COMPOSERS: Shostakovich
LABELS: DG
ALBUM TITLE: Shostakovich
WORKS: Symphony No. 6; Symphony No. 9
PERFORMER: Vienna PO/Bernstein
CATALOGUE NO: 073 4170
PRESENTATION: ****
Shostakovich’s
favourite American
interpreter and
early champion
conducts powerful
if idiosyncratic
performances – the Sixth weighty,
the Ninth unusually dark.