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Symphony 14
Shostakovich, Fassbaneder, Jarvi
Symphony 14
Genres: Pop, Classical
 
Mussorgsky's music clearly provided the inspiration, along with Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, for Shostakovich's 14th Symphony, a setting of 11 poems by a variety of poets, all concerned in one way or another with death....  more »

     
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All Artists: Shostakovich, Fassbaneder, Jarvi, Gso
Title: Symphony 14
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Total Copies: 0
Label: Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Release Date: 11/9/1993
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 028943778527

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Mussorgsky's music clearly provided the inspiration, along with Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, for Shostakovich's 14th Symphony, a setting of 11 poems by a variety of poets, all concerned in one way or another with death. This isn't a record to listen to on a bright spring morning. Both works--the Mussorgsky here performed in Shostakovich's excellent orchestration--lay misery on with a trowel, though there's much that's quite beautiful besides. It's a function of art that it can make such thoughts and images attractive, even appealing to the ear, but the I wouldn't say that either composer was particularly interested in "gilding the lily. " So make sure you're in the right mood or the experience--rendered here with appropriate intensity of expression--is likely to be pretty depressing. --David Hurwitz

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