Shostakovich - Symphonies No.5 & No.9 | Naxos 8572167

Shostakovich - Symphonies No.5 & No.9

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8572167

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 28th September 2009

Contents

Artists

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Vasily Petrenko

Works

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Symphony no.5 in D minor, op.47
Symphony no.9 in E flat major, op.70

Artists

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Vasily Petrenko

About

Following their electrifying account of Shostakovich’s Eleventh Symphony, Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra explore the profound ambivalences of the composer’s most performed symphony, the Fifth, written in 1937 at a time when he was under intense personal and political pressure from the authorities.

The jaunty, neo-classical character of the Ninth Symphony (1945) prompted Shostakovich to remark that ‘musicians will like to play it, and critics will delight in blasting it’.

[Petrenko] achieves world-class results with a rejuvenated RLPO in this gripping account…. This outstanding account of a great symphony can hold its head high among recent versions… At Naxos prices, it’s an unbeatable bargain.” - The Sunday Times
(CD of the Week) on Symphony No.11

The RLPO delivers an incisive and strongly committed performance with splendid and expressive solos…..[and the recording] is commendably vivid.” - BBC Music Magazine on Symphony No.11
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