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Shostakovich: The Complete Symphonies - Mariss Jansons (10 CD)
from: EMI Classics
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0094636530024
Label: EMI Classics
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
MPN: 65300
Number Of Discs: 10
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release Date: September 12, 2006
Studio: EMI Classics
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Rating:  - Reaching The Cosmos with Mariss Jansons and Shostakovich
Mariss Jansons,Latvian conductor,who was a protege of legendary Evgeny Mravinsky,finally completed his Shostakovich cycle 20 years after starting.Jansons had magnificent orchestras at his disposal.Not to mention first class sound quality by EMI.So eveything was set for Jansons to score the perfect Shostakovich cycle.He could not manage to do that (5th symphony)but he came very,very close.
Jansons seems to love Shostakovich with every single aspect of his composing.He understands and ... Read More
Rating: - Essential performances of wonderul music
This set is a true bargain. The performances are uniformly excellent, as is the recorded sound. The liner notes are informative and well-written. What I particularly like about this set is the variety of orchestras recorded. It's amazing to hear the St. Petersburg orchestra do the Leningrad symphony, with appropriately pungent woodwinds and brass throughout, then switch to the more "mainstream" 10th done with the super-slick Philly orchestra, etc. Jansons makes excellent cases for the lesser ... Read More
Rating:  - Great Performances - But one defective pressing
This set deserves 5 stars based on the performances. But my set contains a CD number 6 that has problems. I arranged for a replacement set from Amazon, but that set had the same poor CD 6. Thus I have concluded that all current CD sets have a defective CD 6. Some players I used could not access the disc. Those that could produced sounds with pops and clicks: sounded like an old LP record. I have written to EMI, but no results so far.
Rating:  - A nice tour of seven orchestras, but the interpretations lack fire
I am being a little stingy not granting Jansons' complete Shostakovich cycle four stars, but I can't escape feeling disappointed. Over the long years and many orchestras that have come to pass since he started, Jansons has promised a successor to Haitink's acclaimed Decca cycle with the Concertgebouw and London Phil. of the Eighties. Yet nothing has much improved. I know both cycles fairly well, and Jansons hits no definite home runs. Despite his musical pedigree -- both Mariss and his father Arvid ... Read More
Rating: - Shastakovich at his best
Great collection of the Shostakovich symphonies. Recording is clear; orchestra is dynamic. Great program notes, too. One of the best recordings of #15 that I have heard in a while.
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