Symphony no. 10 in E minor, op. 93

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Philharmonia Orchestra & Simon Rattle

Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 is the tenth symphony by Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich, completed in 1953. The four-movement orchestral work combines late‑Romantic and modernist idioms, alternating brooding, march‑like material with expansive, sardonic textures and incisive orchestration, and is situated in the immediate post‑Stalin period of Shostakovich's mid-career where its musical language is frequently considered in relation to contemporary political events.