The Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 is a vivid historical record of World War II life in the Soviet Union. The San Antonio Symphony on Friday night took its audience of about 1,800 people there and ...
Contrasting symphonies by the brilliant but troubled Dmitri Shostakovich get deluxe treatments from conductor Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony. Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after ...
Dmitri Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony was considered so shameful that it was banned in his home country for eight years. It was widely criticized in the Soviet Union for its “unrelieved gloom,” and ...
On Jan. 28, 1936, Dmitri Shostakovich woke up to read a sternly worded condemnation of his music in the official Soviet newspaper, Pravda. Never mind that the work in question (his opera “Lady Macbeth ...
A performance for the ages the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the charismatic yet calculated baton of Andris Nelsons give everything theyve got to Shostakovichs might 8th Symphony2011 winner of ...
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is up for two Grammys for its series of recordings of Shostakovich symphonies. It was recorded in front of a live audience, but it's not one seamless performance. This ...
In “Time’s Echo,” the classical music critic Jeremy Eichler examines the life and work of Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, Benjamin Britten and Dmitri Shostakovich. By Kira Thurman Without ...
Contrasting symphonies by the brilliant but troubled Dmitri Shostakovich get deluxe treatments from conductor Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony. Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after ...
Dmitri Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony was considered so shameful that it was banned in his home country for eight years. It was widely criticized in the Soviet Union for its “unrelieved gloom,” and ...
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