DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

Suite on Words of Michelangelo, Op. 145a

44:50

in Russian translations by Abram Efros

To Irina Shostakovich

1

1

Truth

5:09

2

2

Morning

2:44

3

3

Love

4:56

4

4

Parting

2:39

5

5

Anger

1:46

6

6

Dante

3:52

7

7

To the Exile

6:03

8

8

Creativity

3:46

9

9

Night (a dialogue)

4:22

10

10

Death

5:33

11

11

Immortality

3:55

Six Romances on Verses by Raleigh, Burns and Shakespeare, Op. 140

14:28

in Russian translations by Boris Pasternak and Samuil Marshak

12

1

To the Son

4:32

(after To his Son by Sir Walter Raleigh)

To Lev Atovmyan

13

2

In the fields in snow and rain

2:42

(after O wert thou in the cauld blast by Robert Burns)

To Nina Shostakovich

14

3

McPherson before his execution

1:52

(after McPherson's Farewell by Robert Burns)

To Isaak Glikman

15

4

Jenny

1:34

(after Comin' thro' the Rye by Robert Burns)

To Yuri (Georg) Sviridov

16

5

Sonnet 66

2:58

(after Sonnet LXVI by William Shakespeare)

To Ivan Sollertinsky

17

6

The King's Campaign

0:47

(After The Grand Old Duke of York - traditional)

To Vissarion Shebalin

18

October, Op. 132

13:21

Symphonic poem

Moderato - Allegro

Ildar Abdrazakov bass

Gianandrea Noseda

5-7 April 2005