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Title: An intense dissappointment
Review: I read an article on The Times (London) that the team gave an enormous success in London for this symphony. I immediately visited Amazon and bought this CD. Alas, too poor recording! In my experience, in Shostakovich's orchestral works, percussions of lower frequencies have vital importance. Nevertheless, even in the anticlimax ending of Leningrad, kettle drums (timpani) and large side drum (gran cassa) cannot be heard separately. Such poor recording should be unable to catch the essence of Shostakovich. I hope a re-recording by much more superior technique. At present Ashkenazy-St. Petersburg (DECCA) is the best in sound.
