Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4

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Experience the London Symphony Orchestra at full strength as LSO Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda continues his survey of Shostakovich with the monumental Fourth Symphony.

Shostakovich at one point thought his Fourth Symphony was the best thing he’d ever written. Extravagant and challenging in equal measure, it’s a work of epic proportions, requiring over 100 musicians including large percussion and brass sections. Owing to Soviet censure, the work went unperformed for almost 30 years after it was completed, until in 1961 it was revealed as one of the significant milestones of the composer’s output, the work that solidified him as a master symphonist.

Composer Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor Gianandrea Noseda
Performers London Symphony Orchestra

Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 43
1. I. Allegretto poco moderato - Presto
2. II. Moderato con moto
3. III. Largo - Allegro

Release Date 4 October 2019
LSO0832 | 822231183228

Producer Nicholas Parker
Engineers Classic Sound Ltd
Recorded November 2018, Barbican, London

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Reviews

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***** ‘An orchestra must be able to supply characterful wind playing (often stratospherically shrill), weighty brass and string playing of breadth and flexibility. The LSO have all these qualities in abundance and their principal guest conductor Gianandrea Noseda drives them on to elicit a thrilling performance…Highly recommended.’

- The Birmingham Post / Midlands Music Reviews
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**** 1/2 ‘The pungent flavour of Shostakovich’s Symphony No 4 is on full display thanks to the London Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of principal guest conductor Gianandrea Noseda…the powerhouse work delivered with passion and a steely conviction.’

- Winnipeg Free Press
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'Conductor Gianandrea Noseda taps into the symphony's scintillating colours and savours their nuances while also not shying away from their thunder. And even then, the sound is radiant in its transparency, capturing the composer's boldness from the first note right to the last.'

- Wiener Zeitung