New Arrivals/Restock

Title: THE SYMPHONIES
Artist: Mark Wigglesworth
Label: Bis
Product Type: SUPER-AUDIO CD
UPC: 7318599925936
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2021-06-04
Number of Discs: 10
Additional Details: HYBRID SACD, BOXED SET

Mark Wigglesworth recorded his cycle of Shostakovich's symphonies between 1996 and 2010, collaborating with two different orchestras, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. In spite of the long gestation and the change of orchestra midway, the cycle was described as one never 'compromising it's particular characteristics of high seriousness, fine detailing and a certain fierceness of articulation' (Gramophone). Already the first instalment - Symphony No. 7, 'Leningrad' - raised expectations, for instance with the reviewer in The Sunday Telegraph: 'There is plenty of competition among Shostakovich cycles, but this one will deserve serious consideration.' And 17 years later, on the release of the final album, The Guardian could report that 'Wigglesworth's cycle emerges as one of the finest of recent time'. What particularly impressed reviewers was Mark Wigglesworth's faithfulness to the score and sharp ear for detail, and the structural clarity he achieved even with the most complex works - without sacrificing any of their impact and emotional power.

Tracks:
1.1 Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10
1.2 I. Allegretto - Allegro non troppo
1.3 II. Allegro
1.4 III. Lento -
1.5 IV. Allegro molto
1.6 Symphony No. 2, Op. 14, "Oktyabryu" (To October)
1.7 Largo -
1.8 quarter note = 152 -
1.9 quarter note = 152 -
1.10 Meno mosso
1.11 Symphony No. 3, Op. 20, "Pervomayskaya" (The First of May)
1.12 I. Allegretto -
1.13 0. II. Più mosso -
1.14 1. III. Andante -
1.15 2. IV. Allegro -
1.16 3. V. Andante -
1.17 4. VI. Moderato -
1.18 5. III. Allegro
2.1 Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 43
2.2 I. Allegretto poco moderato - Presto
2.3 II. Moderato con moto
2.4 III. Largo - Allegro
3.1 Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47
3.2 I. Moderato
3.3 II. Allegretto
3.4 III. Largo
3.5 IV. Allegro non troppo
3.6 Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54
3.7 I. Largo
3.8 II. Allegro
3.9 III. Presto
4.1 Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60, "Leningrad"
4.2 I. Allegretto
4.3 II. Moderato poco allegretto
4.4 III. Adagio - Trio - Moderato risoluto -
4.5 IV. Allegro non troppo
5.1 Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 65
5.2 I. Adagio
5.3 II. Allegretto
5.4 III. Allegro non troppo
5.5 IV. Largo
5.6 V. Allegretto
6.1 Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70
6.2 I. Allegro
6.3 II. Moderato
6.4 III. Presto -
6.5 IV. Largo -
6.6 V. Allegretto - Allegro
6.7 Symphony No. 14, Op. 135
6.8 I. De profundis: Adagio
6.9 II. Malagueña: Allegretto -
6.10 III. Loreley: Allegro molto -
6.11 IV. The Suicide: Adagio
6.12 0. V. On the Watch: Allegretto
6.13 1. VI. Madam, look!: Allegretto -
6.14 2. VII. In the Sante Prison: Adagio
6.15 3. VIII. The Zaporozhian Cossacks' Answer to the Sultan of Constantinople: Allegro -
6.16 4. IX. O Delvig, Delvig!: Andante
6.17 5. X. The Poet's Death: Largo -
6.18 6. XI. Conclusion: Moderato
7.1 Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93
7.2 I. Moderato
7.3 II. Allegro
7.4 III. Allegretto - Largo - Più mosso
7.5 IV. Andante - Allegro - L'istesso tempo
8.1 Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 103, "The Year 1905"
8.2 I. The Palace Square -
8.3 II. The 9th of January -
8.4 III. In memoriam -
8.5 IV. The Tocsin
9.1 Symphony No. 12 in D Minor, Op. 112, "The Year of 1917"
9.2 I. Revolutionary Petrograd -
9.3 II. Razliv -
9.4 III. Aurora -
9.5 IV. The Dawn of Humanity
9.6 Symphony No. 15 in A Major, Op. 141
9.7 I. Allegretto
9.8 II. Adagio
9.9 III. Allegretto
9.10 IV. Adagio
10.1 Symphony No. 13 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 113, "Babi Yar"
10.2 I. Babi Yar: Adagio
10.3 II. Yumor (Humor): Allegretto
10.4 III. V Magazine (At the Store): Adagio
10.5 IV. Strachi (Fears): Largo
10.6 V. Kariera (Career): Allegretto