Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 & Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

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Sanderling leads a spick and span Beethoven Fifth. The long streams of quavers in the first movement line up in tidy rows, like soldiers. Even when Beethoven throws the metre off-kilter…Sanderling... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2018 More…

Release Date: 1st Jun 2018
Catalogue No: 19075820802
Label: Sony
Length: 81 minutes

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Work length33:42

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Dresdner Philharmoniker
Michael Sanderling

I. Allegro con brio

Track length7:43

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II. Andante con moto

Track length9:38

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III. Allegro

Track length5:25

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IV. Allegro

Track length10:56

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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

Work length47:56

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Dresdner Philharmoniker
Michael Sanderling

I. Moderato

Track length16:28

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II. Allegretto

Track length5:33

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III. Largo

Track length13:45

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IV. Allegro non troppo

Track length12:10

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The Dresdner Philharmoniker is one of Germany’s most celebrated orchestras. They have received top laurels for their three albums with the symphonies of Beethoven and Shostakovich: “a delightful combination” (Fono Forum) and “very precise and brilliantly lucid” (hr2 Kultur). Their new album offers a riveting comparison of these two composers’ fifth symphonies. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, composed in 1808, is considered the ne plus ultra of classical music. It was the con-trast between its bleak and dramatic C minor opening and the jubilant C major finale that first gave rise to the familiar metaphors of “through darkness toward light” and “victory over fate”. The same dramatic arch underlies Shostakovich’s Fifth, composed in 1937 in the midst of the Stalinist purges. After Soviet officialdom had condemned his Fourth Symphony, the Fifth was celebrated as the return of the prodigal son. Here, too, the mighty opening movement ultimately leads to sounds of jubilation, this time driven to extremes.

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September 2018

Sanderling leads a spick and span Beethoven Fifth. The long streams of quavers in the first movement line up in tidy rows, like soldiers. Even when Beethoven throws the metre off-kilter…Sanderling makes sure his players maintain their balance and composure. I doubt this is what Beethoven intended but there’s no question that Sanderling has the Dresden Philharmonic playing at the highest level.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 & Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

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