A dazzling collection of Shostakovich from the Boston Symphony Orchestra

‘Nelsons wins such beautiful phrasing, both collectively and individually’

Freya Parr

Published: May 1, 2019 at 3:18 pm

‘This interpretation of the Leningrad pulls it all off with hyper-sophisticated playing and an alternation of tense atmosphere with electrifying release. Nelsons wins such beautiful phrasing, both collectively and individually.'

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 6 in B minor; Suite from the incidental music to ‘King Lear’; ‘Festive Overture’; Symphony No. 7 in C major, ‘Leningrad’ Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons DG 483 6728 131.62mins (2 discs)

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Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.

A dazzling collection of Shostakovich from the Boston Symphony Orchestra

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