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Shostakovich - Orchestral Songs & Waltzes
Sergei Leiferkus
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling
Satire of various hues is the running theme on this disc devoted mainly to songs from Shostakovich's embittered last 15 years. These have been orchestrated with a faultless grasp of the idiom... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2006, Editor's Choice
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Joan Rodgers’s live recitals of Russian song, and her earlier Tchaikovsky album for Hyperion, set up huge expectations for this disc of four song cycles which have become classics of the repertoire.... — More…
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Shostakovich - Krokodil
Nadja Smirnova (soprano), Petr Migunov (bass), Marie Hallynck (cello), Arthur Schoonderwoerd (pianoforte), Graf Mourja (violin)
The two Russian singers deliver very expressive accounts of the vocal works, Nadja Smirnov in particular effecting a beautiful lyricism in the Blok cycle. Of the two extended instrumental works,... — More…
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Magdalena Kozena - Enchantment
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), Ludovít Marcinger (piano), Annick Massis (soprano), Henschel Quartet, Malcolm Martineau (piano), Graham Johnson (piano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Prague Philharmonia, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Musica Antiqua Köln, Musica Florea, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Scottish...
Kožená has one of those voices that seem to go straight to the heart. — More…
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Shostakovich: Complete Songs Vol 4
Victoria Evtodieva (soprano), Liudmila Shkirtil (mezzo), Mikhail Lukonin (baritone), Fyodor Kuznetsov (bass), Yuri Serov (piano)
St. Petersburg Youth Chamber Choir, Yulia Khutoretskaya
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Special offer. Galina Vishnevskaya - Songs and Opera Arias
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich
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