Symphony no. 11 "The Year 1905"

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Oregon Symphony & James DePreist

Symphony No. 11, "The Year 1905", is the eleventh symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed and first performed in 1957. Musically it is a large-scale, programme-driven orchestral work characterised by expansive melodies, vivid orchestration, dramatic contrasts and martial gestures, reflecting Shostakovich's engagement with historical and public themes in his post-Stalin, mid-to-late symphonic period.

Symphony no. 11 "The Year 1905" by Shostakovich - album cover

First released: 2003

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Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 "The Year 1905": I. The Palace Square
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Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 "The Year 1905": II. The 9th of January
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Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 "The Year 1905": III. In Memoriam
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Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 "The Year 1905": IV. The Tocsin
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