Svetlanov conducts Shostakovich “Leningrad” Symphony – new Klassic Haus CD posted

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 produce, and this set followed in that tradition. What a performance! No heart-on-sleeve, lingering on details, this; rather, Svetlanov soars through each movement, yet without a feeling of rushing. Appropriately brash, lryical, and ultimately triumphant, this is quite a recorded experience, and one of the classics from the Melodiya/Angel-EMI collaborations of the late 1960s. Cheers! – Curt

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