Dmitri Schostakowitsch : Partitions difficile

Originally composed for the movie The Gadfly, this brilliant dance number was later included in the Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 2. Carefully crafted in this adaptation for symphonic band, this is...

Originally composed for the movie The Gadfly, this brilliant dance number was later included in the Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 2. Carefully crafted in this adaptation for symphonic band, this is...

Originally composed for the movie The Gadfly, this brilliant dance number was later included in the Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 2. Carefully crafted in this adaptation for symphonic band, this is...

Originally composed for the movie The Gadfly, this brilliant dance number was later included in the Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 2. Carefully crafted in this adaptation for symphonic band, this is...

Originally composed for the movie The Gadfly, this brilliant dance number was later included in the Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 2. Carefully crafted in this adaptation for symphonic band, this is...

Originally composed for the movie The Gadfly, this brilliant dance number was later included in the Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 2. Carefully crafted in this adaptation for symphonic band, this is...

Originally composed for the movie The Gadfly, this brilliant dance number was later included in the Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 2. Carefully crafted in this adaptation for symphonic band, this is...

Originally composed for the movie The Gadfly, this brilliant dance number was later included in the Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 2. Carefully crafted in this adaptation for symphonic band, this is...

Originally composed for the movie The Gadfly, this brilliant dance number was later included in the Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 2. Carefully crafted in this adaptation for symphonic band, this is...

Nine months after Stalin's death on 10 December 1953, Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10 was premiered as his first symphonic composition since the end of the war. It was later interpreted by Solom...

The fateful Pravda article 'Muddle Instead of Music' appeared in January 1936, in which Shostakovich was directly attacked for his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, at which point the composer had comple...

In the summer of 1937 - during the dangerous time of Stalin's Great Terror - Shostakovich completed his Symphony No. 5. The Pravda article "Muddle Instead of Music" from January 1936, which condemned...

While the German Wehrmacht besieged Leningrad, Shostakovich wrote his 'Leningrad' Symphony. More than a million people died during the 28-month-long isolation of the city. Against this backdrop, Shost...

In September 1961, Yevgeny Yevtushenko's poem 'Babi Yar' appeared in the Soviet Literaturnaya Gazeta, addressing the mass shooting in 1941 of more than 33,000 Jewish men, women and children on the out...

Immerse yourself in the powerful sonic world of orchestral music with the "Symphony No. 1". This fascinating work marks the powerful beginning of a symphonic journey, unfolding a rich spectrum of emot...

À l'origine, Chostakovitch avait prévu de faire de sa Symphonie n° 6 un hommage monumental à Lénine pour solistes vocaux, chœur et grand orchestre. Dès l'année précédant son achèvement, il a annoncé d...

Immerse yourself in one of the most poignant and monumental masterpieces of orchestral literature: Symphony No. 8, Op. 65 captivates with its dramatic intensity, profound emotional depth, and masterfu...

Experience the overwhelming sonic power and emotional depth of the "Symphony No. 9" in this high-quality study score from the renowned Sikorski Musikverlag. In music history, ninth symphonies carry a...

Après avoir cédé à la pression massive des autorités de l’État en 1960 et être finalement devenu membre du Parti communiste, Chostakovitch est tombé dans une sombre dépression. Son 8e Quatuor à cordes...