BaL 05.04.25 - Shostakovich: Symphony 10

[EnemyoftheStoat]

A pharmacist colleague played violin under him in the Forest Orchestra!

The chemistry must have been right.

[Gargoyle]

My violin teacher played under Shipway in the Forest Philharmonic in the front desk of the violas. They were great concert seasons.

A pharmacist colleague played violin under him in the Forest Orchestra!

[Barbirollians]

I have 2 CDs of the tenth, Ancerl and Shipway. I prefer the Shipway. The recorded sound on the Ancerl gets in the way, for me.

I was sure I had the Shipway . I thought I had bought it after being very impressed by his Tring CD of Mahler 5 . I couldn’t find it but bought a very cheap secondhand copy off Amazon . It’s an absolute belter of a performance superbly played by the RPO . No wonder you rate it so highly.

[Goon525]

I listened to the V Petrenko yesterday. It really is very good indeed, VP managing the long and difficult first movement extremely well. It’s also very well recorded, giving a credible impression of an orchestra in a concert hall. Given that Naxos is hardly an audiophile label, this aspect added to my enjoyment considerably.

[Barbirollians]

So there were but I don't think I ever owned them . Will check my boxes of cassettes in the attic !

[pastoralguy]

And a 4th!

Absolutely!

[oliver sudden]

Isn’t there an 8th as well?

And a 4th!

[pastoralguy]

Presumably the 1960s Melodiya recording with the USSR State Symphony Orchestra? I bought that LP in the week that Shostakovich died in August 1975. It was available as a HMV download at one time but mine got lost when a laptop suddenly packed in.

There is/was a live recording of the (in)famous 1968 Prom performance available on ICA Classics which I have. It's a terrific performance, too.

I was at an orchestral rehearsal and returned to my fiddle case to find an Lp of this recording in the music pocket. It was a disc in a sleeve that had been part of a boxed set. There was nothing to identify the donor and no one I asked had any knowledge of it. I was never asked about it and I’ve still got it. Thirty five years later and I still feel slightly guilty that there’s a box set with that Lp missing.

[Petrushka]

Wot no Svetlanov?

Presumably the 1960s Melodiya recording with the USSR State Symphony Orchestra? I bought that LP in the week that Shostakovich died in August 1975. It was available as a HMV download at one time but mine got lost when a laptop suddenly packed in.

There is/was a live recording of the (in)famous 1968 Prom performance available on ICA Classics which I have. It's a terrific performance, too.

[pastoralguy]

Been listening to SNO/Jarvi in No 9 again today. I cannot recommend all the Shostaokovich recordings they made together highly enough . 1,5,6,7,9 & 10 and the ballet suites are all excellent.

Isn’t there an 8th as well?

[Nick Armstrong]

Wot no Svetlanov?

[Barbirollians]

Been listening to SNO/Jarvi in No 9 again today. I cannot recommend all the Shostaokovich recordings they made together highly enough . 1,5,6,7,9 & 10 and the ballet suites are all excellent.

[Pulcinella]

Winner details from updated website: sadly the intern has spelt the conductor's forename incorrectly.
Added to OP as well.

First choice:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vassily Petrenko (cond.)
Naxos 8572461

The recording is also available in the complete set:

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8077183--shostakovich-the-complete-symphonies

[Goon525]

Yes, but he was at least making valid points rather than just wasting time agreeing with ES. (Not that I’m any more a fan of the twofer than you are.)

[Barbirollians]

Incidentally, how refreshing to have ES review a work with no offering by Lenny B. He didn’t even get a mention! And some quite reasonable discussion between ES and AMcG, the twofer format actually working for once.

I don’t think Lenny recorded it . AMcG annoyingly interrupted ES at least twice . Someone please let him do one on his own he is clearly desperate to .