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	Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5/Piano Concerto No. 2 (DE 3246)
		The Fifth Symphony, finished by Shostakovich in 1937, is probably the most frequently performed of his symphonies, and it's easy to hear why.
		In it we hear the essence of Shostakovich's symphonic personality - it was with the Fifth that he returned to a traditional standard-sized orchestra and four clearly-organized movements, convinced at the time of the need for firm structure in symphonic writing.
		This may be in part because Shostakovich composed this work for his 19-year-old son Maxim, to be performed and conducted by him to secure admission to the Moscow Conservatory.
	www.delosmus.com /de32/de3246.html (200 words)

	Symphony No. 2 (Shostakovich) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Symphony No. 2 in B flat major (Opus 14; subtitled To October) by Dmitri Shostakovich was written and first performed by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra and the Academy Capella Choir under Nikolai Malko, on 5 November 1927.
		The Largo itself has two parts: a polyphonic beginning and a meditative episode which Shostakovich described as the "death of a child" (letter to Boleslav Yavorsky).
		It was originally written as a cantata; the composer only later designated it his second symphony.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Symphony_No._2_(Shostakovich) (183 words)

	Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 - $9.11- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Probably no purely instrumental symphony by Shostakovich has given rise to so much extra-musical comment, but to my mind it can all be dispensed with.
		This is music entirely different to the overwhelmingly tense and strident fourth symphony, to the melancholy introspection of the fifth symphony (whose "triumphant" finale, even, raises more questions than it solves), to the restless unease of the sixth.
		Shostakovich somehow favored the clarinet in the high register; and in this chorale, he "humanizes" this timbre (in a way opposite to the "wail" of the second movement).
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	Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4
		Shostakovich scored it for 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, small clarinet in E-flat, 2 clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (bass drum, snare drum, tam-tam, cymbals, triangle, glockenspiel, and xylophone), 2 harps, piano, and strings.
		Shostakovich clearly made a major effort to write a “classical” piece here, one that would be acceptable to the authorities and was as far removed from the avant-gardistic Fourth as possible.
		The symphony was definitely a response to something, but not in the sense of a chastised schoolboy mending his ways — rather as a great artist reacting to the cruelty and insanity of the times.
	www.clevelandorch.com /images/FTPImages/Performance/program_notes/030603.html (3471 words)

	Shostakovich, Symphony No. 2 (1927)
		The prevailing view of the life and art of Shostakovich, is that both express the immense tragedy of the twentieth century.
		In fact, no irony can be found in either the music Shostakovich composed for his Second Symphony, or in Alexander Bezymenski's poem, "To October." And the music is certainly not hackwork.
		Within these the mature Shostakovich appears in much more than fleeting glimpses: the precocious 19-year-old whose First Symphony (1925) immediately entered the international repertoire proved, two years later, how thoroughly he had absorbed the new musical language of the international avant-garde, and how effectively he could use those elements that suited his purposes.
	www.americansymphony.org /dialogues_extensions/2000_01season/2000_12_13/shostakovich.cfm (484 words)

	Johannes Brahms - Symphony 2
		The older composer described the music as "disguised symphonies," and predicted, "When his magic is enhanced by the massed forces of chorus and orchestra, still more wonderful glimpses into the spiritual world will be granted to us." Two more decades passed before Brahms moved into the orchestral realm, but eventually Schumann was proven right.
		The second of Brahms' four symphonies was composed in 1877 in the town of Pörtschach on the Wörthersee in the Austrian Alps.
		Perhaps Shostakovich could do so, but Brahms, as it turns out, was strictly joking.
	w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de /cmp/brahms_sym2.html (462 words)

