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Simon Trpceski and Vasily Petrenko bring a certain lightness and refinement to Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2, while at the same revealing the work’s deep
This may not be the most harrowing version of the Eighth, but of its type it’s unquestionably a great performance. Often this symphony consists of
This is a perfectly planned Rachmaninov orchestral music CD, offering works that span his entire career, from his first major orchestral piece, the Tchaikovskian tone
Vasily Petrenko is an outstanding Shostakovich conductor, as attentive to small details as he is to larger issues of structure and balance; his Fifth Symphony
Billed as the start of a new complete Shostakovich symphony cycle, this initial entry holds a great deal of promise. The Eleventh Symphony has more
My only reservation about the sharply etched, musicianly performances contained on this disc concerns a slightly diffuse orchestra perspective that doesn’t quite mesh with the
As recordings of Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony go, Vasily Petrenko’s occupies the middle ground between exciting (Muti, Ashkenazy) and dull (Previn–painfully so). Petrenko effectively evokes Tchaikovsky’s
