New Music Albums: SHOSTAKOVICH - SYMPHONY NO. 13 "BABIY YAR"; ARVO PART: DED PROFUNDIS (Albert Dohmen, John Storgårds, National Male Choir of Estonia, BBC Philharmonic)

Artist:
Albert Dohmen
John Storgårds
National Male Choir of Estonia
BBC Philharmonic

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
69:29

Record Label:
Chandos

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CD, MP3, Apple Music

Release Date
May 17, 2024

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Product Description: John Storgards's acclaimed series of Shostakovich symphonies continues with this recording of Symphony No. 13. The BBC Philharmonic is joined by the bass-baritone Albert Dohmen and the Estonian National Male Choir. The symphony, subtitled 'Babiy Yar', caused a great deal of tension and controversy in the lead-up to it's premiere, in December 1962 - not because of the music, but the poetry. Shostakovich had chosen to set Yevgeny Yevtushenko's Babiy Yar. Ostensibly an outraged response to the lack of a memorial for the thousands of Jews murdered by the Nazis and dumped in a ravine near Kyiv, the poem implicitly criticised the anti-Semitism then still rife in the Soviet Union. Originally planned as a short cantata, the work grew in stature as Shostakovich chose additional poems by Yevtushenko for inclusion, finally settling on the form of a five-movement symphony. The tone of the poems was as near to being openly subversive as any Soviet literary material could be at the time without actually being banned by the authorities, but the eventual premiere was a triumph. Arvo Part's de profundis was composed for male voices, organ, and percussion in 1980. Here we hear the composer's later adaptation of the piece for male voices and chamber orchestra, from 2008. The short work is a perfect example of the style the composer termed 'tintinnabuli' and an aesthetic that others would later label 'holy minimalism'.

TRACK LIST:

1 . e profundis Estonian National Male Choir, BBC Philharmonic & John Storgårds (06:56)

2 . Symphony No. 13, Op. 113 ."Babi Yar": I. Babi Yar Albert Dohmen, Estonian National Male Choir, BBC Philharmonic & John Storgårds (16:10)

3 . Symphony No. 13, Op. 113 ."Babi Yar": II. Humour Albert Dohmen, Estonian National Male Choir, BBC Philharmonic & John Storgårds (08:34)

4 . Symphony No. 13, Op. 113 ."Babi Yar": III. In the Store Albert Dohmen, Estonian National Male Choir, BBC Philharmonic & John Storgårds (12:00)

5 . Symphony No. 13, Op. 113 ."Babi Yar": IV. Fears Albert Dohmen, Estonian National Male Choir, BBC Philharmonic & John Storgårds (12:00)

6 .Symphony No. 13, Op. 113 ."Babi Yar": V. Career Albert Dohmen, Estonian National Male Choir, BBC Philharmonic & John Storgårds (13:50)

Shostakovich Symphony No 13 Albert Dohmen

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New Music Albums: SHOSTAKOVICH - SYMPHONY NO. 13 "BABIY YAR"; ARVO PART: DED PROFUNDIS (Albert Dohmen, John Storgårds, National Male Choir of Estonia, BBC Philharmonic)

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