Graham Rickson of The Arts Desk has a new rave review for Dmitry Kouzov’s new Shostakovich: Cello Concertos recording:
“Dmitry Kouzov’s husky, sonorous cello tone adds extra Slavic gravitas to this pair of highly contrasted works. Kousov wisely accentuates each concerto’s emotional mood. … So much works well – piercing high woodwinds in the faster movements and a bold, whooping horn soloist, brilliant in the first movement’s cadenza. … Kousov and Lande also tap into the ambivalence of the more elusive Concerto no 2. … Kousov an eloquent guide to the first movement’s shadowy landscape, with Lande’s St Petersburg players revelling in the score’s eccentricities. … Kousov’s playing in the closing minutes is masterly. He vanishes into the mist, accompanied by ticking woodblocks and xylophone – an extraordinary, spectral passage.” — Graham Rickson, The Arts Desk
Read the full rave review of Shostakovich: Cello Concertos on TheArtsDesk.com!
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