Browse: Orchestral, Concertos for Orchestra, Shchedrin (composer)

The Mariinsky's stalwart bass Sergey Aleksashkin is sonorous in the title part, alongside the high tenor Evgeny Akimov in several roles and the dusky-voiced mezzo Kristina Kapustinskaya as the... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

if you wanted to convince someone to take a punt on Shchedrin's music, you couldn't do much better...And anyone taking the risk will receive possibly unexpected rewards; the Carmen Suite is the... — John Armstrong, bbc.co.uk, 20th November 2002 More…

Kucher's version is vividly played, with wit as well as high drama and atmosphere. — Penguin Guide More…

...pride of place goes to Shostakovich's two Sonatas...McLachlan makes his personality felt in his firm delineation of the piece's architecture and the intense lyricism he brings to its often... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It is above all [Shchedrin's] ear for orchestral colour that dominates...[his] gift ensures that the ear is constantly beguiled...Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra do brilliantly... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2010 More…

This entertainment alternatives between relatively unfamiliar short works and famous showstoppers. Petrenko and his Liverpool players make the liveliest possible argument for Kabalevsky’s Colas... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…