Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 6 & 15 Buy:Hybrid SACD underground sensation of some of

underground sensation of some of it

Shakespeare’s passion and drama is deftly portrayed through his music

Deuxième Partie: No 3: Scène d'amour: Nuit sereine - Le Jardin de Capulet

Benvenuto Cellini: Oui

Le Songe d'Hérode: Scene 1 - Marche Nocturne

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 6 & 15 Buy:Hybrid SACD underground sensation of some ofGianandrea Noseda London Symphony Orchestra Following the success of his Fifth Symphony, all eyes were on Shostakovich to create a work that would measure up to its predecessor. The Sixth was originally intended as an immense musical monument to Lenin, to be woven with heroic melodies and folk songs. Instead his audiences were surprised to hear a quite different resulta contemplative, restrained first movement that morphs puzzlingly into a ferocious