In the cathedral-like surroundings of Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, a superb first movement of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony eclipses Kabalevsky’s First Cello Concerto.
Kochanovsky andthe NSO gave a masterful rendition of Shostakovich's Symphony no. 7 while cellist Harwood delighted in Kabalevsky's Cello concerto no. 1