Academic Symphony Orchestra of Moscow State Philharmonic Society
Moscow State Chamber Choir
Doležal Quartet
Josef Suk Piano Quartet
London Symphony Orchestra
Leningrad Chamber Orchestra
Dmitri Shostakovich
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Critical Reception
Shostakovich later admitted that out of his 15 symphonies, the Second and Third were 'completely unsatisfactory'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 2 was composed in a 'music without emotional structure' manner, intending to reflect speech patterns and physical movements in a neo-realistic style.
Composition History
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 2, subtitled 'To October', was commissioned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution and included a poem by Alexander Bezymensky.
Performer Biography
Igor Blazhkov, a conductor on this album, played works by 20th-century composers like Stravinsky, Schönberg, Berg, and Ives in the Soviet Union.
Composer Biography
Dmitry Shostakovich wrote his Symphony No. 1 as a graduation piece for the Petrograd Conservatory, completing it at the age of 19.
Compositional Technique
The orchestral suite from Shostakovich's opera 'The Nose' includes a piece for percussion alone, which was one of the very first in Western music.
Composition History
Shostakovich's 'Five Fragments for Orchestra, Op. 42' were composed in a single day and summarize his compositional techniques at age 29.
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