Symphony No.13 'Babi Yar', Op.113

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich

Symphony No.13 "Babi Yar", Op.113 is the thirteenth symphony by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1962. The work is a choral symphony for bass soloist, men's chorus and orchestra, characterised by stark, declamatory vocal writing, dense orchestral textures and abrupt, often sardonic contrasts, and represents a late-period work in which Shostakovich directly engages with contemporaneous political themes in Soviet society.