Customer Reviews

Shostakovich: Execution of Stepan Razin Op 119; Sviridov: Pathetic Oratorio No 1-07

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This is poor. When will we have the release on CD of Kondrashin's staggering account originally released on Melodiya LP? I listen to this recording from time to time and it is truly awesome. By comparison, the present recording is pale and dull. Razin is not Shostakovich at his most profound but the emotional power of this music is enormous. Only Kondrashin has so far done it justice on record.

I have a poor quality of "The Execution of Stepan Razin" on tape and that is a my best classical music.first, when i find this i became glad and buy it but when i hear it i am so disappoint.if i hear this execute before my tape i would lost such great music and never searching for it. this recording is very slow and poor.try to find another one and please mail me if you find another recording

What a disappointment this CD is. I too was completely entranced by the Melodiya recording many years ago and have searched and low to find it with absolutely no success. This is a pale imitation of that performance; a leaden solo, a chorus which gives every indication of being dosed up to the eyeballs with Night Nurse and an altogether uninspiring orchestral performance. Will some one tell Melodiya to get their finger out and get that Kondrashin performance back on the shelves! Or in the streets! Anywhere but a deleted catalogue!

I have to agree with the review above. I find that it is weaker however. I have an excellent recording on record from the old Angel record company, and it was uniformly excellent. However, this recording pales by comparison, mostly due to the singer, who sounds more like a robust folk singer than an opera/classical singer. I listened to this recording once, five or so years ago, and was so disappointed that I have let it collect dust in my collection. Highly disappointing.

Years ago, I bought this CD to have a CD version of the Stepan Razin performance. I have an old LP version I love. I was quite disappointed, in that I'm a great fan of the orchestral music and not a fan of singers. The singer dominated, the orchestra sounded weak in the background. I'm pretty sure this is more to do with the way the recording devices were positioned than the actual performance. I do feel glad to have this CD as an introduction to the music of Sviridov.

I too would like to see the old Melodiya recording reissued in CD format. I fell in love with it after finding it in the local university library. Nothing else comes close to its emotional impact. When I listen to Stepan Razin, I certainly do not listen to this uninspired recording. But this Pathetic Oratorio, my first taste of Sviridov, is truly moving, and redeems the entire CD.

I consider myself fortunate that I have the original Melodia recording of Stepan Razin, conducted by K. Kondrashin. My only reason for buying this cd was to replace my l.p.
What a mistake! This version has none of the power and emotion of the original. The performances of both Vassilev and the chorus can only be described as lackluster at best. Do yourself a favor and save your rubles.

This is good value for Sviridov Oratorio only. Despite a regular sound,
this is a good performance. It's a pity the lack of another alternatives.
The Shostakovich work is poorly played and have an awful sound. It would
be recommendable just to get the Sviridov`s Oratorio pathetique.