	Dmitry Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2
		Dmitry Shostakovich was the last of the great composers who could be called both traditionalist and modern, and the first of the Russian composers who emerged because of, rather than despite, the Soviet regime.
		Shostakovich managed to keep the censors at bay even while striving for independence, but his style evolved into more introverted melancholy and nationalistic fervor during this period.
		His fifth symphony (1937), subtitled "A Soviet Artist's Reply to Just Criticism," is seen by most critics as a subtle satire of the politburo's requirements in its grandiose manner and the forced rejoicing of the final movement.
	www.barbwired.com /barbweb/programs/shostakovich_piano2.html (824 words)

	Amazon.com: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Some Shostakovich symphonies (certainly the 1st, 5th, 8th and 10th, and perhaps the 6th and 9th) are heard in the concert hall much more frequently than this work, or for that matter, his other "war" symphony, the 7th ("Leningrad") Symphony.
		Shostakovich's 11th Symphony is not one of his greatest works -- it is not in the same league as the 4th, 5th, 8th and 10th.
		His recordings of Shostakovich have been uneven, but when he is ON, there is no conductor better at conveying the depth of tragedy and the Russian soul of the music, and he and the LSO were definitely ON the night they recorded this record in March of 2002.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006C2D8?v=glance (2242 words)

	Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Scored for 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, E flat clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, 2 harps, piano, celesta, tympani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, xylophone, glockenspiel, triangle, and strings.
		Shostakovich was luckier, perhaps because the young composer had already achieved some international recognition, but the attacks in Pravda turned him into a pariah who began keeping a packed suitcase beside his bed in case he were arrested in the night.
		Shostakovich's next misstep came with the Fourth Symphony, which he had been composing in his mind for some time.
	fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu /geoff/prognotes/shostakovich/symphony5.html (647 words)

	Oregon Symphony: Brahms Symphony No. 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Indeed, Brahms' Symphony No. 2 in D major is often described as the cheerful alter ego to the solemnity and melancholy of his Symphony No. 1.
		In no other form of the time could composer and performer display their virtuosity and at the same time express a full spectrum of emotion.
		The Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major was performed for the first time on March 10, 1785, in Vienna's Burgtheater, at a subscription concert for Mozart with the composer at the keyboard.
	www.orsymphony.org /concerts/0405/programnotes/classical8.html (1872 words)

	INKPOT#83/I CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: Requiem Cycle - SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.13 "Babi Yar" - Inktroduction
		The tonality of this symphony lies in B-flat minor, a fairly rare key which does not immediately bring to mind another symphony in a similar key.
		It is Shostakovich's cry from the heart that speaks directly to present-day society; it is also a memorial for the dead of the Holocaust, and a comfort for the living mourning.
		Shostakovich is my favorite composer and I do not seek to disrespect the memory of the Jewish Holocaust, however I find the statement that you have made on your page insulting and arrogant.
	inkpot.com /classical/shostasym13.html (2951 words)

	Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 - Music
		Besides, if you consider the fact of being the next Symphony after that giant work such Leningrad was, the Symphony may be was not as pyramidal and deep purpose but the point is the Eighth never received the special attention about its transcendent significance.
		The 8th Symphony is a powerful expression of the horror of war, which has been compared to Picasso's painting "Guernica." First performed on November 4, 1943 with Mravinsky conducting, it was largely ignored at first.
		Shostakovich's 8th Symphony is one of the towering masterworks of 20th century music, and 20th century art overall.
	www.wensstyle.com /product/B00000IP3D.html (1600 words)

	DSCH 10 Shostakovich CD Reviews - Symphony No. 15; Violin Concerto No. 2
		The transmogrifying of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra's name as "The Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmony" is also unfortunate, as it is bound to sow confusion in the catalogues.
		The disc's cueing, however, is unnecessarily stingy, with no new track for the third movement of the symphony.
		Furthermore, Shostakovich did not complete the concerto until May 1967 and it did not receive its première under Oistrakh until 13 September 1967, so the recording date given here, 21 February 1967, is impossible.
	www.dschjournal.com /reviews/rvs10op141.htm (619 words)

