Shostakovich - Symphony 1 & Symphony No. 3 (CD)

(Sym.1) "a good performance, with a strong feeling of chamber music to it and a remarkable attention to (occasionally exaggeration of) the quieter dynamic markings (Sym.3) "a much better recorded account of the Third Symphony, is brilliantly played and very vividly characterized. I was particularly struck by Rozhdestvensky's use of solo instead of tutti strings in the slow section (with what justification I have no idea, but it is poignantly effective) and by his powerful dramatization of those huge orchestral recitatives that prepare for the choral finale: they are massively and balefully eloquent, qualities that rivals miss by taking them very fast." (Gramophone).

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. I. Allegretto - Allegro Non Troppo
2. II. Allegro
3. III. Lento
4. IV. Lento - Allegro Molto - Largo - Presto
5. I. Allegretto - Allegro
6. II. Andante
7. III. Largo
8. IV. Moderato: 'V Pérvoye, Pérvoye Máya'