Compared with the rest of his relatively well-recorded compositions, the works featured on this Shostakovich disc can be lumped into the "all-but-forgotten" category. In fact, further investigation reveals that for all three of the works on this disc, the number of recordings currently available can be counted on two hands. Forgotten does not mean unworthy, though; anyone who has yet to hear Shostakovich's grippingly dark, late work the Suite on Words of Michelangelo can certainly testify to that. This recording provides an ...
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Compared with the rest of his relatively well-recorded compositions, the works featured on this Shostakovich disc can be lumped into the "all-but-forgotten" category. In fact, further investigation reveals that for all three of the works on this disc, the number of recordings currently available can be counted on two hands. Forgotten does not mean unworthy, though; anyone who has yet to hear Shostakovich's grippingly dark, late work the Suite on Words of Michelangelo can certainly testify to that. This recording provides an excellent introduction.So, if the more-or-less rarity of the compilation sells this disc, then surely it is the excellent performance given by Italian conductor Gianandrea Noseda, bass Ildar Abdrazakov, and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra that helps sweeten the deal. Noseda, who has been at the helm of the Manchester orchestra since 1992, sculpts all three pieces into the masterworks that they are. He draws an intense and focused performance in the ominous, brooding Michelangelo...
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Add this copy of Shostakovich: Words of Michelangelo to cart. $35.67, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Chandos.
