Ashkenazy, Helsinki Phiharmonic - Shostakovch: Execution Of Stepan Razin; Zoya Suite (2013)
Ashkenazy, Helsinki Phiharmonic - Shostakovch: Execution Of Stepan Razin; Zoya Suite (2013)
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 270 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Ondine | Catalog Number: 1225
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 270 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Ondine | Catalog Number: 1225
Ondine presents two dramatic works by Shostakovich. The Execution of Stepan Razin is spine-chilling with Razin’s bloody head rolling to the ground, laughing at the Tsar, and the Zoya Suite which is an orchestral abridgement of the film score from 1944 depicting the 18-year old partisan Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya fighting against the Germans.
These works are coupled with the relatively unknown Suite on Finish Themes. Discovered nearly 40 years after Shostakovich’s death the suite includes several arrangements of Finnish folk songs arranged for Soprano and Tenor soloists.
The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra regularly record with Ondine and have many awards and prizes to their name. Ashkenazy has worked regularly with the orchestra on past releases and continues to be an inspiration to music lovers across the world.
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Latvian State Choir
Reviews: Shostakovich’s cantata The Execution of Stepan Razin is a moving and exciting late work audibly related to the Thirteenth Symphony, “Babi Yar”. Both use texts by Yevtushenko, and yet the cantata never has enjoyed the same degree of popularity and critical regard. The reason may be that it’s too long to serve as a coupling with the symphony, and Shostakovich never wrote anything else like it. His previous Socialist Realist choral works, like The Song of the Forests, are too obviously ideological in content, but Razin would make a terrific piece coupled to, say, Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky.
In any case, Vladimir Ashkenazy has chosen a different route and assembled a very smart program. Zoya is a wartime film that tells the story of a young girl who dies fighting the Germans. The suite has five substantial movements, one of which, the battle scene, bears a striking thematic resemblance to the “Stalin Scherzo” of the Tenth Symphony. Like the cantata, the work employs a choir, and it contains some rousing and very effective music. The recently discovered, brief Suite on Finnish Themes was given its recording premiere on BIS a few years ago, and fills out the program nicely.
On the whole, these are excellent performances. Bass-baritone Shenyang is a very impressive soloist, comfortable with the language, and he delivers the text of Stepan Razin with a firm tone and total conviction. The choir sings with clarity and bite, and the orchestra plays powerfully, if perhaps without the last degree of sheer volume at the climaxes. Soloists Mari Palo and Tuomas Katajala handle their roles in the Finnish Suite with warmth and easy style. The engineering is well-balanced and natural. This release is a valuable addition to the Shostakovich discography.
Tracklisting:
Shostakovich, Dmitry
Yevtushenko, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich, lyricist(s)
The Execution of Stepan Razin, Op. 119
1. The Execution of Stepan Razin, Op. 119 00:25:34
Shostakovich, Dmitry
Simonov, Konstantin Mikhailovich, lyricist(s)
Atovmyan, Lev, arranger(s)
Zoya Suite, Op. 64a (arr. L. Atovmyan for orchestra)
2. I. Song about Zoya 00:08:10
3. II. Military Problem 00:05:03
4. III. Tragedy of a Loss 00:05:22
5. IV. Hero's Victory 00:04:24
6. V. The Heroine's Immortality 00:05:47
Shostakovich, Dmitry
Traditional, lyricist(s)
Suite on Finnish Themes
7. I. Energico 00:00:52
8. II. The Sky is Blue and White 00:01:13
9. III. Lento non troppo 00:01:49
10. IV. The Girls of this Village 00:01:56
11. V. The Strawberry is a Red Berry 00:01:06
12. VI. If I could be at Leisure 00:02:24
13. VII. My Beloved is Beautiful 00:01:57
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