Andris Nelsons conducts Shostakovich – Symphony No. 4 & Strauss, Flothuis

Synopsis

Andris Nelsons continues his Shostakovich series with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with the Fourth Symphony. This complex symphony of gigantic proportions was written during the period when Dmitry Shostakovich had been relegated from the status of a national hero to that of a potential enemy of the state by Stalin. When rehearsals for the Fourth proved disastrous, Shostakovich decided to withdraw the work. Even today, though, the Fourth Symphony is performed relatively rarely, perhaps because of the great challenge it poses to both conductor and orchestra. Before the interval, the RCO’s very own principal violinist Liviu Prunaru and its principal cellist Gregor Horsch excelled in Brahms’s Double Concerto, his final orchestral work.

Additional Info

• No: A865500180000
• Composer: Shostakovich, Brahms
• Conductor: Andris Nelsons
• Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• Artists: Gregor Horsch, Violoncello, Livia Prunaru, Violin
• Production year: 2014
• Run time: 02:02:00
• Producers: AVRO, UNITEL Classica
• Format: HDTV 16:9