Symphony no. 6 / Symphony no. 12 "The Year 1917"

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Vasily Petrenko

Symphony No. 6 and Symphony No. 12 'The Year 1917' are orchestral works by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1939 and 1961 respectively. The Sixth adopts a more concise, episodic approach with contrasting moods and often chamber-like textures that diverge from his earlier large-scale symphonies, while the Twelfth features march-inflected, publicly oriented gestures and programmatic material tied to the 1917 revolution, reflecting the composer's late-career engagement with commemorative and political themes in the symphonic repertoire.

Symphony no. 6 / Symphony no. 12 "The Year 1917" by Shostakovich - album cover

First released: October 2011

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1.
Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 54: I. Largo
19:45
2.
Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 54: II. Allegro
5:54
3.
Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 54: III. Presto
7:09
4.
Symphony no. 12 in D minor, op. 112, “The Year of 1917”: I. Revolutionary Petrograd. Moderato —
12:40
5.
Symphony no. 12 in D minor, op. 112, “The Year of 1917”: II. Razliv. Adagio —
10:44
6.
Symphony no. 12 in D minor, op. 112, “The Year of 1917”: III. Aurora. Allegro —
3:31
7.
Symphony no. 12 in D minor, op. 112, “The Year of 1917”: IV. The Dawn of Humanity. L’istesso tempo
9:55