IDAGIO | Schostakowitsch: Doppeltes Spiel -playing a double game (CD 1

Featuring

Ulrich Matthes
Udo Wachtveitl
Bernard Haitink
Boris Berman
Dimiter Petkov
Eduard Kazaryan

Fyodor Kuznetsov
Galina Vishnevskaya
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Hilary Hahn
Holger Busch
Ilya Levinsky
Johannes Kalitzke
José Serebrier
Konstantin Pluzhnikov
Konstantin Scherbakov
Marek Janowski
Margarete Babinsky
Margarita Gritskova
Maria Prinz
Marianna Tarassova
Mariss Jansons
Mark Fitz-Gerald
Martin Rasch
Martin Stadtfeld
Mats Lidström
Michail Jurowski
Mstislav Rostropovich
Neeme Järvi
Peter Masseurs
Riccardo Chailly
Ronald Brautigam
Stuart Skelton
Valery Gergiev
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladislav Sulimsky
Wanja Hlibka
Yuri Serov
Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay
Sir Simon Rattle
Ada Meinich
Florian Uhlig
Jiří Stárek
Yulia Khutoretskaya
Anatoly Lochak
Elena Prokina
Andrei Baturkin
Irina Gelahova
Heinrich Schiff
Maxim Shostakovich
Sergei Aleksashkin
Gerard Schwarz
Arabella Steinbacher
Andris Nelsons
Basel Sinfonietta
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
Concertgebouworkest
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Don Cossack Choir
Göteborgs Symfoniker
London Philharmonic Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Mandelring Quartett
Oslo Philharmonic
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Ambrosian Singers
The Philadelphia Orchestra
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Vermeer Quartet
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Mariinsky Orchestra
Mariinsky Theatre Chorus
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
St. Petersburg Youth Chamber Choir
Het Residentie Orkest
Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Seattle Symphony
Jörg Handstein
Dmitri Shostakovich

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Cultural Impact

Shostakovich's music is considered the soundtrack of an entire era, deeply imbued with history and politics.

Critical Reception

For a long time, the West misunderstood Shostakovich's music, seeing him only as a state-loyal functionary and his music as conformist.

Composer Biography

Dmitri Shostakovich's life story is deeply intertwined with the history of the Soviet Union, which he experienced from the revolution to Stalin's dictatorship.

Recording & Production

The audio biography features Udo Wachtveitl as the narrator and Ulrich Matthes portraying Dmitri Shostakovich.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Shostakovich believed he had to play the role of a loyal functionary to create art that spoke against the regime and for the freedom of art.

Recording & Production

The Symphony No. 5 on this album is a live recording from Munich, performed by the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under conductor Mariss Jansons.