Vasily Petrenko
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 5
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Alive and articulate, these three performances remind us that it’s just as possible to be stunned by an original interpretation of a familiar symphony (the Fifth) as it is to be refreshed by... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th June 2016
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2017, Recording of the Year/Orchestral Winner
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 3, 4 & 6
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
this second half of his Tchaikovsky symphonies cycles thrusts home for me a singular skill of his: the ability to build a long line over a substantial period of time. It happens to the generous... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th January 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2017, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
The Tenth is a symphony into which many have been tempted to read parallels with Shostakovich's life...The refreshing thing is that Petrenko treats it as a great symphony in its own right...All... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2011, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Winner - Orchestral
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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 & Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 27
RecommendedOslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Curiously, perhaps, it’s the interpretation of the less well-known and distinctive symphony which wins this disc its five stars...Although the bittersweet bucolics of Myaskovsky’s 27th could... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st May 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau & Schreker: Der Geburtstag der Infantin
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
This warmly recorded version not only goes to the top of the tree as the most satisfying account of Zemlinsky’s score in the current catalogue, but also trumps its closest rivals in offering... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Record Review, 1st May 2021, Record of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st May 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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This is top-quality sound and playing - at bargain price, too. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd November 2008
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Orchestral
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 5 'Emperor' & 0
Boris Giltburg (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Playing a bright-toned Fazioli grand with grand with steely authority, Giltburg gives a fine account of the ‘Emperor’ Concerto...In short, a reliable, inexpensive, straight-down-the-middle modern... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
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... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2013, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Orchestral
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Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 & Prometheus
RecommendedKirill Gerstein (piano)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Choir, Vasily Petrenko
Never discursive or splashy, Petrenko’s forensic view of the composer may not please those brought up on Soviet-era music-making but I found it very persuasive. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st September 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
The way Petrenko follows the finale's course away from its central confrontations towards its exhausted, wary truce rings as true as in any recorded version I can recall. So there are the makings... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2013, First Choice
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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