THIS was the first recording?..11 POEMS! Wow!
Symphony No. 14
by Dimitri Shostakovich
Topics Shostakovich, Symphony, Barshai, Miroshnikova, Vladimirov
Symphony No. 14, Op. 135 by Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). The Moscow Chamber Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Barshai. Margarita Miroshnikova, soprano; Yevgeny Vladimov, bass. This was the world premier recording of this 1969 symphony and was recorded in Moscow in 1970. Transfer from the original Angel stereo LP SR-40147 by Bob Varney.
The work has eleven linked movements, each a setting of a poem, with a total duration of around 45 minutes:
1. Adagio. “De profundis” (Federico García Lorca)
2. Allegretto. “Malagueña” (Federico García Lorca)
3. Allegro molto. “Loreley” (Guillaume Apollinaire)
4. Adagio. “Le Suicidé” (Guillaume Apollinaire)
5. Allegretto. “Les Attentives I” (On watch) (Guillaume Apollinaire)
6. Adagio. “Les Attentives II” (Madam, look!) (Guillaume Apollinaire)
7. Adagio. “À la Santé” (Guillaume Apollinaire)
8. Allegro. “Réponse des Cosaques Zaporogues au Sultan de Constantinople” (Guillaume Apollinaire)
9. Andante. “O, Del’vig, Del’vig!” (Wilhelm Küchelbecker)
10. Largo. “Der Tod des Dichters” (Rainer Maria Rilke)
11. Moderato. “Schlußstück” (Rainer Maria Rilke)