Kurt Sanderling’s conducting of Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony (recorded May 15, 1973, the composer still alive) is a profoundly revealing affair, maybe not to put into words, but you know the recreator has a hot-line to the composer in terms of the work’s architecture and any (unstated) meaning. The expansive opening Moderato is seamlessly unfolded, compellingly … Continue reading ICA Classics releases Kurt Sanderling/Shostakovich Ten and Kirill Kondrashin/Balakirev Islamey.