Características
Klaus Mäkelä is not even 30 years old and has already reached the top echelon of conductors. Universal Music Japan and Decca Classics are therefore particularly pleased to release this brilliant-sounding double UHQCD of Shostakovich Symphonies 4 to 6 with Klaus Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded at the Oslo Concert Hall in Norway on January 3 and May 2, 2023. Bachtrack wrote of Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic's performance of Shostakovich's Fifth at the Edinburgh Festival 2023: “Mäkelä wrung every drop of energy out of the key moments... he hit the ambiguous balance with thrilling perfection.” Other critics were impressed: “In this magnificent performance, the low woodwinds, principal horn, trumpet and percussion were outstanding... the first Leningrad audience is said to have cried during the slow movement. You can hear why...” (The Observer).
Mäkelä, born in Helsinki in 1996, studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy with Jorma Panula and cello with Marko Ylönen, Timo Hanhinen and Hannu Kiiski. Since the 2019/20 season, Mäkela has performed with international orchestras such as the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Hamburg, the Munich Philharmonic, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Orquesta Nacional de España, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and many others. The rising star currently leads the Orchestre de Paris and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and is the designated principal conductor of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
UHQCD 1
1. Symphony No. 4: 1. Satz (Allegretto Poco Moderato)
2. Symphony No. 4: 1. Satz (Presto)
3. Symphony No. 4: 2. Satz (Moderato Con Moto)
4. Symphony No. 4: 3. Satz (Largo)
5. Symphony No. 4: 3. Satz (Allegro)
UHQCD 2
1. Symphony No. 5: 1. Satz (Moderato - Allegro Non Troppo - Poco Sostenuto - Largamente - Piu Mosso – Moderato)
2. Symphony No. 5: 2. Satz (Allegretto - Largamente - Poco Piu Mosso)
3. Symphony No. 5: 3. Satz (Largo)
4. Symphony No. 5: 4. Satz (Allegro Non Troppo - Allegro - Piu Mosso)
5. Symphony No. 6: 1. Satz (Largo)
6. Symphony No. 6: 2. Satz (Allegro)
7. Symphony No. 6: 3. Satz (Presto)