Arvids Jansons

Released February 2026. From the mid-1950s, Latvian conductor Arvids Jansons’s attention turned increasingly eastward, and he soon built a strong relationship with the Leningrad Philharmonic, quickly becoming one of its leading conducting pedagogues. The two Shostakovich performances heard here were part of a wider series of concerts given at London’s Royal Festival and Royal Albert Halls in September 1971 and not only show Jansons at his best and in complete command of the orchestra but are also a tribute to a once-grand performing tradition and a unique sound-world.