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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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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 'Leningrad'
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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
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Shostakovich: The Nose
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Vladislav Sulimsky, Alexei Tanovitski, Tatiana Kravtsova, Andrei Popov, Sergei Semishkur, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Vadim Kravets, Sergei Skorokhodov, Yevgeny Strashko, Elena Vitman & Zhanna Dombrovskaya
Mariinsky Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev
…Gergiev… wrings superb playing from his band, bringing real panache to the rapid alternations of contrast and grotesquerie and to the brilliantly inventive interludes. Vladislav Sulimsky as... — More…
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Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
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Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Alan Gilbert
[these recordings] stand out as formidable achievements. They match technical mastery at the highest level with profound insight. No less impressive is the compelling interaction between Zimmermann... — More…
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New, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65
London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6
Russian National Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
Vladimir Jurowski is… surely the most rounded Shostakovich interpreter to have emerged for many years, holding the balance between brooding song and headlong dance in perfect equilibrium. — More…
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Russian Dances
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kazuki Yamada
[A] hugely enjoyable and beautifully recorded programme…Kazuki Yamada and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande revel in the very different qualities of each work — More…
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 10
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
At almost 75 minutes it’s probably the longest account on disc – an indication of Pletnev’s inquisitive nature and his tendency, indeed desire, to lose himself in the otherworldliness of this... — More…
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 & Violin Concerto No. 1
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Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
They capture not only the joyful irreverence of the movement but the sense of danger lurking beneath the surface…the solo wind playing is excellent throughout…brilliantly played and vividly recorded. — More…
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
& other short works
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Gustavo Gimeno
The performances throughout by the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg under Gustavo Gimeno are excellent, highly polished yet full of subtle nuance, wit and spirit, beautifully captured in... — More…