Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko – Shostakovitch: Symphonies 6 & 12 (2011) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko – Shostakovitch: Symphonies 6 & 12 (2011)
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Shostakovich’s Sixth and Twelfth Symphonies both had their origins in large-scale projects about Lenin, though the Sixth was eventually to emerge as one of the composer’s most abstract and idiosyncratic symphonies. The long, intensely lyrical and meditative slow movement that opens the work is one of the composer’s most striking. The Twelfth, one of the least played of Shostakovich’s symphonies in the West, became less a celebration of Lenin’s legacy than a chronological depiction of events during the Bolshevik Revolution. ‘The playing is fabulously crisp and committed, while the interpretations combine atmosphere and a sense of proportion – to the benefit of the youthful First, which receives an eerily effective performance, free of exaggeration.’

“Petrenko leaves his stamp on the performances through his insight into the characteristics of each work…One particularly impressive feature is the fact that Petrenko seems to have instilled such a “Russian” sound into the players…Petrenko’s sense of the music’s structure is sure, both in the Sixth Symphony and in the Twelfth” –The Telegraph

“Superlative standards already set by this team’s Shostakovich couldn’t afford to slip in a symphony as great as the Sixth. In the first movement, at least, Vasily Petrenko and the Liverpudlians reach new heights of articulation and sonic beauty…In the inferior Symphony No. 12, Petrenko applies his usual standards of well-differentiated articulation and soulful playing” –BBC Music Magazine

Tracklist:
01. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko – Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54:I. Largo (19:37)
02. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko – Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54:II. Allegro (05:53)
03. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko – Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54:III. Presto (07:10)
04. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko – Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112, “The Year of 1917”:I. Revolutionary Petrograd (12:32)
05. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko – Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112, “The Year of 1917”:II. Razliv (10:44)
06. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko – Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112, “The Year of 1917”:III. Aurora (03:30)
07. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko – Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112, “The Year of 1917”:IV. The Dawn of Humanity (09:45)

Personnel:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor

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