Orchestral, Balakirev (composer)
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an outstanding young artist at work...the early Tchaikovsky Scherzo brims over with panache and relish; and Islamey rivals even Berezovsky for the title of cleanest and most exhilarating account.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th June 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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[Scheherazade] is a work that well demonstrates the orchestra's virtues, which include not only a fine set of principals who have their individual voices in the brighly hued scoring but an overall... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th August 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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The Romantic Piano Concerto (1991 - 2007 Edition)
Featuring pianists including Stephen Hough, Seta Tanyel, Piers Lane, Nikolai Demidenko, Martin Roscoe, Howard Shelley, Peter Donohoe, Marc-André Hamelin and Steven Osborne
Is this handsomely produced box-set worth acquiring? As a work of art alone, yes! If you have not encountered these works before, do not hesitate. Dip in anywhere and you will be rewarded. Assuming... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2026, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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[Gergiev] bring[s] out Rimsky's crystalline solo textures, such as the passages for solo cello, horn and woodwinds in the first movement. And if tempos are slow in the first three movements,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2002, Editor's Choice
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The LSO plays, as always, splendidly for Valery Gergiev. The general excellence and detail of their performance is remarkable. —
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This set, with beautiful restorations and a booklet containing insightful essays and complete documentation, makes clear that the world suffered the loss of an extraordinary talent who abundantly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Gergiev’s passion for Rachmaninov is evident in his recordings of the three symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra...The early Symphony No 1 (1895), so dismally received at its first... —
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Special offer. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 - Balakirev: Islamey
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling, Kirill Kondrashin
The way we hurtle towards the roaring declamation of the DSCH monogram in the central climax is wonderfully defiant. —
