Shostakovich: The Fifteen Symphonies

Mark Wigglesworth recorded his cycle of Shostakovich’s symphonies between 1996 and 2010, collaborating with two different orchestras, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. In spite of the long gestation and the change of orchestra midway, the cycle was described as one never "compromising its particular characteristics of high seriousness, fine detailing and a certain fierceness of articulation..." - Gramophone