At first dedicated to lenin, it was eventually submitted in honor of the besieged city of leningrad, where it was first played under dire circumstances on august 9, 1942, with the siege by axis and finnish forces ongoing. Shostakovich kirov orchestra, st petersburg, valery gergiev. Lso0535 shostakovich symphony no 11 the year 1908 albums. Dmitri shostakovich symphony no 9 in eflat major, op. The bass and timps lack sharp detail, resulting in thud instead of crack. The blazing live performances that won gergiev his job at the helm of the. Written by shostakovich after he had been transported out of his besieged hometown of leningrad, the seventh is a patriotic hymn to his city and country and a rallying cry to the foes of fascism. Seven years ago, gergiev and mariinsky orchestra performed at shanghai. Shostakovichs eleventh symphony, written in 1957 to mark the 40th anniversary of the october revolution, had a mixed reception. As under valery gergiev in his sometimes sullensounding allrussian account, the opening theme like much of the invasion episode seems curiously muted.
To everything, there is a time shostakovich wrote his eleventh symphony in 1957. I was reminded of this when i heard this version of shostakovichs eighth symphony and concluded that, like beethovens pastoral probably the only thing both works have in common its possible to have equally fine slow and fast versions. Rotterdam philharmonic orchestra plays brilliantly. The mariinsky label presents the fourth installment in valery gergievs shostakovich symphony cycle an. Politically, this was the time of the thaw in the soviet union. Shostakovich wrote the work as his graduation piece at the petrograd conservatory, completing it. Shostakovichs leningrad symphony is one of his most magnificent, but what. After the premiere, shostakovich made some revisions to the score, and this final version was first played in moscow later. Find valery gergiev discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Special projects shanghai daily pdf shanghai daily archive app download.
Gergiev brings his feverish, inthemoment inspiration to this. In 2009, gergiev and the mariinsky launched a mariinsky live record label being distributed by london symphony orchestra live, with the first two recordings featuring music by dmitri shostakovich. St petersburg philharmonicyuri temirkanov signum sigcd194. The ultimate horror is, in fact, that nobody will ever know. Introductions to each symphony and concerto by valery gergiev a documentary, dmitri shostakovich a man of many faces picture format. Evidently, dmitri shostakovich felt a strong urge, decades after composing his symphony no. Rarely a conductor made such a good use of dynamics to underline the inner conflict and the whole spectrum of emotions buried by the composer in this music. But this updated version with mariinsky orchestra is much better. June 2012, concert hall of the mariinsky theatre, st petersburg, russia. Dmitri shostakovich lady macbeth of mtsensk 2004 dvd9 ntsc 2dvd 11. It then fell from favor, probably as a result of a backlash against its highly programmatic nature in the midst of the atonal avantgarde of the 2nd half of the 20th century, and its fiercely prosoviet. There is a handful stunning shostakovich symphony recordings in karel ancerls discography. It was first performed by the leningrad philharmonic orchestra and the academy capella choir under nikolai malko, on 5 november 1927.
And beyond any doubt dmitri shostakovich was a musical genius. It is impossible to deny the overwhelming impact shostakovichs symphony no. Dmitri shostakovich, valery gergiev, orchestra of the mariinsky theatre, rotterdams philharmonisch orkest, leningrad philharmonic orchestra shostakovich. Valery gergiev gives the fifth an admirably direct, clean performance full of excitement and intensity. As sandburg suggested, it was music written with the hearts blood.
Download torrent shostakovich sacd gergiev fast and. Some people claim that stalin was responsible for as many as three times that number of deaths. The second, third and fourth movements just drag on without energy. A committed advocate of the music of his homeland, russian conductor valery gergiev returns to the cso in one of shostakovich s most celebrated symphonies. Iso torrent download,torrent hash is 91fed1e229520e2a514c37412cde94ae7354a993. This is post number 5 in a series of all 8 sacds released by philips classics of works conducted by valery gergiev. Much of the symphony no 7 in c major, op 60, dedicated to the city of his birth was also written during the. Shostakovich kirov orchestra, st petersburg, valery gergiev symphony no. Tchaikovsky symphony no 4 mravinsky, leningrad po sacdiso.
