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"The Shostakovich 6th I have been looking for."
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I have been searching for a fine, modern performance of the 6th Symphony for a long time. This is it! It is a work I have long considered amongst the best of his symphonies (always excluding the 4th and 8th, which are nonpareil), but have got by on two older, less than stellar recordings. Now I have filled a major gap in my collection.

The 12th Symphony I do not put in the same class, but Petrenko and the scouse band play for all they are worth so it's a fair make-weight. But the 6th is what this disk is all about.

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Symphonies, Vol. 6 – Symphonies Nos. 6 and 12 Naxos 8.572658

  • Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
  • Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
  • Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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.’

Symphonies, Vol. 6 – Symphonies Nos. 6 and 12 Review

The sixth volume in Vasily Petrenko's complete cycle of the symphonies of Dmitry Shostakovich presents a peculiar match-up of the Symphony No. 6 in B minor, an entirely abstract work, and the programmatic Symphony No. 12 in D minor, “The Year 1917.” Such a pairing is only for the convenience of organizing this set, so the two works need not be examined for any hidden musical connections or common subject matter. In 1938, Shostakovich intended to compose a setting of a Mayakovsky poem on Lenin, though by 1939 his ideas had developed into the Sixth Symphony, devoid of any tribute to the Soviet leader. Similarly, the Twelfth Symphony was conceived in 1960 as music for a commemoration of Lenin, but by its 1961 premiere, the work was fully formed as a depiction of events in the Bolshevik revolution. No matter what had been originally suggested or removed in the course of composition, Shostakovich's mu­sic in both symphonies is powerful and profoundly moving, and the depth of the composer's per­sonality comes through, with or without narrative elements. Under Petrenko's le­adership, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is convincing in the performances, which convey the pathos and excitement that mark the Sixth, and the intense Russian fervor and heroism of the Twelfth. Naxos offers clear sound with a wide audio range, though the extremes can be heard comfortably with minimal adjustment of the volume. Blair Sanderson – All Music Guide

Track Listing:

Disc 1:
  1. I. Largo 00:19:45
  2. II. Allegro 00:05:54
  3. III. Presto 00:07:09
  4. I. Revolutionary Petrograd 00:12:40
  5. II. Razliv 00:10:44
  6. III. Aurora 00:03:31
  7. IV. The Dawn of Humanity 00:09:55
Release date Australia
August 1st, 2013
Album Length (Minutes)
69
Label
Naxos
Number of Discs
1
Original Release Year
2011
Box Dimensions (mm)
142x125x10
UPC
747313265879
Product ID
21592414

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