Shostakovich - Classical Music
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Shostakovich: Cheryomushki, The Bolt, The Gadfly (The Dance Album)
Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1-4
Shostakovich: The Gadfly; Five Days - Five Nights (Suites)
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No1, Op107; Violin Concerto No1 (revised), Op99
Shostakovich: Cheryomushki, The Bolt, The Gadfly (The Dance Album)
Prokofiev: The Complete Symphonies
Shostakovich: The String Quartets [Box Set]
Shostakovich: Complete Concertos
Shostakovich: The Complete Symphonies - Mariss Jansons (10 CD)
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No1, Op107; Violin Concerto No1 (revised), Op99
Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets / Alban Berg Quartet
Shostakovich: The Complete Symphonies - Mariss Jansons (10 CD)
Shostakovich: The String Quartets
Shostakovich: The String Quartets [Box Set]
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No1, Op107; Violin Concerto No1 (revised), Op99
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9 : Sony
Leonard Bernstein's performances of Shostakovich were almost as highly regarded as his Mahler. This performance of the Fifth Symphony was the highlight of his celebrated tour of the Soviet Union with the New York Philharmonic in 1959. The composer himself attended the performances and approved of Bernstein's interpretation, which is the exact opposite of the traditional Russian one. Rather than take the finale ponderously, Bernstein flies through the music at a frantic pace, carrying it forward with irresistible momentum. The Ninth Symphony is the composer's lightest and most carefree. Bernstein walks the fine line between humor and seriousness with acrobatic skill. --David Hurwitz - $7.71
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Hungarian Sketches
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Petrushka / Le Sacre du Printemps
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No1, Op107; Violin Concerto No1 (revised), Op99
Shostakovich: Symphonies no 5 and 9 / Haitink
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Borodin: String Quartet No. 1 in A Major; String Quartet No. 2 in D Major
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Op35; Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Op77
Shostakovich: Symphonies no 5 and 9 / Haitink : Decca
Gorgeously recorded so that all of Shostakovich's eerieness of texture (and harps) can be heard, Haitink's performance of the Fifth symphony is pretty wonderful. The bare landscape of the first movement, with its lonely oboe solos, leads into the very Mahlerian, faux-fun second movement with creepy ease. The Largo is introverted but poignant, with handsome, sustained pianissimo playing, and the finale has great energy, but not quite enough of the grotesque--it's a bit too well-groomed. The Ninth, on the other hand, is ideal, with a finale to rollick over, and a refusal to turn the sometimes sappy second movement into empty emotion. It's one of those moments when Haitink's coolness pays off. A good buy. --Robert Levine - $6.80
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No1, Op107; Violin Concerto No1 (revised), Op99
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet Nos. 2,3,7,8 & 12
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Hungarian Sketches
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No1, Op107; Violin Concerto No1 (revised), Op99 : Sony
Sony has brought together Shostakovitch's greatest concertos in first recordings made soon after their American premieres by the artists most closely identified with them. Neither performance has been bettered, though some, such as Vengerov's Teldec Violin Concerto, come close. The Violin Concerto is in solid, detailed mono; the Cello Concerto in fine stereo. Oistrakh goes to the heart of the violin work, playing with extraordinary tonal magnificence and emotional power. He's matched by Mitropoulos, whose identification with the score is apparent. Rostropovitch is as good in the Cello Concerto, getting excellent support from Ormandy's Philadelphians. Both performances share the white heat of fresh discovery and have stood the test of time to become classic recordings. --Dan Davis - $7.40
Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet Nos. 2,3,7,8 & 12
Shostakovich: Symphonies no 5 and 9 / Haitink
Dvorák: Cello Concerto; Tchaikovsky / Karajan, Rostropovich,
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