Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & State Symphony Orchestra of the Ministry of Culture of the USSR & Gennadi Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky

Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 is the eleventh symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed and premiered in 1957. Musically it is an expansive four-movement orchestral work that employs sombre brass chorales, vivid orchestral colour and episodic, programmatic tableaux to evoke historical events, and it occupies a notable place in Shostakovich's late-1950s output as a public-facing reflection on recent Russian history.
First released: 1988

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 “The Year 1905”: I. Palace Square. Adagio
    18:03
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 “The Year 1905”: II. Ninth of January. Allegro
    22:26
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 “The Year 1905”: III. Eternal Memory. Adagio
    9:59
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 “The Year 1905”: IV. Alarm. Allegro non troppo
    14:46

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