Symphony No. 12 The Year 1917 / Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest & Bernard Haitink

Symphony No. 12, The Year 1917, is a symphony by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich composed in 1961, commonly issued on recordings together with his Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes. The music presents a large-scale, mid-20th-century orchestral language characterised by martial brass, sombre string sonorities and clear rhythmic gestures addressing historical subject matter, while the overture contributes a more folkloric, colourful use of Russian and Kirghiz material that reflects Shostakovich's late-career engagement with public, programme-driven works.

First released: 1983

Classical

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1.
Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 "The Year 1917": I. Revolutionary Petrograd
13:23
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Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 "The Year 1917": II. Razliv
14:03
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Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 "The Year 1917": III. Aurora
4:23
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Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 "The Year 1917": IV. The Dawn of Humanity
10:55
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Overture on Russian & Kirghiz Folk Themes, op. 115
9:57