This six-CD set features Shostakovich's greatest symphonies, Nos. 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, and 15, along with extra bonus orchestral pieces The Gadfly Suite and Violin Concerto No. 2. This box set combines recordings previously issued individually on Alto into one bargain package, all of these recordings have been reviewed very favorably.Samples of reviews:'Barshai's credentials with the composer could hardly be better demonstrated.'[Maxim Shostakovich's recording of No. 5] 'is in the front rank of recent performances and its finely balanced recording is among the most successful of all... The sheer en... [Read More]
There has never been a more legendary set of Tchaikovsky's last three symphonies than these 1960 interpretations recorded in stereo by Evgeny Mravinsky on tour with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra in London and Vienna.
Felix Mandelssohn conducted the premiere performance of Robert Schumann's First or Spring Symphony in 1841, six weeks after the work's completion, and the composer won acclaim as a symphonist on his first try. Dmitri Shostakovich had been a darling of the Soviet regime but in 1936 began to slide into official disfavor.
A 2016 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults FinalistNational Book Award winner M. T. Anderson delivers a brilliant and riveting account of the Siege of Leningrad and the role played by Russian composer Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony.In September 1941, Adolf Hitler’s Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest and most destructive sieges in Western history—almost three years of bombardment and starvation that culminated in the harsh winter of 1943–1944. More than a million citizens perished. Survivors recall corpses littering the f... [Read More]
- German pressings of the immense Sony Classical Masters Catalog in smart, desirable and collectible multi-disc editions - The Sony catalog is replete with legendary artists and many of the greatest recordings of the classical repertoire - Box fronts feature large, prominently displayed photo of the featured artist - Slender, shelf-friendly boxes; CD's housed in space-saving slipsleeves
The premium, standalone SHA900 Portable Listening Amplifier features a USB digital-to-analog-converter (DAC) that converts analog or digital audio from portable digital audio sources and computers. For use with high-quality headphones and earphones, the SHA900 features a 24 bit/ 96 kHz conversion rate, customizable 4-band parametric EQ with five standard and 4 user-defined settings, recharge ability and input level meters. The SHA900 can process both digital audio directly via micro USB, analog via a direct line in, or bypass entirely for a pure analog signal without conversion. The SHA900 def... [Read More]
The Danish String Quartet, at present the house quartet at both New York's Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society and BBC Radio 3, are taking the plunge as folk musicians with their new album on Denmarks national record label Dacapo, Wood Works. Theyre riding a wave of international success with classical quartet playing in the worlds leading concert halls from Lincoln Center to Wigmore Hall. The quartets video of an old bridal piece from Danish Sønderho has spread like wildfire on YouTube with more than 50,000 viewings. Theyre the darlings of the press with classical reviewers, and in February... [Read More]
The first installment of a long-term collaboration with one of the most exciting young conductors of our time: Andris Nelsons the newly appointed Music Director of the Boston Symphony OrchestraThe goal of this massive undertaking is a complete Shostakovich cycle on Deutsche Grammophon with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The core of which - Symphonies Nos. 5-10 - is scheduled for recording and release over the next two yearsAndris Nelsons - even though being only in his mid 30ies - has had a long journey with Shostakovich. He is one of the last conductors of his generation who still grew up in ... [Read More]
While his symphonies were subjected to scrutiny and censure by the suffocating Soviet government, the string quartets were chamber pieces into which he felt free to pour all his sadness, anger and boldest musical ideas. They are some of the most passionate, deeply affecting works in the classical canon, and these Emerson Quartet performances have won universal acclaim for their virtuosity and emotional power. Includes all 15 quartets on 5 CDs.
In the wake of his Naxos recording of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 8 (8.572392), hailed as 'yet another Petrenko performance to join the greats' (BBC Music magazine), comes this much-anticipated interpretation of Shostakovich's massive Symphony No. 10, which ranks among his most important and consistently popular works. Branded with his musical monogram DSCH, it embarks on a profoundly personal journey from fearful brooding to thunderous triumph. In 2010 Vasily Petrenko was named Male Artist of the Year at the Classical Brit Awards, a testament to his galvanizing achievements with the Royal Liv... [Read More]
2011 collection from the American Blues rockers. The early albums by The Fabulous Thunderbirds established Kim Wilson and Jimmie Vaughan as the premiere Blues Rock masters. This collection, which for the first time, includes the
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