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Shostakovich: Piano Concerto no. 1 & Symphony no. 9 / Jansons, Bavarian Radio Symphony
BR Klassik

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto no. 1 & Symphony no. 9 / Jansons, Bavarian Radio Symphony

$39.99

Details

Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Artist
Yefim Bronfman, Hannes Laubin
Format
Vinyl
Label
BR Klassik
Released
Sep 02, 2022
Catalog #
BRK900204
UPC
4035719002041

About

Increasingly, Shostakovich's music is captivating people all over the world and appealing to their deepest emotions. Almost like no other, it bears witness to a traumatic political epoch while remaining a timeless expression of existential human feeling and experience. For me personally, said conductor Mariss Jansons, who died two years ago, "Shostakovich is one of the most serious and sincere composers of them all." Shostakovich's (first) piano concerto features impressive pianistic virtuosity, bold experimentation, satire, and caricatures of different musical styles. The composer wrote it in the summer of 1933, only a few weeks after the completion of his opera " Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk". He himself called it a "mocking challenge to the conservative-serious character of the classical concert attitude". This concerto in particular demonstrates the immense versatility and magnificent talent of the still carefree 26-year-old Shostakovich. He blends a wealth of musical thoughts and ideas into a colorful and fascinating kaleidoscope. Despite the wealth of different stimuli, the concerto does not seem chaotic or overloaded: the young composer effortlessly maintains the balance.

Shostakovich performed a similar balancing act between creative work and conformity to the state in his Ninth Symphony, which premiered on November 3, 1945. Instead of the expected heroic, regime-conformist orchestral thunder along the lines of his Seventh Symphony, the "Leningrad”, the music heard here was playful, without pathos, somewhat witty, full of allusions – yet something did not seem quite right. This musical conundrum, full of ironic refractions and caricatures of melodramatic and triumphant music, was recognized by the censors as a masquerade, yet one that was not easily decipherable. Shostakovich had mocked Stalin without the latter noticing.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegretto 05:54
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Yefim Bronfman, Hannes Läubin
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  3. 2 II. Lento 07:18
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Lento
    Duration
    07:18
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Yefim Bronfman, Hannes Läubin
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  4. 3 III. Moderato 01:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Moderato
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Yefim Bronfman, Hannes Läubin
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  5. 4 IV. Allegro con brio 06:47
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    06:47
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Yefim Bronfman, Hannes Läubin
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  6. Disc 2
  7. 1 I. Allegro 05:18
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  8. 2 II. Moderato 06:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Moderato
    Duration
    06:27
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  9. 3 III. Presto 02:51
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  10. 4 IV. Largo 03:06
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Largo
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  11. 5 V. Allegretto 06:17
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Allegretto
    Duration
    06:17
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons