The third of the three discs released by Deutsche Grammophon in 2006 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth Dmitry Shostakovich, this disc, entitled Songs and Waltzes, is as impressive and necessary as the two previous releases. The performers -- Russian bass-baritone Sergei Leiferkus with Thomas Sanderling conducting the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra -- are first rate, while the repertoire -- 15 late songs orchestrated by diverse hands plus eight waltzes taken from film scores or a stage production -- is highly ...
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The third of the three discs released by Deutsche Grammophon in 2006 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth Dmitry Shostakovich, this disc, entitled Songs and Waltzes, is as impressive and necessary as the two previous releases. The performers -- Russian bass-baritone Sergei Leiferkus with Thomas Sanderling conducting the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra -- are first rate, while the repertoire -- 15 late songs orchestrated by diverse hands plus eight waltzes taken from film scores or a stage production -- is highly unusual. Leiferkus, a wonderfully lyrical but still strongly dramatic singer, has recorded many of Shostakovich's songs before but not these songs in these orchestrations (done by either Boris Tishchenko or Leonid Desyatnikov) and every single one is amazing. True, some are extremely ironic, others are extravagantly morbid, and a few exceedingly vile, but almost all of them are hilariously funny and completely successful in Leiferkus' powerful interpretations. Sanderling is a...
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