Bernard Haitink, Concertgebouw Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14; 6 Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva (1986)
Bernard Haitink, Concertgebouw Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14; 6 Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva (1986)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 277 Mb | Total time: 72:05 | Scans included
Classical | Decca | 417 514-2 | Recorded: 1980, 1983
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 277 Mb | Total time: 72:05 | Scans included
Classical | Decca | 417 514-2 | Recorded: 1980, 1983
Despite the fact that there are multiple recordings of Shostakovich's deeply moving Symphony No. 14, this rather old but remastered recording is unique in the quality of performance: Bernard Haitink conducts his Concertgebouw Orchestra and elected to use non-Slavic singers Julia Varady and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau who in turn sing the poems in their original languages rather than the Russian translations used in the original premiere. The effect is staggeringly beautiful and if one must choose a single recording of this symphony, this would be the one that captures the essence of Shostakovich's vision.
Written in 1969 while ill, Shostakovich was naturally achingly concerned about his impending death and in response to his admiration for Moussorgsky's 'Songs and Dances of Death' he wished to make his musical statement about the end of life. 'They wanted the finale to be comforting, to say that death is only the beginning. But it's not a beginning, it's the real end, there will be nothing afterwards, nothing.' And with this grim concept he selected eleven poems by a varied group of poets who mostly died young: Garcia Lorca, Guillaume Appollinaire, Wilhelm Kuchelberger, and Rainer Maria Rilke. The poems are sung by soprano and baritone solo and in duet, and the beauty of Varady and Fischer-Dieskau intoning the words in Spanish, French, Russian, and German somehow gives the poetry more immediacy.
The orchestration is for twenty-one performers: two percussionist, celesta, and eighteen strings. The writing is transparent and delicate with some of the most gorgeous sectional ensemble playing (particularly for cellos and double bass) Shostakovich ever wrote. Haitink serves the score well. As an additional bonus on this CD, Haitink conducts the `Six Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva' beautifully sung by Ortrun Wenkel.–Grady Harp
Performer:
Julia Varády, soprano (1-11)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone (1-11)
Ortrun Wenkel, contralto (12-17)
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Track List:
Symphony No. 14 in G minor, Op. 135
01. I. De Profundis (Lorca)
02. II. Malagueña (Lorca)
03. III. Loreley (Brentano after Apollinaire)
04. IV. Le Suicidé (Apollinaire)
05. V. Les Attentives I (Apollinaire)
06. VI. Les Attentives II (Apollinaire)
07. VII. A la Santé (Apollinaire)
08. VIII. Réponse des cosaques zaporogues au sultan de Constantinople
09. IX. O Delvig, Delvig! (Küchelbecker)
10. X. Der Tod des Dichters (Rilke)
11. XI. Schluß-Stück (Rilke)
Six Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva, Op. 143a
12. I. My poems
13. II. Where does this tenderness come from?
14. III. Hamlet's dialogue with conscience
15. IV. The Poet and the Tsar
16. V. No, the drum beat
17. VI. To Anna Akhmatova
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Bernard Haitink, Concertgebouw Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14; 6 Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva (1986)
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