Originally posted by Bax-of-Delights
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Shostakovich Symphonies
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The siren voice of JLW has exerted its charms yet again ( "if you ever find it, buy it!") as Aulos set duly ordered from rather dodgy American website for slightly more than the Kondrashin (which is in Scotland, hence the justification for another copy for France). We'll see if it arrives. If nothing else, it has the indispensable performance of the 4th - I hope that Mario isn't put off by others' omission of this truly great work. If Mario isn't put off by downloads the Daniel Raiskin recording is still available for almost nothing from Amazon:
A very fine performance - more subtle to my ears than Caetani (which arrived a couple of days ago - it certainly doesn't take any prisoners) but still thrilling
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Auferstehen2
Originally posted by HighlandDougie View PostIf Mario isn't put off by downloads the Daniel Raiskin recording is still available for almost nothing from Amazon
So help me God, if someone reminds me again, I shall go loopy! It makes me so angry every time!
Being a little island of some 17 x 9 miles, Malta cannot download from Amazon.
Sorry folks, but that book you read was wrong - size does matter!
Mario
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Ungrateful, grumpy little so-and-so, aren't I?
Sorry HighlandDougie, my rant of course was not aimed at you, who was only trying to be helpful.
Apologies, and I will now go away to attempt to restore my equanimity.
Mario
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Originally posted by Auferstehen2 View PostI would suspect, if my past experiences with him is anything to go by, that Mravinsky would do serious justice to DSCH - how many of his symphonies did he record, can anyone tell me please?[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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#50 ferneyhoughgeliebte, you beat me to it by a whisker! I have just been going through my recordings and came to the same conclusion, but can add one more: symphony 12. I cant actually answer Auferstehen2's question (#39) definitively, I've no idea how much of Mravinsky's total recorded output (which is very large) I have acquired over the years, but probably only a small fraction. Of the Shostakovich symphonies, I have:
5 Russian Melodiya LP
6 English HMV/Melodiya and CD BMG Mravinsky edition vol. 9
8 CD BMG Mravinksy edition vol. 17
10 CD BMG Mravinsky edition vol. 9
11 Russian Melodiya LP
12 English HMV/Melodiya LP
15 CD BMG Mravinsky edition vol. 3
I dont know how far the BMG Mravinsky edition went, but vol. 17 lists vols. 1 - 20, giving only the composers featured, not their works. Apart from vols. 3, 9 and 17 already mentioned, there are works by Shostakovich listed on vols. 15 and 16: anyone know what they are?
Looking through my discs of the symphonies, I am impressed by the roster of conductors. A fine list of the great, good, neglected and utterly unknown. Apart from the central cast of Kondrashin, Mravinsky, Svetlanov, Haitink, Ormandy, there are recordings by (in no particular order):
Previn, Bernstein, Ancerl, Stokowski, Golschmann, Slovak, Blazhkov, Rozhdestvensky, Gould, Mitropoulos, Silvestri, Rowicki, Skrowaczewski, Neumann, Berglund, Nekludov, Karajan, Kurz, Cluytens, Pretre, Rostropovich, Barshai and Maxim Shostakovich.
This may just reflect the limitations of my knowledge rather than their tastes, but there are some names there that I would not associate with Shostakovich: Cluytens, Karajan, Berglund, for example, each in just one symphony. Not so surprising that Karajan would pick the tenth, because it is among the most popular, but why Berglund should pick the seventh, or Cluytens the eleventh, seems to me to be a bit of mystery.
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Originally posted by HighlandDougie View PostThe siren voice of JLW has exerted its charms yet again ( "if you ever find it, buy it!") as Aulos set duly ordered from rather dodgy American website for slightly more than the Kondrashin (which is in Scotland, hence the justification for another copy for France). We'll see if it arrives. If nothing else, it has the indispensable performance of the 4th - I hope that Mario isn't put off by others' omission of this truly great work. If Mario isn't put off by downloads the Daniel Raiskin recording is still available for almost nothing from Amazon:
A very fine performance - more subtle to my ears than Caetani (which arrived a couple of days ago - it certainly doesn't take any prisoners) but still thrilling"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Which performance of No 4 would you rate most highly?"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by HighlandDougie View PostAmazon download so rights-free and legal.
HD
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Originally posted by Caliban View PostObviously. I was talking about 13th, but it was ambiguous I grant you.
Which performance of No 4 would you rate most highly?
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