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If you are dying to know what the symphonies of the Dmitry Shostakovich would have sounded like had the composer been born in Germany and not the Soviet Union, this five-disc set of 6 of the 15 symphonies performed by Kurt Sanderling and the Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester will provide a partial answer. Recorded between 1977 and 1989 in East Germany, the performances here are undeniably polished, passionate, and powerful. Sanderling created a highly skilled ensemble in the Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester and there's nothing in the scores it can't handle, from the most agile solos to the densest tuttis. Sanderling himself was a highly skilled conductor who firmly grasped every detail in the scores yet always kept his eye on the long line and the big climax. For all that, however, these performances sound dour, thick, phlegmatic, and dull compared with contemporary performances by Mravinsky, Kondrashin, or Rozhdestvensky. From the acid wit of the First to the morbid irony of the Fifteenth, from the gasping fear of the Fifth to the quaking horror of the Eighth, from the imposing weight of the Sixth to the massive scale of the Tenth, Sanderling and the Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester with their drab tone, heavy textures, and turgid tempos transform the great Soviet composer into a sort of second-string Karl Amadeus Hartmann. Berlin Classics' digitally remastered late stereo sound is hard, small, and gray.
© TiVo
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Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10 (Various Composers)
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1989 edel Gesellschaft für Produktmarketing mbH
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1989 edel Gesellschaft für Produktmarketing mbH
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1989 edel Gesellschaft für Produktmarketing mbH
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1989 edel Gesellschaft für Produktmarketing mbH
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54 (Various Composers)
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1989 edel Gesellschaft für Produktmarketing mbH
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1989 edel Gesellschaft für Produktmarketing mbH
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1989 edel Gesellschaft für Produktmarketing mbH
DISC 2
Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 (Various Composers)
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1984 edel company music AG
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1984 edel company music AG
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1984 edel company music AG
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1984 edel company music AG
DISC 3
Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 65 (Various Composers)
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1977 edel Gesellschaft für Produktmarketing mbH
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1977 edel Gesellschaft für Produktmarketing mbH
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1977 edel Gesellschaft für Produktmarketing mbH
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1977 edel Gesellschaft für Produktmarketing mbH
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1977 edel Gesellschaft für Produktmarketing mbH
DISC 4
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93 (Various Composers)
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1978 edel Gesellschaft für Produktmarketing mbH
Kurt Sanderling, Performer
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1978 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1978 edel Gesellschaft für Produktmarketing mbH
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1978 edel Gesellschaft für Produktmarketing mbH
DISC 5
Symphony No. 15 in A Major, Op. 141 (Dimitri Chostakovitch)
Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch, Composer
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1979 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch, Composer
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1979 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch, Composer
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1979 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch, Composer
1996 Edel Records GmbH 1979 VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin
Album review
If you are dying to know what the symphonies of the Dmitry Shostakovich would have sounded like had the composer been born in Germany and not the Soviet Union, this five-disc set of 6 of the 15 symphonies performed by Kurt Sanderling and the Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester will provide a partial answer. Recorded between 1977 and 1989 in East Germany, the performances here are undeniably polished, passionate, and powerful. Sanderling created a highly skilled ensemble in the Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester and there's nothing in the scores it can't handle, from the most agile solos to the densest tuttis. Sanderling himself was a highly skilled conductor who firmly grasped every detail in the scores yet always kept his eye on the long line and the big climax. For all that, however, these performances sound dour, thick, phlegmatic, and dull compared with contemporary performances by Mravinsky, Kondrashin, or Rozhdestvensky. From the acid wit of the First to the morbid irony of the Fifteenth, from the gasping fear of the Fifth to the quaking horror of the Eighth, from the imposing weight of the Sixth to the massive scale of the Tenth, Sanderling and the Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester with their drab tone, heavy textures, and turgid tempos transform the great Soviet composer into a sort of second-string Karl Amadeus Hartmann. Berlin Classics' digitally remastered late stereo sound is hard, small, and gray.
© TiVo
About the album
- 5 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 04:45:34
- Main artists: Kurt Sanderling, Berlin Symphony Orchestra
- Composer: Dimitri Chostakovitch
- Label: Berlin Classics
- Genre: Classical Symphonic Music Symphonies
1996 Edel Records GmbH
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