Mark Wigglesworth/NRPO Shostakovich Symphonies
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Shostakovich - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 12
RecommendedNetherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth
If the first movement of the Ninth seems playful rather than sarcastic, Wigglesworth's fine ear for orchestral sonority always brings out unusual elements in the scoring. His insights make... —
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Building a Library, February 2016, Also Recommended
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, Orchestral Choice
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1-3
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Choir, Mark Wigglesworth
I don't recall being gripped quite as much by this work as in this present recording by Mark Wigglesworth and his Netherlands forces. Their relish in the Symphony's vibrant kaleidoscope of characters... —
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The year 1905'
RecommendedNetherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth
[Wigglesworth] gets playing of great refinement from the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, setting the scene in the opening movement The Palace Square perfectly, but can also conjure up raw brutality... —
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Building a Library, November 2017, Also Recommended
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth
Mark Wigglesworth… stretches the playing of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic to its very impressive limits and remains the finest Shostakovich interpreter of his generation. —
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Now that it is complete, Wigglesworth's cycle emerges as one of the finest of recent times. —
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 'Babi Yar'
Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass)
Netherlands Radio Choir & Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth
Wigglesworth immediately extends his spacious authority, in a cycle which so far deserves respect and admiration… Jan-Hendrik Rootering… goes farther than any bass I've heard… in introspective... —
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth
Everything is humanised, so that the conflict of the Finale is a whirlwind battle rather than a grinding mechanism, and even the circus ditties before the final storm have charm as well as nuance.... —
