Alexander Ivashkin, Valeri Polyansky, Russian State Symphony Orchestra - The unknown Shostakovich (2000)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 59:38 | 263 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos Records | Catalog: CHAN 9792
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 59:38 | 263 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos Records | Catalog: CHAN 9792
The title of this disc is somewhat misleading, as there is very little music on it originally composed by Shostakovich. The Overture (Entr’Acte) to Poor Columbus was written by Shostakovich at the behest of Soviet officials to add the appropriate political “spin” to Ervin Dressel’s opera. It’s in the chaotic style of the Russian master’s other theater works of the period, notably The Nose and The Bolt. Cut from the same stylistic cloth are the Two Preludes of 1920, orchestrated by Alfred Schnittke to sound nearly as if written by Shostakovich himself.