CD14/2011
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Václav Smetáček
The Royal Festival Hall, London
Recording: 6th March 1968
Editor of Fanfare
“I’ve heard the [OCCDs Shostakovich] 10th several times, and agree that it’s exceptional; better than any others I’ve heard. (I believe that the first time I bought it on LP was on DG with Karajan, which was exciting, but nothing like yours.)”
—Joel Flegler (publisher and editor of Fanfare), private correspondence, 30th December 2009
MusicWeb International
“The Royal Festival Hall is a notoriously unforgiving acoustic which especially at this time had a problematic, dry clarity. Nevertheless with canny and practised microphone placement this recording captures fidelity without undue spotlighting. It also captures the full complement of strings that the Prague orchestra took with them.”
“This fine performance, extremely well captured in sound, is a most worthwhile addition to the discography of the Tenth.”
—Jonathan Woolf, MusicWeb International, March 2012
| Track listing | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, op 93 | 47' 44" | |
| 1 | I Moderato | 20' 25" |
| 2 | II Allegro* | 4' 27" |
| 3 | III Allegretto† | 10' 55" |
| 4 | IV Andante – Allegro | 11' 57" |
| Total time: | 47' 44" | |
*Sample extract (control with the Sound Sample tab at the top of the page)
†This track may be heard on the Sampler CD