“Babi Yar” Symphony no. 13
Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln & Rudolf Barshai
Symphony No. 13, 'Babi Yar', is a choral symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich composed and first performed in 1962. The work features a bass soloist and male chorus with orchestra, employing stark orchestral textures, declamatory vocal writing and elements of Soviet-era modernism to address traumatic wartime themes, marking a confrontational and politicised phase in Shostakovich's career.
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- 1.Symphony no. 13 in B flat minor, op. 113: Babi Yar – Adagio17:09
- 2.Symphony no. 13 in B flat minor, op. 113: Humour – Allegretto8:28
- 3.Symphony no. 13 in B flat minor, op. 113: In the Store – Adagio12:44
- 4.Symphony no. 13 in B flat minor, op. 113: Fears – Adagio11:55
- 5.Symphony no. 13 in B flat minor, op. 113: A Career – Allegretto12:29
