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Shosktakovich - Symphony No.6 And 9 [DVD] [1986]
 
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  • Format: Classical, Colour, DVD-Video, PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: German, Spanish, French
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Universal Music Operations
  • DVD Release Date: 12 Jun 2006
  • Run Time: 72 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B000EQ448O
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 67,466 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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This DVD is a fascinating document of a great conductor and orchestra playing two of the most underrated of Shostakovich's symphonies in 1985 and 1986 concerts in Vienna's Musikverein. In his spoken preface to the Sixth Symphony, Bernstein says he wants to "right a wrong"--the "wrong" being the work's reputation as unstructured lightweight piece. It is an unbalanced work, the opening Largo much longer than the remaining two movements, which can seem as mere appendages. But even at his extremely slow tempo, Bernstein makes it all hang together--the Largo moving in its icy bleakness, the Scherzo a genial joke, the final Presto (taken more as an Allegro and not a fast one at that) an opportunity for the conductor to show off his dance steps. The Haydnesque Ninth, despite idiosyncratically slow tempos is light and humorous, its sardonic touches here relished by Bernstein.

The Vienna Philharmonic isn't the ideal band for Shostakovich but Bernstein makes them play beyond their natural inclinations; here they lack only a bit more vulgarity in the brass and percussion to be fully idiomatic. The net result is a pair of deeply felt, emotionally powerful performances. Director Humphrey Burton's discreet camera work is excellent, with sufficient close-ups of the conductor and plenty of section shots interwoven with close-ups of solo players to help draw attention to key musical strands. Extras include Bernstein's cogent spoken prefaces to the works. --Dan Davis

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5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Bernstein, vintage Shostakovich, 13 Sep 2006
By Peter Brown (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This was my introduction to Shostakovich. Bernstein has a way of bringing you inside the mind of the composer. The idea, for instance, that the ninth synphony was always the hardest to write, because it was the last synphony of Beethoven, Schubert etc. and Shostakovich deliberately made the first movement of his ninth farcical, with the trombone cosistently coming in out of cue. And then the performances are excellent, with the VPO giving their best under Bernsteins baton. Well recommended.
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