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Shostakovich: Symphony No 4 - Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink

CSOR 901 814 (2 discs)

Stereo
NEW RELEASE

Playing time: 70'26" (CD) + 57'29" (DVD)
Tracks: 3
Booklet pages: 24
© 2008 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Reviewer: Robert Anderson
Review of Shostakovich: Symphony No 4 - Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink published on 23 September 2008

Listen: Allegro poco moderato

Watch and listen: An extract from 'Beyond the Score - Is Music Dangerous?'

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Gerard McBurney, narrator
Nicholas Rudall, actor

CD:

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Symphony No 4 (Allegro poco moderato - Presto; Moderato con moto; Largo - Allegro)

DVD: Beyond the Score - Is Music Dangerous? :
Bernard Haitink introduces 'Beyond the Score'
Communism is Soviet Power
... Plus the Electrification of the Whole Country
Building the New
Parks of Rest and Culture
Muddle Instead of Music
A Pen in the Teeth
The Kremlin Mountaineer
Fathers and Children
Mens sana in corpore sano
Automata and the Absurd
The Funeral
The Rehearsal
There Will Be No Symphony
The Commissar Vanishes
Credits

DVD Special Features:
Interview with Bernard Haitink
Interview with Gerard McBurney
What is 'Beyond the Score'?
Exploring the Sources
Biographies

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