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Work: Symphony no. 13 in B flat minor, "Babi Yar", Op.113

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ComposerShostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Year1962
Work typeOrchestral
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AmsterdamTime’s Echo Live: voices from the past

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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Andrey Boreyko; Gregor Horsch; Laurens Symfonisch; Alexander Roslavets
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A perennially unsettling pair of complementary post-war masterpieces, conducted by Andrey Boreyko, and a moving return to London for Gidon Kremer. 
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Ryan Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales give an extraordinary, terrifying account of Shostakovich’s Thirteenth Symphony, preceded by a Classical-Romantic tussle in Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto. 
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Nikodijević, Shostakovich
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