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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 / Wigglesworth

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-04-08

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10; Symphony no 2 in B flat major (To October), Op. 14; Symphony no 3 in E flat major (The First of May), Op. 20
Conductors: Wigglesworth, Mark
Ensemble: ; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic

This well-filled disc combines the first three symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich, all written before the composer had reached his twenty-third birthday. The First Symphony was...continue...
Recording information: Music Centre for Dutch Radio & Television, studio MCO5, (10/2006/10/2010)....continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2010-03-01

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 11 in G minor, Op. 103 "Year 1905"
Conductors: Wigglesworth, Mark

Described in the BBC Music Magazine as "the finest Shostakovich interpreter of his generation", Mark Wigglesworth began his cycle of Shostakovich's symphonies with the BBC...continue...
Recording information: Music Centre for Dutch Radio & Televiosion, Studio MCO5 (03/2006)....continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony no 4 / Mark Wigglesworth, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2009-06-12

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony no 4 in C minor, Op. 43
Conductors: Wigglesworth, Mark
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

As conductor Mark Wigglesworth relates in his own liner notes, when Dmitri Shostakovich began working on 'Symphony No.4', his opera 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk' had...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphonies no 9 & 12 / Wigglesworth, et al

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2007-09-01

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony no 9 in E flat major, Op. 70; Symphony no 12 in D minor, Op. 112 "To the Memory of Lenin - 1917"
Conductors: Wigglesworth, Mark
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

Among the many discs released during last year's Shostakovich anniversary, one that received particular notice was Mark Wigglesworth's recording of Symphony No. 13 'Babi Yar'...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony no 13 "Babi Yar" / Wigglesworth

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2006-10-01

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony no 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 "Babi Yar"
Performers: Rootering, Jan-Hendrik
Conductors: Wigglesworth, Mark
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Chorus; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

"The majority of my symphonies are tombstones" - these words by Shostakovich are quoted by conductor Mark Wigglesworth in the liner notes to his fifth...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony no 8 / Wigglesworth, Netherlands RPO

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-10-07

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony no 8 in C minor, Op. 65
Conductors: Wigglesworth, Mark
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

This disc mark the return of Mark Wigglesworths Shostakovich cycle. The series continues with the excellent Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, with which this collaboration are...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony no 14 / Wigglesworth, Rodgers, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2001-09-01

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 14 for soprano, bass, strings & percussion, Op. 135
Performers: Rodgers, Joan; Tomlinson, John
Conductors: Wigglesworth, Mark
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"Few works stare into the abyss with such chilling candour as Shostakovich's 14th Symphony. Yet listening to its brilliantly conceived sequence of vocal settings is...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphonies no 5, 6 & 10 / Wigglesworth, et al

2 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1999-05-29

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47; Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 54
Conductors: Wigglesworth, Mark
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"to rival the very best" -Gramophone...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 / Wigglesworth, BBC NO of Wales

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1997-05-14

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 (as used in the film "Testimony")
Performers: Walker, Mark
Conductors: Wigglesworth, Mark
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales