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Triumph and tragedy in a memorable Tenth

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 10 in E minor

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Mariss Jansons

BR Klassik 900185 53.48 mins

If you want a testimony to what it was we lost when Mariss Jansons died, listen to this disc. In big symphonic works Jansons always had a flair for bringing out both the long singing line and the key details,

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