Classical records you may have missed

Fiona Maddocks and Nicholas Kenyon choose a selection of classical CDs that were overlooked this yearShostakovich: Songs for the FrontSoloists of the Russkaya Conservatoria Chamber Capella (Toccata)During the siege of Leningrad (1941-44), Shostakovich made his own war effort by arranging popular Soviet songs, operatic arias and other classical music for small-scale performance, usually voice, violin and cello. These 27 arrangements include Beethoven's Scottish Drinking Song, the "Habañera" from...

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