Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 [Includes DVD]
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Canadian Music Store CD DetailsComposer: D. ShostakovichConductor: Bernard Haitink Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Edition: Music CD Audio: English (Unknown) CD Release Date: 2008-09-09 Music Label: Cso Resound Soundtracks:
Music reviews of Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 [Includes DVD]Music Review: Haitink's lyrical approach robs the symphony of bite
To me, the Fourth is by far the most interesting and moving of the Shostakovich symphonies, truly a signature work of the 20th century. In the video interview on the bonus DVD Berhard Haitink rightly objects to the hackneyed equation of the work's sound world with industrial machinery and marching masses, clichés that are unfortunately the mainstay of the illustrated talk that fills most of that same DVD. It is an interesting idea to complement a recording with such an introduction, but this one will give you little more than a general lesson in Soviet history and a rehashing of well-known facts from Shostakovich's life at that period. It does very little to deepen understanding of the music, and may even get in the way by planting unwanted associations in the listeners mind, say, with imagery from Charlie Chaplin slapsticks. In a way, the less said about this intensely personal work the better; just listen, it tells its own story very eloquently.
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