Nelsons is spry and precisioned and his insistence on super-keen rhythm pays off big-time…The Fifth Symphony is quite marvellous…and like the Tenth should dominate the catalogue for a long time to come…To say that it brings the house down is something of an understatement.
Shostakovich Under Stalin’s Shadow: Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons