from Rachmaninov: Symphony No 3; Balakirev: Russia (LSO0779) 13 minutes 4 seconds 1 track 'Valery Gergiev’s view is dark and stormy … some will admire the passionate Mahlerian outburst at the heart of his first movement, relishing the extreme contrasts of tempo and mood in the tripart ... '[Concert review] For the Third Symphony to make its true impact, it needs a reading of great penetration and depth, which is precisely what it obtained on this occasion. This was Gergiev and the LSO ... |