MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies & Concertos BLU-RAY
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies & Concertos BLU-RAY
Denis Matsuev, Daniil Trifonov (pianos) Mario Brunello, Gautier Capuçon (cellos) Alena Baeva, Vadim Repin (violin) / Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev
[ Arthaus Blu-ray / 4 Blu-ray Box Set ]
Release Date: Friday 1 July 2016
Nobody is better suited to undertake such a challenge than Valery Gergiev and his Mariinsky Orchestra. Over a period of a year all 15 Symphonies and 6 Concertos have been recorded at Salle Pleyel in Paris. What an adventure for the artists and the big production team! Never before in the history of television has something like this been undertaken including the very first "Ring" for television at Bayreuth.
Dmitri Shostakovich is arguably one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. To understand his music one needs to see it in the context of his life, his social environment, the political situation, the unbelievable brutality with which the Communist Party enforced its ideological credo and the subtle ways with which Shostakovich succeeded in combining his innermost thoughts with the demands of Socialist Realism. He was a man of many faces. And beyond any doubt Dmitri Shostakovich was a musical genius.
Special Features:
The Shostakovich Cycle includes introductions for each symphony and concerto by Valery Gergiev.
The fascinating documentary "Dmitri Shostakovich - A Man of Many Faces" explores the life and work of the composer based on rare archive footage and interviews. A comprehensive book with particularised texts about each symphony and concerto provides deep insights into life and work of Dmitri Shostakovich. And the Play Music Only Function is available to experience Shostakovich's wonderful music nonstop!
Sound Formats: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0
Picture Format: 16:9
Subtitles: English (Original Language, Symphonies subtitled), German, French, Korean, Japanese (Symphonies, Introductions, Documentary)
DVD Format: 8 x DVD 9 / NTSC
Running Time: ca. 970 mins Symphonies & Concertos / ca. 56 mins Introductions / 56 mins Documentary
FSK: 0
"Most successful are young violinist Alena Baeva, who gives a sensitive and appropriately fiery performance of Violin Concerto…all the symphonies are given excellent, sometimes outstanding performances, with superb soloists…in Nos 13 and 14" (BBC Music)
"The videos are stunningly presented, with just the right amount of cutting from instrument to instrument to conductor done in as unobtrusive a manner as possible, and no sudden break-away for ostensibly musical reasons like the rattling of a quick timpani or explosive cymbal. The color scheme is excellent in the rather bleak hall, and the caught reflections of the players and their own reactions to the music-beside just the conductor-make this a truly democratic effort giving equal voice to all involved....an essential set if ever there was one, in superb sound and video....these live readings will stand as some of the best Shostakovich around, and easily the best collected set. " (Audiophile Audition)
"Valery Gergiev is both a great and inspiring conductor and one of today's greatest orchestral trainers: witness the remarkable playing of the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra throughout this set of all 15 symphonies and six concertos by Shostakovich. Performed live in the Salle Pleyel in Paris, none of the concerts appear to have been patched, which makes the consistent excellence of the mostly young Mariinsky players and chorus the more remarkable." Classical-Music.com
NOTE: The accompanying large book is still sealed (unopened)
NOTE: Outer Box has some very minor wear
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Tracks:
Blu-ray 1
Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10
Symphony No. 2 in B major, "To October", for orchestra with mixed chorus, Op. 14
Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43
Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70
Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141
Concerto for Piano, String Orchestra and Trumpet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 / Daniil Trifonov (piano), Timur Martynov (trumpet)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 / Denis Matsuev (piano)
Blu-ray 2
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, "The First of May", for orchestra with mixed chorus, Op. 20
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, op. 93
Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, "Babi Yar", for bass, bass chorus and orchestra, Op. 113 / Mikhail Petrenko (bass), Male Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107 / Gautier Capuçon (violoncello)
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra No. 2 in G major, Op. 126 / Mario Brunello (violoncello)
Blu-ray 3
Symphony No. 7 in C major, "Leningrad", Op. 60
Symphony No. 11 in G minor, "The Year 1905", Op. 103
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77 (originally published as Op. 99) / Vadim Repin (violin)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129 / Alena Baeva (violin)
Blu-ray 4
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65
Symphony No. 12 in D minor, "The Year 1917", Op. 112
Symphony No. 14, for soprano, bass and chamber orchestra, Op. 135 / Veronika Dzhioeva (soprano), Mikhail Petrenko (bass)
Special Feature Dmitri Shostakovich - A Man of Many Faces. Documentary film by Reiner Moritz (2015)
This set has introductions to compositions by Gergiev. And for those who don't want to listen to Gergiev, there is a "Play Music Only Function." Directed for TV by Don Kent. Released 2015, set has 5.0 dts-HD Master Audio sound.
