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CLASSICAL MUSIC ON THE WEB. Shostakovich

February 14, 2015
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CLASSICAL MUSIC ON THE WEB January 2003 Shostakovich concertos Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings in C minor, op. 35 (1933) Piano Concerto No 2 in F, op. 102 (1957) 24 Preludes for Piano, op. 34 (1932-33) Oleg Marshev (piano) Helsingborg SO/Hannu Lintu Recorded 29 July – 2 August 2002, Konserthuset, Helsingborg Danacord DACOCD 601 / 76.52 It must have been knocking on for forty years ago that I read a review of a recording of Mahler’s First Symphony penned by the late, great Deryck Cooke. With so many recordings of the work already in the catalogue, he argued that the only possible justification for bringing out yet another was to produce an outright winner. What followed...

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International Piano. Shostakovich

February 14, 2015
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  INTERNATIONAL PIANO March/April 2004 Shostakovich Piano Concerto no.1 in C minor, Op.35. Piano Concerto no. 2 in F, Op.102. 24 Preludes, Op. 34 Oleg Marshev (piano) Helsingborg SO/ Hannu Lintu Danacord DACOCD 601 Who would have thought it? I have heard quite a few of Oleg Marshev's Danacord recordings, and liked many of them a good deal; but I was fairly disappointed with his recent Rachmaninoff concertos cycle. Now, out of the blue, he comes up with a Shostakovich disc as impressive as any I have encountered. In the concertos I fancy he has at last displaced my long-standing loyalty to Alexeev and the composer himself, and I certainly haven't come across an account of the Preludes that approaches...

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Compact Disc Classics – Shostakovich

February 14, 2015
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Compact Disc Classics Giugno 2003 Ci arriva dalla casa danese quella che sara' da considerare forse come la migliore edizione dei "due concerti di Shostakovich" Ci arriva dalla casa danese quella che sara' da considerare forse come la migliore edizione dei "due concerti di Shostakovich", non solo nella pura e semplice prestazione pianistica, ma per la collaborazione dell'orchestra, e ovviamente, nel "primo Concerto", del solista di tromba. Finalmente tutti gli elementi di questa musica, su cui il compositore russo costruisce il suo personale linguaggio - morbidezza romantica, disegno pianistico neoclassico, umorismo, inevitabile virtuosita e brillantezza - trovano un senso di naturalezza e omogeneita discorsiva. Oleg Marshev, il pianista, non e' una sorpresa: ha registrato per la stessa casa alcune integrali...

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BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE, Shostakovich

February 14, 2015
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BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE March 2003 Shostakovich Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings; Piano Concerto no. 2; 24 Preludes, Op. 34 Oleg Marshev (piano) Helsingborg SO/ Hannu Lintu Danacord DACOCD 601 Shostakovich Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings; Piano Concerto no.2; Ustvolskaya Concerto for Piano, Timpani & Strings Ingrid Jacoby (piano), RPO/Charles Mackerras Dutton CDSA 4804 Danacord's Shostakovich disc was the second I heard this year, and it already looks like being one of the best - which is hard on the fine rival Jacoby and Mackerras. So what bowls me over about Marshev and company? First, perhaps amazement at the sophisticated high standards not only from the soloist but from a regional Swedish orchestra and a Finnish conductor who do...

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Shostakovich. 2 Piano Concertos, 24 Preludes

February 12, 2015
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DACOCD 601 [DDD] Shostakovich 2 Piano Concertos 24 Preludes, Op. 34 Oleg Marshev, piano Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra / Hannu Lintu Marshev a phenomenon: master of every mood from strip-cartoon crispness to thundering monster, but above all a controlling sensibility of intelligence and feeling - BBC Music magazine forse la migliore edizione dei due concerti di Shostakovich - Compact Disc Classics  This is an outstanding disc — one of the finest, if not the finest ever, of all three works, and by a huge distance the best concerto issue to have come my way over the past 12 months - International Piano Classical Music on the Web (more…)

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