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Vasily Petrenko’s take on the First Symphony is swift and youthful, as befits this precocious early work. In the first movement he doesn’t wring every
This performance goes right to the top. Not since the amazing mono Ancerl recording has there been a version of this work of such intensity,
Jennifer Higdon has been listed among composers writing in the so-called “neo-romantic” style. However her Violin Concerto goes beyond this as she evolves a “transcendental
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
This is a very fine live performance of Mahler’s Fourth. Gerard Schwarz has many ideas about the music, and they work very well. Consider, for
Ferdinand Ries’ “Farewell to England” Concerto convinces you that he was quite happy to leave. It’s unfailingly pleasant music, well contrasted and very effectively written
Vaughan Williams’ Piano Concerto is a wonderful, wholly characteristic work. The fact that it ends softly probably accounts for its lack of popularity in concert,
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
