Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer: Karita Mattila, Thomas Quasthoff
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 3580772
Release: 2006
Size: 680 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony No. 14 in G minor, Op. 135
01. I. De profundis
02. II. Malagueña
03. III. Lorelei
04. IV. The Suicide
05. V. On Watch
06. VI. Madam, Look!
07. VII. At the Santé Jail
08. VIII. The Zaporozhian Cossack’s Answer to the Sultan of Constantinople
09. IX. O Delvig, Delvig!
10. X. The Poet’s Death
11. XI. Conclusion
Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10
12. I. Allegretto – Allegro non troppo
13. II. Allegro
14. III. Lento
15. IV. Allegro molto – Lento – Allegro molto
…the Berlin strings catch every shade and dynamic under Rattle’s rigorous direction, and the percussion resonates in Philharmonie acoustics. On a bonus disc comes a focused performance of the First Symphony, calculated in its fits and starts but always alive.