Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo; October

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Release Date
March 14, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Dmitri Shostakovich
    • PERFORMER
      Matthias Goerne, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 14, 2025
    • UPC
      3701624511213
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1121
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Istina (Truth)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

      Performer: Matthias Goerne

      Conductor: Mikko Franck

    2. II. Utro (Morning)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

      Performer: Matthias Goerne

      Conductor: Mikko Franck

    3. III. L'ubov' (Love)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

      Performer: Matthias Goerne

      Conductor: Mikko Franck

    4. IV. Razluka (Parting)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

      Performer: Matthias Goerne

      Conductor: Mikko Franck

    5. V. Gnev (Anger)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

      Performer: Matthias Goerne

      Conductor: Mikko Franck

    6. VI. Dante

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

      Performer: Matthias Goerne

      Conductor: Mikko Franck

    7. VII. Izgnanniku (To the Exile)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

      Performer: Matthias Goerne

      Conductor: Mikko Franck

    8. VIII. Tvorchestvo (Creativity)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

      Performer: Matthias Goerne

      Conductor: Mikko Franck

    9. IX. Noch (Night)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

      Performer: Matthias Goerne

      Conductor: Mikko Franck

    10. X. Smert (Death)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

      Performer: Matthias Goerne

      Conductor: Mikko Franck

    11. XI. Bessmertie (Immortality)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

      Performer: Matthias Goerne

      Conductor: Mikko Franck

    12. Oktyabr' (October), Op. 131

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

      Conductor: Mikko Franck


Matthias Goerne, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Mikko Franck continue their series of recordings of Shostakovich's symphonic works with baritone with the Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti (1974), and the symphonic poem October (1967). These are two very different works: the first is one of Shostakovich's most deeply personal creations and has no connection to the ideological issues of Soviet power. The second was commissioned by the Soviet authorities to glorify the 1917 Revolution and is filled with irony. Goerne is the perfect interpreter for Shostakovich's great cycle of settings of verses by Michelangelo, in which intimate moments where the voice is almost a cappella alternate with powerfully dramatic passages with full orchestra.