Browse: Shostakovich - Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 'Babi Yar'

The cycle has been a monumental achievement, and this final instalment is as shattering and insightful as earlier ones. It is hard to single out highlights, although orchestra and choir in the... — Sunday Times, 22nd October 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This beautifully engineered studio recording under Kirill Karabits has all the necessary adrenaline to keep the listener fully engaged. Karabits is particularly effective in negotiating the tricky... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Choral shortcomings apart, this makes a fine epilogue to Vasily Petrenko's magnificent Liverpool Shostakovich cycle...Alexander Vinogradov is the finest bass interpreter here since Sergey Alexashkin,... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The tone virtually throughout is dark and intense, most particularly the opening movement which sets the title poem…Muti confirms his identification with this work in its subsequent movements…Tikhomirov,... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

If you want to get to know the less famous of Shostakovich's symphonies - and you should - then this is an excellent first port of call. Barshai and the WDR Orchestra bring out the full range... — David Smith, Presto Music, May 2014 More…