Musik / klassiske symfonier

Symphony no. 13 : Babiy Yar


Anmeldelser (21)


AllMusic

2020

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James Manheim

2020

"This release on Chandos had the misfortune to appear in the wake of the live reading of the work by Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony, with bass Alexey Tikhomirov ... but there is much to recommend in this recording with the fine Russian National Orchestra under Kirill Karabits, with Oleg Tsibulko as the soloist ... The Muti recording may have forever dispelled the notion that it takes Russian musicians to get the depths of Shostakovich, but this one certainly shows they're still in the game".


The Classic Review

d. 30. juli 2020

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David A. McConnell

d. 30. juli 2020

"I wish I could recommend the recording unreservedly, as I greatly admire this conductor and orchestra. But the readings by Petrenko, Wigglesworth and Muti are more wholly successful than this new release".


MusicWeb international

2020 August

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John Quinn (musikanmelder)

2020 August

"Pentatone's cycle of Shostakovich symphonies is evolving slowly but surely ... Kirill Karabits is impressive in this symphony and those who are following this RNO cycle will find this a valuable addition to the series".


Presto classical

d. 17. juli 2020

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David Smith (musikanmelder)

d. 17. juli 2020

"Recording of the week: Notwithstanding the Ukrainian on the podium, this performance strikes me as a particularly Russian-spirited one. The emotional commitment from all concerned is palpable; Yevtushenko's dissenting texts need to be heard as much now as they did in the 1960s, and Tsibulko and Karabits are more than capable of imbuing them with weight and urgency".


Politiken

d. 3. okt. 2006

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Thomas Michelsen

d. 3. okt. 2006

"Wigglesworth vederfares en ekstremt dynamiseret optagelse, der gør det vanskeligt at finde en indstilling af lydstyrken, som fungerer optimalt. Men bortset fra det tekniske synger bassen rystende egalt og autentisk, skønt han ikke er russer. Orkestret bider uhyggeligt fra sig, og herrekoret er supertændt".


BBC music magazine

2024 August

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Erik Levi

2024 August

"This latest recording from John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic offers a measured and far less histrionic approach [than Kondrashin and Karabits] ... Yet the depth and breadth of Chandos's superbly vivid recording ensures that they still make a powerful impact ... The BBC Philharmonic delivers superb and vividly characterised playing throughout ... The Estonian National Male Choir are ideal, their dark timbres and exemplary diction really hitting the target both in the Shostakovich and in Arvo Pärt's profoundly moving 'De profundis'".


BBC music magazine

2007 July

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David Nice

2007 July

"The soloist does not always keep the burnished tones down to the hushed level achieved for Barshai ... but he was in fine voice in 1996, and it is alway a pleasure to hear the distintive sound Temirkanov achieves with the St Petersburg Philharmonic".


Diapason

2020 mars

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Patrick Szersnovicz

2020 mars


BBC music magazine

2020 April

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Daniel Jaffé

2020 April

"The tone virtually throughout is dark and intense, most particularly the opening movement which sets the title poem ... Muti confirms his identification with this work in its subsequent movements ... Tikhomirov, rich-toned and sentient throughout, is backed by a superbly characterful Chicago Symphony Chorus".


Diapason

2020 septembre

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Patrick Szersnovicz

2020 septembre


BBC music magazine

2020 September

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Erik Levi

2020 September

"This beautifully engineered studio recording under Kirill Karabits has all the necessary adrenaline to keep the listener fully engaged. Karabits is particularly effective in negotiating the tricky changes of tempo in the opening 'Babi Ya' movement and ensures that the tension is sustained right to the very end ... The new release certainly benefits from the fine singing of Tsibulko and the more authentic vocal timbres of the combined Russian choirs".


Fono Forum

2021 Februar

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Thomas Schulz (f. 1960)

2021 Februar

"Transparenz, Artikulationsgenauigkeit und Klangkultur hat diese Neuaufnahme von Schostakowitschs "Babi Yar"-Sinfonie reichlich zu bieten. Aber ob das ausreicht, einem Werk interpretatorisch gerecht zu werden, in dem es (vor allem) um die Schrecken von Antisemitismus und staatlicher Gewalt geht? ... Am besten gelingen folgerichtig die drei letzten Sätze, in denen Dirigent Karabits einige schöne orchestrale Details offenlegt".


Fono Forum

2020 Dezember

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Thomas Schulz (f. 1960)

2020 Dezember

"Transparenz, Artikulationsgenauigkeit und Klangkultur hat diese Neuafnahme von Schostakowitschs "Babi Yar"-Sinfonie reichlich zu bieten ... Am besten gelingen folgerichtig die drei letzten Sätze, in denen Kirill Karabits einige schöne orchestrale Details offenlegt".


BBC music magazine

2014 November

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David Nice

2014 November

"Choral shortcomings apart, this makes a fine epilogue to Vasily Petrenko's magnificent Liverpool Shostakovich cycle ... Alexander Vinogradov is the finest bass interpreter here since Sergey Alexashkin, with a lithe freshness all his own ... Do investigate Petrenko's unexpected subtlety and lightness".


The gramophone

2006 awards

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David Fanning

2006 awards

"The Netherlands Radio PO do not have quite the muscle for the biggest climaxes in "Babi Yar" or for the scalding irony of "Humour". But they certainly rise to the challenge of the remaining movements, so often anti-climatic but which here make the deepest impression".


The gramophone

2024 June

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Marina Frolova-Walker

2024 June

"John Storgårds has shown his affinity for the composer in every disc of this complete series of the Shostakovich symphonies (still in progress). Here, he does not strive after extremes or try out any special effects: the slow music does not drag and the climaxes are not harrowingly expressionistic. There is long-range tension and small-scale subtlety, especially in the ruminative links between the movements, where we can easily imagine Shostakovich's authorial voice".


The gramophone

2007 July

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David Fanning

2007 July

"This is Sergei Aleksashkin's fourth CD appearance as soloist in this work, and without exactly having an epoch-making voice, I doubt that he has done it better than here ... Overall then, this displaces the Gothenburg/Järvi account as my preferred modern studio version".


The gramophone

2020 April

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David Gutman

2020 April

"Editor's choice: There are American ensembles with a more sustained Shostakovich tradition than the Chicago Symphony but the present recording, taken from the opening concerts of the orchestra's 2018-19 season, can stand comparison with any of its distinguished predecessors, however different in tone ... Strongly recommended".


The gramophone

2020 September

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David Gutman

2020 September

"Although no one is likely to trump Kondrashin's intensity, Karabits reaffirms the viability of a more mobile view of the score. 'A Career', the final setting, proceeds with complete naturalness, its flow dictated by the twists and turns of Yevtushenko's ironic text ... Here a quintessentially Russian band, two Moscow-based choirs, a Ukrainian conductor and a Moldovian baritone offer authenticity of the best post-Soviet kind. A Thirteenth to live with".


The gramophone

2014 October

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Edward Seckerson

2014 October

"Petrenko's nose for characterisation and his often startling attention to the dynamics of the piece make it feel not counterfeit at all but rather something he made earlier in his home city of St Petersburg ... [Vinogradov] deploys his haunting head voice to poignant, almost unearthly effect".


International record review

2014 November

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Peter J. Rabinowitz

2014 November

"Vurdering: IRR outstanding" - "Vinogradov's enunciation is admirable ... The chorus is good as well ... The brass onslaughts slice through us with terrifying unanimity; the woodwinds have a full sound ... The strings are capable of nearly ineffable softness ... Orchestral soloists are unformly excellent ... All in all, a triumphant close for one of the great recorded symphony cycles of the century".