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, 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 (95)
- Cello Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 126 (48)
- Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (92)
- Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a (51)
- Festive Overture, Op. 96 (74)
- 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 (5)
- Jazz Suite No. 1 (21)
- Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (11)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet & strings, Op. 35 (96)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 (62)
- Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 (62)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 61 (30)
- Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8 (49)
- Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 (103)
- Preludes & Fugues for piano (24), Op. 87 (22)
- Preludes for piano (24), Op. 34 (33)
- Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, Op. 127 (29)
- String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49 (31)
- String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 68 (35)
- String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 (54)
- String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83 (42)
- String Quartet No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 92 (27)
- String Quartet No. 6 in G major, Op. 101 (24)
- String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108 (41)
- String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 (75)
- String Quartet No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 117 (34)
- String Quartet No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 118 (29)
- String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122 (28)
- String Quartet No. 12 in D flat major, Op. 133 (27)
- String Quartet No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 138 (27)
- String Quartet No. 14 in F sharp major, Op. 142 (27)
- String Quartet No. 15 In E Flat Minor, Op. 144 (33)
- String Quartets Nos. 1-15 (13)
- Symphonies Nos. 1-15 (12)
- Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 (91)
- Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 14 'To October' (24)
- Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 20 'The First of May' (29)
- Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43 (58)
- Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 (172)
- Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54 (66)
- Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 'Leningrad' (85)
- Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65 (78)
- Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70 (78)
- Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 (92)
- Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The year 1905' (52)
- Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 'The Year 1917' (29)
- Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 'Babi Yar' (39)
- Symphony No. 14 in G minor, Op. 135 (42)
- Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141 (49)
- Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two), Op. 16 (24)
- Viola Sonata, Op. 147 (46)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99 (100)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129 (30)
- Violin Sonata, Op. 134 (44)
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