Shostakovich symphonies

Recorded live at the Gwandhaus in 2018, this excellent program from the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and their conductor Andris Nelsons features Tchaikovsky?s Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, and 6, as well as works by Mozart,…

For Gianandrea Noseda, the Ninth is Shostakovich at his most ?classical?, but a modern statement nonetheless. ?Stalin wanted a celebration of the victory of Russia, and Shostakovich came out with a sort of opera buffa…

Mark Wigglesworth recorded his cycle of Shostakovich?s symphonies between 1996 and 2010, collaborating with two different orchestras, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales. In…

Recorded live at the Gwandhaus in 2018, this excellent program from the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and their conductor Andris Nelsons features Tchaikovsky?s Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, and 6, as well as works by Mozart,…

Dmitri Shostakovich was one of the most important composers of the 20th century. With his works - most notably his fifteen symphonies, which took Late Romantic music and transferred it to the modern age ? he has shaped…

Gianandrea Noseda and the London Symphony Orchestra continue their Shostakovich cycle with a pairing of the iconic Fifth Symphony alongside the composer's First. Few pieces of classical music have been the subject of so…

This compilation brings together popular orchestral works and ballet music by Tchaikovsky. Dmitrij Kitajenko and the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, of which he has been Honorary Conductor since 2009, have recorded the…

Elder?s acclaimed Shostakovich interpretations continue with this live concert recording of one of the composer?s most popular symphonies, coupled with a work which reveals one of its most enigmatic secrets. Live…

Founded nearly eighty years ago, the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne enjoys an enviable reputation and has welcomed the greatest artists as its guests, from Clara Haskil and Alfred Cortot to Murray Perahia and Martha…

Documentary about Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his fight against Stalin's brutal Soviet regime. The film illustrates how Shostakovich used his symphonies nos. 4-9 to convey his opposition to his country's…

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Valery Gergiev conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre in this collection of performances of Shostakovich's symphonies and concertos, recorded at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, in 2013 and 2014. Among the…

With 22 symphonies, 17 string quartets, 9 concertos, and 7 operas, the composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg left behind an extensive oeuvre. Musically, one can hear the composer's close friendship with Dmitri Shostakovich,…