Shostakovich: Doppeltes Spiel / Jansons, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Label
BR Klassik
Release Date
January 7, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Dmitri Shostakovich
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    • PERFORMER
      Udo Wachtveitl, Ulrich Matthes, Mariss Jansons
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 07, 2022
    • UPC
      4035719009293
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRK900929
    • LABEL
      BR Klassik
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      4
    • GENRE
      Biographies
    Works ⌄

    1. Chapter 1: Roter Oktober (1917-1925)

    2. Chapter 2: Die wilden Zwanziger (1925-1930)

    3. Chapter 3: Das goldene Zeitalter (1930-1933)

    4. Chapter 4: Stalin geht in die Oper (1934-1937)

    5. Chapter 5: Frieden und Krieg (1938-1943)

    6. Chapter 6: Volksfeindliche Tendenzen (1944-1951)

    7. Chapter 7: Die Fratze Stalins (1952-1958)

    8. Chapter 8: Tauwetter (1957-1962)

    9. Chapter 9: Held der sozialistischen Arbeit (1962-1969)

    10. Chapter 10: Der Lauf der Zeit (1970-1975)

    11. I. Moderato

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Mariss Jansons

    12. II. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Mariss Jansons

    13. III. Largo

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Mariss Jansons

    14. IV. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Mariss Jansons


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.