Shostakovich - Symphonies 6 & 9 1985-1986
Humphrey Burton, Leonard Bernstein, Wiener Philharmoniker
This Blu-ray is a fascinating document of a great conductor and orchestra playing two of the most underrated of Shostakovich's symphonies in 1985 and 1986 concerts in Vienna's Musikverein. In his spoken preface to the Sixth Symphony, Bernstein says he wants to "right a wrong"--the "wrong" being the work's reputation as unstructured lightweight piece. It is an unbalanced work, the opening Largo much longer than the remaining two movements, which can seem as mere appendages. But even at his extremely slow tempo, Bernstein makes it all hang together--the Largo moving in its icy bleakness, the Scherzo a genial joke, the final Presto (taken more as an Allegro and not a fast one at that) an opportunity for the conductor to show off his dance steps. The Haydnesque Ninth, despite idiosyncratically slow tempos is light and humorous, its sardonic touches here relished by Bernstein.
Symphony No.6:
I Largo
II Allegro
III Presto
Symphony No.9:
I Allegro
II Moderato
III Presto
IV Largo
V Allegretto
Bonus:
Introductions by Leonard Bernstein:
- Symphony No.6
- Symphony No.9
4:3 01:42:13 + 00:16:39
PCM, 2.0 DTS 5.1 Dolby AC3 2CH |
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