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 in the effervescent works of Tchaikovsky and the Romantic splendour of Mussorgsky.