Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1; Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 (Live)

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Label
ICA Classics
Release Date
June 20, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Carl Nielsen, Dmitri Shostakovich
    • PERFORMER
      Jascha Horenstein
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 20, 2025
    • UPC
      5060244551848
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ICAC5184
    • LABEL
      ICA Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegretto - Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Jascha Horenstein

    2. II. Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Jascha Horenstein

    3. III. Lento

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Jascha Horenstein

    4. IV. Allegro molto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Jascha Horenstein

    5. I. Tempo giusto - Allegro giusto - Adagio non troppo

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Jascha Horenstein

    6. II. Allegro - Un poco più mosso - Presto - Andante poco tranquillo - Allegro

      Composer: Carl Nielsen

      Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

      Conductor: Jascha Horenstein

    7. Jascha Horenstein in conversation with Deryck Cooke

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: Jascha Horenstein, Deryck Cooke


Jascha Horenstein (1898-1973) was born in Kiev but studied in Vienna. After a move to Berlin, he became Wilhelm Furtwangler's assistant and during the 1920s he conducted both the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic. At this time, he came into contact with Schoenberg, Stravinsky and Nielsen. In 1929, Horenstein became the music director of the Dusseldorf Opera but, with the outset of war, he settled in the US. He conducted some of the major orchestras there but returned to Europe in 1947, where he was much in demand including a close association with the LSO. He is best remembered for his outstanding Mahler and Bruckner performances but, being Russian, he conducted Shostakovich who he knew, and because of his early links with Nielsen, both composers were featured throughout his life.