Shostakovich: Symphony no. 10 in E minor

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra & Paavo Järvi

Symphony No. 10 in E minor is the tenth symphony by Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich, completed and first performed in 1953. The four-movement orchestral work juxtaposes driving, march-like passages and brooding slow movements with sharp brass and percussion gestures, and is frequently interpreted as a musical response to Stalin's death that indicates a shift in Shostakovich's postwar compositional language.
First released: 2009

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 10 in E minor, op. 93: I. Moderato
    24:52
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 10 in E minor, op. 93: II. Allegro
    4:09
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 10 in E minor, op. 93: III. Allegretto
    13:04
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 10 in E minor, op. 93: IV. Andante - Allegro
    13:51
  5. 5.
    Overture no. 2
    11:19

Credits