Symphony #14

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Dresdner Philharmonie & Michael Sanderling

Symphony No. 14 is the fourteenth symphony by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, composed and first performed in 1969. Scored for two vocal soloists and a chamber ensemble, it offers a stark, sombre meditation on death through a sequence of short, intense movements, representing one of the composer's late, introspective works and a clear departure from his earlier large-scale symphonic writing.
First released: 7th June 2019

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 14 in E minor, op. 135: I. De profundis. Adagio
    4:48
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 14 in E minor, op. 135: II. Malagueña. Allegretto
    2:51
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 14 in E minor, op. 135: III. Loreley. Allegro molto
    8:46
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 14 in E minor, op. 135: IV. Le Suicidé. Adagio
    6:19
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 14 in E minor, op. 135: V. Les Attentives I. Allegretto
    3:00
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 14 in E minor, op. 135: VI. Les Attentives II. Adagio
    1:29
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 14 in E minor, op. 135: VII. À la Santé. Adagio
    8:41
  8. 8.
    Symphony no. 14 in E minor, op. 135: VIII. Réponse des Cosaques Zaporogues au Sultan de Constantinople. Allegro
    1:51
  9. 9.
    Symphony no. 14 in E minor, op. 135: IX. O, Del’vig, Del’vig. Andante
    3:56
  10. 10.
    Symphony no. 14 in E minor, op. 135: X. Der Tod des Dichters. Largo
    4:51
  11. 11.
    Symphony no. 14 in E minor, op. 135: XI. Schlussstück. Moderato
    1:14

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