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Offer, Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow: Symphony No. 10
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Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Powerful and beautifully crafted, this recording – the first from the relationship between DG and the Boston Symphony under Nelsons – is a hugely impressive sign of just what this ensemble/maestro... — More…
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Offer, Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow: Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9
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Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Nelsons is spry and precisioned and his insistence on super-keen rhythm pays off big-time...The Fifth Symphony is quite marvellous...and like the Tenth should dominate the catalogue for a long... — More…
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Offer, Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 ‘The Year 1905‘
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Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Nelsons keeps a firm grip on the unfolding of the drama [in the 11th]. And here, as in the Fourth, his Boston Symphony Orchestra responds with supreme virtuosity from every section. Whether or... — More…
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Offer, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
The Tenth is a symphony into which many have been tempted to read parallels with Shostakovich's life...The refreshing thing is that Petrenko treats it as a great symphony in its own right...All... — More…
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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos
Alexander Melnikov (piano), with Isabelle Faust (violin), with Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Teodor Currentzis
his lightning switches of tempo and mood in the fast movement outdo most competitors for bizarrerie...Melnikov includes a searing, thrilling account of Shostakovich's late Violin Sonata, Op.... — More…
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 & Barber: Adagio for Strings
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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Honeck’s Shostakovich sounds magnificent. From intense pianissimos to the shrieking upper register and full bass thwack of a grand peroration – which Honeck takes surprisingly at face value –... — More…
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The playing here, disarmingly gentle yet tonally seductive, has a songful use of vibrato that recalls the expressive manners of Pierre Fournier and du Pré herself…A most rewarding CD then, sure... — More…
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Offer, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65
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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
The way Petrenko follows the finale's course away from its central confrontations towards its exhausted, wary truce rings as true as in any recorded version I can recall. So there are the makings... — More…
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If you think of Korngold, you’ll be in the right area: lush harmonies, soaring melodies and an expert compositional technique. The Briggs Trio responds to the style with enormous affection, following... — More…
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These aren’t warm interpretations; they repel as readily as they attract. But they’re thought-provoking, and often startlingly beautiful. And anyway, perhaps one shouldn’t draw too close to the... — More…
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