Shostakovich - Symphony No. 13 ‘Babi Yar’, King Lear Suite | Alto ALC1422

Shostakovich - Symphony No. 13 ‘Babi Yar’, King Lear Suite

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Label: Alto

Cat No: ALC1422

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 11th September 2020

Contents

Artists

Nina Romanova (mezzo-soprano)
Vitaly Gromadsky (bass)
Yurlov State Choir
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
St Petersburg Chamber Orchestra

Conductors

Kirill Kondrashin
Edward Serov

Works

Shostakovich, Dmitri

King Lear: incidental music, op.58a
Symphony no.13 in B flat minor, op.113 'Babi-Yar'

Artists

Nina Romanova (mezzo-soprano)
Vitaly Gromadsky (bass)
Yurlov State Choir
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
St Petersburg Chamber Orchestra

Conductors

Kirill Kondrashin
Edward Serov

About

“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

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