Boston Symphony Orchestra.

DG continues the Grammy-winning Shostakovich cycle with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director, Andris Nelsons. Following the 'scandalously successful' (Sunday Times) Symphony No. 10 and 'the sheer expressive beauty' (Gramophone Magazine) of the Symphonies Nos. 5, 8, 9, Nelsons and the BSO perform the extrovert Fourth and dramatic Eleventh; recorded live for the third album in DG's long-term collaboration with the BSO.

Few composers have achieved such success with a single work as Holst with The Planets. Each movement expresses the planet's supposed astrological character, and the colorful orchestration and memorable melodies ensured its immediate and ongoing popularity. It's hard to believe now that it was a groundbreaking work, a huge multi-movement piece that finally fades into ethereal silence as wordless voices disappear into outer space.

Featuring new arrangements created for Anne-Sophie Mutter.