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Shostakovich - Petrenko

Posted by Mike Hardy on May 18, 2012, 8:57 am
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Well said Dan Morgan! I have been thinking for some time that I was alone in finding the Petrenko /RLPO Shostakovich symphonies dull and shallow and grossly over-rated. Fairly well played - yes! Competent - yes! Well recorded - yes! Good interpretations - NO!

In addition to Haitink (I agree totally with Dan's comments) can I suggest that (comparing "provincial" orchestras) Berglund's 7 & 11 (Bournemouth Symphony, Karabits' 11 (BBC "free 2 disc - BSO again - do make an effort to find this one)all leave Petrenko standing. And I haven't mentioned Kondrashin......

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Shostakovich - Petrenko - Mike Hardy May 18, 2012, 8:57 am
- Re: Shostakovich - Petrenko - Martin Walker May 18, 2012, 3:44 pm
  - Re: Shostakovich - Petrenko - Nick Barnard May 19, 2012, 10:12 am
    - Re: Shostakovich - Petrenko - John Quinn May 20, 2012, 1:58 pm
      - Re: Shostakovich - Petrenko - Dan Morgan May 20, 2012, 3:07 pm
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