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Bernard Haitink - Shostakovich: The Complete Symphonies - Japan 11 CD Limited Edition
Bernard Haitink - Shostakovich: The Complete Symphonies - Japan 11 CD Limited Edition
CD
Classical Music
Symphony
October 9, 2019
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Catalog No.: PROC-2229
JAN/ISBN: 4988031356838
Number of Discs: 11
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Credits:
Bernard Haitink
Description:
A newly remastered edition of Haitink's monumental cycle - superb performances and superb sound that redrew the map of these works. The Cello Concerto No. 1 is added to the box for the first time. With a booklet of around 100 pages. The definitive edition. One of Haitink's signature achievements, and the first complete Shostakovich symphony cycle to be made in the West, this set was very highly regarded on its release. Drawing on two orchestras - the London Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - and combining the most searching interpretations possible at a time when the Cold War was still in force with DECCA's fine engineering, it realises each work with outstanding insight, and remains one of the greatest achievements in this repertoire by anyone outside the countries directly concerned. Many recordings have appeared since the cycle was completed, but in several of the symphonies none has yet surpassed Haitink's. The London Philharmonic recordings come from the culmination of DECCA's analogue era, while the digital sessions, made in the very earliest days of the format, exploit its qualities to the full; the quality of the DECCA engineering throughout is high, and the set retains a devoted following to this day. For this box we have added the Cello Concerto No. 1 with Lynn Harrell, recorded in April 1984, which was missing from the previous Japanese editions of the cycle (issued twice) and from the imported box (which also omitted two orchestral works) - all of which ran to eleven discs - without increasing the number of discs. Every one of the twenty Shostakovich works Haitink recorded for DECCA is now included. As for price: the first Japanese edition of the cycle cost over ¥36,000 and the 2005 reissue a little over ¥16,000, whereas this eleven-disc set is offered at ¥6,857 plus tax. In addition, the roughly 100-page booklet that accompanied the Japanese editions is reproduced, apart from certain sections (artist profiles and the like). For the analogue recordings, new 192kHz/24bit transfers have again been made from the original analogue master tapes held in the country of origin, and the booklet also incorporates some of the original jacket designs. (1/2)
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