Five Favorite Shostakovich Recordings

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Karl Henning

I might answer differently next week . . .

Op 127 Blok Romances, Mária Aszódi & the Bartos Trio
Op 60 Leningrad Symphony № 7 in C, Ančerl/Cz Phil
Op 93 Symphony № 10 in e, Jansons/Phila
Op 67 Piano Trio № 2 in e, Argerich/Kremer/Maisky
Op 113 Babi Yar Symphony № 13, Marina Shaguch/Peter Mikulas/Prague Symphony/Maksim Dmitriyevich
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Wanderer

Among my top favourites:

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Karl Henning

Cheers, Tasos!

I nearly listed Lenny in lieu of Ančerl  8)
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Sergeant Rock

#3
Symphony No.15 A major op.141: Sanderling, Cleveland Orchestra



Cello Concerto No.1 E flat op.107: Gabetta, Maazel, Munich Philharmonic



String Quartet No.8 C minor op.110: Sorrel Quartet



Symphony No.4 C minor op.43: Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra



Jazz Suites: Kuchar, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine




Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

vandermolen

Symphony 4: Kondrashin (Melodiya)
Symphony 5: Mravinsky (1937)
Symphony 15: Maxim Shostakovich (EMI/Melodiya LP)
Symphony 8: Slatkin RCA
Symphony 10: Mitropolous
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

merlin

Sym. 4 - Petrenko/RLPO
Sym. 5 - Bernstein/NYPO/Tokyo
Sym. 5 - Sanderling/Berlin SO
Sym. 8 - Sanderling/Berlin SO
Violin Concertos - Vengerov/Rostropovich/LSO