℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
| Released | May 12, 2015 |
| Duration | 1h 19m 26s |
| Record Label | Erato/Warner Classics |
| Genre | Classical |
Shostakovich: Cantatas "Song of the Forests"
Estonian Concert Choir, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Available in MQA and 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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Shostakovich
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1.1
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The Execution of Stepan Razin, Op. 119 (Live)
Dmitri Shostakovich; Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko; Paavo Järvi; Aleksei Tanovitski; Estonian Concert Choir; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra |
29:13 | |||
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1.2
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The Sun Shines over our Motherland, Op. 90 (Live)
Dmitri Shostakovich; Evgeni Dolmatovsky; Paavo Järvi; Narva Boys Choir; Estonian Concert Choir; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra |
14:05 | |||
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The Song of the Forests, Op. 81
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1.3
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I. The war ended in victory (Bass, Chorus / Live)
Dmitri Shostakovich; Evgeni Dolmatovsky; Paavo Järvi; Aleksei Tanovitski; Estonian Concert Choir; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra |
5:00 | |||
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1.4
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II. We will clothe our homeland with forests (Boys Chorus / Live)
Dmitri Shostakovich; Evgeni Dolmatovsky; Paavo Järvi; Estonian Concert Choir; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra |
2:53 | |||
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1.5
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III. Memories of the past (Bass, Chorus / Live)
Dmitri Shostakovich; Evgeni Dolmatovsky; Paavo Järvi; Aleksei Tanovitski; Estonian Concert Choir; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra |
7:00 | |||
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IV. The pioneers plant the forests (Boys Chorus / Live)
Dmitri Shostakovich; Evgeni Dolmatovsky; Paavo Järvi; Narva Boys Choir; Estonian Concert Choir; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra |
2:01 | |||
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V. The people of Stalingrad go forth (Chorus / Live)
Dmitri Shostakovich; Evgeni Dolmatovsky; Paavo Järvi; Estonian Concert Choir; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra |
3:23 | |||
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1.8
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VI. A walk into the future (Tenor, Chorus / Live)
Dmitri Shostakovich; Evgeni Dolmatovsky; Paavo Järvi; Konstantin Andreyev; Estonian Concert Choir; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra |
6:32 | |||
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1.9
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VII. Glory (Tenor, Bass, Boys Chorus, Chorus / Live)
Dmitri Shostakovich; Evgeni Dolmatovsky; Paavo Järvi; Konstantin Andreyev; Aleksei Tanovitski; Narva Boys Choir; Estonian Concert Choir; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra |
9:19 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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Estonian-born conductor Paavo Järvi and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra turn to rarely performed choral works by Dmitri Shostakovich: Song of the Forests Op. 81, The Sun Shines on our Motherland Op. 90, and The Execution of Stepan Razin Op. 119.
The new release confirms Järvi’s reputation as a conductor with a deep understanding for the music of Shostakovich, as well as a particular affinity for choral music, which has a strong tradition in his homeland. These cantatas have a particular significance in Estonia – a former Soviet Socialist Republic under Stalinist rule. By the time Shostakovich composed The Execution of Stepan Razin for bass, concert chorus and orchestra in 1964, Stalin had died and the composer felt able to take a few risks under the regime of Nikita Khrushchev. The cantata is set to a grisly poem about a 17th-century Cossack revolutionary. Järvi calls the work an “absolute masterpiece” and a “critical view of the Soviet regime”.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Erato/Warner Classics Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.15 -4.66 to -0.29 | -21.47 -27.91 to -16.50 | -17.33 -23.40 to -12.80 | 12 9 to 14 | |
| 1 | The Execution of Stepan Razin, Op. 119 (Live) | -0.29 | -21.15 | -16.0 | 12 |
| 2 | The Sun Shines over our Motherland, Op. 90 (Live) | -0.29 | -18.61 | -13.7 | 11 |
| 3 | I. The war ended in victory (Bass, Chorus / Live) | -3.10 | -24.20 | -20.8 | 13 |
| 4 | II. We will clothe our homeland with forests (Boys Chorus / Live) | -0.29 | -18.94 | -15.5 | 11 |
| 5 | III. Memories of the past (Bass, Chorus / Live) | -0.29 | -22.10 | -18.2 | 13 |
| 6 | IV. The pioneers plant the forests (Boys Chorus / Live) | -0.84 | -27.20 | -22.5 | 14 |
| 7 | V. The people of Stalingrad go forth (Chorus / Live) | -0.29 | -16.60 | -13.1 | 10 |
| 8 | VI. A walk into the future (Tenor, Chorus / Live) | -4.66 | -27.91 | -23.4 | 14 |
| 9 | VII. Glory (Tenor, Bass, Boys Chorus, Chorus / Live) | -0.29 | -16.50 | -12.8 | 9 |