Shostakovich / Dmitrij Šostakovič - Complete Symphonies 1-15 (11CD)

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Symphonies Nos. 1–15
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln • Rudolf Barshai

CD 1

Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10

1. Allegretto – 8:09
2. Allegro – 4:45
3. Lento – 7:43
4. Allegro molto – 8:36

Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 14 “To October” (for chorus & orchestra)
5. Symphony No. 2 – 18:45

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 20 “First of May” (for chorus & orchestra)
6. Symphony No. 3 – 26:29

CD 2

Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43

1. Allegretto poco moderato – 27:11
2. Moderato con moto – 8:45
3. Largo – Allegro – 26:02

CD 3

Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

1. Moderato – 15:30
2. Allegretto – 5:31
3. Largo – 13:17
4. Allegro non troppo – 11:14

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54
5. Largo – 18:49
6. Allegro – 5:47
7. Presto – 6:58

CD 4

Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 “Leningrad”

1. Allegretto (“War”) – 26:17
2. Moderato (“Memories”) – 10:29
3. Adagio (“My Native Field”) – 18:14
4. Allegro non troppo (“Victory”) – 16:31

CD 5

Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65

1. Adagio – 27:21
2. Allegretto – 6:42
3. Allegro non troppo – 6:42
4. Largo – 10:05
5. Allegretto – 13:34

CD 6

Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70

1. Allegro – 5:16
2. Moderato – 5:42
3. Presto – 2:54
4. Largo – 3:00
5. Allegretto – 7:07

Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
6. Moderato – 23:14
7. Allegro – 4:31
8. Allegretto – 12:08
9. Andante – 12:17

CD 7

Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 “The Year 1905”

1. Palace Square: Adagio – 15:27
2. January 9th: Allegro – Adagio – Allegro – Adagio – 18:48
3. Eternal Memory: Adagio – 11:24
4. The Tocsin: Allegro non troppo – Allegro moderato – Adagio – Allegro – 14:12

CD 8

Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 “The Year 1917” (“To the Memory of Lenin”)

1. Revolutionary Petrograd: Moderato – Allegro – 12:53
2. Razliv: Adagio – 9:57
3. Aurora: Allegro – 4:14
4. The Dawn of Humanity: L’istesso tempo – 9:58

CD 9

Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 “Babi Yar” (for bass, chorus & orchestra)
Sergei Aleksashkin (bass) • The Choral Academy of Moscow

1. Babi Yar: Adagio – 17:09
2. Humour: Allegretto – 8:28
3. In the Store: Adagio – 12:44
4. Fears: Adagio – 11:55
5. A Career: Allegretto – 12:26

CD 10

Symphony No. 14, Op. 135 (for soprano, bass, strings & percussion)
Alla Simoni (soprano) • Vladimir Vaneev (bass)

1. De profundis – 4:23
2. Malagueña – 2:50
3. Lorelei – 8:00
4. The Suicide – 6:13
5. On Watch – 2:59
6. Madam, look! – 1:32
7. In the Sante Prison – 8:20
8. The Zaporozhian Cossack’s Answer – 2:07
9. O Delvig, Delvig – 3:44
10. The Death of the Poet – 4:23
11. Conclusion – 1:04

CD 11

Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141

1. Allegretto – 8:19
2. Adagio – Largo – Adagio – Allegretto – 11:43
3. Allegretto – 3:53
4. Adagio – Allegretto – Adagio – Allegretto – 13:56