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No, the world is not exactly screaming for another recording of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, even one as attractive and energetic as this; but happily Vadim
Gergiev’s recording of The Rite of Spring, recorded live in
Valery Gergiev and the Kirov Orchestra emphasize the dark and dramatic side of Tchaikovsky in this stunning new recording of the Pathetique. The long-held pauses
Valery Gergiev’s Shostakovich Fourth has a textural clarity that reveals many rarely-heard details, such as the strings’ shimmering Ravelian downward scale in the first movement’s
Valery Gergiev gives the Fifth an admirably direct, clean performance full of excitement and intensity. He builds the first movement’s central climax with unerring skill,
This is one of Valery Gergiev’s finer performances on disc. His rhythmically taut, propulsive conducting makes for a powerful rendition of Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony–one that
Valery Gergiev leads a vividly atmospheric In the Steppes of Central Asia and a virtuosic, ebulliently dancing Islamey, making for an exciting ending to this
Valery Gergiev’s work certainly deserves to be represented in the ranks of the “Philips 50”, but I can’t help but wonder if this was the