	Christopher Rouse - Composer - Symphony No. 2
		I completed physical work on my Symphony No. 1 two years later, and it was premiered in January 1988 by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, for whom it was written, under the direction of David Zinman.
		Although the passage of ten years between conception and execution of my second symphony undoubtedly effected alteration in a number of details as originally conceived, the fundamental concept of the work remained unchanged.
		As a result, the arch-like form of the symphony brings the work to a close at virtually the same structural point at which it began, but the conclusion's emotional world is light years away from that at the beginning.
	www.christopherrouse.com /sym2press.html (1058 words)

	Amazon.com: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This was one of the first Shostakovich symphonies I ever heard after the popular Fifth, and I found it a revelation.
		It's a description of the events that the symphony depicts and it is a tribute to Haitink and his orchestra that the experience of listening to the CD was horrifying.
		Shostakovich's eleventh is a work that demands your full attention as you listen.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000IP3F?v=glance (1051 words)

	PROM 55: Shostakovich, Symphony no. 2; Beethoven, Symphony no. 9. Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa – Pekka ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		PROM 55: Shostakovich, Symphony no. 2; Beethoven, Symphony no. 9.
		These two works form such an ideal pairing that it seems odd that this was the first Proms outing for the Shostakovich; as it happened, the performance of this piece was the more interesting of the evening, despite its occasional inherent awkwardness.
		The almost – shouting in which the chorus has to indulge here bears similarities to that style, and it was greatly to their credit that this group of singers managed to sound totally convincing whilst singing such formulaic language and brusque notation.
	www.musicweb-international.com /SandH/2002/Aug02/Prom_55.htm (403 words)

	Shostakovich Symphony No. 15 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This last symphony to be completed by the Soviet Union's premiere composer (he had begun a sixteenth, however) has puzzled annotators and critics ever since his son Maxsim introduced it in Moscow in 1972.
		In between there is Wagner's "Fate" motif, the drumbeat that accompanies Siegfried's Funeral March, Glinka's "Do not tempt me needlessly," and passages from Shostakovich's own Mahlerian Fourth Symphony, suppressed for more than 25 years on possible pain of extermination or exile to a gulag in Siberia.
		Jansons chills at the same time he thrills us; he has gone to the core of the piece as no one before him -- not Mravinsky, or Kondrashin, or Haitink, or Rostropovich, or Sanderling, or anyone else who has dedicated himself the Fifteenth Symphony, including (perhaps especially) the composer's son.
	classicalcdreview.com /shos15.html (529 words)

	London Shostakovich Orchestra - Symphony No. 11 CD
		Alternatively, or additionally, you can also order the symphony alone on a single CD for £10.95 including p&p.
		You can also place an order by contacting Dunelm Records directly at: Dunelm Records, 2 Park Close, Glossop, Derbyshire SK13 7RQ, UK (tel: +44 (0)1457 855313; email: sales@dunelm-records.co.uk).
		Please quote reference number DRD0193 for the full 2 CD set or DRD0193B for the symphony alone.
	www.shostakovich.com /shos11cd.html (217 words)

	Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 102; Symphony for Strings, Op. 118a - Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The second movement of the pianoconcerto is one of the most moving pieces of music I know, leaving you with an intense feeling of sadness and hope.
		The opus 118a which is the great 8th string quartet rewritten for string orchestra, is beautiful as well.
		Shostakovich always ends his works at the first light after a very cold and dark night.
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	DSCH 10 Shostakovich CD Review - Symphony No. 15; Piano Concerto No. 2; Gadfly
		Listening to the symphony, I found many of the same descriptions creeping to mind as when I auditioned Mariss Jansons' distinctive reading of the Fifth (see DSCH No. 9).
		On the other side of said climax (which here recalls the raging against the dying of the light in Strauss' Death and Transfiguration), the symmetrically balanced slowness transports the listener from the realm of time and space.
		No matter; solo violinist Joakim Svenheden's tone in the Romance could hardly be more swoon-provoking nor the orchestra's turn at his melody more sweeping.
	www.dschjournal.com /reviews/rvs10op102.htm (712 words)

