음반리뷰 David Hurwitz loves Haitink/RCO/RCO Shosy 15th SACD

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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Bernard Haitink RCO- 11003(SACD) Reference Recording - Sanderling (Berlin Classics)

Bernard Haitink conducts a beautiful performance, magnificently played, particularly considering its live provenance. The first movement has plenty of character, thanks to the RCO's delicious woodwinds and subtle but precise percussion. Haitink paces it perfectly too, but unfortunately his judgment fails him in the second movement, which (like his prior recording with the LPO on Decca) is just too slow--at least given his relatively subdued shaping of its various episodes. Kurt Sanderling, for example, also is quite slow (though not quite so measured as here), but his climaxes both in the Adagio and in the passacaglia finale pack more punch.

This isn't to say that Haitink leads with too much reserve, as so often seems to be the case in other music; it's just a question of making comparisons in real-time listening. If I had been in the audience for this performance I have no doubt that I would have been hard-pressed to register even the slight reservations on offer here. The spooky coda in this version, for example, is both more hushed and more affecting than in his earlier effort, and while the short playing time of the disc (47 minutes) really does preclude this release becoming a prime recommendation, it remains an impressive performance all around. If the slow tempos don't bother you, it's worth hearing.

--David Hurwitz

[김선빈]

쇼스 15번은 하이팅크의 이전 데카 녹음도 상당히 좋았는데 이번 것은 어떨지 궁금하네요. (참고로 제가 최고로 생각하는 15번은 잔덜링, 클리블랜드의 녹음입니다.)

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잔덜링 (얼마전 타계)의 그 음반 꽤나 칭찬이 자자했는데, 아직 들어보지 못했습니다. 제가 가장 아끼는 음반은 Jarvi/GSO/DG입니다. 완벽한 해석에 연주, 더 이상의 것을 상상하기 힘들정도입니다.