Topic: Dmitri's Dacha

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Shocked that this thread skipped over Dmitri's birthday. Shocked I tell you!

Yet remembered the day of his death. I guess they thought his death was more important than his birth. j/k

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

Shocked that this thread skipped over Dmitri's birthday. Shocked I tell you!

We are in in disgrace.

This never happens in the Langgaard or Havergal Brian threads!         

[Madiel]

Blame the Russian calendar change in 1918. It confused everybody.

Edit: Seriously, I’ve no idea what people typically did with their birthdays when the calendar shifted from Julian to Gregorian.

[relm1]

Shocked that this thread skipped over Dmitri's birthday. Shocked I tell you!

Shame on all of you.  I celebrated his birthday by listening to several of his symphonies and an interesting version of Symphony No. 11 for two pianos, but to the rest in this thread, shame.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Just finished one of my labor-of-love discographies:

A Survey of Shostakovich String Quartet Cycles



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-survey-of-shostakovich-string-quartet.html

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Just finished one of my labor-of-love discographies:

A Survey of Shostakovich String Quartet Cycles



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-survey-of-shostakovich-string-quartet.html

Nice reading! One small error I noticed is in your write-up at the bottom for the new Borodin/Decca set: in the second sentence, you note that the set includes the "piano quartet". But should be piano quintet. Just trying to be neighborly.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Nice reading! One small error I noticed is in your write-up at the bottom for the new Borodin/Decca set: in the second sentence, you note that the set includes the "piano quartet". But should be piano quintet. Just trying to be neighborly.

That's exactly the eagle-eyed reading and mistake-finding that I appreciate! Thanks. Fixed.

[vandermolen]

Following some discussion on the forum I found a cheap second-hand copy of this. I find it excellent and as deeply moving (especially the Largo) as any other performance I know. Brilliant recording as well. I'd rate this with the recordings by Previn (EMI version), Haitink, and Slatkin as a top version:

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

Following some discussion on the forum I found a cheap second-hand copy of this. I find it excellent and as deeply moving (especially the Largo) as any other performance I know. Brilliant recording as well. I'd rate this with the recordings by Previn (EMI version), Haitink, and Slatkin as a top version:

Excellent.

[vandermolen]

Excellent.

I didn't realise that after the symphony there is an extended rehearsal sequence which is interesting as Mariss Jansons expresses, to the orchestra, his thoughts on Shostakovich's 8th Symphony. He seems to have a nice relationship with the Pittsburgh SO.

[vandermolen]

This set contains one of the greatest performances I have heard of Shostakovich's Symphony 4. Worth having the set (which was very well reviewed in Gramophone a couple of months ago), for that alone. I managed to get an inexpensive second-hand copy of the box:

[JBS]

This set contains one of the greatest performances I have heard of Shostakovich's Symphony 4. Worth having the set (which was very well reviewed in Gramophone a couple of months ago), for that alone. I managed to get an inexpensive second-hand copy of the box:

Thank you for the tip. I just ordered it off Amazon MP.

[vandermolen]

Thank you for the tip. I just ordered it off Amazon MP.

Let us know what you think. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

This set contains one of the greatest performances I have heard of Shostakovich's Symphony 4. Worth having the set (which was very well reviewed in Gramophone a couple of months ago), for that alone. I managed to get an inexpensive second-hand copy of the box:

Never released individually, I take it? 

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

Thank you for the tip. I just ordered it off Amazon MP.

I keep telling myself I do not need another recording of the mighty Op. 43.

So I may hold off until the spring . . . .

[JBS]

I keep telling myself I do not need another recording of the mighty Op. 43.

So I may hold off until the spring . . . .

It was not just for the DSCH

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

It was not just for the DSCH

Thanks! (I think . . .)

 

[relm1]

Thanks! (I think . . .)

 

Save your money...for now!  I didn't like it but might be thinking of a different recording! 

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

It was not just for the DSCH

The whole set does look enticing.

[...] I didn't like it but might be thinking of a different recording! 

Well, you are going to have to follow up, you know 

[vandermolen]

I enjoyed the Mahler 10 from the set today although, unlike the Shostakovich, not a work I know well. I even listened to Beethoven's Symphony 8 

Which I enjoyed.