The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Weill: Symphony No. 2 - COMPACT DISCS

The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Weill: Symphony No. 2 - COMPACT DISCS

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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Weill: Symphony No. 2

Artist:

The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Label:

Warner Classics

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

190295478346

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2022-06-17

Number of Discs:

1

Two symphonies from the turbulent 1930s are juxtaposed in Lahav Shani's second Warner Classics release as Chief Conductor of The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Shani has described Kurt Weill's Symphony No 2, premiered by Bruno Walter in Amsterdam in 1933, as "one of my favourite pieces to conduct... It is tonal music, very melodic, very theatrical, and really not comparable to anything else." Shostakovich's powerful Symphony No 5, with it's enigmatic interplay of sincerity and irony, was chosen by Shani to conclude his inaugural concert as Music Director in Rotterdam in 2018.

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