No comments. I must just say that especially the cello concertos are mouth-dropping. 2018 3 X CD on the one and only Мелодия.
Showing posts with label Shostakovich. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shostakovich. Show all posts
Saturday, July 2, 2022
Monday, June 15, 2020
Dmitri Shostakovich, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy – The Last Three Symphonies
Probably the second-ever recording of Shostakovich's three last symphonies, which are darkness incarnate. 1975 3 X Lp on RCA.
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Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Danish String Quartet - Prism I: Beethoven / Shostakovich / Bach
Some music for the Xmas dinner. I find the concept of Danish String Quartet's Prism albums very interesting, as they start and finish them with tracks by Beethoven and Bach which envelope another, more modern composer. In this first installation, they set off with Bach's "Fugue in E-Flat Major" from The Well-Tempered Clavier and continue with Shostakovich's "String Quarter No.15 in E-Flat Minor," which is super-dark and droney (written juts a year before his death), with the violins occassionally sounding as if they had been played with an e-bow. They round the recording off on a much more optimistic tone with Beethoven's "String Quartet No. 12 In E-flat Major." DSQ is a talented group with great dialogue between the instruments and I think they are one of the most forward-looking classical music groups at the moment. 2018 cd on ECM.
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