As seasoned collectors will know, attitudes to the Shostakovich symphonies have tended to polarize in recent years and competing notions of authenticity are well-nigh impossible to square. In the blue ...

He writes his Symphony no 12 'To the memory of Lenin' or 'The year 1917'. Shostakovich develops a heart ... his last completed work. He dies on 9 August in Moscow.

Symphonies Nos 9, 10 and 11 created little interest, No 12 (dedicated to the memory of Lenin) a little more, but with his Symphony No 13, Shostakovich again met with official criticism, this time from ...

In between was the New York premiere of John Corigliano’s Triathalon, a saxophone concerto that featured soloist Timothy ...

The delegation will also attend the New England Conservatory's Symphony Orchestra concert Thursday evening in Jordan Hall. Besides Shostakovich, who is acting as chairman, the Russian delegation ...

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin Anna Clyne: Glasslands Farrenc: Overture No 2 in E flat major, Op 24 Shostakovich: Symphony No 9 in E flat major, Op 70 ...

Laid out in four connected movements, the Eleventh, unusually for Shostakovich, draws upon several revolutionary songs and ...