Beethoven: Symphony No.5 / Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 贝多芬：第五交响曲 / 肖斯塔科维奇：第五交响曲
- 艺人
- John Barbirolli
- 语种
- 其他
- 厂牌
- BBC Legends
- 发行时间
- 2006年10月02日
- 专辑类别
- 现场专辑
专辑介绍
Although Beethoven comes first both alphabetically and in playing order on this CD, I have contrived to place this review under Shostakovich, because I expect that that is where it will find more readers. Barbirolli left behind no studio recordings of Shostakovich’s Fifth; indeed, today he generally is not associated with such repertoire, although (as recounted in Lyndon Jenkins’s booklet note) he hardly ignored music of his century.
As an admirer of both Shostakovich and Barbirolli, I was interested to hear what this unexpected conjunction would yield. Certainly, this is one of the better Shostakovich Fifths I’ve encountered. Its primary limitations are (arguably, at least in the second instance) not even the conductor’s fault. First, one has to make allowances for the narrow monaural sound; had this been a recording intended for commercial release, obviously the engineering would have been better. (Apart from a few instances of tape flutter, it’s very listenable, though.) Second, the Hallé Orchestra never had a reputation for infallibility, and this performance will not inspire one to argue otherwise. Jenkins admits to “a few rough edges here and there” in the finale, but even apart from the final movement, there are several episodes of imprecision and curdled intonation. These don’t bother me greatly, but suffice it to say there are good reasons why this performance would make an odd first choice among all available Shostakovich Fifths.
Even so, it has definite attractions. Perhaps Barbirolli and Shostakovich were an unusual pairing; but what about Barbirolli and Mahler? There are several examples of how fruitful that pairing was, and by bringing out the Mahler implicit in Shostakovich, Barbirolli’s reading finds its compelling point of view. Barbirolli begins the symphony very slowly, with a fine sense of mystery and expectation. The third movement—more private in its utterance than usual—becomes the symphony’s elegiac heart and soul, thanks, in part, to sensitive phrasing from the Hallé’s strings. The second movement becomes more Ländler-like and less mechanical, but no less disquieting than it should be. Barbirolli skillfully builds the terraced climaxes in the outer movements to maximize impact and minimize bombast; he always reserves energy for that ultimate twist of the knife, and much of the orchestral playing, while not always ideally polished, is very expressive. There is no Rostropovich-like slowing down in the symphony’s hammering close, and yet the point is not lost that the “triumph” depicted here is false and hollow.
Turning to the Beethoven, which Barbirolli did record in the studio, it was instructive to hear the conductor choose a tempo for the first movement that is slow by today’s standards—dramatically imposing, but not at all heavy or pompous. Despite centuries of use and misuse, this music still has the power to inflame. The second movement, often hushed and mysterious, but always big in tone, offers contrast without the loss of weight. A sense of occasion is maintained in the third movement and carried over into the finale, although the end of the symphony sounds a bit perfunctory.
This CD does credit to Barbirolli’s reputation as an interesting interpreter, and his unique reading of the Shostakovich makes this release desirable for those who love that particular work as well.
FANFARE: Raymond Tuttle
最新简评（共8条）
- @Minimo(我还没想好要写什么...)：
- @乐君(寂静与时间)：d小调第五交响曲其戏剧性、尖锐的弦乐跨度主题似乎预示着矛盾紧张的悲剧厮杀即将上演，然而从乐队深处浮现出一段歌咏旋律，如同从遥远年代飘来的神秘歌曲——那绝不是游吟诗人的调情歌谣，而是支离破碎、带有尖利、意外的变调与离调的高难度咏叹，发出受伤金丝雀喉咙里的颤音，随即转化为崇高、静思、几乎休止的音型缓慢流动，又意外地转变为一阵急速、阵雨、戏谑般的运动。随着交响曲的展开，孤独肖氏那分裂的古怪形象跃然出现：一半在充满猜忌和恐惧的古拉格群岛般的无情现实里漠然地戴着眼镜屏息静气逆来顺受，另一半却在抽象音响中尽情地质问、嘲讽、痛快淋漓地爆发灵魂的热量。
- @乐君(寂静与时间)：在斯大林的大清洗下，肖斯塔科维奇仍是一位贫民，过着悲惨的流浪生活。1936年演出时，斯大林出席观看了歌剧《姆岑斯克县的麦克白夫人》在莫斯科的首演，第一幕还没结束便愤然离场。1月28日，一篇题为《不是音乐是混乱》的文章出现在《真理报》上，对这部歌剧及其作者进行了猛烈的抨击，所有人都知道这篇未署名文章的背后是谁，风向一下转变，各大报纸和乐评人纷纷对《真理报》利爪下的猎物口诛笔伐，各省的工人与农民聚集在广场上扬声抗议，转眼之间，肖斯塔科维奇变成了“人民的敌人”。 一年后，作为赎罪，他完成了《第五交响乐》，将它献给斯大林。这部作品为他赢回了一度失去的声誉，令他正式成为苏联音乐界第一人。
- @钻石糖：morning、贝5、肖5
- @白泽(他们的脸色，像我一样)：贝五和肖五出个专辑，哈哈
- @韦希平(正确地做正确的事)：
- @璇玑和杨舒尧( )：喜欢
- @mopersakll( )：贝多芬的命运交响曲让人百听不厌，肖斯塔科维奇的第五交响曲更是经典中的经典