Valery Gergiev Shostakovich Symphonies
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 & Violin Concerto No. 1
RecommendedLeonidas Kavakos (violin)
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
They capture not only the joyful irreverence of the movement but the sense of danger lurking beneath the surface…the solo wind playing is excellent throughout…brilliantly played and vividly... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 10
dsd recording, Mariinsky Concert Hall, St Petersburg, 2009-2010
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
He treats [the Third] like a film score, making the most of graphically illustrative passages...and inspiring the massed ranks of the Mariinsky Chorus to sing their hearts out in the stirring... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, Editor's Choice
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This studio recording by Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra of St Petersburg makes as strong a case for the music’s unwieldy sprawl as you will hear today...Gergiev’s ongoing Shostakovich cycle... — More…
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 11
DSD recording, Mariinsky Concert Hall, St Petersburg, 2009-2010
Mariinsky Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev
Supported by a vivid SACD recording, Gergiev delivers a compelling account of the Second. His vast experience as an opera conductor pays real dividends in maximising the theatricality of the... — More…
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 15
DSD recording, Marinsky Concert Hall, St Petersburg, 24-25/7/2008
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Following hard on the heels of Mikhail Pletnev's fine SACD version of Shostakovich's 15th is this impressively recorded version of the same work made in the sumptuous acoustics of the new Mariinsky... — More…
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A very impressive interpretation of the most harrowing and questioning of Shostakovich's 'war symphonies'...Gergiev is especially convincing in his shaping of the large-scale architecture of... — More…
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such is the poignancy and sensitivity with which Gergiev shapes the world-weary melodies that I was immediately won over...[in the Finale] Gergiev exerts a much tauter control over proceedings,... — More…
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