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I never was a big fan of this symphony, as I am not a big fan of Shostakovich generally, but this time it was truly remarkable performing event. My local FM WGBH 89.7 stated the new fiscal year funding campaign and compile a CD recorded “live” locally during July and August 2006, the CD that they given away to contributors. The CD has:

Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor - Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Stefan Asbury, conductor -Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No. 2
Bernard Haitink, conductor - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

Today they play this CD – what a wonderful play from Tanglewood Orchestra!
 
The “Daphnis et Chloe”, that I generally like a lot, was truly spectacular… but the Shostakovich 10 is even further then this – it was really seldom event!

In fact it was probably the very first Shostakovich 10 that made sense to me and that I actually appreciated the work for a first time. I have to tell that Bernard Haitink did it once before for me. 3-4 years ago he played Shostakovich 4th Symphony – the work that I would not listen even under a general anesthesia. However, that time Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra and Haitink did nothing sort of stunning with the 4th symphony. Now is the Shostakovich 10th – the same “style” of the pay - only now with Tanglewood Orchestra. What is performance!!!

God bless FM: The final - 4meg file in 44/16

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