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# Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15, October, Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes

**Brand:** dmitri shostakovichneeme järvigothenburg symphony orchestra
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- **What is this?** Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15, October, Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes by dmitri shostakovichneeme järvigothenburg symphony orchestra
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Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 15 Op. 141 October Op. 131 Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes Op. 15 Gotherburg Symphony Orchestra Neeme Jarvi 1989

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## Customer Reviews

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    Great performance
  

*by C***G on Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2011*

This is one of the greatest symphonies of 20th century. Despite following a "classical" and conservative structure,that could be wrongly understood as "decadence" in composer's art, this will be a very difficult work for some ears.You'll find absolute and safe reference recordings in Haitink's or Sanderling's renditions, but this one by Neeme Järviis something really special, and has to be taken into account. This great'performance shows Järvi at his symphonic best:a master of long-term pacing and control combined with the same instinct for both Shostakovich's abrasive and his tendermusical halves. A bit more deliberate and daring in tempi and balance management, Järvi judges them masterly on his ownway and the result is formidable. Though vividly characterized, Järvi is never eccentric, and his willingness to sacrificesome orchestral polish in his search for a rougher, more brittle, almost mahlerian sound never once invite ugly playing.This is a great 15th, perhaps the highest peak in Järvi's anthology of the last three symphonies with the GothenburgSymphony Orchestra. The Symphonic Poem "October", almost an unknown work, although not a great works, has a magnificentperformance under Järvi's hands. In summary, an esssential 15th with a good filler.

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    Järvi's offering of this truly great work is a worthy one!
  

*by C***D on Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2013*

I was daunted by Shostakovich's fifteen symphonies. Which ones should I start out with? My logic might be flawed: I wanted to avoid those written to satisfy the soviet censors and collect those that were causes of his two denunciations. As a result, I have added 

  
Shostakovich:Symphony No.4 [Import









  
  
    
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   and Symphony No. 15 to my collection. This final symphony is absolute music, without a programmatic narrative, one of its attractions, as the overtly socialist themes of some of Shostakovich's works are alienating to many western and contemporary audiences. The purely abstract nature of the music is immediately called into question, however, by the many musical quotations, another of the work's many attractions. The obvious quotations are from Rossini's William Tell Overture and from Wagner's Götterdämmerung. This is a truly great work! It ends with a ticking beat that lends a sense of expectancy, which aptly heralds the footnotes to this recording, the October symphonic poem and the Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes. Neeme Järvi's offering is a worthy one.

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    A satisfying account
  

*by G***. on Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2009*

This isn't exactly among the most celebrated accounts of Shostakovich's fifteenth symphony, but it is actually a rather good one (if not quite perfect, but then I've never heard any account of this rather difficult work coming even close to perfection); structurally very coherent, somewhat understated but with real attention to detail. The eerie atmosphere of the first movement is well realized, but there is, perhaps, a certain lack of profundity in the remaining movements. One real drawback, however, is Järvi's chosen tempo for the finale, which is rather too quick. Overall, the reading brings out a sense of mystery more than a feeling of existential bleakness.The couplings are rarities from Shostakovich's later years. October is a rabble-rouser - an atmospheric, but almost banally patriotic symphonic poem. It is emphatically no masterpiece, but is still very much worth hearing. The Overture on Russian and Kirghiz themes is no less crowd-pleasing in expressive language (but still skillfully written). Coupling them with the mysterious, inward-looking and rather difficult symphony is interesting, for despite the very different mode of expression and purpose, many commonalities are clearly discernible when these two works are heard back to back with the symphony - and, perhaps surprisingly, it doesn't only add a dimension to October and overture, but in a subtle way serves to underline the duality and pained sense of existential confusion in the symphony. Sound quality is clear and well-balanced, and overall this disc can be safely recommended, if not as a first choice in the symphony.

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