	INKPOT#60 CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.10 - An Ink-troduction
		The Tenth Symphony in E minor, coming just after Stalin's death in 1953, is very clearly an autobiographical symphony, very free in the "decadence and Western disharmony" that Stalin had so hated.
		With this, the symphony rolls to a triumphant close - but not before the D-S-C-H theme is declared in octaves by almost the entire symphonic range with tremendous drive, signaling the victory of the man, the composer, the artist.
		I thought Shostakovich was born in 1906 and died in 1975.
	inkpot.com /classical/shostasym10.html (1591 words)

	Lowell Liebermann \| Recordings \| Symphony No. 2 \| Litton
		Trio No. 1 for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op.
		Trio No. 2 for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op.
		The famous flutist has put his weight behind one of America's most gifted "new tonalist" composers, with electrifying results.
	www.lowellliebermann.com /recordings/symphony_two.html (164 words)

	New CDs 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		New CDs with works of Shostakovich will be included in the Shostakovich' opus lists.
		Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14 - Moscow Chamber Orchestra, M. Rostropovich (cond), G. Vishnevskaya (soprano), M. Reshetin (bass) / Seven Romances on Poems of A. Blok opus 127 - G. Vishnevskaya (soprano), M. Rostropovich (cello), D. Oistrakh (violin), M. Vainberg (piano) - Revelation RV 10101
		Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 2 / Suite in B minor / The Cedar and the Palm / Bilina / Intermezzos Nos.
	home.wanadoo.nl /ovar/various/newcd98.htm (2589 words)

	Shostakovich: Symphony no 5, Piano Concerto no 2 / Litton by Litton / Shostakovich CD
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		Shostakovich: Symphony no 5; Janacek / Horenstein, Vienna Janacek / Shostakovich
		Shostakovich: Symphony no 5; Kodaly / Istvan Kertesz, et al London Symphony Orchestra
	cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/1007457/a/.../Litton.htm (401 words)

	SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 8 by Unknown at Audio Lunchbox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		2: HINDEMITH: Mathis der Maler / Symphonic Metamorphosis - HINDEMITH: Mathis der Maler Symphony - Engelkonzert: Ruhig bewegt - Ziemlich lebhafte Halbe
		3: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 2, 'London' / The Wasps Overture - VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps (Overture) - The Wasps
		4: HINDEMITH: Mathis der Maler / Symphonic Metamorphosis - HINDEMITH: Mathis der Maler Symphony - Grablegung: Sehr langsam
	www.audiolunchbox.com /album?a=24036 (720 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Music: Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No 2; Symphony, Op 118a (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No 2; Symphony, Op 118a
		Only 2 left in stock but more will be available--order now.
		This is one of Shostakovich's less known works deserving to be heard more often.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000000AE1 (417 words)

	Tower Records - Shostakovich: Symphony no 5, Piano Concerto no 2 / Litton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The famous Fifth Symphony receives a solid, no-nonsense reading that observes the now common practice of taking the finale's coda at a slow tempo--although not nearly so protracted as from either Rostroprovich or Maxim Shostakovich.
		This recording is highly recommendable for the piano concerto, the sound, and to those wanting value added to their Fifth Symphony.
		Shostakovich: Symphonies no 6 & 10 / Litton, Dallas SO
	www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=1533242 (290 words)

	Classical CD Reviews- April 1999: Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 2 Shostakovich Symphony No 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		the Piano Concerto No 1 is in Bb minor and the mellow Quartet no 3 is in Eb minor.
		Shostakovich Symphony No 9 is sometimes maligned for being 'lightweight' but as with the unsurpassed finale of his Symphony No 6, of which Fritz Reiner's version is, by far, still the best, Shostakovich introduces a burlesque sense of humour probably to counteract the repressive Stalin regime.
		I was brought up on Mravinsky's performance and so, rightly or wrongly, I judge all performances by that.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/Apr99/tchpc2.htm (713 words)

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