Symphony no. 13 “Babi Yar”

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus & Sir Georg Solti

Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar" is the thirteenth symphony by Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich, completed and premiered in 1962. The work is a large-scale choral symphony for bass soloist, male chorus and orchestra that pairs stark, brooding orchestration and sharp dissonances with direct settings of Russian poems on wartime and social themes, and it stands as a notable example in Shostakovich's later output of his engagement with vocal forms and politically charged subjects.

First released: 1995

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Babi Yar
3:48
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Symphony no. 13 in B flat minor, op. 113 "Babi Yar": I. Babi Yar: Adagio
15:59
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Humour
1:57
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Symphony no. 13 in B flat minor, op. 113 "Babi Yar": II. Humour: Allegretto
8:18
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In the Store
1:17
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Fears
2:38
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A Career
1:40
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Symphony no. 13 in B flat minor, op. 113 "Babi Yar": III. In the Store: Adagio
12:54
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Symphony no. 13 in B flat minor, op. 113 "Babi Yar": IV. Fears: Largo
11:50
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Symphony no. 13 in B flat minor, op. 113 "Babi Yar": V. A Career: Allegretto
12:50