Vasily Petrenko
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
The Tenth is a symphony into which many have been tempted to read parallels with Shostakovich's life...The refreshing thing is that Petrenko treats it as a great symphony in its own right...All... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2011, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Winner - Orchestral
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Building A Library, April 2025, Recommended Recording
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Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau & Schreker: Der Geburtstag der Infantin
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
This warmly recorded version not only goes to the top of the tree as the most satisfying account of Zemlinsky’s score in the current catalogue, but also trumps its closest rivals in offering... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Record Review, 1st May 2021, Record of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st May 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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This is top-quality sound and playing - at bargain price, too. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd November 2008
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Orchestral
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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 & Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 27
RecommendedOslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Curiously, perhaps, it’s the interpretation of the less well-known and distinctive symphony which wins this disc its five stars...Although the bittersweet bucolics of Myaskovsky’s 27th could... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st May 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Elgar: Falstaff
RecommendedMirjam Mesak (soprano), Pavel Petrov (tenor), Andrii Kymach (baritone), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Vasily Petrenko
Petrenko is in his element [in The Bells] and so too is the Philharmonia Chorus, particularly electrifying when unleashed at full tilt in the 'Alarm Bells' movement...Petrenko's view [of Falstaff]... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th November 2025
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2025, Editor's Choice
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New. Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Hanna Hipp (mezzo), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Vasily Petrenko
In the opening Mahler bars of Mahler's Symphony vast Third Symphony, recorded live in the Royal Albert Hall, one of the main credentials of this release is instantly clear: the splendour of... —
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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto & Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
Augustin Hadelich (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, Omer Meir Wellber
Hadelich’s rich tone pays dividends in an arresting, heartfelt Tchaikovsky. The rather slighter Lalo is nevertheless given a seductive and graceful performance. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
The way Petrenko follows the finale's course away from its central confrontations towards its exhausted, wary truce rings as true as in any recorded version I can recall. So there are the makings... —
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Building a Library, November 2013, First Choice
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 5
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Alive and articulate, these three performances remind us that it’s just as possible to be stunned by an original interpretation of a familiar symphony (the Fifth) as it is to be refreshed by... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th June 2016
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2017, Recording of the Year/Orchestral Winner
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 3, 4 & 6
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
this second half of his Tchaikovsky symphonies cycles thrusts home for me a singular skill of his: the ability to build a long line over a substantial period of time. It happens to the generous... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th January 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2017, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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