Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
I have just posted this unique performance on Klassic Haus Restorations. This is not subtle Shostakovich, especially witnessed in this blistering account laid down by Melodiya in brash, muscular stereo, with a soundstage unique to the producer/engineer (Aleksander Grosman). Yevgeny Svetlanov-led recordings with the rough-and-ready USSR Symphony always had an “in-your-face” quality that only the Russians could […]