Posted by admin in Musicals/Performing ArtsMay 6th, 2008 | no responses
Valery Gergiev, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, and the Orchestra of Mariinsky Theatre come together to perform Shostakovich`s War Symphonies on this release. Appropriately filmed in Russia, Shostakovich`s music is brought to life once again, forming a stirring riposte to the Stalinist purge of the country.
