Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, The Year 1905 - DePreist & Oregon

This new recording gives DePreist and the Oregon Symphony the best opportunity yet to show what they have achieved together in their 20-plus years of musical partnership. One of Shostakovich’s most demanding and monumental symphonic statements, the Symphony No. 11 provides a musical canvas unlike any of his other works. The composer’s narration encompasses the sights, sounds, and emotions of the first Russian pre-revolutionary uprising and creates an overwhelming musical panorama portraying the futility of tyranny and humanity’s yearning for freedom. To quote DePreist: "Listening to this symphony with the events of 1905 in mind, one can surely visualize the scene. But the true message of the symphony lies much deeper and it is a message that is universal… the tendency of absolute power to be corruptive of the human spirit."

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