Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Avie
Release: 2006
Size: 251 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Symphonie n° 4 en ut mineur, op. 43 (Dimitri Chostakovitch)
01. Allegretto poco moderato27:48
02. Moderato con moto08:58
03. Largo – Allegro
To paraphrase The Gramophone, Semyon Bychkov “had big competition in the Shostakovich stakes” during the composer’s centenary year, but “he smashes past them brilliantly” (Editor’s Choice, Symphony No. 11, AV 2062). Further superlatives poured forth for Bychkov’s Shostakovich series Avie, and the sales followed. Two decades in to his Music Directorship of the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Semyon Bychkov has enjoyed an enormously fruitful relationship with the celebrated ensemble, including seven critically acclaimed and award-winning recordings for Avie.