Symphonies nos. 14 & 15

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Государственный cимфонический оркестр Министерства культуры СССР & Gennadi Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky

Symphonies Nos. 14 and 15 are symphonic works by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1969 and 1971 respectively. They exemplify his late-period style, characterised by terse orchestration, stark tonal contrasts and a preoccupation with mortality and musical memory, with the pair marking some of the composer's final explorations of form and expression in his symphonic output.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 14, op. 135: I. De Profundis
    4:18
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 14, op. 135: II. Malaguena
    2:47
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 14, op. 135: III. Loreley
    8:49
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 14, op. 135: IV. The Suicide
    6:33
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 14, op. 135: V. On Watch
    3:13
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 14, op. 135: VI. Madam! Look
    1:43
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 14, op. 135: VII. In the Sante
    8:49
  8. 8.
    Symphony no. 14, op. 135: VIII. The Zaporogian Cossack's Reply to the Sultan of Constantinople
    2:00
  9. 9.
    Symphony no. 14, op. 135: IX. O Delvig, Delvig!
    4:30
  10. 10.
    Symphony no. 14, op. 135: X. Death of the Poet
    4:45
  11. 11.
    Symphony no. 14, op. 135: XI. Conclusion
    1:16
  12. 12.
    6 Romances to Texts by Japanese Poets, op. 21: 1. Love
    2:56
  13. 13.
    6 Romances to Texts by Japanese Poets, op. 21: 2. Before the Suicide
    1:42
  14. 14.
    6 Romances to Texts by Japanese Poets, op. 21: 3. Immodest Glance
    1:06
  15. 15.
    6 Romances to Texts by Japanese Poets, op. 21: 4. For the First and Last TIme
    2:55
  16. 16.
    6 Romances to Texts by Japanese Poets, op. 21: 5. Hopeless Love
    2:10
  17. 17.
    6 Romances to Texts by Japanese Poets, op. 21: 6. The Death
    2:24
  18. 18.
    4 Romances After Puskin, op. 46: 1. Renaissance
    1:52
  19. 19.
    4 Romances After Puskin, op. 46: 2. Jealous Maiden
    1:36
  20. 20.
    4 Romances After Puskin, op. 46: 3. Premonition
    3:41
  21. 21.
    4 Romances After Puskin, op. 46: 4. Stances
    5:14

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony no. 15 in A major, op. 141: I. Allegretto
    7:43
  2. 3.
    Symphony no. 15 in A major, op. 141: II. Adagio - Largo - Adagio - Largo
    16:22
  3. 4.
    Symphony no. 15 in A major, op. 141: III. Allegretto
    4:32
  4. 5.
    Symphony no. 15 in A major, op. 141: IV. Adagio - Allegretto - Adagio - Allegretto
    14:29
  5. 6.
    6 Romances to Texts by British Poets, op. 62a: 1. To a Song (Walter Raleigh)
    3:54
  6. 7.
    6 Romances to Texts by British Poets, op. 62a: 2. In the Fields (Robert Burns)
    3:30
  7. 8.
    6 Romances to Texts by British Poets, op. 62a: 3. MacPherson Before His Execution (Robert Burns)
    2:10
  8. 9.
    6 Romances to Texts by British Poets, op. 62a: 4. Jenny (Robert Burns)
    1:44
  9. 10.
    6 Romances to Texts by British Poets, op. 62a: 5. Sonnet no. 66 (William Shakespeare)
    3:03
  10. 11.
    6 Romances to Texts by British Poets, op. 62a: 6. The King's Campaign (trad. children's song)
    0:56
  11. 12.
    8 English and American Folk Songs, op. 63f: 1. The Sailor's Bride (English)
    2:58
  12. 13.
    8 English and American Folk Songs, op. 63f: 2. John Andersson (English)
    2:31
  13. 14.
    8 English and American Folk Songs, op. 63f: 3. Billy Boy (English)
    1:31
  14. 15.
    8 English and American Folk Songs, op. 63f: 4. O, My Ash and Oak (American)
    2:55
  15. 16.
    8 English and American Folk Songs, op. 63f: 5. King Arthur's Servants (English)
    0:50
  16. 17.
    8 English and American Folk Songs, op. 63f: 6. Seems She Walked Along the Rye (English)
    1:57
  17. 18.
    8 English and American Folk Songs, op. 63f: 7. Spring Round Dance (English)
    1:59
  18. 19.
    8 English and American Folk Songs, op. 63f: 8. Johnny Will Come Home Again (American)
    2:05

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