Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 (SACD)

Staggering in scale and impact "Certain moments in history gave composers the opportunity to say something deeply personal," says LSO Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda. "And Shostakovich speaks to us today as well." Continuing their journey through Shostakovich's symphonies, which span the composer's lifetime, Noseda and the LSO take on one of his greatest creations - the Seventh. Written during the siege of Leningrad in World War II, it is harrowing in scale and impact. For Noseda, "you can hear the march of the soldiers, the obsessive repetition, a loop you can't escape," in the relentless, pounding rhythms, the struggle for a fragile victory.