Dmitri's Dacha

[relm1]

I have my eyes on this.  Has anyone heard it yet?  Rozhdestvensky is probably my favorite conductor of this repertoire.

[Scion7]

I have my eyes on this.  Has anyone heard it yet?  Rozhdestvensky is nosferatu ...

'ere ya go, mate!:

I - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMjs-7imCcQ
II - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpIXbzkEgZU
III - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54nAcjBee3Q
IV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5vobaKjWx4

 -- and you can find Nr. 4 via the same process

[Karl Henning]

I have my eyes on this.  Has anyone heard it yet?  Rozhdestvensky is probably my favorite conductor of this repertoire.

I've got it and enjoy it.

[Roasted Swan]

I have my eyes on this.  Has anyone heard it yet?  Rozhdestvensky is probably my favorite conductor of this repertoire.

This pair of discs got a recent enthusiastic review on MusicWeb.  Do you know the other/live Rozhdestvensky DSCH performances;



it contains wildly blazing versions of Symphonies 1,4,7,9 & 10 plus Rothschild's Violin and the British & American Folksongs cycle amongst other interesting repertoire too. 

[Karl Henning]

This pair of discs got a recent enthusiastic review on MusicWeb.  Do you know the other/live Rozhdestvensky DSCH performances;



it contains wildly blazing versions of Symphonies 1,4,7,9 & 10 plus Rothschild's Violin and the British & American Folksongs cycle amongst other interesting repertoire too.

Great little box!

[Roasted Swan]

I came across this set almost by accident.  An established Cologne-based Quartet I had never heard before;



They play Quartets 7-13 in order along with a pre-No.9 fragment and a fragment/1st version of No.13.  Stunningly fine and powerful playing and excellent recording too.  Quite a different take on some of the quartets with more flowing tempi in the Largo/Lento movements - but very effective especially whhen juxtaposed against corruscating Allegro movements.  A genuine find and one to put up there with the finest versions for consideration and comparison.....

[Albion]

I finally managed to get hold of a second hand copy of Deccas's wonderful nine disc box of the concertos, suites, film music, incidental music, chamber symphonies (arranged from the string quartets) and other orchestral works which was issued in 2006 for the centenary. For some reason there was an unidentified article embedded under the actual surface of CD3 and this caused problems for several tracks. But as this disc is identical with Chailly's disc of film music I simply ordered a second hand copy of that, popped it in the box and chucked the original one out. The set is well worth seeking out as it was deleted several years ago...

 

[Karl Henning]

What can I say? I dig all the love for Mitropoulos.

[Karl Henning]

Cross-post:

Lady Macbeth of Mashpee

[relm1]

Cross-post:

Lady Macbeth of Mashpee

Nice, must have been a very good performance.  I saw this opera in San Francisco many years ago - it was very good.  I always thought Katerina Izmailova was just a minor revision, softening the criticism of Lady Macbeth but this sounds like it was a much more substantial reimagining of the same story.  Fascinating.

[Karl Henning]

courtesy of @(poco) Sforzando

One player, lots o' instruments, and clocking under four minutes. Smokin' don't begin to describe it!

[Roasted Swan]

courtesy of @(poco) Sforzando

One player, lots o' instruments, and clocking under four minutes. Smokin' don't begin to describe it!

Call me a cynic but doesn't the sound sound a bit processed/autotuned/tweaked in terms of tempo?  He can't play cello that's for sure - nice stiff right wrist and gripping the bow......  Impressive but I'm not sure all is quite what it seems........?

[Karl Henning]

Call me a cynic but doesn't the sound sound a bit processed/autotuned/tweaked in terms of tempo?  He can't play cello that's for sure - nice stiff right wrist and gripping the bow......  Impressive but I'm not sure all is quite what it seems........?

I see your point, but still the foundation is a tour de force.

[Roasted Swan]

I see your point, but still the foundation is a tour de force.

Yes indeed you are right.  I did feel a bit of a musical pah-humbug Scrooge posting that!

[brewski]

courtesy of @(poco) Sforzando

One player, lots o' instruments, and clocking under four minutes. Smokin' don't begin to describe it!

Call me a cynic but doesn't the sound sound a bit processed/autotuned/tweaked in terms of tempo?  He can't play cello that's for sure - nice stiff right wrist and gripping the bow......  Impressive but I'm not sure all is quite what it seems........?

Thanks to all you guys for the enthusiasm for this, and Larry for posting it in the first place, which spurred me to give it a listen. Like the performer (Simon Julien), that movement is one of my favorite Shostakovich things, too. Years ago I had a fun evening overdosing on maybe a dozen different recordings of it.

Anyway, Julien's take is so ambitious that — for better or worse — he does invite comparison with other versions, and I don't think the comments from Roasted Swan are Scrooge-like  . The sound is a little underpowered, and coupled with the adjusted orchestration, slightly reduces the massive, overwhelming impact of the original. Plus, the emotional core could be a little more, I dunno...furious. (Compare this also-impressive version for four electric guitars.) But never mind, it's still quite an achievement. And I'm always in awe of people who can play so many different instruments. And the editing is excellent.

-Bruce

[(poco) Sforzando]

I think for what it tries to do, it succeeds quite well. It is certainly more impressive than my arrangement of the complete Meistersinger for string quartet.

[Madiel]

Even I, with my general distaste for arrangements, think this is pretty darn good.

Yes it's a novelty, but it's a well-conceived and well-executed novelty.

[JBS]

Thanks to all you guys for the enthusiasm for this, and Larry for posting it in the first place, which spurred me to give it a listen. Like the performer (Simon Julien), that movement is one of my favorite Shostakovich things, too. Years ago I had a fun evening overdosing on maybe a dozen different recordings of it.

Anyway, Julien's take is so ambitious that — for better or worse — he does invite comparison with other versions, and I don't think the comments from Roasted Swan are Scrooge-like  . The sound is a little underpowered, and coupled with the adjusted orchestration, slightly reduces the massive, overwhelming impact of the original. Plus, the emotional core could be a little more, I dunno...furious. (Compare this also-impressive version for four electric guitars.) But never mind, it's still quite an achievement. And I'm always in awe of people who can play so many different instruments. And the editing is excellent.

-Bruce

I liked that guitar version, as well as some of the others the same musician produced, like the movement from SQ 8.

[Roasted Swan]

Could I point interested readers towards this (NOT a joke or spoof I promise!!)

https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/1812-overture-for-recorder-quartet-19923079.html

1812 arranged for Recorder Quartet.  Fill that gaping hole that has been in your musical-appreciation-life [NB:  the link is to buy the sheet music - yours for $8.95 - NOT listen to the awe inspiring result]

[Madiel]

Beloved of primary schools everywhere, I'm sure.