Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Barber: Adagio for Strings (2017) DSF DSD64

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Manfred Honeck – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Barber: Adagio for Strings (2017)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 01:00:08 minutes | 2,38 GB | Genre: Classical
Source: SACD | Artwork: Front cover | © PentaTone

2018 Grammy Winner – Best Orchestral Performance and Best Engineered Album, Classical
In his fascinating and scholarly music notes, Maestro Manfred Honeck gives us great insight into the history of both pieces and describes how he conducts and interprets each. He reminds us that Joseph Stalin’s Soviet government was offended by Shostakovich’s previous works. Under threat of arrest or banishment to Siberia, Shostakovich devised a new, less-complex compositional style for the 5th Symphony, still full of irony and double meaning, to appease Stalin and appeal to the common people.

The Adagio of Samuel Barber is his most performed work, and one of the most popular of all 20th Century orchestral works. It is beloved for its beautiful simplicity and emotion. Manfred Honeck describes Barber’s 1967 acapella version for mixed choir using the “Agnus Dei” text and tells us his own interpretation is inspired by this text. He says it is “for me, without a doubt, the key to finding a deeper sense of this piece. Perhaps it is for this reason that the Adagio has enchanted and moved audiences around the world since its very first incarnation and has continued to do so in all subsequent versions born since.”

Tracklist:

1. Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 – Moderato-Allegro non troppo 17:16
2. Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 – Allegretto 05:47
3. Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 – Largo 15:19
4. Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 – Allegro non troppo 12:25
5. Adagio for Strings 09:21

Personnel:
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, Conductor & Music Director

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