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DG’s Mongrel Shostakovich Cycle

David Hurwitz

Artistic Quality:

  • 9

Sound Quality:

  • 8

The main purpose in putting this set together, obviously, was […]

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Recording Details:

Reference Recording: None

  • SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRI:
    Symphonies Nos. 1-15; Suites from The Bolt, The Golden Age, Hamlet; October (Symphonic Poem); Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes

    Soloists: Ljuba Kazarnovskaya (soprano); Sergei Leiferkus and Anatoly Kotscherga (basses)

    Neeme Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
    Leonard Bernstein, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Vienna Philharmonic
    Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic
    André Preven, London Symphony Orchestra
    Mstislav Rostropovich, National Symphony Orchestra
    Myung-Whun Chung, Philadelphia Orchestra

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