Symphony no. 6 / Symphony no. 12 “The Year of 1917”

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Symfonický orchester Slovenského rozhlasu & Ladislav Slovák

Symphony No. 6 / Symphony No. 12 “The Year of 1917” is a release of orchestral works by Dmitri Shostakovich, with the Sixth Symphony composed in 1939 and the Twelfth composed in 1961. The pairing highlights contrasting sonic approaches in his output — the Sixth's sombre, episodic and chamber-like textures set against the Twelfth's more overtly programmatic, march-driven orchestral rhetoric that reflects a shift toward public, politically infused statements in his later career.

First released: February 1993

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1.
Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 54: I. Largo
19:32
2.
Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 54: II. Allegro
7:18
3.
Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 54: III. Presto
7:37
4.
Symphony no. 12 “The Year of 1917”, op. 112: I. Revolutionary Petrograd
14:22
5.
Symphony no. 12 “The Year of 1917”, op. 112: II. Razliv
10:15
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Symphony no. 12 “The Year of 1917”, op. 112: III. Aurora
4:17
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Symphony no. 12 “The Year of 1917”, op. 112: IV. Dawn of Humanity
9:54