Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No 08, Op 65
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This is Shostakovich's greatest symphony, even though apologists rank the Fifth or the Tenth as his best. The fact is that Shostakovich's follow-up to the Seventh (1941) is a wartime symphony, and contains some of the bleakest passages in 20th-century music. We now know that the music is meant to describe Stalin's paranoiac predations on his own people, but that doesn't matter. This is the Abyss. No one's gone in deeper. Eliahu Inbal and the Wiener Symphoniker's whole series of Shostakovich symphonies on Denon is a staggering achievement--this is the crown. --Paul Cook
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No 08, Op 65, Music, Dmitry Shostakovich, Eliahu Inbal, Wiener Symphoniker, 20th/21st Century Symphony, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Symphonic
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Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No 08, Op 65
Manufacturer: Denon Records
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ASIN: B0000034X0
Release Date: 1994-10-18 |
Tracks:
- Symphony No.8, Op.65: l - Adagio
- Symphony No.8, Op.65: ll - Allegretto
- Symphony No.8, Op.65: lll - Allegro non troppo
- Symphony No.8, Op.65: lV - Largo
- Symphony No.8, Op.65: V - Allegretto
Amazon.com
This is Shostakovich's greatest symphony, even though apologists rank the Fifth or the Tenth as his best. The fact is that Shostakovich's follow-up to the Seventh (1941) is a wartime symphony, and contains some of the bleakest passages in 20th-century music. We now know that the music is meant to describe Stalin's paranoiac predations on his own people, but that doesn't matter. This is the Abyss. No one's gone in deeper. Eliahu Inbal and the Wiener Symphoniker's whole series of Shostakovich symphonies on Denon is a staggering achievement--this is the crown. --Paul Cook
Customer Reviews:
Undernourished.......2007-07-13
Having lived in Frankfurt during the 1980's I learned to appreciate Inbal's achievements as a conductor both live and through broadcasts. His Denon recordings with the Ffm RSO are not only compeling but still sound wonderful.
But, what happened here?! There is no way one can approach this symphony blandly. It should be raw and angry, have propulsion and a gamut of emotions. Not here. I could not wait for it to end. Now, that's a sign.
Truly dissapointing.
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