Dmitry Shostakovich Yevgeny Mravinsky Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra - Shostakovich Symphonies Nos 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 15 Song of the Forests Box Set (39 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15; Song of the Forests (Box Set)

Dmitry Shostakovich, Yevgeny Mravinsky, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15; Song of the Forests (Box Set)
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
1. Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47: 1. Moderato
2. Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47: 2. Allegretto
3. Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47: 3. Largo
4. Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47: 4. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro
5. The Song of the Forests, oratorio, for tenor, bass, childrens chorus, chorus & orchestra, Op. 81: 1. When the War terminated
6. The Song of the Forests, oratorio, for tenor, bass, childrens chorus, chorus & orchestra, Op. 81: 2. Let us clothe our Motherland wit
7. The Song of the Forests, oratorio, for tenor, bass, childrens chorus, chorus & orchestra, Op. 81: 3. Remembrance of the Past
8. The Song of the Forests, oratorio, for tenor, bass, childrens chorus, chorus & orchestra, Op. 81: 4. Pioneers plant the Forest
9. The Song of the Forests, oratorio, for tenor, bass, childrens chorus, chorus & orchestra, Op. 81: 5. Komsomol peoples come forward
10. The Song of the Forests, oratorio, for tenor, bass, childrens chorus, chorus & orchestra, Op. 81: 6. The Future Walk
11. The Song of the Forests, oratorio, for tenor, bass, childrens chorus, chorus & orchestra, Op. 81: 7. Glory
Track Listings (4) - Disc #2
1. Symphony No. 7 in C major (Leningrad), Op. 60: 1. Allegretto
2. Symphony No. 7 in C major (Leningrad), Op. 60: 2. Moderato (poco allegretto)
3. Symphony No. 7 in C major (Leningrad), Op. 60: 3. Adagio
4. Symphony No. 7 in C major (Leningrad), Op. 60: 4. Allegro non troppo
Track Listings (5) - Disc #3
1. Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65 (Stalingrad): 1. Adagio - Allegro non troppo - Allegro - Adagio
2. Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65 (Stalingrad): 2. Allegretto
3. Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65 (Stalingrad): 3. Allegro non troppo
4. Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65 (Stalingrad): 4. Largo
5. Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65 (Stalingrad): 5. Allegretto - Allegro - Adagio - Allegretto - Andante
Track Listings (7) - Disc #4
1. Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54: 1. Largo
2. Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54: 2. Allegro
3. Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54: 3. Presto
4. Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93: 1. Moderato
5. Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93: 2. Allegro
6. Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93: 3. Allegretto
7. Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93: 4. Andante - Allegro
Track Listings (4) - Disc #5
1. Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 (The Year 1905): 1. Palace Square. Adagio
2. Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 (The Year 1905): 2. The Ninth of January. Allegro
3. Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 (The Year 1905): 3. Eternal Memory. Adagio
4. Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 (The Year 1905): 4. Tocsin. Allegro
Track Listings (8) - Disc #6
1. Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 (The Year 1917 - in Memory of Lenin): 1. Revolutionary Petrograd. Moderato. Allegro
2. Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 (The Year 1917 - in Memory of Lenin): 2. Razliv. Allegro. Adagio
3. Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 (The Year 1917 - in Memory of Lenin): 3. The Cruiser 'Aurora'. Allegro
4. Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 (The Year 1917 - in Memory of Lenin): 4. The dawn of Mankind. Allegro. Allegretto
5. Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141: 1. Allegretto
6. Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141: 2. Adagio. Largo
7. Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141: 3. Allegretto
8. Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141: 4. Adagio. Allegretto

CD Details

All Artists: Dmitry Shostakovich, Yevgeny Mravinsky, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, USSR Symphony Orchestra, Vitaly Kiltchevsky
Title: Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15; Song of the Forests (Box Set)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Melodiya
Release Date: 12/14/2004
Album Type: Box set
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 6
SwapaCD Credits: 6
UPC: 822165177027

CD Reviews

Let the buyer beware, part II

J. H. Gaulard | London United Kingdom | 06/02/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I know the review of the prior person will annoy Mravinsky's afficionados -- and I am one of them, but his obliterating Shostakovich readings are only partially reflected in this okay boxset...Why ok only? for three series of reasons: the first are musical. Sorry guys but the "Song of the Forest" and "Symphony #11 '1905' are Soviet propaganda at their worst and, in the latter, my belief is that Shosta's art doesn't score above a John Williams on a bad day. Interestingly enough, in the more concise Symphony #12 '1917', he is at his enthusiastic best and the sound of the Leningrader is absolutely increible: a masterful work and a masterful CD. The second series of reasons relates to the performances: Shosta's 5th symphony was one of Mravinsky's repertoire centerpiece. But have you ever heard uglier strings in the first movement? for someone who prepared his orchestra like there is no tomorrow, this is surprising. Maybe the sound engineer has some responsibility...maybe it is the studio -- which Mravinsky will abandon several years later for the benefit of concert recordings only...anyway this is surprising. Even if the tension increases to reach beautiful climaxes in the slow movement and in the finale, this is definitely not a memorable 5th. The third series of reasons are technical: the 8th is recorded, one feels, with a filter in front of the mike and has the dynamics of a 1913 acoustic recording...this adds insult to injury to Mravinsky's memory.

Of course, elsewhere in the boxset you will have the most beautiful Symphony #7 ever recorded, a great #10, a magnificent, so lyrical #15 and a superb #6...but is a Mravinsky/Shostakovich boxset fully successful when #5 and #8 are not successful? Considering the weight of these two pieces in Shostakovich's glory as a composer and of Mravinsky's glory as a conductor, the asnwer has t be "no"...There are plenty other essential Mravinsky recordings of the 8th (REGIS IMPORTS)or the 5th (ELATUS, PRAGA) to go for. Separately try to get hold of the 7th, the 10th, the 12th and the 15th from this boxset."