ClassicsToday Review for Compelling Shostakovich

Order Now “Manfred Honeck makes the Shostakovich Fifth sound freshly-composed–quite an accomplishment for this certified warhorse. His scrupulous attention to Shostakovich’s meticulous dynamic markings and instrumental balances–the harp emerging perfectly from the orchestral texture in the first movement, the audible piano at the climax of the adagio, and the brass beautifully sonorous and penetrating throughout–provides much aural delight. Honeck’s interpretation is remarkable for its clean, rhythmically-alert phrasing… The Pittsburgh Symphony plays marvelously, with a bright… 

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