These are, by and large, excellent performances, very well played and conducted. My colleague, Jens Laurson, described Noseda’s recording of Symphony No. 8 as “middle-of-the-road,” and so is this version of No. 10. Yes, that means that the demonic second movement scherzo does’t have the bite of, say, Ancerl, but then no one does. Still, … Continue reading Noseda Impresses in Shostakovich 9 and 10