Cover image for Symphonies nos. 2, 3, 12 & 13 [CD]
Title:
Symphonies nos. 2, 3, 12 & 13 [CD]
Author:
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975, composer.
Added Author:
Goerne, Matthias, 1967- singer.

Nelsons, Andris, conductor.

Bezymenskiĭ, A. (Aleksandr), 1898-1973, author.

Kirsanov, Semen, 1906-1972, author.

Yevtushenko, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich, 1933-2017, author.

Container of (work): Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Symphonies, no. 2, op. 14, B major.

Container of (work): Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Symphonies, no. 3, op. 20, E♭ major.

Container of (work): Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Symphonies, no. 12, op. 112, D minor.

Container of (work): Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Symphonies, no. 13, op. 113, B♭ minor.
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
Berlin : Deutsche Grammophon, [2023]

℗2023
Physical Description:
3 audio discs (167 min., 14 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 x 12 cm)
General Note:
Title from container.

Program notes by Harlow Robinson in English and German and texts of the vocal works in Russian with English translations (31 pages : portrait, color illustrations) inserted in container.
Performers:
Matthias Goerne, bass-baritone (op. 113) ; Tanglewood Festival Chorus (op. 14, op. 20, op. 113) ; New England Conservatory Symphonic Choir (op. 113) ; Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Andris Nelsons, conductor.
Contents:
CD 1. Symphony no. 2 in B major, op. 14 : "To October" (19:23) ; Symphony no. 3 in E flat major, op. 20 : "The First of May" (34:59) -- CD 2. Symphony no. 12 in D minor, op. 112 : "The year 1917" (45:01) -- CD 3. Symphony no. 13 in B flat minor, op. 113 : "Babi Yar" (1:07:48).
Personal Subject:
Bezymenskiĭ, A. (Aleksandr), 1898-1973-Musical settings.

Kirsanov, Semen, 1906-1972-Musical settings.

Yevtushenko, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich, 1933-2017-Musical settings.
Subject Term:
Symphonies.

Choruses, Secular (Men's voices) with orchestra.

May Day (Labor holiday) -- Soviet Union -- Songs and music.

Babi Yar Massacre, Ukraine, 1941 -- Songs and music.
Geographic Term:
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Songs and music.

Russia -- History -- February Revolution, 1917 -- Songs and music.
Genre:
Musical settings.

Symphonies.

Songs.
Language:
Russian
Additional Language:
The 1st, 2nd, & 4th works sung in Russian.
Added Corporate Author:
Boston Symphony Orchestra, instrumentalist.

Tanglewood Festival Chorus, singer.

New England Conservatory Symphonic Choir, singer.
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