Shostakovich
Shostakovich: String Quartet 14
by Alan George
Bernard Haitink (conductor): Portrait Volume II (BR Klassik)
A marvellous testament to Haitink’s longstanding work with one of his great orchestral partners [ST]
Shostakovich: String Quartets 10-12 (Brilliant Classics)
A well-played, superb sounding set [PH]
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 13
by Alan George
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Compellingly truthful performances of a triptych of Shostakovich symphonies [AG]
Shostakovich: String Quartet 12
by Alan George
Shostakovich & Meyer: String Quartets (Genuin)
An original recital including a creative imagining of a sixteenth quartet by Shostakovich [DHa]
Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 2, 7 and 10 (BIS)
A welcome return to the music of Shostakovich by the Jerusalem Quartet [DHa]
Shostakovich’s “Late” Quartets
by Alan George
Evgeny Mravinsky (conductor) Mravinsky in Helsinki (Janus Classics)
A headless Shostakovich symphony makes for a dispiriting experience [DHa]
Shostakovich: Symphony 8 (BIS)
An interesting and highly individual performance worth hearing. [SA]
Shostakovich: String Quartet 11
by Alan George
Shostakovich: Symphony 10 (Signum Classics)
Very well played and engineered, but only intermittently achieving the drive and intensity of Barshai, Shipway and Karajan [RMo]
Shostakovich: Complete symphonies (Capriccio)
One of the leading cycles, in a fine-sounding stereo incarnation [RWe]
Shostakovich: String Quartet 10
by Alan George
Shostakovich: String Quartet 9
by Alan George
Shostakovich: String Quartet 8
by Alan George
Shostakovich: String Quartet 7
by Alan George
Shostakovich: String Quartet 6
by Alan George
Shostakovich: String Quartet 5
by Alan George
Shostakovich: String Quartet 4
by Alan George
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 6 & 9 (Signum Classics)
Fine performances of two idiosyncratic, even eccentric, Shostakovich symphonies [WH]
Shostakovich: The Fall of Berlin & The Unforgettable Year 1919 (Marco Polo)
(Déjà Review) Overall, the playing is polished and expressive and the sound of pleasingly warm ambience [DK]
Shostakovich: String Quartet 3
by Alan George
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