Symphonies 3 "The First of May" & 14

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Larissa Gogolevskaja & Sergey Aleksashkin & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Mariss Jansons

Symphonies Nos. 3 ("The First of May") and 14 are orchestral works by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1929 and 1969 respectively. Musically they contrast an early, expansive orchestral-and-choral approach with a late, chamber-sized work that uses solo voices and a reduced ensemble in a stark and sparse style, and they are near the beginning and the end of his symphonic output.