Is this the greatest performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13 ever recorded? Probably not. There are, after all, Kiril Kondrashin's three canonical recordings to consider: his 1965 live recording of the world premiere with the Moscow Philharmonic, his 1967 studio recording also with the Moscow Philharmonic, and his 1982 live recording with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Although Yuri Temirkanov and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic present in this 1995 recording a strongly argued, passionately ...
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Is this the greatest performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13 ever recorded? Probably not. There are, after all, Kiril Kondrashin's three canonical recordings to consider: his 1965 live recording of the world premiere with the Moscow Philharmonic, his 1967 studio recording also with the Moscow Philharmonic, and his 1982 live recording with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Although Yuri Temirkanov and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic present in this 1995 recording a strongly argued, passionately persuasive performance that has plenty of individuality -- listen to the swaying tempo of the closing movement called "Career" -- and lots of interesting details -- listen to the rough-shod rhythms of the central scherzo called "Humor" -- it cannot quite measure up to the blood and iron power of any of Kondrashin's performances.Is this the greatest performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13 ever recorded by bass Sergey Aleksashkin? Probably so. Although his two other performances had...
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Very Good. Cover booklet has light creases from handling. This item is in very good condition with all original artwork and materials. The disc may have light superficial marks that do not affect play.
