Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 - Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Adagio & Purgatorio) / Zweden, Hong Kong Philharmonic

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
November 18, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Gustav Mahler, Dmitri Shostakovich
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Jaap Van Zweden
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 18, 2022
    • UPC
      747313437276
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574372
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Adagio

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaap van Zweden

    2. II. Purgatorio

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaap van Zweden

    3. I. Moderato

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaap van Zweden

    4. II. Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaap van Zweden

    5. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaap van Zweden

    6. IV. Andante - Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaap van Zweden


These two Tenth Symphonies represent powerful statements by composers undergoing the greatest of crises in their eventful lives. Gustav Mahler’s last and incomplete symphony was kept a secret by his widow Alma for many years after his death, the desperate scrawl of ‘Almschi!’ on its final page an outburst at her betrayal of their marriage. Shostakovich’s intense and deeply symbolic SymphonyNo.10, considered by many to be his finest, was kept hidden by the composer for fear of Soviet reprisals, and was only performed after Stalin’s death in 1953.