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]
The Complete Symphonies - Shostakovich's music is the music of 20th century Russia, from the turbulent Revolution, through the horrors of war to the communistic repression. It is the cry of a soul in torment, expressing grief, despair in a highly personal way, through irony or bitter truth. The symphonies span Shostakovich's whole life, and form a milestone in the symphonic repertoire. They are frequently played, and have gained nearly the same popularity as Mahler's symphonies. A stupendous recording by Russian conductor Rudolf Barshai, an authority in this repertoire, as he has worked closel... [Read More]
Released ahead of Seiji Ozawa s 80th birthday in September 2015, this 50-CD set includes the legendary Japanese conductor s most celebrated recordings for Philips and Decca. It spans four decades and three continents and an astonishing breadth of repertoire.CD 1 Bach 20th Century Transcriptions - BSOCD 2 Bartok Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion, Celeste - SKOCD 3 Beethoven 3 - SKOCD 4 Beethoven 9 - New PhilharmoniaCD 5 Berlioz Symphonie fantastique - SKO / Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty suite - Orchestre de ParisCD 6 Brahms 1 - SKO (NYC 2010) FIRST INTERNATIONAL RELEASECD 7 B... [Read More]
Albion presents a special collection of archive recordings featuring the words and music of Ralph Vaughan Williams. On Wenlock Edge (from Argo RG 20) features tenor Alexander Watson accompanied by the Sebastian String Quartet and pianist Gordon Watson. Merciless Beauty (from a broadcast on 28 May, 1960) also features Watson, accompanied by an unnamed string trio. The recording of Prelude on Three Welsh Hymn Tunes was taken from the work's first broadcast in March, 1955 and features the Salvation Army Staff Band led by Major Bernard Adams. Five Tudor Portraits (from Capitol Records CTL 7047) wa... [Read More]
Previously-unreleased recording of Emil Gilels, the 100th anniversary of whose birth falls October 2016, captured live in an acclaimed 1964 Seattle recital.On 6 December 1964 the great Emil Gilels gave a tempestuously acclaimed recital at the Seattle Opera. The concert was recorded live for private purposes but with professional equipment. With the exception of a single work, this recital has never before been made available to the general public and is now being released for the first time!Between 1955 and 1983 Emil Gilels toured North America twelve times. Unlike his Soviet colleague and riv... [Read More]
A compact masterpiece dedicated to the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich: Julian Barnes’s first novel since his best-selling, Man Booker Prize–winning The Sense of an Ending. In 1936, Shostakovich, just thirty, fears for his livelihood and his life. Stalin, hitherto a distant figure, has taken a sudden interest in his work and denounced his latest opera. Now, certain he will be exiled to Siberia (or, more likely, executed on the spot), Shostakovich reflects on his predicament, his personal history, his parents, various women and wives, his children—and all who are still alive themselv... [Read More]
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