Since you are interested in Symphony No 5 / Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH / BRITTEN
Sonatas for Cello and Piano Pieter Wispelwey (Violoncello) Dejan Laziv (Piano) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] "An outstanding cellist and a really wonderful musician, Wispelwey imbues each with tremendous intensity.": Editor's Choice (Gramophone September 2003). |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / SAINT-SAENS / RESPIGHI / VERDI / SHOSTAKOVICH / COPLAND / ELGAR / etc
Classics at the Pops Cincinnati Pops Orchestra / Erich Kunzel [ Telarc SACD / SACD - released 23/Apr/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - The symphony orchestra's power, subtlety and range of color is unparalleled in stirring the emotions and the imagination. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 (with Tchaikovsky - Romeo & Juliet Overture) Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Telarc SACD / SACD - released 25/Mar/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - "...a brilliant performance...among the warmest performances I have heard from Maazel...With astonishingly clean articulation at a very fast... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No 8 Garzenich-Orchester Kaln Dmitrij Kitajenko [ Capriccio SACD / SACD - released 29/Sep/2005 ] "[Kitayenko] realises the urgency of the musical message between painful outcry, dark brooding and mournful elegy in an exemplary fashion, making use of all the extremes he and the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne playing in top form are capable of (...).... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.13 'Babi Yar' Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass) / Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Netherlands Radio Choir / Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "A prime recommendation for an SACD version of this many-facetted symphony…This is thanks to the tremendous sound and the singing of Rootering and the Netherlands Radio singers excels." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Sept 2006) |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No 8 London Symphony Orchestra / Mstislav Rostropovich-conductor [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Jul/2005 ] 'the most overwhelming performance; could musical expression possibly go further?' DISC OF THE MONTH BBC Music Magazine |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No 11 London Symphony Orchestra / Mstislav Rostropovich-conductor [ LSO Live SACD / SACD - released 12/Dec/2004 ] 'RECORD OF THE MONTH and EDITOR'S CHOICE Gramophone - Hybrid SACD Compatible with all CD players. Includes high denstity stereo and surround tracks that can be read by SACD players. |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.8 Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] "an interesting and highly individual performance worth hearing." (MusicWeb March 2006) |
SIBELIUS
Kullervo Soile Isokoski (soprano) Tommi Hakala (baritone) / YL Male Voice Choir / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam, conductor [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "...the best solo singing the work has ever received. In particular, Soile Isokoski is simply miles away from the matronly mezzos who often take the part of Kullervo's sister." ClassicsToday.com, April 2008, Artistic Quality 10 / Sound Quality 10 |
HAAPANEN / TUOMELA / BERGMAN / O'REGAN / HEINIO / TALVITIE
Talescapes Yl Male Voice Choir, Matti Hyokki / Talla Vocal Ensemble [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] This new recording features the Finnish YL Male Voice Choir, one of the world's best-known male choirs, under its long-time conductor Matti Hyökki. |