Orchestral, Chamber Symphonies, Shostakovich (composer)
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1, 14, 15 & Chamber Symphony
RecommendedBoston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Nelsons’s scrupulous, atmospheric attention to dynamic detail, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s sophisticated beauty and perfect engineering combine to give us finetuned mastery in Shostakovich’s... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th June 2021
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Record Review, 26th June 2021, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Shostakovich: Symphonies; Concertos; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District
RecommendedYuja Wang (piano), Baiba Skride (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, New England Conservatory Symphonic Choir, Andris Nelsons
It truly is a monumental collection that shows both Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the height of their capabilities...If forced to choose I would say that the second movement of... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th March 2025
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[Järvi’s] super-group is not huge but its bright clarity, with violins antiphonally placed, does not preclude the plumbing of depths both physical and emotional…This must be one of the finer... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th January 2018
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Special offer. Shostakovich Festival – Michail Jurowski in Gorisch
Staatskapelle Dresden, Michail Jurowski
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Special offer. Leducq-Barôme conducts Shostakovich & Strauss
Baltic Chamber Orchestra, Emmanuel Leducq-Barôme
Played here with sensitivity and intent, these elegiac works have a haunting quality. The recorded sound is slightly foggy —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony Op. 73a & Op. 83a (arr. Barshai)
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Joshua Weilerstein
Weilerstein and the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne deliver strongly characterised performances of both works. I particularly admire Weilerstein’s incisive rhythmic control, heard at its most... —
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Shostakovich: Chamber Symphonies opp. 73a, 83a, 110a, 118a, etc.
Gidon Kremer, Clemens Hagen, Vadin Sakarov, Peter Sadlo & Edgar Guggeis
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Rudolf Barshai
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Dmitry Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony / Sonata for violin and chamber orchestra
Vladimir Mendelssohn (viola)
Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam, Lev Markiz
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Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Music
Zoryana Kushpler (mezzo-soprano), Ewa Kupiec (piano), Margarete Babinsky, Holger Busch
Moscow Virtuosi, Petersen Quartett, Vladimir Spivakov
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Special offer. A tribute to Rudolf Barshai
Rudolf Barshai (viola), Vladimir Shraibman (piano), Semyon Stuchevsky (piano), Alexander Korneev (flute), Olga Erdeli (harp), Rudolf Barshai (viola/direction), Tatyana Nikolayeva (piano), Leonid Kogan (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Emil Gilels (piano), Rostislav Dubinsky (violin), Nina...
Barshai’s death five years ago robbed the world of an influential figure and inspiring musician: violist, conductor, administrator, powerhouse. Through the energy and devotion of his widow Elena... —
