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Shostakovich's first post-Stalin Symphony

DJ Rix | NJ USA | 11/12/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The Mahlerian Tenth Symphony was premiered in Leningrad on December 17, 1953, under the baton of Yevgeny Mravinsky. Stalin was dead. Although Soviet composers would continue to be badgered & pressured by the Kulture Police, there would be few incidents as frightening as the 1948 condemnation of Prokoviev & Shostokovich. #10 broods through three movements (the Allegro is supposedly a satire of Stalin) before opening out into a generally positive, at times even joyous mood. Better, tho, to hear it as pure orchestral music of large proportions rather than read particulars into it. The Austrian Radio Symphony (sometimes listed as ORF) is one of the better orchestras represented on bargain labels, & this is a fine performance if you want to sample Shostakovich at a bargain price. Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conductor: Milan Horvat Austrian Radio Orchestra & Chorus, Vienna 1. Sym No.10, in e, Op.93: Moderato
2. Sym No.10, in e, Op.93: Allegro
3. Sym No.10, in e, Op.93: Allegretto
4. Sym No.10, in e, Op.93: Andante-Allegrotime: 55 minutes"