Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 “The Year 1905”

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest & Bernard Haitink

Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 (The Year 1905) is the eleventh symphony by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich, composed in 1957. The work is a large-scale, programmatic orchestral symphony that employs march-like rhythms, expansive brass and woodwind writing and stark orchestral colours to evoke events associated with 1905, and it marks a turn in Shostakovich's middle-period output toward publicly oriented, politically engaged composition.
First released: 5th July 1993

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 “The Year 1905”: I. The Palace Square. Adagio
    15:53
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 “The Year 1905”: II. 9 January. Allegro
    19:54
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 “The Year 1905”: III. In Memoriam. Adagio
    11:23
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 “The Year 1905”: IV. Tocsin. Allegro non troppo
    14:16

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