Re: Shostakovich's 8th symphony?


alanwatkinsuk@xxxxxxx wrote:
Charles wrote:
Any recommendations for recordings of Shostakovich's 8th symphony?
Thank you.

Charles

Ploughing (plowing?) a very lonely furrow live and on record I would go
for Ladislav Slovak but there again the percussion occasionally plough
(plow) lonely furrows in all 15.

Cannot say about any recording he may have made but based on (two)
personal live experiences I don't think the composers son has the
slightest idea about it.

Kind regards,
Alan M. Watkins

Isn't Maxim's recording on Collins? I'm not sure I've heard it.

No one mentioned Jansons, Litton, and Levi, all three quite good in
their separate ways. I tend to think of Litton as a latter-day
Ormandy--richness in sound, generally unremarkable in tempo choices or
balances, but always listenable and tasteful, but benefitting from
superb sound engineering as well.

Ultimately my heart belongs to Kondrashin, Haitink and Mravinsky here.
Any Rozhdestvensky fans here?

--Jeff

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  • Re: Shostakovichs 8th symphony?
    ... Ploughing a very lonely furrow live and on record I would go ... for Ladislav Slovak but there again the percussion occasionally plough ... Isn't Maxim's recording on Collins? ... but the PSO simply doesn't have enough sound and impact ...
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  • Re: Shostakovichs 8th symphony?
    ... Ploughing a very lonely furrow live and on record I would go ... for Ladislav Slovak but there again the percussion occasionally plough ... Isn't Maxim's recording on Collins? ... I have Jansons. ...
    (rec.music.classical.recordings)