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SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: Symphony No. 7, "Leningrad" (Mariinsky Orchestra, Gergiev)

Composer(s):Shostakovich, Dmitry
Artist(s) Gergiev, Valery, Conductor • St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Period(s) 20th Century
Genre Classical Music
Category Orchestral
Catalogue MAR0533
Label Mariinsky
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
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USD 9.99
 

 

   




Review By Dan Morgan,MusicWeb International,January 2013

I first heard Valery Gergiev conduct the Leningrad at the Royal Festival Hall some years ago and was struck by the haunting, elegiac quality of that fine performance.

First impressions are favourable, with Gergiev striking a convincing balance between jauntiness and foreboding in the music that leads up to the infamous march. As for the sound it’s suitably deep and sonorous…Gergiev finds an inexorable momentum and logic, and he ensures the march is much more than a brazen piece of populist pap. There’s genuine terror and breadth in this advance, and its wide dynamics are well caught.

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