

8.558188-89
Download Size: 135 Mb
Running Time: 02:36:15
Release Date: March 2006
Originally recorded in 2006
Dmitri Shostakovich
Konstantin Scherbakov
Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky
Ladislav Slovák
Boris Berman
Vermeer Quartet
Stockholm Arts Trio
Ilya Kaler
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit
Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
Theodore Kuchar
Michael Houstoun
Éder Quartet
Peter Mikuláš
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Annette Bartholdy
Julius Drake
Classical
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Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975) is a rare figure in modern music: a composer who, having achieved international success when still in his teens, went on to become the leading light in Russian music of the Soviet era, and a mainstay of concert halls in Europe and America - championed by many international conductors and musicians. Yet this fame was to be increasingly accompanied by a constant debate between East and West over just what his music was about; an ideological battle that has only intensified in the three decades since his death. Together with a comprehensive essay that surveys his musical output, these two CDs present a detailed overview of Shostakovich's achievement.