Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5
Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (Conductor Laureate)
…the first movement is deliberately cool in its initial stages; the subsequent ratcheting up of tension and pace, highly dramatic, still seems fresh.
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5
Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (Conductor Laureate)
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…the first movement is deliberately cool in its initial stages; the subsequent ratcheting up of tension and pace, highly dramatic, still seems fresh.
About
October sees Vladimir Ashkenazy interpreting Shostakovich from a recording made at Suntory Hall during a tour of Japan.Ashkenazy has had a longstanding relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra of which he was appointed Conductor Laureate in 2000. In addition to his performances with the orchestra in London and around the UK each season, he has toured with them worldwide and developed landmark projects such as 'Prokofiev and Shostakovich Under Stalin' in 2003 and 'Rachmaninoff Revisited' in 2002 at the Lincoln Center, New York.
Contents and tracklist
Work length44:20
This work is only available as an album download.
Symphony No. 5 - Moderato
Track length14:59
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Symphony No. 5 - Largo
Track length13:31
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Symphony No. 5 - Allegro non troppo
Track length10:22
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Awards and reviews
January 2009
…the first movement is deliberately cool in its initial stages; the subsequent ratcheting up of tension and pace, highly dramatic, still seems fresh.
With close on 50 recordings of the Shostakovich Fifth Symphony in the Catalogue, it has to be an exceptional account that enters the lists with any hope of getting noticed. Luckily this is one such.
