Release Date: 25 September 2011
Label: Naxos / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313265879
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Shostakovich
Description
Shostakovich's Sixth and Twelfth Symphonies both had their origins in large-scale projects about Lenin, though the Sixth was eventually to emerge as one of the composer's most abstract and idiosyncratic symphonies. The long, intensely lyrical and meditative slow movement that opens the work is one of the composer's most striking. The Twelfth, one of the least played of Shostakovich's symphonies in the West, became less a celebration of Lenin's legacy than a chronological depiction of events during the Bolshevik Revolution. 'The playing is fabulously crisp and committed, while the interpretations combine atmosphere and a sense of proportion - to the benefit of the youthful First, which receives an eerily effective performance, free of exaggeration.' (Financial Times on Naxos 8.572396 / Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3)."The string tone in the long, brooding melody at the start of the Sixth Symphony has a haunting blend of strength and malleability, vibrancy and power, the broad bowings emphasising the music's spaciousness with a timbre that is rich and luminous." The TelegraphEdward Seckerson talks to Vasily Petrenko about his latest Shostakovich recording:Independent Classical: Vasily Petrenko by The Independent on MixcloudWatch Petrenko conducting Symphony No.6""
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
Yaqi Yang; Margarita Parsamyan; Robynne Redmon; Minghao Liu; Frank Ragsdale; Kim Josephson; Kevin S
Vilmos Csikos; Olivier Lechardeur; Manon Lamaison
Tomas Cotik; Martingale Ensemble; Ken Selden
Keith Jarrett
Teodor Currentzis; Musicaeterna
Goldmund Quartet
Linus Roth, Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn & Ruben Gazarian
Isabelle van Keulen
Stuttgart Rso:Boreyko
INKINEN/DEUTSCHE RADIO PHIL
NICOLAS STAVY
