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Shostakovich - Orchestral Songs & Waltzes
Sergei Leiferkus
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling
Satire of various hues is the running theme on this disc devoted mainly to songs from Shostakovich's embittered last 15 years. These have been orchestrated with a faultless grasp of the idiom... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2006, Editor's Choice
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Shostakovich - Krokodil
Nadja Smirnova (soprano), Petr Migunov (bass), Marie Hallynck (cello), Arthur Schoonderwoerd (pianoforte), Graf Mourja (violin)
The two Russian singers deliver very expressive accounts of the vocal works, Nadja Smirnov in particular effecting a beautiful lyricism in the Blok cycle. Of the two extended instrumental works,... —
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Special offer. Shostakovich Complete Songs - The Last Years Volume 2
Fyodor Kuznetsov (bass), Victoria Evtodieva (soprano), Lidia Kovalenko (violin), Irina Molokina (cello), Lyubov Sokolova (mezzo soprano)
Here are two CDs dedicated to some of the finest and most under-recorded song repertoire of the 20th century. Yury Serov is the presiding spirit; his sharply characterised piano playing radiating... —
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