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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Further Reading: Shostakovich
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.
Recording of the Week, Shostakovich from Paavo Järvi’s Estonian Festival Orchestra
19th January 2018
Katherine is impressed by the bracing, visceral playing of the Estonian conductor's summer festival band, making their recording debut with two works by Shostakovich.
Popular Works: Shostakovich
- Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107 (90)
- Cello Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 126 (48)
- Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (90)
- Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a (50)
- Festive Overture, Op. 96 (71)
- 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 (20)
- Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (11)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet & strings, Op. 35 (93)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 (63)
- Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 (55)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 61 (28)
- Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8 (48)
- Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 (101)
- Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87 (22)
- Preludes for piano (24), Op. 34 (31)
- Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, Op. 127 (27)
- String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49 (30)
- String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 68 (33)
- String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 (53)
- String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83 (40)
- String Quartet No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 92 (26)
- String Quartet No. 6 in G major, Op. 101 (23)
- String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108 (39)
- String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 (73)
- String Quartet No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 117 (33)
- String Quartet No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 118 (28)
- String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122 (27)
- String Quartet No. 12 in D flat major, Op. 133 (26)
- String Quartet No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 138 (28)
- String Quartet No. 14 in F sharp major, Op. 142 (28)
- String Quartet No. 15 In E Flat Minor, Op. 144 (29)
- String Quartets Nos. 1-15 (13)
- Symphonies Nos. 1-15 (11)
- Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 (84)
- Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 14 'To October' (24)
- Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 20 'The First of May' (27)
- Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43 (57)
- Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 (158)
- Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54 (61)
- Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 'Leningrad' (78)
- Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65 (72)
- Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70 (76)
- Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 (86)
- Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The year 1905' (52)
- Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 'The Year 1917' (30)
- Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 'Babi Yar' (38)
- Symphony No. 14 in G minor, Op. 135 (37)
- Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141 (48)
- Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two), Op. 16 (23)
- Viola Sonata, Op. 147 (47)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99 (93)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129 (28)
- Violin Sonata, Op. 134 (42)
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