Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons – Shostakovich Under Stalin’s Shadow: Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9; Suite From Hamlet (2016) [PrestoClassical FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Shostakovich Under Stalin’s Shadow: Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9; Suite From Hamlet – Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:37:25 minutes | 2,55 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: prestoclassical.co.uk | Booklet, Front cover | © Deutsche Grammophon
Recorded: Boston, Symphony Hall, 10/2015 (Symphony No. 9); 11/2015 (Symphony No. 5); 2/2016 (Suite from “Hamlet”); 3/2016 (Symphony No. 8)

Andris Nelsons is the Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and in fall 2015 he was announced as Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, commencing in the 2017/18 season. With both appointments, and in leading a pioneering alliance between these two esteemed institutions, Andris Nelsons is firmly underlined as one of the most renowned and innovative conductors on the international scene today.
Andris Nelsons even though he is only in his mid 30ies has had a long journey with Shostakovich. He is one of the last conductors of his generation who still grew up in the Russian and, more especially, the Soviet musical tradition ever since he started his training as a conductor. He studied in St Petersburg with Alexander Titov and also with Mariss Jansons. His new orchestra has had a great tradition in performing many of Shostakovich’s works in America for the first time.

This recording provides a kaleidoscope of Shostakovich’s struggle with historical events and political pressures. The pre-war eclectic but accessible and popular 5th, in which he would seem to bow to political pressure, ensured his temporary rehabilitation. The beautiful but dark and gloomy mid-war 8th provoked yet again his fall from favour and instead of providing the political authorities with a triumphant post-war 9th Symphony, Shostakovich wrote a light Haydnesque work which would not be performed until after Stalin’s death. Selections from the Hamlet Suite, possibly Shostakovich’s best film score, rounds out this 2 CD set.

Tracklist:

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Symphony No. 9 in E flat major op. 70
1. 1. Allegro 05:23
2. 2. Moderato 08:08
3. 3. Presto – 02:53
4. 4. Largo – 03:34
5. 5. Allegretto 06:43

Symphony No. 5 in D minor op. 47
6. 1. Moderato 16:35
7. 2. Allegretto 05:36
8. 3. Largo 15:25
9. 4. Allegro non troppo 12:26

Suite from the Incidental Music to Hamlet op. 32a
10. 1. Introduction And Night Patrol 02:45
11. 2. Funeral March 01:32
12. 3. Flourish And Dance Music 02:22
13. 4. The Hunt 01:58
14. 9. Ophelia’s Song 01:31
15. 10. Cradle Song 01:24
16. 11. Requiem 02:40

Symphony No. 8 in C minor op. 65
17. 1. Adagio 26:44
18. 2. Allegretto 06:32
19. 3. Allegro non troppo 06:38
20. 4. Largo 10:34
21. 5. Allegretto 16:12

Personnel:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor

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