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Shostakovich - Complete Symphonies [Box set]

~ Dmitry Shostakovich (Composer)
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  • Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
  • Audio CD (15 Jan 2007)
  • SPARS Code: A-D
  • Number of Discs: 11
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Melodiya
  • ASIN: B000IONEZG
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 55,929 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Symphonies 1 - 15 plus: "October" Symphonic Poem Op.131 "The Sun Shines on Our Motherland" Cantata Op.90 The Execution of Sepan Razin Op.119 Concerto No.2 for Violin & Orchestra Op.129

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Stepan Razin Revived!, 12 April 2007
By fmrtao (London, UK) - See all my reviews
The description of this item on Amazon is incomplete in that it includes several major works apart from the symphonies, not the least of which is the astonishing Execution of Stepan Razin. This recording has been languishing in the wilderness for many years and at last sees the light of day. No other recording of this work has come near to this one in intensity, passion and authenticity. Vitali Gromadsky is the definitive Stepan Razin and Kondrashin's recording is staggering.

What about the symphonies? The recordings are often flawed musically and technically but the performances are superb. The sound is unmistakably Russian, at times acidic, brutal, grim, cold. Perhaps the best example of all of these qualities lies in the eighth symphony.

No Western recordings can compare with these. If someone wanted to buy just one set of the symphonies, this is it!
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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Shostakovich Cycle On CD, 27 Feb 2007
By PhilsterNo1 (England) - See all my reviews
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Melodiya whetted our appetites with its box-set of Mravinsky recordings - Nos 5-8, 10-12 & 15, etc - but here is the best buy of all.

The reissued Kondrashin set recorded in Moscow during the 1960s-70s has all fifteen symphonies, October, Violin Concerto No 2 (Oistrakh) and Stepan Razin, plus some piece about the Motherland (or was it Fatherland?) After Mravinsky, Kondrashin was a conductor favoured by DS, who gave the first performances of Nos 4 & 13. These two, the first three, plus Nos 8, 14 & 15 are given outstanding performances. The others, if not wihtout formidable competition, are projected with maximum intensity, beyond what Western orchestras or maybe what any orchestras today, can rise to.

I think if DG/Chandos joined forces to issue a box-set of Neeme Jarvi's DS cycle at budget price, that would provide serious competition. As things stand, or should that be regardless, Kondrashin's Melodiya recordings must be acquired by anyone seriously interested in Shostakovich's fascinating musical world.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Remastered masterpieces, 5 Nov 2008
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I purchased this set for one reason - it included the definitive recording of the 4th Symphony. The 1966 recording was originally released on vinyl in UK by RCA. I later purchased the Melodiya LP reissue in the 1970s. Both of them - and indeed this CD - have the same 3 or 4 "wobbles" in the 3rd movement. Obviously, the master tape is damaged - and there is no other copy. Never mind - this is the 4th as DS intended - and the remaster is astonishingly good - clear, crisp, raucous, loud - an amazing performance.

The CDs arrived today - and I am only up to No 6. All I can say so far is - excellent. Highlights so far are obviously No 4 - but No 1 is great - and the accelerando in the 4th movement of the 5th has to be heard to be believed. Kondrashin was a master!

What a revelation. Buy this quick - before it disappears from the catalogue again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Slice of Soviet Realism
This is one of the best Sets of Complete Symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich that I have heard in some time. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. D. J. Hinds

5.0 out of 5 stars raw and authentic
Again and again I have been disappointed with recent Western recordings of Shostakovich symphonies. The music always seemed "overcooked" and too sophisticated. Read more
Published 10 months ago by enthusiast

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW
Amazing performances - I've heard no western recordings of the same works that come close. Essential listening.
Published 13 months ago by C. G. Horner

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