Download torrent shostakovich fast and easy torrent search. Shostakovich shostakovich symphony 7 leningrad gergiev. The fascinating documentary dmitri shostakovich a man of many faces explores the life and work of the composer based on rare archive footage and interviews. As part of its truth to power threeweek festival, the cso will perform shostakovichs symphony no. Valery gergiev and the mariinsky orchestra bring an intensity to great swaths of this. Shostakovich symphony 7 gergiev, mariinsky 2012sacd iso 4. Gergiev, who seems to have abandoned the onesize fits. The orchestra of the mariinsky theatre conductor valery gergiev. Russian conductor valery gergiev will lead the mariinsky orchestra to play. This is a hybrid super audio cd playable on both regular and super audio cd players. He builds the first movements central climax with unerring skill, makes due allowance for the scherzos ironic humor without overdoing it, and paces the great largo just about as well as anyone ever has. Dmitri shostakovich, valery gergiev, mariinsky orchestra. Although shostakovich s symphonies are usually highly programmatic, the third and tenth symphonies are among his most enigmatic works. After a very promising first movement which is both fiery and appropriately martial, gergiev suddenly slows down to a crawl.
Ravel boulez conducts ravel nyp, pierre boulez 2000, sacd iso 2017. Valery gergievs previous recording of shostakovichs famous symphony no. And theres a searing imagination as well as an indelible sense of connection and commitment here. Complete symphonies and concertos valery gergiev, bluray 2015 performers. Mariinsky orchestra, valery gergiev following hard on the heels of mikhail pletnevs fine sacd version of shostakovich s 15th is this impressively recorded version of the same work made in the sumptuous acoustics of the new mariinsky. Gergiev occasionally picks up the pace, only to slow down again. I own a number of gergiev blu rays that i like, especially prokofievs 5th with the vienna philharmonic. Shostakovich symphony no 7 leningrad valery gergiev. The music was the seventh symphony, soon to be known everywhere as the leningrad symphony. Soviet officialdom praised it as a fine example of socialist realism and awarded the composer a lenin prize. Mariinsky orchestra, valery gergiev following hard on the heels of mikhail pletnevs fine sacd version of shostakovichs 15th is this impressively recorded version of the same work made in the sumptuous acoustics of the new mariinsky. This live recording has occasional imperfections of ensemble, always a hazard with. Gergiev s approach to shostakovich s symphony proved gripping, driving the big moments. Temirkanovs orchestra is the one that shostakovich knew and loved.
Shostakovich symphony no 7 leningrad valery gergiev, mariinsky orchestra 2012, flac 2496 2017. Dmitri shostakovich symphony no 7 albums pentatone. Gergiev is more unremittingly sombre but magnificently controlled at all stages, and he draws eloquent. The shostakovich cycle includes introductions for each symphony and concerto by valery gergiev. For the third release in his shostakovich symphony cycle, valery gergiev again couples two works from different stages in the composer s career. Shostakovich shostakovich symphony 7 leningrad gergiev multichannel hybrid sacd music. The audience will then enjoy shostakovichs symphony no. Petersburg mariinsky theatre chorus and orchestra valery gergiev, conductor recorded live from the salle pleyel, paris, 202014 bonus. The work premiered informally on march 5, 1942, at a rural retreat by the volga, where the composer and many of his colleagues were seeking refuge from world war ii. Shostakovich symphony no 7 valery gergiev mariinsky, 2496 1. Symphony no 7 leningrad, op 60 shostakovich from mar0533. In this grandiose exhibition of the composers oeuvre br klassik, gergiev delivers a stunning rendition of prokofievs symphonic cycle 17, from the first symphony, which prokofiev himself named the classical, as ist style is very close to that of joseph haydn, to the muchloved symphony no. Valery gergiev shostakovich symphonies series page 1 of. Bbc proms 2018, prom 4 shostakovich leningrad symphony 320kbps.