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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 'The Year 1905', SACD Cd

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 'The Year 1905' SACD

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1905 was a year of revolutionary upheaval in pre-Soviet Russia. Shostakovich based this work on the events of one episode of that year, when thousands of workers and their families converged on the Winter Palace in St Petersburg to petition the Tsar over their working and living conditions. The Tsar had been advised to leave, no-one was there to accept the petition, and the authorities resorted to cavalry charges to disperse the crowd. With 200 dead and 500 wounded, this incident damaged the Tsar's reputation and flamed the fire of revolution in the masses. Whether the work was intended as a politically correct commemoration to please his Soviet paymasters, or actually as a commentary on the 1956 Hungarian uprising, remains under debate. There is no doubt, however, that this majestic score, almost filmic in its conception, remains a milestone in Shostakovich's output.

Track Listing

  1. I. Adagio
  2. II. Allegro
  3. III. Adagio
  4. IV. Allegro Non Troppo

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Track Listing

  1. I. Adagio
  2. II. Allegro
  3. III. Adagio
  4. IV. Allegro Non Troppo

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