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Shostakovich: Symphonies #3 '1st of May' & #14 - Mariss Jansons, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Dmitry Shostakovich, Mariss Jansons, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Shostakovich: Symphonies #3 '1st of May' & #14 - Mariss Jansons, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Genre: Classical
 
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With this Release, Mariss Jansons Completes his Masterful Exploration of One of the Greatest Symphonic Sequences of the 20th Century. In this Final Chapter, Jansons Returns to Conduct the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ...  more »

     
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With this Release, Mariss Jansons Completes his Masterful Exploration of One of the Greatest Symphonic Sequences of the 20th Century. In this Final Chapter, Jansons Returns to Conduct the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Two Complimentary Works from Either End of the Composer's Lifetime. "Symphony No. Three First of May" is One of the Earliest While Symphony No. 14 with Its 11 Arranged Settings of Poetry, is One of his Latest. The Cycle is Finished in Time for the 100th Anniversary of Shostakovich this Year.

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A Great Disc
Samuel Stephens | TN, USA | 08/11/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This disc, along with Janson's previous disc of Symphonies Nos. 2 & 12, this disc is a great one to get to "finish" your collection if you lack the lesser-know symphonies.

The performances are clear-cut, and a bit on the dry-eyed side. This works well for the works presented here, though they may not for other Shostakovich symphonies. Symphony No.14 is obviously the main work here, and Jansons really throws some punches. This is a very 'vicious' reading of a vicious symphony.

Janson has, in my opinion, caught up with the competition in the 14th symphony: outdoing Haitink, and even Gramophone Guide's Swensen/Ondine disc.



So if you need Nos. 3 and 14 without getting a repeat, this is nothing to hesitate about!"