Shostakovich: Symphonies no 9 & 12 / Wigglesworth, et al

Shostakovich: Symphonies no 9 & 12 / Wigglesworth, al - BIS (Sweden) - BIS 1563SA

Label: BIS (Sweden)
Catalog No: BIS 1563SA
Format: Super Audio Hybrid CD
Release Date: 2007-09-01
Number of Discs: 1
Running time: 1 hr. 3 min.
Mono/Stereo: Multi
UPC Code: 675754002053

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Notes & Reviews:

Among the many discs released during last year's Shostakovich anniversary, one that received particular notice was Mark Wigglesworth's recording of Symphony No. 13 'Babi Yar' with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Wigglesworth was described in the BBC Music Magazine as 'the finest Shostakovich interpreter of his generation', and now the team returns with their renditions of Symphonies Nos. 9 and 12.

"the finest Shostakovich interpreter of his generation" - BBC Music Magazine (On Mark Wrigglesworth)

"If the first movement of the Ninth seems playful rather than sarcastic, Wigglesworth's fine ear for orchestral sonority always brings out unusual elements in the scoring. His insights make this performance and that of the 12th well worth hearing, and an extremely viable alternative to the complete cycles that are delivered under the direction of Kitajenko, Kondrashin or Jansons." - BBC Music Magazine

"Wigglesworth's long view of where the symphony is heading is a crucial component of this interpretation, but it also embraces a kaleidoscopic variety of character, be it the icy funeral march at the start of the finale, the passages of stirring brilliance in Shostakovich's orchestral writing, or those moments where the composer seems to be retreating into his own contemplative thoughts. The emotional force is intense." - The Daily Telegraph

"The playing is superbly detailed and the warm orchestral sound brings the Mahlerian similarities very much to the fore." - The Gaurdian



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Works Details

>Shostakovich, Dmitri : Symphony no 9 in E flat major, Op. 70
  • Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth
  • Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Running Time: 17 min. 47 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1945
  • Studio/Live: Studio

>Shostakovich, Dmitri : Symphony no 12 in D minor, Op. 112 "To the Memory of Lenin - 1917"
  • Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth
  • Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Running Time: 37 min. 37 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1961
  • Studio/Live: Studio