Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Festive Overture, Orchestral Works

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Festive Overture, Orchestral Works

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Festive Overture, Orchestral Works
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Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-04-13
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
  1. Moderato
  2. Allegretto
  3. Largo
  4. Allegro Non Troppo
  5. Festive Overture, Op.96 - Mikhail Pletnev
  6. Polka (allegretto) - Neeme Jarvi
  7. Waltz II - Riccardo Chailly
  8. Tahiti Trot - Riccardo Chailly

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Music Review: Favorite Fifth
Rating: 5 Stars

I wish I could comment on Ashkenazy's entire cycle, but unfortunately I've only heard his 5th. It's my favorite version of this symphony, by a considerable margin. (I've heard Gergiev, Mravinsky, Haitink and both Bernsteins, as well as Rozhdestevensky, Jarvi, Rahbari, Stokowski, Jansons, Maxim Shostakovich, Kondrashin, Ormandy, Barshai and Temirkanov.) Ashkenazy finds more menace in the opening bars than any other conductor I know. I'm particularly fond of his pointing of the grotesque dance rhythms of the Allegretto, very reminiscent of the best of Mahler's scherzos. It is anything but "foursquare" (to disagree explicitly, once again, with Sante Fe listener's review of the cycle). The largo is searching and haunting. In the finale, to my ears Ashkenazy finds just the right balance between intensity and irony, bombast and subtlety, pace and pause, power and tenderness.

For what it's worth, the 1992 Penguin Guide gave this recording their top recommendation. "One of [Ashkenazy's] finest recordings yet as a conductor, [t]his is an exceptionally searching and intense reading, biting and dramatic, yet finding an element of wry humor in the second and fourth movement to outshine any rival. [D]emonstration sound quality." They ranked it ahead of Previn, Jansons, Mravinsky, Rahbari, Jarvi, Rozdestvensky and Maxim Shostakovich. For whatever reason--perhaps because it went of print in the UK?--this review has been dropped from other editions of the guide, but it still deserves top billing.

The fillers by Jarvi, Chailly and Pletnev are all quite lovely.
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