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Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D, etc. RecommendedWolfgang Schneiderhan (violin)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl
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Building a Library, April 2021, Historic Choice - Stravinsky
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 'Leningrad'
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Petrenko draws our attention to how much of the Symphony is marked pianissimo. No one has rendered more hauntingly the hushed writing for bass clarinet and flutes...Fresh, beautifully phrased... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2013, Orchestral Choice
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Building A Library, December 2021, Also Recommended
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Bernstein conveys the harrowing wartime narrative of the Leningrad with overwhelming emotional power, dispelling any lingering doubts about the greatness of Shostakovich's work. Recorded 20... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 33rd Awards (1990), Best Orchestral Performance
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Building A Library, December 2021, Recommended Recording
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65
RecommendedRoyal 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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Building a Library, November 2013, First Choice
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 & Ballet Suite No. 4
RecommendedRoyal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
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Building a Library, February 2000, First Choice
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Building a Library, October 2014, First Choice
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The year 1905' RecommendedNetherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth
[Wigglesworth] gets playing of great refinement from the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, setting the scene in the opening movement The Palace Square perfectly, but can also conjure up raw brutality... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2017, Also Recommended
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 'Leningrad'
RecommendedScottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
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Building A Library, December 2021, Also Recommended
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Shostakovich - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 12 RecommendedNetherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth
If the first movement of the Ninth seems playful rather than sarcastic, Wigglesworth's fine ear for orchestral sonority always brings out unusual elements in the scoring. His insights make... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2016, Also Recommended
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, Orchestral Choice
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Janine Jansen RecommendedJanine Jansen (violin)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
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Building a Library, October 2022, Recommended Recording
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9 RecommendedConcertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
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Building a Library, February 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 1982/3, Winner - Engineering
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