Great Recordings on Mariinsky Live, Vol. 1

Once Russian conducting dynamo Valery Gergiev made the Mariinsky Orchestra into a global brand, the next step was launching a label that could chronicle their collective achievements. No one brings out the brooding quality of Shostakovich's music quite like Gergiev and his players. They also sparkle with the effervescent works of Tchaikovsky and the Romantic splendour of Mussorgsky.