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Shostakovich - Complete Symphonies

WDR Sinfonieorchester, Rudolf Barshai

Shostakovich - Complete Symphonies

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If you want to get to know the less famous of Shostakovich's symphonies - and you should - then this is an excellent first port of call. Barshai and the WDR Orchestra bring out the full range...

David Smith, Presto Music, May 2014

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Shostakovich - Complete Symphonies

WDR Sinfonieorchester, Rudolf Barshai

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If you want to get to know the less famous of Shostakovich's symphonies - and you should - then this is an excellent first port of call. Barshai and the WDR Orchestra bring out the full range...

David Smith, Presto Music, May 2014

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Contents and tracklist

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10
Work length29:27
  • West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Rudolph Barshai
I. Allegretto - Allegro non troppo
Track length8:09
II. Allegro
Track length4:45
III. Lento
Track length7:43
IV. Allegro molto
Track length8:50
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 14 'To October'
Work length19:00
  • West German Radio Chorus, West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Rudolph Barshai
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 20 'The First of May'
Work length26:29
  • West German Radio Chorus, West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Rudolph Barshai
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43
Work length1:01:58
  • West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Rudolph Barshai
I. Allegretto poco moderato - Presto
Track length27:11
II. Moderato con moto
Track length8:45
III. Largo - Allegro
Track length26:02
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Work length45:50
  • West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Rudolph Barshai
I. Moderato
Track length15:30
II. Allegretto
Track length5:32
III. Largo
Track length13:18
IV. Allegro non troppo
Track length11:30
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54
Work length31:33
  • West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Rudolph Barshai
I. Largo
Track length18:49
II. Allegro
Track length5:46
III. Presto
Track length6:58
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 'Leningrad'
Work length1:11:31
  • West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Rudolph Barshai
I. Allegretto
Track length26:17
II. Moderato (poco allegretto)
Track length10:29
III. Adagio
Track length18:14
IV. Allegro non troppo
Track length16:31
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65
Work length1:04:24
  • West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Rudolph Barshai
  • Recorded: 14 March 1994 / 16 October 1995
  • Recording Venue: Philharmonie, Koln, Germany
I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo
Track length27:22
II. Allegretto
Track length6:41
III. Allegro non troppo
Track length6:42
IV. Largo
Track length10:05
V. Allegretto
Track length13:34
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70
Work length23:58
  • West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Rudolph Barshai
  • Recorded: 14 July 1995
  • Recording Venue: Philharmonie, Koln, Germany
I. Allegro
Track length5:16
II. Moderato
Track length5:42
III. Presto
Track length2:53
IV. Largo
Track length3:00
V. Allegretto
Track length7:07
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
Work length52:11
  • West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Rudolph Barshai
  • Recorded: 15-24 October 1996
  • Recording Venue: Philharmonie, Koln, Germany
I. Moderato
Track length23:14
II. Allegro
Track length4:32
III. Allegretto
Track length12:08
IV. Andante
Track length12:17
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The year 1905'
Work length59:52
  • West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Rudolph Barshai
  • Recorded: 3-7 May 1999
  • Recording Venue: Philharmonie, Koln, Germany
I. The Palace Square
Track length15:27
II. The 9th of January
Track length18:49
III. In Memoriam
Track length11:24
IV. The Tocsin
Track length14:12
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 'The Year 1917'
Work length37:02
  • West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Rudolph Barshai
  • Recorded: 11-15 September 1995
  • Recording Venue: Philharmonie, Koln, Germany
I. Revolutionary Petrograd
Track length12:53
II. Razliv
Track length9:57
III. Aurora
Track length4:14
IV. The Dawn of Humanity
Track length9:58
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 'Babi Yar'
Work length1:02:40
  • Sergei Aleksashkin (bass)
  • Moscow Academy of Choral Art, West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Rudolph Barshai
  • Recorded: 11-14 September 2000
  • Recording Venue: Philharmonie, Koln, Germany
I. Babi Yar
Track length17:08
II. Yumor (Humor)
Track length8:28
III. V Magazine (At the Store)
Track length12:43
IV. Strachi (Fears)
Track length11:55
V. Kariera (Career)
Track length12:26
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14 in G minor, Op. 135
Work length45:28
  • Alla Simoni (soprano), Vladimir Vaneev (bass)
  • West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Rudolph Barshai
  • Recorded: 1999 - 2000
  • Recording Venue: Philharmonie, Koln, Germany
I. De profundis: Adagio
Track length4:21
II. Malaguena: Allegretto
Track length2:49
III. Loreley: Allegro molto
Track length8:00
IV. The Suicide: Adagio
Track length6:13
V. On the Watch: Allegretto
Track length2:58
VI. Madam, look!: Allegretto
Track length1:31
VII. In the Sante Prison: Adagio
Track length8:20
VIII. Reply of the Zaporozhye Cossacks to the Sultan of Constantinople: Allegro
Track length2:07
IX. O Delvig, Delvig!: Andante
Track length3:44
X. Death of the Poet: Largo
Track length4:22
XI. Conclusion: Moderato
Track length1:03
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141
Work length37:52
  • West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Rudolph Barshai
  • Recorded: 15-20 June 1998
  • Recording Venue: Philharmonie, Koln, Germany
I. Allegretto
Track length8:19
II. Adagio
Track length11:43
III. Allegretto
Track length3:54
IV. Adagio
Track length13:56

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Awards and reviews

May 2014

If you want to get to know the less famous of Shostakovich's symphonies - and you should - then this is an excellent first port of call. Barshai and the WDR Orchestra bring out the full range of emotions and moods, from sardonic wit to gut-wrenching despair via fatalistic resignation and revolutionary fervour.
David Smith
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