Discs

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  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
    Gone fishin'
    • Sep 2011
    • 30163

    ... and (whilst I'm in sad git with nothing better to do mode) the timings of the performance on the Phillips "faulty" issue are: 24' 33"; 6' 07"; 6' 17"; 9' 37"; 12' 58".
    On the "corrected" Alto issue (of the same performance): 25' 15"; 6' 21"; 6' 25"; 9' 51"; 13' 18".


    And this might be useful:

    Last edited by ferneyhoughgeliebte; 04-05-17, 07:30.
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    • visualnickmos
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      • Nov 2010
      • 3609

      Nothing "sad git" about it at all. Far from it...... quite illuminating, and you've clearly answered my query, for which I am grateful.

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      • visualnickmos
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        • Nov 2010
        • 3609

        Originally posted by Petrushka View Post
        Apart from the appalling audience noise. Only played it once and couldn't take any more.
        Exactly. It really does sully the whole experience. In fact, I have one or two BBC Legends CDs and they are not very good at all when it comes to quality of recording, and more particularly - audience noise. Some even comparatively 'recent' ones are not even stereo! They sound a bit like like bootlegs.

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        • ferneyhoughgeliebte
          Gone fishin'
          • Sep 2011
          • 30163

          Originally posted by visualnickmos View Post
          Nothing "sad git" about it at all. Far from it...... quite illuminating, and you've clearly answered my query, for which I am grateful.
          [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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          • Petrushka
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            • Nov 2010
            • 12235

            Originally posted by visualnickmos View Post
            Nothing "sad git" about it at all. Far from it...... quite illuminating, and you've clearly answered my query, for which I am grateful.
            And thanks from me too. It would seem that an order for the Alto release needs to be placed
            "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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            • mahlerei
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              • Jun 2015
              • 357

              Downloaders might like to know that Mravinsky's pitch-corrected DSCH8 is available from Qobuz:

              Listen to unlimited or download Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 by Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra in Hi-Res quality on Qobuz. Subscription from £10.83/month.
              Last edited by mahlerei; 05-05-17, 15:23.

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              • BBMmk2
                Late Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 20908

                Must investigate these downloads, not from Qobuz but amazon or Spotify?
                Don’t cry for me
                I go where music was born

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                • Barbirollians
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 11669

                  Boult’s Shostakovich 6 on Everest is stunning . So easy for Boult to be pigeonholed as being a specialist in English music . It is my favourite I think now of recordings of this piece.

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                  • cloughie
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                    • Dec 2011
                    • 22115

                    Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
                    Boult’s Shostakovich 6 on Everest is stunning . So easy for Boult to be pigeonholed as being a specialist in English music . It is my favourite I think now of recordings of this piece.
                    I’m not sure that anyone who has heard a lot of Boult would say that - but I take your point as he didn’t do a lot of Shost - that 6th is good as is the Sargent 9th on the same CD if you have the same one as me!

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                    • Cockney Sparrow
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                      • Jan 2014
                      • 2283

                      Originally posted by mahlerei View Post
                      Downloaders might like to know that Mravinsky's pitch-corrected DSCH8 is available from Qobuz:

                      http://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/sho.../5055354411502
                      Looking upthread, I see the re-issue of the Mravinsky 8th is discussed and on the Qobuz link it states the release is by "Musical Concepts" I don't subscribe to Qobuz - maybe one day. Meanwhile, I looked on Naxos Music Library (free, via library*) and couldn't find Alto, but did find their releases under "Musical Concepts" including (with PDF booklet) the Mravinsky. Its going to be enjoyable rooting around their catalogue and "trying before I buy" with some of their re-issued recordings already on my mental "wish list".
                      * http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...-library/page2


                      Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
                      Boult’s Shostakovich 6 on Everest is stunning . So easy for Boult to be pigeonholed as being a specialist in English music . It is my favourite I think now of recordings of this piece.
                      Just been listening, and most enjoyable. I can't claim to have listened to enough versions to compare, but yes - what range Boult had. His contribution to British music making was enormous......

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                      • jayne lee wilson
                        Banned
                        • Jul 2011
                        • 10711

                        Originally posted by Cockney Sparrow View Post
                        Looking upthread, I see the re-issue of the Mravinsky 8th is discussed and on the Qobuz link it states the release is by "Musical Concepts" I don't subscribe to Qobuz - maybe one day. Meanwhile, I looked on Naxos Music Library (free, via library*) and couldn't find Alto, but did find their releases under "Musical Concepts" including (with PDF booklet) the Mravinsky. Its going to be enjoyable rooting around their catalogue and "trying before I buy" with some of their re-issued recordings already on my mental "wish list".
                        * http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...-library/page2




                        Just been listening, and most enjoyable. I can't claim to have listened to enough versions to compare, but yes - what range Boult had. His contribution to British music making was enormous......
                        ...Looks like "Musical Concepts" is now the "Parent Label" for Alto.....whose own site hasn't been updated since 2018. Somewhat confusing.
                        The Alto CDs are still widely available, many at bargain price. The DSCH Alto Reissues are in a 12-CD boxset as well, released 2020.

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                        • gurnemanz
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                          • Nov 2010
                          • 7382

                          Shosty complete songs on 5 Delos CDs.

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                          • BBMmk2
                            Late Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 20908

                            Martha Argerich, playing PC 1, concerto, and the P.Quin.
                            Last edited by BBMmk2; 20-10-21, 07:32.
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                            I go where music was born

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                            • LeMartinPecheur
                              Full Member
                              • Apr 2007
                              • 4717

                              Originally posted by gurnemanz View Post
                              Shosty complete songs on 5 Delos CDs.
                              I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!

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                              • richardfinegold
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                                • Sep 2012
                                • 7656

                                David Oistrakh in the first VC, with Mitropolous and the NY Phil

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