Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer: Asmik Grigorian, Matthias Goerne
Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Conductor: Mikko Franck
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA918
Release: 2023
Size: 581 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony No. 14 in G minor, Op. 135
01. I. De profundis
02. II. Malagueña
03. III. Loreley
04. IV. Le suicidé
05. V. Les attentives I
06. VI. Les attentives II
07. VII. À la santé
08. VIII. Réponse des Cosaques zaporogues au Sultan de Constantinople
09. IX. O, Del’vig, Del’vig!
10. X. Der Tod des Dichters
11. XI. Schlußstück
Fragments for orchestra, Op. 42
12. I. Moderato
13. II. Andante
14. III. Largo
15. IV. Moderato
16. V. Allegretto
The baritone Matthias Goerne, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Mikko Franck launch a trilogy of Shostakovich’s works for baritone and orchestra with a recording of Symphony No.14. This will be followed by Symphony no.13 (Babi Yar) and the Suite on poems by Michelangelo Buonarroti. The soprano Asmik Grigorian joins Matthias Goerne for this monumental yet highly subtle symphony setting poems by García Lorca, Apollinaire, Küchelbecker and Rilke. Drawing on their vast experience of the work and the passion that characterises them, they successfully embody all its dimensions: ‘The interpretative difficulty of this symphony is the need to hunt out subtle clues that are not immediately perceptible; a formidable expressive force is generated by their multiplicity, which, like a jigsaw puzzle, eventually makes sense’, writes Benjamin François. ‘It is Shostakovich’s fundamental affirmation that the inhuman actions of the executioners, Stalin and his henchmen, may well cause physical death, but cannot prevent the continued spiritual existence of works of art.’