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Mstislav Rostropovich conducts Shostakovich Symphonies - Complete
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| English: Bust of Dmitri Shostakovich in Celebrity Alley in Kielce (Poland) Polski: Popiersie Dymitra Szostakowicza w Alei Sław w Kielcach (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
1. Rostropovich conducts Shostakovich Symphony No.1 in F major, Op.10
00:00 - I. Allegretto
08:17 - II. Allegro
12:59 - III. Lento
21:33 - IV. Allegro molto
2. Rostropovich conducts Shostakovich Symphony No.2 in B major, Op.14 'To October'
00:00 - I. Largo
04:44 - II. Quarter Note = 152
05:56 - III. Poco meno mosso - Allegro molto
12:55 - IV. Chorus- 'To October
3. Rostropovich conducts Shostakovich Symphony No.3 in E flat major, Op.20 'The First of May'
00:00 - I. Allegretto
04:28 - II. Più mosso - Allegro
09:48 - III. Andante
14:07 - IV. Allegro - Allegro molto
20:30 - V. Andante - Largo
23:43 - VI. Chorus- 'The First of May'
4. Rostropovich conducts Shostakovich Symphony No.4 in C major, Op.43
00:00 - I. Allegretto poco moderato - Presto
28:38 - II. Moderato con moto
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| English: From right to left - Gara Garayev, Dmitri Shostakovich and his wife Irina Shostakovich (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
5. Rostropovich conducts Shostakovich Symphony No.5 in D major, Op.47
00:00 - I. Moderato - Allegro non troppo - Largamente - Moderato
14:59 - II. Allegretto
20:31 - III. Largo
33:22 - IV. Allegro non troppo
6. Rostropovich conducts Shostakovich Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.54
00:00 - I. Largo
18:38 - II. Allegro
24:13 - III. Presto
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| Shostakovich's composition class at Leningrad Conservatory, 1939. Shostakovich seated left, Fleishman seated right (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
00:00 - I. Allegretto
26:29 - II. Moderato (poco allegretto)
38:01 - III. Adagio
55:28 - IV. Allegro non troppo
8. Rostropovich conducts Shostakovich Symphony No.8 in C minor, Op.65 'Stalingrad'
00:00 - I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo
22:56 - II. Allegretto
29:11 - III. Allegro non troppo
36:07 - IV. Largo
46:31 - V. Allegretto
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| Tombstone of Shostakovich, showing his D-E♭-C-B motif. Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
10. Rostropovich conducts Shostakovich Symphony No.10 in E minor, Op.93
00:00 - I. Moderato
25:37 - II. Allegro
30:01 - III. Allegretto
43:01 - IV. Andante - Allegro
11. Rostropovich conducts Shostakovich Symphony No.11 in G minor, Op.103 'The Year 1905'
00:00 - I. The Palace Square
16:33 - II. The Ninth of January
38:19 - III. In Memoriam
52:51 - IV. The Tocsin
12. Rostropovich conducts Shostakovich Symphony No.12 in D minor, Op.112 'The Year 1917'
00:00 - I. Revolutionary Petrograd
14:43 - II. Razliv
25:42 - III. Aurora
29:30 - IV. The Dawn of Humanity
13. Rostropovich conducts Shostakovich Symphony No.13 in B flat minor, Op.113 'Babi Yar'
00:00 - I. Adagio
16:22 - II. Humour. Allegretto
24:57 - III. In The Store. Adagio
37:04 - IV. Fears. Largo
50:01 - V. Career. Allegretto
14. Rostropovich conducts Shostakovich Symphony No.14, Op.135
00:00 - I. De profundis- Adagio
05:11 - II. Malaguena- Allegretto
07:39 - III. Lorelei- Allegro molto
16:21 - IV. The Suicide- Adagio
23:31 - V. On Watch- Allegretto
26:34 - VI. Madam, Look!- Adagio
28:39 - VII. At the Sante Jail- Adagio
38:22 - VIII. The Zaporozhian Cossack's Answer To The Sultan Of Constantinople- Allegro
40:23 - IX. O Delvig, Delvig!- Andante
44:53 - X. The Poet's Death- Largo
50:34 - XI. Conclusion- Moderato
15. Rostropovich conducts Shostakovich Symphony No.15 in A major, Op.141
00:00 - I. Allegretto
08:13 - II. Adagio - Largo - Adagio - Largo
24:31 - III. Allegretto
28:38 - IV. Adagio - Allegretto - Adagio - Allegretto
