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My standard for the 11th has been Berglund's but W's is just as sincere; atmospheric, fervent, snarling and punchy. The final pages deliver in the latter respect! I had to turn up volume from normal 8 o'clock position to around 10 o'clock which worried me, but huge, enveloping bottom-up sound remained pliant. The first time for me that famous BIS sound lived up to the hype.
Next up is the 4th and 7th but critics seem to lean toward Petrenko.
Limiting choices to W and P, do you think? Who is more persuasive in symphony?
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Streaming it at 24/96 from ClassicsOnlineHD.If I needed another Shostakovich series in SACD, this would be the obvious choice, I one could round them all up. Only one I have heard in this series to date is his #4 which I liked.
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OK, maybe he wrote it that way. ;-)
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In Typical Bis mode. If you turn up 1st movement so you can hear it the last movement is too loud. Bis does this all the time and as a result i listen to very few of there recordings. I listened to this performance and it is good but I still prefer the Stowkoski on EMI
Alan
I've heard a number of Wigglseworth's Shostakovich series and liked them all. The 13th was particularly impressive, both as a performance and as a demonstration-quality audio. Interpretively, Petrenko is a relative lightweight.
I saw Wigglesworth conduct the Mahler 10th (Cooke version) with the Cleveland Orchestra. It was an outstanding performance, and I wish they would have him back again.
My favorite on SACD is actually Caetani. Other than the overdubbed bells in the 4th movement. Orchestral execution is a little rough, but the most fun to listen to. The version on Linn is also really good. I greatly prefer either of those to the 2 you mention.
Thanks, Linn got some really negative reviews which is why I shied away.
Regarding the 11th. I couldn't be happier with the Wigglesworth; just interested in thoughts about other releases in cycle.
Allow me to expand your choices to include Haitink/RCO on London, (1985 recording) most intense interpretation of 11 in my collection of countless 11's including BIS, not a hi-rez recording but in an amazing & powerful sound.
Vahe
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There is an 11th by Stowkoski on EMI that is somewhat famous. It is on Tidal
Alan
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like it's a bad thing. (LOL!)
Mark in NC
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