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Composer of the Week: Shostakovich

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2/5. Donald Macleod talks to author and broadcaster Brian Morton about the way
Shostakovich satirised Stalin in his music, and the conseguences of the disastrous night when Stalin walked out before the end of Shostakovich's opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. Symphony No 9 (1st mvt, Allegro) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Mariss Jansons
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (excerpts) Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano),
Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Dimiter Petkov (bass), Ambrosian Opera Chorus,
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich String Quartet No 3, Op 73 Fitzwilliam Quartet
Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Talks:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Brian Morton
Conductor:
Mariss Jansons
Soprano:
Galina Vishnevskaya
Tenor:
Nicolai Gedda
Conductor:
Mstislav Rostropovich
Source: Radio Times

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