The Hamlet Suite - Shostakovich

Theodore Kuchar/National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine Along with his score to Kozintsev’s King Lear (1970), Shostakovich’s score to Kozintsev’s Hamlet (1963 - 1964) is commonly said to be the best of his film scores. The intensity of mood, the concentration of its effect, and the originality of the themes elevate the score far beyond the music for the many propaganda films Shostakovich scored in the late 1930s and again in the late 1940s and early 1950s. But it is the overall integrity and sincerity of the music that elevate the Hamlet music to the highest levels of Shostakovich’s art. Read more: #ixzz338d4TYbE