Valentin Silvestrov - Symphony No. 6 (Roman Kofman)

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Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

1. Symphony No. 6: I. Andantino - Vivace - Allegretto
2. Symphony No. 6: II. Allegro moderato - Commodo
3. Symphony No. 6: III. Andantino - Animato - Adagio - Moderato - Andante
4. Symphony No. 6: IV. Intermezzo. Larghetto
5. Symphony No. 6: V. Vivace con moto - Larghetto

Beethoven Orchester Bonn

Roman Kofman, conductor

Date: 2007

Label: Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm

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Review

Silvestrov's music could be described as the next link with Shostakovich with its long periods of brooding silence and general sense of foreboding. The Sixth Symphony is one of his most appealing works carrying some psychological baggage when the composer was persona non grata in his native Ukraine but otherwise is replete with distinctive power and an inner sense of deep redemption.

Roman Kofman is very much attuned to the work and with their ongoing Shostakovich cycle reaching new accolades, the Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn are well nigh ideal interpreters with a genuine feel for this difficult music. MD&G's recording is excellent in all departments and one hopes for more symphonies by this enigmatic composer from these forces in the not too distant future.

-- Gerald Fenech, Classical Net

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Though Valentin Silvestrov's tempos mostly range from very slow to very, very slow, and his harmonic language usually hovers between barely tonal and screamingly dissonant, his music is nevertheless compelling when performed with passion and unyielding conviction. All these qualities are abundantly present in this outstanding recording of Silvestrov's Sixth Symphony with Roman Kofman leading the Beethoven Orchester Bonn. Written in 1996, the Sixth is a visionary work of striking intensity that grabs at the ears with its big, opening gestures and never lets go. Bringing more guts and dedication to this endeavor than they did to their contemporaneous Shostakovich recordings, the Bonn orchestra and the Ukrainian conductor create a performance that might conceivably do for Silvestrov what Bernstein did for Mahler: turn him into a superstar. As always, Musik Dabringhaus und Grimm's digital recording is as real as it gets.

-- James Leonard, AllMusic

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Valentyn Sylvestrov (born 30 September 1937 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian composer and pianist of contemporary classical music. He studied composition under Borys Lyatoshynsky, harmony and counterpoint under Levko Revutsky. Sylvestrov is perhaps best known for his post-modern musical style. His principal and published works include nine symphonies, poems for piano and orchestra, three string quartets, a piano quintet, three piano sonatas, piano pieces, chamber music, and vocal music. Sylvestrov's Symphony No. 5 (1980–1982) is considered by some to be his masterpiece.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentyn_Sylvestrov

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Roman Kofman (born 15 June 1936 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian conductor. Kofman studied at the National Academy of Music of Ukraine with Michael Kanerschtin, and in 1963 became concertmaster of the Kiev Chamber Orchestra. Since 1990 he is the artistic director and chief conductor of Kiev Chamber Orchestra. In the years 2003 to 2008 he worked as General Music Director at Beethoven Orchester Bonn. From June 2012 Roman Kofman is the Principal Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine. He has conducted 70 orchestras worldwide in Europe, America, Asia and Africa.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Kofman

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