JJ

FYI, this DVD is available separately on Kultur, coupled with Schumann, Symphony #1.

As for other Shostakovich recordings:

Haitink's cycle is well-known, and both #1 and #5 are excellent performances and very well recorded too.

#10 is probably the next one to get after #5, Jansons/Philadelphia, Karajan/Berlin, and Mravinsky/Leningrad are probably the front-runners here.

#8 is another great symphony. I like Mravinsky/Leningrad on BBC Legends (beware; the Philips recording is pitched a half-tone flat, believe it or not), and again Haitink/Concertgebouw. The LSO Live recording got rave reviews, but, for what it's worth, is not one of my favorites.

JJ

cornetguy

8 with solti and the cso
11 with rostropovich
bernsteins later recording of 5
lopez-cobos 1 and 15 on the same disc

i have the st. louis doing 10

the spco recorded both the piano concertos on one disc and it is quite good.

also rostropovich recorded lady macbeth that is a stunning recording of the piece.

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ertatta

for the most part the rostropovich cycle is pretty hard to beat. in particular those done with the National symphony, 4,5,7,8, & 11 are exceptional and INMHO are definitive recordings of these particular works. and ofcourse it goes without saying that all brass player's owe it to themselves to own the CSO/Bernstein 1&7 recorded live in '87(Jacobs last concert with CSO). my favorite 1 is the Moscow Phil/lawrence leighton smith on sheffield labs. another overlooked offering is the 10 & 11 of the Helsinki Phil/DePriest on Delos.. very fiery performances with some fine brass playing.
i definitly have to check out the lopez-cobos/cincy disc of 1 & 15!!

Manny Laureano

You guys inspired me! For sightreading this morning with the MYS kids we read the first two movements of #10 (after running through Pictures! Such a slave driver I am!). They did well... such great music.

ML

ebtromba

OK, everyone consider this.

how cool......would it be.......to have Manuel Laureano as conductor of the youth orchestra you're in.

<sigh> to be 16 again...

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Manny Laureano

Thanks, Eric, that was nice. To the kids, I'm just the guy that yells at them because I love them and the music. Wish you could hear them... they're great. There might be a clip up at the website from last year(mnyouthsymphonies.org).

Now, back to Shostakovitch.

I love my old recording of Vacchiano playing the 1st piano concerto with André Previn as soloist.

The final fanfare was tongued tt k t T tt k t T tt k t T T T T T ...etc. That's how Vacchiano did it and taught us to do it. It's kind of fun and a different sound.

ML