Vasily Petrenko Shostakovich Symphonies
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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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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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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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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 'Leningrad'
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Petrenko draws our attention to how much of the Symphony is marked pianissimo. No one has rendered more hauntingly the hushed writing for bass clarinet and flutes...Fresh, beautifully phrased... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2013, Orchestral Choice
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Building A Library, December 2021, Also Recommended
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 'Babi Yar'
RecommendedAlexander Vinogradov (bass)
Huddersfield Choral Society & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Vasily Petrenko
Choral shortcomings apart, this makes a fine epilogue to Vasily Petrenko's magnificent Liverpool Shostakovich cycle...Alexander Vinogradov is the finest bass interpreter here since Sergey Alexashkin,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd September 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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…Petrenko's interpretation of the Ninth unleashes the full ferocity of threatening developments and proves that the Moderato, however spare, remains as eloquent a slow movement as any in Shostakovich's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2009, Editor's Choice
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Superlative standards already set by this team's Shostakovich couldn't afford to slip in a symphony as great as the Sixth. In the first movement, at least, Vasily Petrenko and the Liverpudlians... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, Orchestral Choice
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14 in G minor, Op. 135
Gal James (soprano), Alexander Vinogradov (baritone)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Vinogradov is the genuine bass article but his pitches can be approximate...Orchestral double basses, though, have terrific impact. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, Editor's Choice
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The year 1905'
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
…Petrenko… keeps an extremely tight grip on proceedings, opting for flowing speeds in the first and third movements while carefully building up an exciting symphonic tension through the intense... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th April 2009
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 15
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Vasily Petrenko
Petrenko's hallmark of winning careful but always meaningful articulation from his Liverpool players is as apparent in the outlines of the woodwind and brass uproar at the centre of the early... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th June 2012
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