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Critics’ Choice
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December 2013
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Dear Friends,
Here comes a selection of the most glowing, recent reviews: fresh from leading music journals, quality dailies and respected online review sites. Naxos continues to accumulate outstanding ratings and reviews for its new and recent releases; please use the critical acclaim to continue to promote these titles.
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Naxos Releases
Naxos 8.573188
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SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: Symphonies, Vol. 9 - Symphony No. 4
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Petrenko
extra jolt of energy and a razor-sharp rhythmic attack - ClassicsToday.com
Perhaps the best of Petrenko’s much-praised cycle, then, and a strong contender for ‘best in catalogue’. - Gramophone
Shostakovich’s Fourth shows the tragedy of the human being in the machinery of dictatorship. Petrenko uses the dynamic forces of his as always excellent Liverpool Philharmonic to let us experience musically the implacability of such a terror. - Pizzicato
bravissimo all round - BBC Music Magazine
vivid performance - Daily Telegraph (UK)
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Naxos 8.572833
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BRIAN, H.: Symphonies Nos. 22, 23, 24 / English Suite No. 1
New Russia State Symphony, A. Walker
The russian forces seem to have found in this troubling music a part of the evil charms of Prokofiev and Shostakovich, that would explain the devilish perfection of this performance - Classica
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Naxos AudioBooks NA0112
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HARDY, T.: Jude the Obscure (Unabridged)
This is an absolute treat to listen to, superbly interpreted, and with each of the many characters having its own unique voice, this classic comes alive in the hands of a truly gifted narrator. - Sound Commentary
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Ricky Tsang
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