Shostakovich Under Stalins Shadow Sym Nos 5 8 9 2 CD

Product Description Following their Grammy win this year, conductor Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra return with the next installment in their series of Shostakovich recordings. This all-new double-length album features the symphonies nos. 5, 8 and 9 as well as the Incidental Music to Hamlet. Of the inaugural release in this series, Classical Voice North America stated: "This is a Tenth Symphony performance as good as any in the catalog." Review . . incredible tones of strings and woodwind principals. . .the crucial climaxes have punch as well as the right pulling out or back to articulate the centres of gravity . . . [Nelsons has] taken charge of Americas most cultured orchestra and, given recording of unparalleled naturalness, height and depth, it sounds absolutely wonderful . . . [the disc starts with] the Passacaglia from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, and Nelsons connects its dark and superbly present bass lines with the opening of the Symphony. The pacing, the atmosphere, the expressive space for stricken solos and the sheer electric charge of the gallops are up there with the best . . . [this joins] the top ranks of recent Shostakovich . . . and sonically its peerless. --David Nice, BBC Music Magazine (London) This is now Nelsons's BSO. The path to that connection was forged through dozens of warmly received Nelsons-led performances and an impressive series of firsts: the first multi-year recording project with a major label in over two decades; the excellent first release in that project; the first international tour under Nelsons; and the conductors first contract extension . . . --Jeremy Eichler, Boston Globe . . . [Nelsons achieves] a beautifully detailed, powerfully delineated and meticulously shaped performance . . . If this impressive album is any indication, Nelsons [and the Boston Symphony] . . . have a long and fruitful partnership ahead of them. It might even legitimately become the stuff of legend. --Washington Post