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In recording a complete cycle of Shostakovich’s quartets, the St. Petersburg String Quartet takes the great risk of being compared to other ensembles (the Emerson,
James Conlon’s suite from Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk collects various scenes, arias, and orchestral interludes into a musical narrative of the opera’s tragic story.
The Camerata Transsylvanica’s impassioned effort in Schoenberg’s Verklaerte Nacht is compromised by generally poor engineering, thus rendering this disc somewhat irrelevant in a field that
In 1992 Rostropovich recorded an excellent Shostakovich Eleventh with the National Symphony Orchestra–a performance that was impressive for the grim stoicism in the conducting and
Shostakovich’s Suite on Finnish Folk Themes dates from 1939, and as the title states it consists of a selection of melodies arranged for voices and
The Shostakovich Piano Concertos are light works, almost impossible to kill, requiring little more from the performers than a sense of humor, a light touch,
The Leonardo Trio plays all of this music with great precision, superb ensemble balance, and idiomatic flair. They make a particularly strong impression where the
Quite simply, these are the best recordings these two Shostakovich symphonies have received in many years. Not only are they exceedingly well executed and extremely
In lieu of Elisso Wirssaladze’s reluctance to make studio recordings, Live Classics continues to document the pianist’s unedited concert performances. Two Liszt showpieces bookend this
Despite impressive sound, Haitink’s Shostakovich Fifth sometimes disappoints. The Concertgebouw plays superbly, even allowing for that now-infamous bum note in the cellos in the Largo
