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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 - Complete Symphonies, V

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Details

Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Artist
Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Alain Altinoglu
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Nov 28, 2025
Catalog #
ALPHA1173
UPC
3701624511732

About

Alain Altinoglu and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra have begun to record the complete symphonies of Shostakovich, starting with his Fourth and Fifth symphonies. Shostakovich dared to express human suffering, passion, fear and catastrophe in his music, but always asking the same nagging question: what is man? In this sense, these two symphonies open with a question - an idea of martyrdom that was to become one of the central ideas of his later symphonies and, of course, of his Lady MacBeth of Mzensk. Both symphonies are dated between 1935-1937 when Shostakovich was in his thirties; this was one of the darkest and most difficult phases of his life, marked as it was by the repercussions of some of his writings and the arrest of many people close to him, including members of his family.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegretto poco moderato - 15:40
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegretto poco moderato -
    Duration
    15:40
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Alain Altinoglu
  3. 2 I. Presto 11:45
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Presto
    Duration
    11:45
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Alain Altinoglu
  4. 3 II. Moderato con moto - 08:48
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Moderato con moto -
    Duration
    08:48
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Alain Altinoglu
  5. 4 III. Largo - 06:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Largo -
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Alain Altinoglu
  6. 5 III. Allegro 22:06
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    22:06
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Alain Altinoglu
  7. Disc 2
  8. 1 I. Moderato 15:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    15:24
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Alain Altinoglu
  9. 2 II. Allegretto 05:18
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Alain Altinoglu
  10. 3 III. Largo 13:07
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Largo
    Duration
    13:07
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Alain Altinoglu
  11. 4 IV. Allegro non troppo 10:58
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    10:58
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Alain Altinoglu