Storgårds Shostakovich Symphonies

John Storgårds has shown his affinity for the composer in every disc of this complete series of the Shostakovich symphonies (still in progress). Here, he does not strive after extremes or try... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2024 More…

Storgårds in Manchester gives an appropriately humanised interpretation, set on a wide sound stage that is one of Chandos’s natural best. The cinematic opening twitches with inner life, all... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Another terrific release from this source. — Gramophone Magazine, April 2023 More…

The BBC Philharmonic under John Storgårds, in this third instalment of their symphonic Shostakovich series, are exemplary, whether in the sotto voce opening of the Symphony, or in the horrif... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars Recording) More…