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VFO / TEODOR CURRENTZIS / ALEXANDRE KANTOROW
Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich
Both standard-bearers of their generation, Teodor Currentzis and Alexandre Kantorow join forces in a programme devoted to Brahms and Shostakovich, highlighting the telluric force of the former and the tragic verve of the latter.
Programme
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor Op. 43
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor Op. 43
Interval
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op. 47
Distribution
- Verbier Festival Orchestra
- Teodor Currentzis conductor
- Alexandre Kantorow piano
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There has been much speculation about the context in which Shostakovich composed his Fifth Symphony, the composer’s relations with the Stalinist regime being at their worst following the cancellation of his Fourth Symphony and his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. Beyond the myth, this masterpiece of Shostakovich’s symphonic output is to be appreciated for its Mahlerian influences, sense of tragedy and intelligent orchestration, propelling the work into the pantheon of the great symphonies of the last century – and beyond.