Credits:

Kurt Sanderling (Conductor)

Description:

When it comes to Zanderlings performance of Shostakovichs Symphony No. 8, the studio recording with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra is the only one available, and it was renowned as a unique, crystal-clear interpretation at a slow tempo. Although Symphony No. 8 was a favorite that the maestro never removed from his repertoire until the very end of his career, no live recording of it had ever been released until now. In passages where Mravinsky would likely have maintained a brisk pace, Zanderling persists with an unrelenting, deliberately slow tempo, revealing this serious work to the audience as if it were a pointillist painting. Perhaps he was in particularly fine form that day; the recording captures Zanderlingwho usually appears calm and composedshowing his passion, as evidenced by his foot-stomping and the shouts he lets out between the third and fourth movements.*Includes lin