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Shostakovich: Doppeltes Spiel / Jansons, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
BR Klassik

Shostakovich: Doppeltes Spiel / Jansons, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Artist
Udo Wachtveitl, Ulrich Matthes, Mariss Jansons
Format
CD
Label
BR Klassik
Released
Jan 07, 2022
Catalog #
BRK900929
UPC
4035719009293

About

For the first time, the successful series of BR-KLASSIK audio biographies is devoting itself to a 20th-century composer: Dmitri Shostakovich. His symphonies are still highlights in the concert hall, and his fate has inspired great novels. But what do we really know about his life? He liked to play his cards close to his chest – and had good reason to do so... Dmitri Shostakovich himself claimed that his life was “rather grey and colorless". In reality, it was the most exciting composer's life of the 20th century. Revolution and civil war, Stalin's murderous terror, then the Second World War, the "thaw" under Khrushchev and finally Brezhnev's brutalist socialism: the whole tragic history of the Soviet Union runs like a thread through his work. As a functionary who seemed to be loyal to the party line, he played along - but his music spoke against the regime and in favor of its victims and of the freedom of art. "This is a game that can end badly," Stalin threatened, probably in person. Shostakovich was thus obliged to fight his own fears as well. He was playing a double game - and knew it was dangerous. This audio biography draws on many sources, some of them still little-known in Germany. The result is a comprehensive, colorful and detailed picture of the composer’s life, and contains several surprises – also with regard to his private life, which should not pale behind the historical panorama. Like every great composer, Shostakovich had his crises and affairs, his great sufferings and small joys.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Chapter 1: Roter Oktober (1917-1925) 24:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    Chapter 1: Roter Oktober (1917-1925)
    Duration
    24:11
  3. 2 Chapter 2: Die wilden Zwanziger (1925-1930) 23:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    Chapter 2: Die wilden Zwanziger (1925-1930)
    Duration
    23:27
  4. 3 Chapter 3: Das goldene Zeitalter (1930-1933) 25:03
    Track
    3
    Title
    Chapter 3: Das goldene Zeitalter (1930-1933)
    Duration
    25:03
  5. Disc 2
  6. 1 Chapter 4: Stalin geht in die Oper (1934-1937) 24:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    Chapter 4: Stalin geht in die Oper (1934-1937)
    Duration
    24:52
  7. 2 Chapter 5: Frieden und Krieg (1938-1943) 24:49
    Track
    2
    Title
    Chapter 5: Frieden und Krieg (1938-1943)
    Duration
    24:49
  8. 3 Chapter 6: Volksfeindliche Tendenzen (1944-1951) 25:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    Chapter 6: Volksfeindliche Tendenzen (1944-1951)
    Duration
    25:21
  9. Disc 3
  10. 1 Chapter 7: Die Fratze Stalins (1952-1958) 24:33
    Track
    1
    Title
    Chapter 7: Die Fratze Stalins (1952-1958)
    Duration
    24:33
  11. 2 Chapter 8: Tauwetter (1957-1962) 23:16
    Track
    2
    Title
    Chapter 8: Tauwetter (1957-1962)
    Duration
    23:16
  12. 3 Chapter 9: Held der sozialistischen Arbeit (1962-1969) 24:38
    Track
    3
    Title
    Chapter 9: Held der sozialistischen Arbeit (1962-1969)
    Duration
    24:38
  13. Disc 4
  14. 1 Chapter 10: Der Lauf der Zeit (1970-1975) 25:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    Chapter 10: Der Lauf der Zeit (1970-1975)
    Duration
    25:58
  15. 2 I. Moderato 14:57
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    14:57
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  16. 3 II. Allegretto 05:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  17. 4 III. Largo 13:01
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Largo
    Duration
    13:01
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons
  18. 5 IV. Allegro non troppo 10:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    10:53
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Mariss Jansons