Shostakovich / Ussr Ministry Of Culture Sym Orch Symphony 1 & Symphony 3 CD

(Sym.1) "a good performance, with a strong feeling of chamber music to it and a remarkable attention to (occasionally exaggeration of) the quieter dynamic markings (Sym.3) "a much better recorded account of the Third Symphony, is brilliantly played and very vividly characterized. I was particularly struck by Rozhdestvensky's use of solo instead of tutti strings in the slow section (with what justification I have no idea, but it is poignantly effective) and by his powerful dramatization of those huge orchestral recitatives that prepare for the choral finale: they are massively and balefully eloquent, qualities that rivals miss by taking them very fast." (Gramophone).

1. I. Allegretto - Allegro Non Troppo 2. II. Allegro 3. III. Lento 4. IV. Lento - Allegro Molto - Largo - Presto 5. I. Allegretto - Allegro 6. II. Andante 7. III. Largo 8. IV. Moderato: 'V P?rvoye, P?rvoye Mßya'