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The first thing you will notice about this set, the second complete Shostakovich cycle to appear on SACD, is the excellent live sonics. Interestingly, the
Oleg Caetani leads a wonderfully youthful, invigorating account of the First Symphony, adopting some daringly fast tempos both in the opening movement’s march music and
This excellent performance succeeds in recapturing the “glory days” (musically speaking) of Kondrashin and Mravinsky. It may be true that the Milan orchestra doesn’t play
This symphony has made a remarkable comeback on disc. From once being derided as a piece of Socialist Realist junk, a repetitious film score desperately
As with previous releases in this series, Oleg Caetani has strong and musically rewarding ideas about how this piece should go. He begins the first
This disc is really a mixed bag. Symphony No.9 sounds terrific, as lively and pointed a performance as one could ask for. The first movement
As was the case with his sensational coupling of Shostakovich’s Fifth and Sixth symphonies, Oleg Caetani has a real feel for this music. He builds
There are two ways to approach this extraordinary disc. You can note in passing that these are live performances and as such are susceptible to
It’s been said that Mahler’s “Resurrection” is the ultimate audiophile symphony. Well, this new Arts Music release certainly adds a manner of validity to that
This release features the world premiere recording of the König Enzio overture from Wagner’s incidental music for a drama by Ernst Raupach. Composed in 1832,