Shostakovich; The Complete Symphonies (11 CD set)
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Shostakovich; The Complete Symphonies (11 CD set)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, with Alexander Vinogradov (bass) & Gal James (soprano)
[ Naxos / 11 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Thursday 1 October 2015
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Vasily Petrenko was appointed principal conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in 2006 and in 2009 became Chief Conductor. He is also Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. He was the Classical BRIT Awards Male Artist of the Year 2010 and 2012, and works regularly with many of the world's finest orchestras, including the London Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Russian National, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras, and the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Recordings with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra include Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony [Naxos 8570568] (2009 Classic FM/Gramophone Orchestral Recording of the Year) and other orchestral works, Elgar's Symphony No. 1, Shostakovich's complete symphonies, and Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances, Symphonies and complete Piano Concertos.
Each release of Vasily Petrenko's cycle of Shostakovich's symphonies with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra created a sensation between volume 1 in 2009 and the final installment in 2014.
The individual recordings remain a leading choice amongst collectors and critics, with for instance the Eighth Symphony (8572392) selected as top recommendation by BBC Radio 3's 'Building a Library' programme in November 2013.
Our box set collections always do well, but this is guaranteed to be at the top of many a Christmas wish list.
There are numerous complete sets of Shostakovich's remarkable symphonic achievement, but critical acclaim for these recordings has seen this particular set become a modern market leader.
"Petrenko draws our attention to how much of the Symphony is marked pianissimo. No one has rendered more hauntingly the hushed writing for bass clarinet and flutes...Fresh, beautifully phrased and vividly recorded - if with a touch of the cathedral about the acoustics - Petrenko's Symphony No. 7 clamours to be heard." (BBC Music on No 7)
"Since Vasily Petrenko and the Liverpudlians haven't disappointed in any instalment of their Shostakovich cycle so far, the chances were they would excel here. And they do. A special coup at the start is the high-frequency shock...Petrenko drives weird sounds to appropriate extremes...The many wild climaxes are exceptionally vivid." BBC Music on No 4
"Petrenko's hallmark of winning careful but always meaningful articulation from his Liverpool players is as apparent in the outlines of the woodwind and brass uproar at the centre of the early collage as it is in the last Symphony's skeletal solos...As so often, Petrenko shows the deepest sensitivity in going straight to the heart of the matter, and forward sound-balances for violins and celesta especially serve him well." BBC Music on 2 & 15
"Petrenko leaves his stamp on the performances through his insight into the characteristics of each work...One particularly impressive feature is the fact that Petrenko seems to have instilled such a "Russian" sound into the players...Petrenko's sense of the music's structure is sure, both in the Sixth Symphony and in the Twelfth" The Telegraph on 6 & 12
Tracks:
Symphonies Nos 1 - 15 (complete)
