What does Günther Herbig and Saarbrücken Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester's 2005 recording of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10 mean? Does it mean a four-movement orchestral work about the pitches, durations, and dynamics marked in the score? Of course not -- this is Shostakovich, the composer who made a cottage industry of musical irony, the composer whose music has as many levels of musical and extra-musical meaning as a Russian nesting doll, and any interpretation of his Tenth Symphony that missed the irony would be a serious ...
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What does Günther Herbig and Saarbrücken Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester's 2005 recording of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10 mean? Does it mean a four-movement orchestral work about the pitches, durations, and dynamics marked in the score? Of course not -- this is Shostakovich, the composer who made a cottage industry of musical irony, the composer whose music has as many levels of musical and extra-musical meaning as a Russian nesting doll, and any interpretation of his Tenth Symphony that missed the irony would be a serious mistake. But what does the work mean -- is it a public work cautiously celebrating the death of the tyrant Stalin or is it a private work intimately acknowledging an affair with a woman in the south of Russia or both or neither?In the case of Herbig and the Saarbrücken Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester's performance, the answer is: neither. Indeed, while no one could deny that Herbig's conducting is dedicated, few would assert his interpretation has much impact. With the more than acceptable...
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