Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 ‘Babi Yar’ & Incidental Music for King Lear, Op. 58a

Release Date: 11th Sep 2020
Catalogue No: ALC1422
Label: Alto

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Shostakovich: King Lear - incidental music Op. 58a

St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra
Edward Serov

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 'Babi Yar'

Vitaly Gromadsky (bass)
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin

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“Most important, historically, is the Moscow recording of the original 1962 version of Shostakovich’s Symphony No.13 (with the bass Vitaly Gromadsky), using Yevtushenko’s (pre-censored) text commemorating the massacre of Jews at Babi Yar ... Yevtushenko’s original (‘I feel myself a Jew’), was what the anti-Semitic Soviet government would have no truck with. So it’s significant this is once again made available, especially in such a memorably intense performance.” (Gramophone)

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 ‘Babi Yar’ & Incidental Music for King Lear, Op. 58a

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