BaL 29.06.13 - Shostakovich Symphony. No. 5

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

9.30 a.m. Building a Library

Geoffrey Norris with a personal recommendation of recordings of Shostakovich's Symphony no. 5

Available recordings:-

Royal Stockholm PO, Yuri Ahronovitch
Czech PO, Karel Ancerl
NKH SO, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
RPO. Vladimir Ashkenazy
Halle Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
WDR Sinfonieorchester, Rudolf Barshai
LSO, Leonard Bernstein (DVD)
New York PO, Leonard Bernstein (multiple versions)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano G. Verdi, Oleg Caetani
Chicago SO, Myung-Whin Chung (download)
Helsinki PO, James DePreist (download)
Leningrad PO, Alexander Dmitriev
Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Mark Ermler
Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach
USSR State Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Gauk
Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (DVD)
Mariinsky Threatre Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Bernard Haitink
Vienna Pro Musica, Jascha Horenstein
VPO, Mariss Jansons
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi
LSO, Istvan Kertesz
Suisse Romande Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz
Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra, Dmitri Kitaenko (download)
Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, Roman Kofman
Moscow PO, Kirill Kondrashin
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitsky
Russian National Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg
Ukraine National SO, Theodore Kuchar (download)
Atlanta SO, Yoel Levi
Dallas SO, Andrew Litton
RPO, Sir Charles Mackerras
LPO, Kurt Masur
Leningrad PO, Evgeny Mravinsky
National Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia, Evgeny Mravinsky
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky
RPO, Grzegorz Nowak
Philadephia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
RLPO, Vasili Petrenko
Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari (download)
Cleveland Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski (download)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski
LSO, Mstislav Rostropovich
National SO Washington, Mstislav Rostropovich (download)
BPO, Yutaka Sado (DVD/Blu-ray)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling
Seattle SO, Gerard Schwarz (download)
LSO, Maxim Shostakovich
Constantin Silvestri
Slovak Radio SO, Ladislav Slovak
Halle Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
VPO, Sir Georg Solti
Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski
LSO, Leopold Stokowski
Evgeny Svetlanov (multiple versions)
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov
San Francisco SO, Michael Tilson Thomas (CD/DVD/Blu-ray)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Mark Wigglesworth
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden

GrauScumacher Piano Duo (4 hands)

[pastoralguy]

Jarvi and the RSNO for me, please.

[Petrushka]

Another BaL mission impossible! I'll settle for Concertgebouw/Haitink and, for the full Russian experience, Rozhdestvensky and the USSR Ministry of Culture Orchestra.

There are one or two Mravinsky performances around which are self-recommending but lovers of this work need to have the 1938 Leningrad PO/Mravinsky recording for the ultimate in authenticity. It will never make BaL on account of the sound quality but I hope that GN plays a snippet.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yevgeni-Mravinsky-Vol-2/dp/B00006YXAA/ref=sr_1_31?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1371856281&sr=1-31&keywords=mravinsky

[BBMmk2]

I see that Ea didnt lsit the available recordings this time!! :)
Yes another mission impossible. I have Jansons, Barshai, Petrenko and Jarvi. Which is my favourite, I really dont know.

[gurnemanz]

As a penniless student my first and for a few years only Shostakovich symphony recording was the Fifth with Ancerl and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra on Music For Pleasure. I still have the LP but haven't played it for several decades. I have fond, if vague, memories of it.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71nyAXBoszL.jpg

I have two good CD versions: Haitink and Bernstein.

[Hornspieler]

I see that EA didn't list the available recordings this time!! Yes, another mission impossible. I have Jansons, Barshai, Petrenko and Jarvi. Which is my favourite? I really dont know.

I have Berglund with the Bournemouth S O

Hardly surprising really!

HS

BTW I was not playing on this one.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I see that Ea didnt lsit the available recordings this time!! :)

Visitors this weekend, but I'm working on it.

[umslopogaas]

On CD, Rozhdestvensky and Stokowski. The Rozhdestvensky version is on the Classical Russia Revelation label from 1996; I remember hoping for great things on this label and have a few others, but I think it sort of fizzled out?

On vinyl, quite a few ... Rowicki, Skrowaczewski, Svetlanov, Kondrashin, Rowicki again (different version), Silvestri, Bernstein, Mravinsky, Mitropoulos, Maxim Shostakovich, Ancerl, Previn. The one that stands out in my memory is Previn, but I think I'd be happy with any of them.

[salymap]

All I have is an ancient LP - Washington National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Howard Mitchell.


I'd be amazed if it were even mentioned.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

O ye of little faith. See #1

[Bryn]

9.30 a.m. Building a Library

Geoffrey Norris with a personal recommendation of recordings of Shostakovich's Symphony no. 5

Available recordings:-

Royal Stockholm PO, Yuri Ahronovitch
Czech PO, Karel Ancerl
NKH SO, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
RPO. Vladimir Ashkenazy
Halle Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
WDR Sinfonieorchester, Rudolf Barshai
LSO, Leonard Bernstein (DVD)
New York PO, Leonard Bernstein (multiple versions)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano G. Verdi, Oleg Caetani
Chicago SO, Myung-Whin Chung (download)
Helsinki PO, James DePreist (download)
Leningrad PO, Alexander Dmitriev
Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Mark Ermler
Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach
USSR State Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Gauk
Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (DVD)
Mariinsky Threatre Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Bernard Haitink
Vienna Pro Musica, Jascha Horenstein
RSO Frankfurt, Eliahu Inbal (download)
VPO, Mariss Jansons
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi
LSO, Istvan Kertesz
Suisse Romande Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz
Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra, Dmitri Kita(j)enko (download) and SACD boxed set
Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, Roman Kofman
Moscow PO, Kirill Kondrashin
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitsky
Russian National Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg
Ukraine National SO, Theodore Kuchar (download)
Atlanta SO, Yoel Levi
Dallas SO, Andrew Litton
Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (SACD and CD)
RPO, Sir Charles Mackerras
LPO, Kurt Masur
Leningrad PO, Evgeny Mravinsky
National Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia, Evgeny Mravinsky
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky
RPO, Grzegorz Nowak
Philadephia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
RLPO, Vasili Petrenko
CSO, Andre Previn (download)
LSO, Andre Previn (download)
Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari (download)
Cleveland Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski (download)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski
LSO, Mstislav Rostropovich
National SO Washington, Mstislav Rostropovich (download)
BPO, Yutaka Sado (DVD/Blu-ray)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling
Seattle SO, Gerard Schwarz (download)
LSO, Maxim Shostakovich
Prague SO, Maxim Shostakovich (boxed set)
Constantin Silvestri
Slovak Radio SO, Ladislav Slovak
Halle Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
VPO, Sir Georg Solti
Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski
LSO, Leopold Stokowski
Evgeny Svetlanov (multiple versions)
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov
San Francisco SO, Michael Tilson Thomas (CD/DVD/Blu-ray)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Mark Wigglesworth
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden

GrauScumacher Piano Duo (4 hands)

Some additions. I would expect others to follow.

[amateur51]

O ye of little faith. See #1

Well done EA - what a list!

I hope your guests' breakfast didn't suffer

[BBMmk2]

Your a EA!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

It's very kind of you to say so, but it's interesting to do each week.

[visualnickmos]

I seem to remember that this was a BaL some years ago, and if I'm not mistaken Mackerras/RPO (on the Tring label) "won" or was at least some sort of recommendation......?