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Symphony No. 2 To October and Symphony No. 15
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Symphony No. 2 To October and Symphony No. 15 by Dmitri Shostakovich CD - Sheet Music

By Dmitri Shostakovich
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Symphony No. 2 To October and Symphony No. 15 by Dmitri Shostakovich CD - Sheet Music

SKU: AP.99-8572708

Composed by Dmitri Shostakovich. CD Recording; Masterworks. 20th Century; Masterwork. CD. Naxos #99-8572708. Published by Naxos (AP.99-8572708).

UPC: 747313270873. English. Dmitri Shostakovich.

These two hugely contrasting symphonies come from the opposite ends of Shostakovich's life and career. The Second Symphony was written to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Bolshevik October Revolution. Its advanced idiom of experimental textures and abstract effects can perhaps be best described as organized musical chaos. The 15th was Shostakovich's last symphony and is filled with remarkable contrasts, from the rollicking quotes from Rossini's William Tell Overture and eerie references to Wagner's Götterdämmerung and Tristan und Isolde, to the last and perhaps most imaginative of the composer's symphonic passacaglias. Vasily Petrenko became Chief Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in September 2009, and in 2013 became Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. He was the Classical BRIT Awards Male Artist of the Year 2010 and the Classic FM/Gramophone Young Artist of the Year 2007. In 2009 he was awarded Honorary Doctorates by the University of Liverpool and Liverpool Hope University.

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