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Shostakovich - Symphony No.4 | CSO Resound CSOR901814

Shostakovich - Symphony No.4

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Label: CSO Resound

Cat No: CSOR901814

Barcode: 0810449018142

Format: CD + DVD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 26th August 2008

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Contents

Artists

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Bernard Haitink

Works

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Symphony no.4 in C minor, op.43

Artists

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Bernard Haitink

About

A champion of Shostakovich's music, CSO Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink leads the Fourth Symphony, a dark and emotionally, groundbreaking work. It lay dormant, unperformed, for 25 years after its completion but now this stunning symphony is recognised as one of the composer's boldest and most brilliant scores.

A musical force in Chicago and around the world, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the finest international orchestras. In 2007, the CSO launched its in-house record label, CSO Resound. Featuring live concert performances by the CSO with world-class conductors and guest artists, CSO Resound showcases the power and versatility of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra today.

Recorded live in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center on May 8-11 and 13, 2008.

"With Haitink in charge of the Shostakovich, there can be no threat of exaggeration or distortion, no need to whip up a greater frenzy than the composer plotted. No conductor can make this long symphony short but this conductor keeps the lines taut and the climaxes proportional. This conductor makes the macabre spasms sharp, the sombre indulgences poetic... the final unearthly cadence was greeted with a small eternity of stunned silence. It meant more than any push-button ovation." - The Financial Times

Bonus DVD
Accompanying the audio CD is a DVD of one of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's critically acclaimed 'Beyond the Score' performances featuring a multimedia Shostakovich documentary led by creative director Gerard McBurney.The programme features newsreels and testimonies, including the words of Shostakovich and his friends. Beyond the Score brings to life not only the music, but also the social and political world from which it emerged.

"It was as if Shostakovich's music was itself creating the grim, forced and sometimes horrific images we were seeing on the overhead screen. The sounds of his Fourth Symphony merged seamlessly with the narration, film clips and slides of still photos. McBurney is that rara avis, a musicologist who wears his learning lightly, who illuminates as adroitly as he entertains." - Chicago Tribune on Beyond the Score


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