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Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphonies Nos 2 & 11 (Valery Gergiev; Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus) -

This disc, the second in Valery Gergiev and his Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra’s series of Shostakovich pairings, brilliantly balances two opposing symphonies. The experimental, impish and thoroughly odd second symphony was composed to mark the 10th anniversary of the 1917 Russian revolution, while the expansive and hugely intricate 11th marries tonality...

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