Shostakovich: Symphonies No 10 & 13 / Previn, London So

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Release Date: 08/10/1999
Label: Emi Classics Double Fforte Catalog #: 73368 Spars Code: n/a
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer: Dimiter Petkov
Conductor: André Previn
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus

Number of Discs: 2
Recorded in: Stereo
Length: 1 Hours 55 Mins.

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Notes & Reviews	Back to Top

Shostakovich always had a knack for irritating the Soviet regime. Yet it seems that the bad luck he had of being a composer working under an authoritarian regime paradoxically brought out the best in him. But Shostakovich was also complex individual and in this CD we are treated to some of his most emotional music. Certainly the Tenth Symphony is one of his supreme achievements and happens to be one of his works that, if not quite pleasing the authorities because of its unrelenting bleak tone, it has stood the test of time. No doubt the forbidding, drum-spitting Allegro, which is given an appropriately frenzied yet stately performance by Previn, did much to make the authorities take notice. But it was the Thirteenth Symphony of 1962 that alarmed Krushchev and the Communist Party such that the piece was quickly removed from the repertoire after a handful of performances. Essentially a symphonic song cycle for baritone and orchestra, it was the first movement and Yevtushenko's poems, specifically the first movement--which accused the Communist regime of anti-Semitism--that brought down the wrath of the authorities. Dimiter Petkov is in fine form here for a work that is alternately stark and sardonic.


Works on This Recording			Back to Top

1.	Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93 by Dmitri Shostakovich
	Conductor: André Previn Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1953; USSR	Date of Recording: 07/1982 Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London Length: 52 Minutes 21 Secs.

	Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.


2.	Symphony no 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 "Babi Yar" by Dmitri Shostakovich
	Performer: Dimiter Petkov (Bass) Conductor: André Previn Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus Period: 20th Century Written: 1962; USSR	Date of Recording: 07/1979 Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England Length: 62 Minutes 43 Secs. Language: Russian

	Notes: This selection is an ADD recording.


Sound Samples				Back to Top

Symphony No.10 in E minor Op.93: I. Moderato
Symphony No.10 in E minor Op.93: II. Allegro
Symphony No.10 in E minor Op.93: III. Allegretto - Largo - Più mosso
Symphony No.10 in E minor Op.93: IV. Andante - Allegro - L'istesso tempo
Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 (words by Yevtushenko) (1999 Digital Remaster): I. Babi Yar
Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 (words by Yevtushenko) (1999 Digital Remaster): II. Humour
Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 (words by Yevtushenko) (1999 Digital Remaster): III. In the store
Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 (words by Yevtushenko) (1999 Digital Remaster): IV. Fears
Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 (words by Yevtushenko) (1999 Digital Remaster): V. A career

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