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| Composer | Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975) |
| Period | Early 20th century |
| Year | 1953 |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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LondonChineke! plays Shostakovich at the Proms
Coleridge-Taylor, Coleman, Lee III, Shostakovich
Chineke! Orchestra; Jonathon Heyward
LondonSir Antonio Pappano & Janine Jansen
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Britten, Shostakovich
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Antonio Pappano; Janine Jansen
PooleStanding Up For Truth
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Howard, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Mark Wigglesworth; Sir Stephen Hough
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LSO launches Edinburgh International Festival residency
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Sir Antonio Pappano's skills as a communicator are clear, whether he's speaking or conducting, but it's the depth of the LSO's sound that impresses most as it launches its EIF residency.
Thrills without chills in Aix-en-Provence
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Beatrice Rana, Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France bring a thrilling Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto to the Festival de Pâques, even if their Shostakovich 10 is more of a beauty than a bully.
Oh To Believe in Another World: Shostakovich and Stalin on film
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William Kentridge's film, a patchwork collage depicting Shostakovich's complicated relationship with Stalin, is played as film score to his Tenth Symphony at the Southbank's genre-crossing Multitudes festival.
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PooleStanding Up For Truth
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Howard, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Mark Wigglesworth; Sir Stephen Hough
StockholmShostakovich's Symphony no. 10 in E minor
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 10 in E minor, Op.93
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Sakari Oramo
AmsterdamInauguration concert: Karina Canellakis
Beethoven, Currier, Shostakovich
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest); Karina Canellakis; Baiba Skride
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Bachtrack top ten: Dmitri Shostakovich
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Conformist or closet dissident? Dmitri Shostakovich had to adapt, chameleon-like, to the changing political climate in the Soviet Union, toeing the party line where necessary, but planting his music with coded messages.