26 March 2021

Shostakovich 10 - Oistrakh - Live, 1967



As you well know, Ostrakh's activity as conductor was very sporadic, 

as well as limited to compositions he cared a lot about and knew in depth, 

such as Tchaikovsky's latest symphonies or some Shostakovich's.


This No. 10 in Cleveland is certainly one of his best achievements on the podium.

Very good recording, BTW.



SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphony no. 10

Cleveland Orchestra

DAVID OISTRAKH

live - december 14, 1967


FLAC (separated tracks)




8 comments:

Guido said...

https://www.mediafire.com/file/qg0i2p3bt8al7da/DSCH10DO.zip/file

Bill said...

WoW! This looks fantastic! Thank you!

Néstor Castiglione said...

It was this concert which led George Szell to telegram his skepticism to the Cleveland Orchestra's manager over Oistrakh's choice of music: "SHOSTAKOVICH TENTH LONG CRAP."

Splendid share, pace Dr. Szell. Thank you, Guido.

perdido said...

I'd heard that Oistrakh agreed to play the Brahms concerto only if he were allowewd to conduct Shostakovich 10 to finish the program

melante said...

The complete Concert:
https://www.jottacloud.com/s/2506b62e8d6acdb451abf7af0d7ca79b735

Xeniteprince said...

Among other things, Oistrakh recorded twice Harold en Italie. His version with Barshai is in my opinion one of the best.

Xeniteprince said...

... Thanks for all your great posts.

NikZ said...

I only know the supreme fiddler David Oistrakh & I had my doubts about this performance...but what a corker! Great stuff, thanks for making it available!