ANDRIS NELSONS, BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - Shostakovich Symphonies [3CD]

Decca (UMO) / Classics / Deutsche Grammophon

£26.78

Format: 3 x CD
Catalogue No.: 4864965
Barcode: 028948649655
Release Date: 06 Oct 2023
Genre: Classical

In this latest installment of their acclaimed Shostakovich cycle, Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra explore the composer’s shifting identity and political convictions under the Soviet regime, tracing with the four symphonies on this album a 35-year span in Shostakovich’s creative and personal evolution: from youthful idealism to mature disillusionment and resignation. The orchestra and its Musical Director are joined by bass-baritone Matthias Goerne who gives an impressive performance of the “Babi Yar” solos in Symphony No. 13. The Tanglewood Festival Chorus (chorus master: James Burton) gives a strong support in the choral parts of Symphonies Nos. 2, 3 and 13, and are joining powers in the mighty Symphony No. 13 with the New England Conservatory Symphonic Choir (chorus master: Erica J. Washburn). This set comes as a 3 CD multipack. The booklet (32 pages) includes liner notes by Harlow Robinson in English and German and all original lyrics in Russian (romanized) with English translation.

TRACKLIST:
CD1
Symphony No. 2 in B major op. 14 “To October”
[1] Largo – Allegro molto – [12:07]
[2] 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”
[3] Allegretto – Più mosso – Allegro [10:49]
[4] Andante [06:07] IG 1
[5] Allegro – Andante – Largo – [12:24]
[6] 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”
[7] 1. Revolutionary Petrograd: Moderato – Allegro – [15:08]
[8] 2. Razliv: Allegro – L'istesso tempo – Adagio – [14:03]
[9] 3. Aurora: L'istesso tempo – Allegro – [04:44]
[10] 4. The Dawn of Humanity: L'istesso tempo – Allegretto – Moderato [11:09]

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