Critic at large Ed Siegel finds that the conductor and the orchestra, with more than a little help from friends like Yuja Wang and Yo-Yo Ma, burnish both their legacy and the composer's.

A performance of the rarely heard “Symphony No. 4” revealed Gianandrea Noseda’s keen understanding of Shostakovich’s music.

All this week on Classic Drive, Lorcan will feature music from 'Shostakovich: Symphonies; Concertos; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk ...

Shostakovich said himself of the piece: "I did depict Stalin in my 10th symphony. I wrote it right after Stalin's death and no one has yet guessed what the symphony is about. It's about Stalin and ...

His Fourth Symphony fared no better as far as musical officialdom went and it was withdrawn before its first performance. With the Fifth Symphony (1937) Shostakovich was allowed in from the cold, as ...

At the start of the Boston Symphony Orchestra ... which included Shostakovich’s son Maxim, Ma added: “We play Shostakovich so that no death is ever just a statistic.” ...