The title and repertory on this release by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and conductor Lan Shui recalls the 1950s and '60s golden age of classical music, with top-notch acoustics married to audience-pleasing favorites. Russian Spectacular also has another aspect, though: made in 2018 (not 2020, as stated in some online sources), it was one of the last albums made with the orchestra by conductor Lan Shui at the end of his 22-year tenure. He has done much to build the Singapore Symphony into a world-class ensemble that ...
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The title and repertory on this release by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and conductor Lan Shui recalls the 1950s and '60s golden age of classical music, with top-notch acoustics married to audience-pleasing favorites. Russian Spectacular also has another aspect, though: made in 2018 (not 2020, as stated in some online sources), it was one of the last albums made with the orchestra by conductor Lan Shui at the end of his 22-year tenure. He has done much to build the Singapore Symphony into a world-class ensemble that leaves nothing wanting in a performance of this kind. Those who wish to get deeper into his work can check out his recordings of Debussy and Rachmaninov, but this release serves as a slightly light-hearted valedictory. His touch is light, and the layers of instruments, all heard clearly in the familiar Ravel orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, reveal no tentative moments. The only remotely rare piece here, Balakirev's Islamey, heard in an orchestration by Sergei...
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