Disc of the Month ‘a truly great performance’ BBC Music Magazine (UK)
Classical CDs of the Year Daily Telegraph (UK)
‘This performance is one of the finest I have ever heard of anything. Compared to others this is a recording that has all the difference between looking at a photo of Antarctica and actually walking out on the icepacks' BBC Radio 3 CD Reivew (UK)
‘Rostropovich really nails the meaning of the Eighth so completely that this new release is easily recommendable as a first introduction to the music … The LSO plays magnificently, the brasses astounding in their power and accuracy. Woodwind solos are gorgeously realized’ Fanfare (USA)
‘Recordings like this don't come along very often ... a disc which is among the finest of this, or any, year’ Musical content 100% Recording fidelity 100% High Fidelity Review (USA)
‘No one has a more intimate knowledge of Shostakovich’s musical psyche that his long-time friend Rostropovich and that insight exudes from every pore of his interpretation ...
this must surely be the benchmark for this shattering work’ Daily Telegraph (UK)
James Mallinson, producer
Neil Hutchinson (Classic Sound Ltd) engineer
DSD recording, live at the Barbican 3–4 November 2004
Stereo and multi-channel (5.1)
Total playing time 68m45
Jewel case in with booklet (16pp)
Notes in English, French and German
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