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Review title: Save Your Money. DG Let's Us Down Again
Product review: DG has once again ruined great Russian music with a trusted name. Jarvi and Shostakovich is also pretty much a blanket keep away also.What is wrong with this Shostakovich 8th? In short it lacks tension and four out of the five movements are based on a certain amount of tension. This is the worse Shostakovich 8th on the market. Ironically the same symphony orchestra the LSO led by the same conductor Previn have the best performance of this work recorded back in 1973 and rereleased on EMI which I highly recommend.If you must have an all DDD digital recording get Haitink or Jarvi. I suppose I would side with Haitink if only because it is recorded with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in their famous resonant hall.Signed. The World's Greatest Shostakovich Fan
