Our summer BAL 34 Shostakovich Symphony No 1

[antongould]

Chicago SO,Bernstein aint bad (c/w a shattering Leningrad).

Agreed ER

[Roehre]

:..... The Ormandy was coupled with Rostropovich's cello Concerto No1 when i bought it - not a bad introduction to the works of a composer !

That makes two of us

[Parry1912]

I am surprised to see so little apparent interest in this work .

I've got four recordings of this piece:

Barshai
Bernstein
Haitink
Jansons

Frankly, I would be hard pressed to pick a favourite ... so I won't!

[visualnickmos]

Frankly, I would be hard pressed to pick a favourite ... so I won't!

....unless you had Ormandy as well!

[Alison]

You'd have thought that the Berlin Philharmonic and Rattle would deliver the goods but I find theirs a fussily tepid account.

[BBMmk2]

Chicago SO,Bernstein aint bad (c/w a shattering Leningrad).

Sounds like a cracker!

[Petrushka]

What with Proms, heatwaves and work I've completely missed this thread.

The Bernatein double CD set mentioned by ER is indeed a cracker and is one among many recordings I have of the piece including Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra recorded in November 1933.

Among modern versions I like Haitink and the LPO in fine Decca sound as well as Rozhdestvensky and the USSR Min of Culture Orchestra for the Soviet brass and up-front percussion.