Mstislav Rostropovich - Shostakovich: Symphony No.11 The Year 1905"A superb performance with excellent sound makes this a benchmark recording and my top CD choice of the year. Shostakovich fans ignore this release at their peril !" (MusicWeb) "A searing new live account by Rostropovich, well recorded and unmissable (he) has something unique to say about this work, transcending any doubts about his conducting The finale is articulated with tremendous cut and thrust, the sheer heft of the strings mightily impressive

Pavel Klikar

5 and the symphonic poem Francesca da Rimini

Is a good time happy song collection for the whole family

she also put them on the track of lesser-known composers

and inhumanity of the escalating war in Vietnam-an edgy contrast to what he was witnessing in his travels

The album also presents excerpts from Nuits d'Été by Berlioz

Lucky Thompson

but also to vocal and orchestral music

this one focusing on the top R&B records in the US Billboard charts during 1960

performed in the studio and made in front of a live audience

gave him a regular chart presence

printed on embossed archival paper