Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

With first desk players of exceptional ability, the orchestra plays with exemplary polish and a fine sense of ensemble under their conductor Long Yu…Vengerov brings lustrous singing tone to Tchaikovsky’s... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Picture and Sound) More…

Release Date: 1st Mar 2019
Catalogue No: ACC10440
Label: Accentus Music

Avshalomov, A: Hutungs of Peking

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Long Yu

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Long Yu

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Long Yu

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For the first time ever, a Chinese symphony orchestra performed at LUCERNE FESTIVAL. If yet more evidence that classical music has long since become a global language were needed, it would be this appearance by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra under music director Long Yu. These musicians from Asia played a program of three Russian composers. Aaron Avshalomov, who was born in 1894, served as a professor at the Shanghai Conservatory, where he taught from 1919 on; he was one of the founders of Chinas Western musical tradition. His tone poem Hutongs of Peking captures the sounds and voices that once echoed through the narrow alleys of the Chinese capital. Tchaikovskys immortal Violin Concerto was performed by one of the leading virtuosos of our time, Maxim Vengerov. And the orchestra demonstrated the degree to which a composer under Stalin had to wrestle with his own identity with Shostakovichs Fifth Symphony. Here the composer reacts to the political demand to be popular and monumental which leads to an absurdly overstated 'jubilant' conclusion.

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August 2019

With first desk players of exceptional ability, the orchestra plays with exemplary polish and a fine sense of ensemble under their conductor Long Yu…Vengerov brings lustrous singing tone to Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto…Produced by Paul Smaczny, the filming is helpful without being over-fussy and gives a good idea of how the colourful effects of Avshalmov’s Beijing work are achieved.

August 2019

This is a fine orchestra…Their playing is taut, disciplined, with a sophisticated sound and excellent individual players. They know their strengths and this musical menu played to them…You can sense the orchestra’s feeling for Shostakovich’s Fifth from the firm, bass-hewn foundations of this performance…this is a touching record of a special evening.

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