- Original Release Date: 1 Jan 2002
- Label: LSO Live
- Copyright: 2002 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
- Total Length: 1:12:25
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- ASIN: B001HKC2GC
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 42,146 in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 in MP3 Albums)
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| Play | 1. Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The Year 1905': I. Palace Square: Adagio | 20:10 | Album Only | |
| Play | 2. Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The Year 1905': II. 9 January: Allegro | 21:27 | Album Only | |
| Play | 3. Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The Year 1905': III. In memoriam: Adagio | 13:27 | Album Only | |
| Play | 4. Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The Year 1905': IV. Tocsin: Allegro non troppo | 17:20 | Album Only |
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I came to this recording shortly after listening to Rostropovich's earlier version of the work with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington (on Teldec). The differences are not as great as I would have expected; this is very much heart on sleeve Shostakovitch, and both discs give us performances played for all it's worth. The Teldec has a more spacious recording, but the LSO Live taping is technically their best so far (they record live in the Barbican Hall, London-not a very sympathetic acoustic). In the last movement, though, I think the London players have the edge in sheer,well,-power! And on the last chord, as before, Rostropovich lets the bells play on, an effect some critics don't like but I think adds to the fevered atmosphere.
An incredible bargain. (Try getting a seat for that price)!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you know a few symphonies of Shostakovich then you'll be aware that in the main they are not lightweight affairs: far from it in terms of orchestral forces, tonal landscaping, depth of expressiveness - everything.
This is one of the less frequently performed of his symphonic works, so you may be approaching it, as I did, with no preconceptions about how it should be played. This is good: the absence of a prior benchmark recording allows the listener to just enjoy the performance - if enjoy is the right word to use in the context of this bleak and brooding emotive megalith.
The performance and the recording are most exemplary. I would just say that this is a work that demands your attention, your respect, and your patience. It is not comfortable listening. You will probably, like me, listen to one movement at a time because it is a lot to take in, but you cannot really have any other breaks.
There is a potential problem with auditioning this CD: firstly you must have a very quiet room, because there is a lot of very, very quiet music with a wonderful, subtle, ingenious soundscape. The distraction of a ticking clock, the scratching of a dog, the buzzing of a fly - they will all be too much to bear!
And there are other sections where the whole force of the LSO is unleashed into your listening room, and THAT is too much to bear, too. Herein lies the problem. Unless you are in a position to listen to it at something like concert-hall volume, you will miss out on the detail in the quiet passages. So this recording may not be the best one for you in the context of your equipment and surroundings, unless you are prepared to keep adjusting the amplifier volume.... Read more ›
This is one of the less frequently performed of his symphonic works, so you may be approaching it, as I did, with no preconceptions about how it should be played. This is good: the absence of a prior benchmark recording allows the listener to just enjoy the performance - if enjoy is the right word to use in the context of this bleak and brooding emotive megalith.
The performance and the recording are most exemplary. I would just say that this is a work that demands your attention, your respect, and your patience. It is not comfortable listening. You will probably, like me, listen to one movement at a time because it is a lot to take in, but you cannot really have any other breaks.
There is a potential problem with auditioning this CD: firstly you must have a very quiet room, because there is a lot of very, very quiet music with a wonderful, subtle, ingenious soundscape. The distraction of a ticking clock, the scratching of a dog, the buzzing of a fly - they will all be too much to bear!
And there are other sections where the whole force of the LSO is unleashed into your listening room, and THAT is too much to bear, too. Herein lies the problem. Unless you are in a position to listen to it at something like concert-hall volume, you will miss out on the detail in the quiet passages. So this recording may not be the best one for you in the context of your equipment and surroundings, unless you are prepared to keep adjusting the amplifier volume.... Read more ›
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By Bob Zeidler
Format:Audio CD
I first experienced this work many years ago, when Capitol Records (now part of EMI) released an LP set by Leopold Stokowski and the Houston Symphony Orchestra (still a favorite of mine, and presently available in well-mastered CD form from EMI). In subsequent years, I added performances by Bernard Haitink, Rudolf Barshai, and Rostropovich himself, when he had been the conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra. But it took only one hearing of this new "LSO Live" performance, with Rostropovich conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, for it to go to the top of this rather small pile of Shostakovich 11th Symphony recordings.
Shostakovich's 11th Symphony is a rather long, and very brooding, work. Ostensibly written to commemorate the 1905 Russian Revolution, its date of writing also suggests that it might contain one of his frequent "hidden messages," this one as a personal response to the Hungarian uprising and subsequent Soviet invasion of 1956. But perhaps it's best to ignore this highly-specific subtext, and simply accept the work as a more universal "commemoration to the victims of oppression everywhere."
Some Shostakovich symphonies (certainly the 1st, 5th, 8th and 10th, and perhaps the 6th and 9th) are heard in the concert hall much more frequently than this work, or for that matter, his other "war" symphony, the 7th ("Leningrad") Symphony. It follows – largely, anyway – that this work is not nearly as frequently recorded.
But, unless you are one who needs multiple versions of everything, this Rostropovich/LSO recording is likely to be the only one you'll ever need. Recorded live, it is, in a word, stunning.
... Read more ›4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By "ste_c"
Format:Audio CD
This is the first Shostakovich I have ever bought, and on the strentgh of this CD I will definitely be buying more. This is also the first LSO Live CD I have bought, and it truly is a fantastic bargain.
The performance vividly brings to life the bleak nature of the work and on the whole is a perfectly judged reading which never breaks the spell created by the darkly subtle opening. The musicians shine through the average sound quality and the CD partly recreate what must have an incredible live experience, ( what CD has ever come close to the thrill of being in the same room as a full orchestra?).
Fantastic...I would have happily paid a few pounds more.
By Keith Scotus
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I purchased this audio CD after having heard a performance live at the Music Hall in Aberdeen. Turned out to be a great purchase for me - I couldn't stop playing it once it arrived! Won't be everybody's cup of tea, however, but stately and atmospheric and at times exhilarating.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Thoughtfull music
This symphony is so wellcomposed that I started to see my own pictures, of this 1905 revolution, in my mind.
I also felt it could have been adressed to Stalin? Read more
I also felt it could have been adressed to Stalin? Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jimmy Eskildsen
3.0 out of 5 stars
Worth considering as a first or second Eleventh
The praise from Gramophone drew me to this LSO Live disc. There must be something like seventeen minutes separating Slava's epic version to that of Kondrashin (nla), with most... Read more
Published on 27 Dec 2005 by Philoctetes
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't believe the hype
There has been a great deal of hyperbole surrounding this CD, some of it echoed by the reviews on this site. Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2003 by MR P FITTON
4.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing bargain
This is the first Shostakovich I have ever bought, and on the strentgh of this CD I will definitely be buying more. Read more
Published on 2 April 2003 by "ste_c"
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great playing - average sound
The playing on this CD is quite superb - the tension and atmosphere of a live concert comes across very well. Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2002
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