Vasily Petrenko Archive

Sir Edward ELGAR – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko – ONYX
Great sonics…

STRAVINSKY: The Firebird; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Le Coq d’or – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vasily Petrenko – Onyx
The fertile Russian imagination has a full arsenal of effects at its disposal in two classic scores led by Vasily Petrenko.

SHOSTAKOVICH: The Symphonies (Complete) – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orch./ Vasily Petrenko – Naxos
Magnificent, thrilling performances given expressive, idiomatic readings by a formidable young conductor.

Editorial for November 2015
Our drawing for this November is for four sets of the new 11-CD Complete 15 Symphonies of Shostakovich, on the Naxos label. The conductor is Vasily Petrenko, and Fanfare said this is the the set of all the symphonies that may be the best. Here is our review of the set. In order to register […]

PROKOFIEV: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Sonata for Solo Violin – Arabella Steinbacher, v./ Russian Nat. Orch./ Vasily Petrenko – PentaTone
Fireworks galore in this recording of Prokofiev’s popular violin concerti.