Release Date: 30 September 2006
Label: Naxos / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 747313021772
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: SHOSTAKOVICH
Description
This is the first ever recording to present Shostakovich's ballet 'The Golden Age' complete, with all repeats observed, enabling listeners to assess the ballet in all its exhilarating, and, at times, anarchic intensity. The three full-length ballet scores that Shostakovich wrote between 1925 and 1935 remain among his least known works. 'The Golden Age' revolves around the visit of a Soviet football team to a Western city at the time of an industrial exhibition, only for their sporting and social endeavours constantly to be undermined by hostile administrators, decadent artistes and corrupt officials. There also exists a 'Golden Age Suite', prepared by Shostakovich before the premi?¿re of the ballet, available on Naxos 8553126. However, the excerpts which form the suite barely hint at the dissonant harmonies and intricate contrapuntal designs which can be found in the complete ballet available on this recording. This disc showcases the talents of the acclaimed Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the baton of Jos?® Serebrier, hailed by Leopold Stokowski as "the greatest master of orchestral balance."""
Tracklisting
Dariia Lytvishko
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
David Childs; Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs
Zenz:Cathariou:Iacovidou
Zahir Ensemble
Yun-Yi Qin
