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Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No 10 / Andris Nelsons

Shostakovich / Nelsons / Boston Symphony Orchestra Release Date: 07/31/2015
Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog #: 002352702
Composer:  Dmitri Shostakovich Conductor:  Andris Nelsons Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Symphony Orchestra Number of Discs: 1



Recording of the Month
Powerful and beautifully crafted, this recording – the first from the relationship between DG and the Boston Symphony under Nelsons – is a hugely impressive sign of just what this ensemble/maestro partnership may go on to achieve.

– Gramophone [8/2015]

The first release in a complete Shostakovich cycle, recorded by Deutsche Grammophon with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and its newly appointed director, Andris Nelsons. Nelsons is one of the last conductors of his generation who grew up in the Soviet musical tradition, having studied in St. Petersburg with Alexander Titov and Mariss Jansons. The first Read more installment features Shostakovich's 10th Symphony and Passacaglia from Lady Macbeth. Read less