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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 5 & 9 [Original recording reissued]

~ Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra
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  • Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
  • Audio CD (9 Aug 1993)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued
  • Label: Decca
  • ASIN: B00000IP35
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 33,222 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.47 - 1. ModeratoConcertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam18:06Album Only
Listen  2. Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.47 - 2. AllegrettoConcertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam 5:26£0.79
Listen  3. Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.47 - 3. LargoConcertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam15:45Album Only
Listen  4. Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.47 - 4. Allegro non troppoConcertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam10:36Album Only
Listen  5. Symphony No.9 in E flat, Op.70 - 1. AllegroLondon Philharmonic Orchestra 5:14£0.79
Listen  6. Symphony No.9 in E flat, Op.70 - 2. ModeratoLondon Philharmonic Orchestra 7:47Album Only
Listen  7. Symphony No.9 in E flat, Op.70 - 3. Presto -London Philharmonic Orchestra 2:40£0.79
Listen  8. Symphony No.9 in E flat, Op.70 - 4. Largo -London Philharmonic Orchestra 3:55£0.79
Listen  9. Symphony No.9 in E flat, Op.70 - 5. AllegrettoLondon Philharmonic Orchestra 6:37£0.79

On this CD:
  1. Symphony No. 5 in D minor
    Composed by Dmitry Shostakovich
    Performed by Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra
    Conducted by Bernard Haitink

  2. Symphony No. 9 in E flat
    Composed by Dmitry Shostakovich
    Conducted by Bernard Haitink

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5.0 out of 5 stars ANOTHER WINNER, 3 Jul 2003
By DAVID BRYSON (Glossop Derbyshire England) - See all my reviews
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Another in Haitink’s Shostakovich series with the Concertgebouw and the LPO, and another almost-goes-without-saying top rating. No vocals in this one, but the orchestras excellent again, the sound excellent again, the conducting the familiar model of commitment, insight and professionalism.

Which Shostakoviches do we have this time? Symphonies 5 and 9 are from either side of WWII, at the height of Stalin’s paranoia. #5 starts gloomy and ends in what one sometimes sees described as an ‘apotheosis’ in the major key, a scheme predictably traced back to Beethoven’s 5th. #9, on the strength of its first movement, is often said to recall Haydn. That seems a fair analogy to me, but the resemblance of the third movement to a Mendelssohn scherzo strikes me as being even stronger. It all leaves me with the problem I always have with Shostakovich as a musician – who was he really? The start of #5 is in what I think of as a ‘standard’ 20th century idiom. It’s powerful in its way, but taken in isolation who might have written it – Vaughan Williams? Could you even imagine failing to recognise Sibelius? Or Stravinsky, or Prokofiev? If the general scheme of the symphony owes something to Beethoven’s 5th, I for one regret that. Part of Beethoven’s legacy is that he pioneered gloominess in our musical idiom, as Shaw perceptively says. He does that magnificently, my problem is with his triumphant apotheoses, Affirmations of the Spirit of Man etc, and the end of his 5th symphony seems to me a preposterous bit of musical junk. Housman described Wordsworth’s optimism as ‘downright unpoetical’. I don’t go quite so far with its equivalent in his contemporary Beethoven – not quite so far. What is more significant is Shostakovich’s own comment on the end of his own 5th – it’s like beating someone severely about and telling them to be positive and optimistic. He said it, I didn’t.

I shall persevere with my pilgrimage through the works of Shostakovich. He fascinates and intrigues me, and I need no telling that there is more to his music than I have yet managed to understand.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Shostakovich as himself, 29 Dec 2008
By L. CORRAL (Oslo, Norway) - See all my reviews
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Shostakovich's 5th is regarded as one of the icons of modern symphonic music. And this recording is giving the work it's proper and full performance. Having said that, there are a couple of items in the first review that I would like to comment. Shostakovich as many other composers along the history of music has been undoubtely influenced and inspired by other composers both in the past and contemporary. This is nothing new. What would be of a Mozart without Haydn or even without Leopold? Or Beethoven without Mozart? Or Schubert, Schumann and Brahms without Beethoven? And so on and on and on. Artists influence each other along a historic line but that doesn't mean that they copy each other or that they loose their identity with doing so. There are very few if any artist that starts from absolutely nothing and is therefore completely original. One could write several pages about this. But instead I recommend to hear classical music without trying to compare and judge from others, you will enjoy it much more. Try to listen to the 5th. without thinking about both political or religious tendencies. It is very possible that Shostakovich had several types of music in mind when he composed this, but it is the whole, the total approach that makes it a complete and original symphony in its own right. And the result is very good indeed.
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