Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko

• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70:
• 1 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70: I. Allegro 05:10
• 2 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70: II. Moderato 07:19
• 3 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70: III. Presto 02:43
• 4 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70: IV. Largo 04:18
• 5 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70: V. Allegretto 06:30
• Total Runtime 26:00

Info for Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9

The 9th Symphony in E-flat Major, Opus 70 by Dmitri Shostakovich was written in 1944 and 1945. It is a five-movement symphony with an opening movement in classical sonata form.

With his Ninth Symphony, the composer then made a surprising about-face, so that he had to remain silent as a symphonist until after Stalin's death - in order to survive himself. Not only the tradition-heavy numbering of the Ninth, but also the fact that the war had been won led the people and officials of the Soviet Union to hope for a gigantic heroic celebration. Instead of redemption at the end of the war, Shostakovich saw the countless victims - and the approach of the next catastrophe. In the distancing tone of Viennese classicism and with grotesque cheerfulness, his Ninth therefore depicts a circus world that held up a distorting mirror to the regime.

Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko, conductor

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