With the addition of this disc to his much-acclaimed Shostakovich symphony cycle, Mariss Jansons' endeavor is complete just in time for the composer's centenary year. In keeping with the tradition of his last three recordings for this set, Jansons is featured at the helm of his very own Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. The diverse cycle, in its entirety, features performances from orchestras across the globe, including the London Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Oslo and Berlin Philharmonic ...
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With the addition of this disc to his much-acclaimed Shostakovich symphony cycle, Mariss Jansons' endeavor is complete just in time for the composer's centenary year. In keeping with the tradition of his last three recordings for this set, Jansons is featured at the helm of his very own Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. The diverse cycle, in its entirety, features performances from orchestras across the globe, including the London Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Oslo and Berlin Philharmonic orchestras. The symphonies that Jansons has procrastinated in recording have a set of oddly different requirements. Shostakovich's experimental and contiguous Symphony No. 3 is prone to lackluster readings; it has never been one of the composer's most popular. And, while the Symphony No. 14 is certainly not unpopular, it presents its own difficulties of dark, suicidal texts in numerous languages all translated into Russian (at least one venerated conductor, Bernard Haitink, has recorded...
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