Title: | Symphony No. 15 Op. 141 |
Otros títulos: | From Jewish Folk Poetry Op. 79 Sinfonía No. 15 Op. 141 De la Poesía Folclórica Judía Op. 79 Poésies populaires juives Op. 79 Aus jüdischer Volkspoesie Op. 79 |
Intérprete/ Colaborador: | Dmitri Shostakovich; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Elisabeth Söderström; Ortrun Wenkel; Ryszard Karczykowski; Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink |
Código CDU: | Schos.06 |
Forma Musical: | Symphonies, Song cycles, Vocal Trios with Orchestra, Folk Songs |
Abstract: | Shostakovich's Symphony No. 15 differs in several substantial ways from his other late symphonies. The Eleventh (1957), subtitled "The Year 1905," and Twelfth (1960), subtitled "The Year 1917," are both programmatic and relate to the political and historical events associated with the year in the title. The next two symphonies have sung texts, with the Thirteenth (1962), for bass, chorus, and orchestra, carrying the subtitle "Babiy Yar" (texts by Yevtushenko), and the Symphony No. 14 (1969), for soprano and bass soloists and chamber orchestra, not really a symphony but a collection of songs based on texts by Lorca, Apollinaire, Küchelbecker, and Rilke. With the Symphony No. 15, Shostakovich's last foray in the genre, the composer at last returned to the purely instrumental and non-programmatic realm, which, one could argue, he had not revisited since the 1939 Symphony No. 6. While it is true that the Symphonies 8, 9, and 10 carry no official program, the first two are clearly associated ... |