Valéry Gergiev
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
RecommendedAnne Schwanewilms (soprano) & Olga Borodina (mezzo)
Münchner Philharmoniker & Munich Philharmonic Choir, Valery Gergiev
It reminds me a little of Karajan at his paradoxical best/worst: magnificently convincing in its artistic overview, rather less persuasive when it comes to what Henry James called the ‘sharpness... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th September 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 & Stabat Mater
Toby Spence (tenor), Denis Matsuev (piano), Sally Matthews (soprano), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) & Kostas Smoriginas (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra, with London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev
Matsuev has his feet...firmly planted on terra firma, the edgier writing displaying more of a kinship with Bartok until the gorgeous return to lushness in the second movement suggests an almost... — More…
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Berlioz: Harold en Italie & La mort de Cléopâtre
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
This Harold in Italy takes a while to get going...Gergiev's pacing of the opening in its use of dynamics...Still, he brings out details in the score, and the third movement Serenade finds both... — More…
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Scriabin: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedEkaterina Sergeeva (mezzo-soprano) & Alexander Timchenko (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev
there’s a great sense of freedom in this music that Gergiev manages to create ... Gergiev’s volatility really works in this Scriabin. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 10
dsd recording, Mariinsky Concert Hall, St Petersburg, 2009-2010
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
He treats [the Third] like a film score, making the most of graphically illustrative passages...and inspiring the massed ranks of the Mariinsky Chorus to sing their hearts out in the stirring... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, Editor's Choice
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12 Audiobiographies of Great Composers By Jörg Handstein (in German)
Udo Wachtveitl (narrator), Albrecht Schuch (narrator), Shenja Lacher (narrator), Adam Gaigl (narrator), Florian von Manteuffel (narrator), Stefan Hunstein (narrator), Katja Schild (narrator), Anna Greiter (narrator), Folkert Dücker (narrator), Günter Holzhausen, Max Hanft, Alexej Gorlatch, Bernhard...
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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17
RecommendedOlga Borodina (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Tarver (tenor), Evgeny Nikitin (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus & Guildhall School Singers, Valery Gergiev
Gergiev, in this live account, inclines towards operatic fire and pace, occasionally headlong, but with a clarity and hushed, atmospheric pianissimo finely captured by the spacious SACD recording. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th July 2016
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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky & Scythian Suite
Olga Borodina (mezzo)
Kirov Orchestra & Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev
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Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture, Moscow Cantata, etc.
RecommendedMariinsky Concert Hall, St Petersburg, 15-20 February 2009
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Slavonic March, the most individual of all the pieces, gets the liveliest, quirkiest performance and the best sound. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th October 2009
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Elena Mosuc (soprano) & Zlata Bulycheva (mezzo)
London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev
Singing without scores, the London Symphony Chorus are on unambiguous great form. Once Gergiev has the bit between his teeth, the tension hardly lets up… — More…
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