皇家利物浦愛樂會是另一個伯明罕市立交響樂團？

英國Presto Classical網站剛剛寄來四月六日的電子報，推薦由Vasily Petrenko指揮皇家利物浦愛樂（ Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ）的蕭斯塔高維奇第十一號交響曲。其中，第一段這麼說的：

There is something of a revolution going on at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) under their young principal conductor Vasily Petrenko. I

而最後一段則是這麼寫的：

In the 1980s the CBSO carried out a remarkable transformation from ‘good’ to ‘world class’ under the leadership of a certain Simon Rattle. It seems that Vasily Petrenko has a similar transformation in mind for his orchestra. And on this evidence you wouldn’t want to bet against him.

這張CD之前曾經高掛英國Gramophone雜誌Specialist Classical Chart暢銷排行榜第三名，上週則掉到第十名。不過，同榜的第六名是James Judd指揮博恩茅斯交響樂團（Bournemouth SO）的Bax交響作品，第七名則是Graham Ross 指揮Dmitri Ensemble演奏英國現代作曲家James MacMillan的宗教曲目Seven Last Words from the Cross。排名前十名有三張Naxos錄音，係所有唱片公司中最大贏家！