Symphony No. 14

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & New York Philharmonic & Leonard Bernstein

Symphony No. 14 is the fourteenth symphony by Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1969. Scored for soprano, bass and a reduced chamber orchestra, it sets a sequence of poems on death in a concentrated, sombre style that emphasises stark vocal declamation, chamber textures and episodic, aphoristic motifs, marking a late-career turn toward shorter, more introspective works that contrasts with his earlier large-scale symphonies.
First released: 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony No. 14, Op. 135: I. De profundis
    5:22
  2. 2.
    Symphony No. 14, Op. 135: II. Malagueña
    2:52
  3. 3.
    Symphony No. 14, Op. 135: III. Loreley
    7:47
  4. 4.
    Symphony No. 14, Op. 135: IV. The Suicide
    7:09
  5. 5.
    Symphony No. 14, Op. 135: V. On Watch
    3:12
  6. 6.
    Symphony No. 14, Op. 135: VI. Madam, look!
    2:10
  7. 7.
    Symphony No. 14, Op. 135: VII. In the Santé Jail
    9:35
  8. 8.
    Symphony No. 14, Op. 135: VIII. Reply of the Zaporozhye Cossacks to the Sultan of Constantinople
    2:14
  9. 9.
    Symphony No. 14, Op. 135: IX. O Delvig, Delvig!
    4:55
  10. 10.
    Symphony No. 14, Op. 135: X. Death of the Poet
    5:22
  11. 11.
    Symphony No. 14, Op. 135: XI. Conclusion
    1:11

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