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“The ballet The Golden Age (1930) depicts an industrial exhibition organised in a capitalist country, at which a group of Soviet sportsmen have been invited to compete. The general idea of the music is to differentiate between goodies and baddies by assigning them respectively healthy-folk and decadent-bourgeois idioms.
The trouble was that Shostakovich couldn't stop himself enjoying being decadent.
Not all the 37 movements stand up independently of the stage-action. But the finales and the whole of Act 3 are top-notch stuff, at times surprisingly threatening in tone and symphonic in continuity; and there are several movements which could undoubtedly be promoted alongside the four in the familiar concert suite (the Tap Dance of Act 2 is especially appealing, for instance). Those who know their Shostakovich will be constantly intrigued by foretastes of LadyMacbeth, Symphony No 4 and the Hamlet music, and by the appearance of Shostakovich's 'Tea for Two' arrangement as an Interlude in Act 2.
This first complete recording is a major coup for Chandos. Admittedly not even their flattering engineering can disguise a certain lack of confidence and idiomatic flair on the part of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
But don't let that deter anyone with the least interest in Shostakovich, or ballet music, or Soviet music, or indeed Soviet culture as a whole, from investigating this weird and intermittently wonderful score. A really fascinating disc.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | (also available to download from $21.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Leopold Stokowski: The Stereo Collection 1954-1975
Bach, J S: | Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben': Jesu, bleibet meine Freude New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir Sheep May Safely Graze, from Cantata BWV208 orch. Stokowski New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne arr. Stokowski London Symphony Orchestra Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006: Preludio arr. Stokowski London Symphony Orchestra Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott arr. Stokowski London Symphony Orchestra Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String') arr. Stokowski London Symphony Orchestra Fugue in G minor, BWV578 'Little' arr. Stokowski London Symphony Orchestra Adagio in F major, Sinfonia from Cantata No.156, Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe (BWV156) arr. Stokowski London Symphony Orchestra Chorale Prelude BWV645 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' arr. Stokowski London Symphony Orchestra Komm süsser Tod, BWV478 arr. Stokowski London Symphony Orchestra Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565 London Symphony Orchestra Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565 arr. Stokowski (rehearsal) London Symphony Orchestra | Beethoven: | Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' London Symphony Orchestra Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 London Symphony Orchestra Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur ('Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre'), Op. 48 No. 4 New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir | Brahms: | Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 New Philharmonia Orchestra Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 New Philharmonia Orchestra | Canteloube: | Songs of the Auvergne (selection) Anna Moffo (soprano) American Symphony Orchestra | Dvorak: | Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World' New Philharmonia Orchestra | Enescu: | Romanian Rhapsody in A major, Op. 11 No. 1 RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra | Gluck: | Orfeo ed Euridice: Les Champs-Elysées arranged as 'O, Saviour hear me' by Norman Luboff & Walter Stott New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir | Handel: | Ombra mai fu (from Serse) New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV348: excerpts RCA Victor Orchestra Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351 RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra | Humperdinck: | Abendsegen 'Abends will ich schlafen gehn' (Hänsel und Gretel) New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir | Khachaturian: | Symphony No. 3 'Simfoniya-poema' Mary Sauer (organ) Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Liszt: | Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor arr. Muller-Berghaus RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra | Mahler: | Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Margaret Price (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo) London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus | Menotti: | Sebastian: Ballet Suite Members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra | Prokofiev: | Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 - excerpts Members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra | Rachmaninov: | Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 Anna Moffo (soprano) American Symphony Orchestra | Rimsky Korsakov: | Scheherazade, Op. 35 Erich Gruenberg (violin) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36 Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Shostakovich: | The Golden Age (complete) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54 Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Smetana: | The Bartered Bride Overture RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Má Vlast: Vltava RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra | Tchaikovsky: | Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41: Our Father New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' London Symphony Orchestra | trad.: | Deep River New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir Praise God from whom all blessings flow New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir | Villa-Lobos: | Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria and Dança (Martelo) Anna Moffo (soprano) American Symphony Orchestra | Wagner: | Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries Martina Arroyo, Carlotta Ordassy, Doris Yarick (sopranos), Betty Allen, Doris Okerson, Regina Sarfaty, Shirley Verrett (mezzos), Louise Parker (contralto) Symphony of the Air Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act 3 Herny Schuman (cor anglais) Symphony of the Air Das Rheingold: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla Martina Arroyo, Carlotta Ordassy (sopranos), Louise Parker (contralto) Symphony of the Air Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music Symphony of the Air Rienzi Overture Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Die Walkure: Magic Fire Music Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act 3 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Dance of the Apprentices Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Entry of the Masters Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Rhine Journey and Funeral March London Symphony Orchestra Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort 'Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene' (from Götterdämmerung) (orchestral version) London Symphony Orchestra Begluckt darf nun dich 'Pilgrims' Chorus' (from Tannhauser) New Symphony Orchestra of London, Norman Luboff Choir Rienzi Overture (rehearsal & alternative ending) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
and rehearsal footage of Beethoven's Pastoral and Mahler's Resurrection Symphony
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