Symphonies Nos. 6 & 14

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Vladimir Mikhailovich Jurowski & Tatiana Monogarova & Sergei Leiferkus & London Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphonies Nos. 6 and 14 are orchestral works by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1939 and 1969 respectively. The Sixth is relatively concise and contrasts a sprightly opening with a long, sombre slow movement reflective of his pre-war period, while the Fourteenth is a late-period, song-cycle-like symphony for voices and chamber orchestra that concentrates on themes of mortality and marks a shift toward more compact, aphoristic forms in his late output.

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  1. 1.
    Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54: I. Largo
    17:03
  2. 2.
    Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54: II. Allegro
    5:50
  3. 3.
    Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54: III. Presto
    7:18
  4. 4.
    Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135: I. De profundis
    4:45
  5. 5.
    Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135: II. Malaguena
    2:40
  6. 6.
    Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135: III. Lorelei
    7:35
  7. 7.
    Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135: IV. The Suicide
    6:48
  8. 8.
    Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135: V. On Watch
    2:50
  9. 9.
    Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135: VI. Madam, look!
    2:02
  10. 10.
    Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135: VII. In Prison
    8:59
  11. 11.
    Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135: VIII. The Zaporozhian Cossack's Reply to the Sultan of Constantinople
    1:57
  12. 12.
    Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135: IX. Oh Delvig, Delvig!
    3:55
  13. 13.
    Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135: X. The Death of a Poet
    4:44
  14. 14.
    Symphony No. 14 in G Minor, Op. 135: XI. Epilogue (Alla marcia)
    1:18

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