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Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 / Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Shostakovich,Dmitri / Rlp / Petrenko
Release Date: 11/16/2010 
Label:  Naxos   Catalog #: 8572461  
Composer:  Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor:  Vasily Petrenko
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews


This performance goes right to the top. Not since the amazing mono Ancerl recording has there been a version of this work of such intensity, such expressive urgency, and (yes, believe it or not) such incredible orchestral playing. It's impossible to praise the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic enough: they put their London colleagues to shame. The cellos and basses have a dark, tactile presence in pianissimo not heard since the old Kondrashin Melodiya recording. The horns play the daylights out of their solos in the first and third movements, while Petrenko has the violins sustaining, articulating, and phrasing the climax of the first movement with a passion and grit that's beyond praise.
Read more /> Indeed, as an essay in Shostakovich conducting alone this performance deserves an honored place in every collection. Petrenko has the players digging into the second movement with unbridled ferocity at an ideally swift tempo. He ferrets out every subtle detail of scoring in the crepuscular Allegretto while never permitting the music to drag. His finale has just the right manic high spirits, and he clarifies the DSCH motive in the timpani at the end better than anyone else ever has. It's all captured in gloriously vivid, present sonics by the Naxos engineers. Thrilling, perfect, essential--a magnificent achievement and hands down the modern reference recording.

--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com
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Works on This Recording

1. Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93 by Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor:  Vasily Petrenko
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1953; USSR 
 Date of Recording: 9/2009 
Venue:  Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, England 
Length: 52 Minutes 11 Secs. 

Sound Samples

Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93: I. Moderato
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93: II. Allegro
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93: III. Allegretto
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93: IV. Andante - Allegro

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review:  ( 2 Customer Reviews )
 Petrenko knows this stuff August 17, 2013 By Mary Lynn H. (San Antonio, TX) See All My Reviews "This is a bang up performance. I find Petrenko's series of Shostakovich's symphonies to be exceptional in a crowded field. I have Haitink's 10th on LP which has been definitive for years but I find that Petrenko and the Liverpudlians have the advantage. I'm gradually picking up every one of these that Petrenko brings out. So far they are all great.The Naxos sound is fabulous and the price is incredible." Report Abuse
 A Solid Contribution to the Discography June 2, 2013 By Martin B. (Lower Hutt, Wellington) See All My Reviews "In a fairly crowded field, with fine contributions by Skrowacewski, Karajan, Svetlanov, Janssons and Jarvi, this performance holds it's own, very well played and conducted for all it's worth by Petrenko. He has the feel for this music and his pacing is outstanding. I found myself fully bound up in the drama and drive of the symphony, with new positives on each rehearing and can confidently recommend it to anyone who is considering purchasing the performance." Report Abuse
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