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
1.
Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor:
Andris Nelsons
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1953 USSR
2.
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk district, Op. 29: Passacaglia
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor:
Andris Nelsons
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1930-1932 USSR
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