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    Artists: 
    Andris Nelsons, 
    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 12 & 13

    3CD
    €32,99

    Release date: October 20, 2023

    Concluding their Shostakovich Cycle, Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra explore the composer’s shifting identity and political convictions under the Soviet regime, tracing with Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 12 and 13 a 35-year span in the composer’s creative and personal evolution: from youthful idealism to mature disillusionment and resignation. Bass-baritone Matthias Goerne gives an impressive performance of the “Babi Yar” solos in Symphony No. 13, joined by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus (also Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3) and the New England Conservatory Philharmonic Choir. “An ongoing Shostakovich survey that has rightly won [Andris Nelsons] three Grammy Awards.” (New York Times about the Shostakovich Cycle)

    Tracklist:

    Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
    Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Andris Nelsons
    CD1
    Symphony No. 2 in B major op. 14 “To October”
    Largo – Allegro molto – [12:07]
    Chorus: My shli, my prosily raboty i khlyeba [07:18]
    Tanglewood Festival Chorus
    Chorus Master: James Burton

    Symphony No. 3 in E flat major op. 20 “1st of May”
    Allegretto – Più mosso – Allegro [10:49]
    Andante [06:07] IG 1
    Allegro – Andante – Largo – [12:24]
    Moderato: V pervoye Pervoye maya [05:43]
    Tanglewood Festival Chorus
    Chorus Master: James Burton

    CD2
    Symphony No. 12 in D minor op. 112 “The Year 1917”
    1. Revolutionary Petrograd: Moderato – Allegro –  [15:08]
    2. Razliv: Allegro – L'istesso tempo – Adagio – [14:03]
    3. Aurora: L'istesso tempo – Allegro – [04:44]
    4. The Dawn of Humanity: L'istesso tempo – Allegretto – Moderato [11:09]

    CD3
    Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor op. 113 “Babi Yar”
    1. Babiy Yar (Babi Yar): Adagio [16:28]
    2. Yumor (Humour): Allegretto [08:48] IG 2
    3. V magazine (In the Store): Adagio – [14:02]
    4. Strakhi (Fears): Largo [14:21]
    5. Kar’year (Career): Allegretto [14:09]

    Matthias Goerne, bass-baritone
    Tenors and Basses of the
    Tanglewood Festival Chorus
    Chorus Master: James Burton
    New England Conservatory Symphonic Choir
    Chorus Master: Erica J. Washburn

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