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Valery Gergiev is a cipher; or maybe he’s just not […]
This is quite possibly the worst recording of La Mer
This release could be the poster child for everything that’s
Gergiev’s recording of The Rite of Spring, recorded live in
I had the opportunity to see Valery Gergiev conduct Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony with the Mariinsky Orchestra several years ago at Carnegie Hall, a lightweight and
Complete recordings of Die Walküre, the most popular opera from Richard Wagner’s Ring, can be stacked into a mountain. This one is conducted by the
After two times through Nos. 4-6 Valery Gergiev has gotten around to recording Tchaikovsky’s early symphonies. Gergiev’s mastery of the composer’s ballet style (he made
Taken from live concert performances (and perhaps rehearsals) in London in January, 2010, this sonically impressive, note-complete Elektra is an odd duck. Conductor Valery Gergiev
Aside from the Shostakovich Second Piano Concerto, Denis Matsuev has recorded this music before, and quite recently. The First Piano Concerto was released on a
This is a strange performance, oddly unsatisfying. Natalie Dessay is a known quantity as Lucia: sensitive, fragile, using her small but colorful voice and sharp
