Orchestral
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 Royal Concertgebouw/ Bernard Haitink 'The Concertgebouw delivers sensationally taut playing'
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‘The Concertgebouw delivers sensationally taut playing’ Erik Levi
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 15
Royal Concertgebouw/ Bernard Haitink
RCO Live RCO 11003 (hybrid CD/SACD) 47:11 mins
Audio clip from: I. Allegretto
For a full review see the February issue of BBC Music Magazine
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Authors
Erik Levi is a journalist and critic for BBC Music Magazine and a visiting professor in music at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a leading authority on the music of the 20th century, and has written books on the topic of music in the Nazi era, including 'Music in the Third Reich' (1994) and 'Music and the Nazis' (2010). He is also a regular broadcaster for BBC Radio 3 and is on the reviewing roster for International Piano Magazine.