Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-75)
Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich's life was characterised by various tussles with the Soviet artistic authorities - as their musical tastes and requirements ebbed and flowed, Shostakovich's style had to change with them. The most notorious example of this was his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk - an amoral tale of adultery and murder which scandalised the authorities and led to a blunt and direct dressing-down in Pravda. Shostakovich's work was described as "muddle instead of music", and he consciously changed his compositional style in response - resulting in the more conservative (though ironically much more popular) 5th Symphony.
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Recording of the Week,
Andris Nelsons continues his Shostakovich cycle with Symphonies 6 & 7
22nd February 2019
Andris Nelsons continues his Shostakovich series with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with thrillingly detailed accounts of the Sixth and Seventh symphonies.
Recording of the Week,
Shostakovich Symphonies 4 & 11 from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
6th July 2018
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra offer highly characterful and stunningly-performed accounts of Shostakovich's Fourth and Eleventh Symphonies.
Popular Works: Shostakovich
- Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107 (109)
- Cello Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 126 (60)
- Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (110)
- Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a (56)
- Festive Overture, Op. 96 (82)
- Hamlet - Concert Suite from incidental music, Op. 32a: Cradle Song (1)
- Hamlet - Concert Suite from incidental music, Op. 32a: Flourish And Dance Music (1)
- Hamlet - Concert Suite from incidental music, Op. 32a: Funeral March (1)
- Hamlet - Concert Suite from incidental music, Op. 32a: Introduction And Night Patrol (1)
- Hamlet - Concert Suite from incidental music, Op. 32a: Requiem (1)
- Hamlet - Concert Suite from incidental music, Op. 32a: The Hunt (1)
- Hamlet - Concert suite from the film score, Op. 116a (excerpts) (3)
- Hamlet Suite, Op. 116a: Dance of Ophelia (4)
- Jazz Suite No. 1 (27)
- Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (11)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet & strings, Op. 35 (115)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 (74)
- Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 (71)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 61 (36)
- Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8 (55)
- Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 (123)
- Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87 (24)
- Preludes for piano (24), Op. 34 (38)
- Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, Op. 127 (31)
- String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49 (42)
- String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 68 (50)
- String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 (65)
- String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83 (56)
- String Quartet No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 92 (37)
- String Quartet No. 6 in G major, Op. 101 (35)
- String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108 (54)
- String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 (103)
- String Quartet No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 117 (44)
- String Quartet No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 118 (40)
- String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122 (41)
- String Quartet No. 12 in D flat major, Op. 133 (37)
- String Quartet No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 138 (40)
- String Quartet No. 14 in F sharp major, Op. 142 (43)
- String Quartet No. 15 In E Flat Minor, Op. 144 (43)
- String Quartets Nos. 1-15 (16)
- Symphonies Nos. 1-15 (12)
- Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 (96)
- Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 14 'To October' (29)
- Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 20 'The First of May' (34)
- Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43 (74)
- Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 (191)
- Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54 (73)
- Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 'Leningrad' (99)
- Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65 (89)
- Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70 (91)
- Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 (101)
- Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The year 1905' (58)
- Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 'The Year 1917' (37)
- Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 'Babi Yar' (45)
- Symphony No. 14 in G minor, Op. 135 (47)
- Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141 (63)
- Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two), Op. 16 (24)
- Viola Sonata, Op. 147 (55)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99 (114)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129 (37)
- Violin Sonata, Op. 134 (51)
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