Shostakovich, Dmitri - Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 (Sealed) (SACD)

For Gianandrea Noseda, the Ninth is Shostakovich at his most ‘classical’, but a modern statement nonetheless. ‘Stalin wanted a celebration of the victory of Russia, and Shostakovich came out with a sort of opera buffa symphony,’ the LSO's Principal Guest