The Los Angeles Master Chorale at Alice Tully Hall ("Steve Reich @ 70")
The Kirov Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall (Shostakovich finale)
The New York Times, October 31, 2006

Playlist:

Boris Christoff – Lebendige Vergangenheit (Preiser)

Richard Wagner – Das Rheingold – Hans Hotter, Gustav Neidlinger, Rudolf Lustig, Ludwig Weber, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele/Joseph Keilberth (Testament, due in December)

Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 8 – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Mariss Jansons (EMI Classics)

Cecil Taylor – The World of Cecil Taylor (Candid)

Steve Reich – You Are (Variations) – Los Angeles Master Chorale/Grant Gershon (Nonesuch)

Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 13, "Babi Yar" – Sergei Aleksashkin, Choral Academy Moscow, WDR Sinfonieorchester/Rudolf Barshai (Brilliant Classics)

Deftones – White Pony and Saturday Night Wrist (Maverick)

Erin McKeown – Sing You Sinners (Nettwerk)

Sergei Prokofiev – War and Peace – Yelena Prokina, Olga Borodina, Alexandr Gergalov, Gegam Gregoriam, Vassily Gerelo, Kirov Chorus and Orchestra/Valery Gergiev (Philips)