Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar"

by Dmitri Shostakovich / Concertgebouworkest / Bernard Haitink

Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar" cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Decca
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Length: 1:04:32
  • Community rating: 4.29/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Bernard Haitink conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra in a powerful, definitive recording of the Russian composer's controversial masterwork. The monumental symphony, featuring a full male choir, serves as a haunting musical setting for Yevgeny Yevtushenko's poems concerning the Babi Yar massacre and Soviet antisemitism.

Genres

Descriptors: Modern, choral, orchestral, vocal, long-form, majestic, political, menacing

Tracklist

  1. Symphony No. 13 in B Flat Minor, Op. 113 "Babi Yar": I. Babi Yar. Adagio (17:13)
  2. Symphony No. 13 in B Flat Minor, Op. 113 "Babi Yar": II. Humour. Allegretto (8:22)
  3. Symphony No. 13 in B Flat Minor, Op. 113 "Babi Yar": III. In the Store. Adagio (13:11)
  4. Symphony No. 13 in B Flat Minor, Op. 113 "Babi Yar": IV. Fears. Largo (12:22)
  5. Symphony No. 13 in B Flat Minor, Op. 113 "Babi Yar": V. A Career. Allegretto (13:22)

Credits

  • Dmitri Shostakovich - primary artist, composed by
  • Bernard Haitink - primary artist, conductor
  • Marius Rintzler - bass vocals
  • 袝胁谐械薪懈泄 袝胁褌褍褕械薪泻芯 - lyrics by [poems]

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