The Guardian

Classical home listening: Shostakovich’s 14th Symphony; Riot Ensemble’s Vestige

The BBC Philharmonic under John Storgårds excels in Shostakovich’s intimate penultimate symphony, while new music champions Riot Ensemble explore memory, healing and desire Scored for a chamber-sized ...
Liverpool Echo

Concert Review: Shostakovich’s 14th Symphony and Britten’s Symphony for Cello and Orchestra

MAN landed on the moon, the Beatles released Abbey Road, your reviewer was born, and Shostakovich completed his 14th Symphony. It was a busy year. It was also a year which the 62-year-old Russian ...
Gramophone

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 14. Six Verses of Marina Tsvetayeva (Storgårds)

(6) Marina Tsvetaeva Poems Jess Dandy, Contralto BBC Philharmonic Orchestra John Storgårds, Conductor Symphony No. 14 Peter Rose, Bass Elizabeth Atherton, Soprano BBC Philharmonic Orchestra John ...
The Guardian

Aurora Orchestra/Collon review – Shostakovich of rage and precision

There was nowhere to hide in this compelling reading of the Russian composer’s 14th symphony, the centrepiece of a programme that also featured Mahler and Britten The main work in this Aurora ...
Liverpool Echo

REVIEW: Shostakovich’s 14th Symphony and Britten’s Symphony for Cello and Orchestra

MAN landed on the moon, the Beatles released Abbey Road, your reviewer was born, and Shostakovich completed his 14th Symphony. It was a busy year. It was also a year which the 62-year-old Russian ...