Symphony no. 2

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Vladimir Ashkenazy

Symphony No. 2 is the second symphony by Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich, premiered in 1927. The work is a large-scale orchestral and choral piece that employs modernist and avant-garde techniques, dissonant harmonies and elements of political cantata, reflecting his experimental early period and occupying an exploratory place in his symphonic output that foreshadows methods he developed later.
First released: 25th July 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Festival Overture, op. 96
    6:00
  2. 2.
    October, op. 131
    12:47
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 2, op. 14 "To October"
    17:13
  4. 4.
    The Song of the Forests, op. 81: When the war ended
    5:26
  5. 5.
    The Song of the Forests, op. 81: We will clothe our homeland with forests
    2:40
  6. 6.
    The Song of the Forests, op. 81: Memories of the past
    5:41
  7. 7.
    The Song of the Forests, op. 81: The pioneers plant the forests
    1:42
  8. 8.
    The Song of the Forests, op. 81: The Young Communists go forth
    3:25
  9. 9.
    The Song of the Forests, op. 81: A walk in the future
    6:09
  10. 10.
    The Song of the Forests, op. 81: Glory
    11:25

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