Famed today as one of the 20th century’s great symphonists, and the composer of one of the greatest cycles of string quartets, the songs of Shostakovich have been somewhat overshadowed. However he was a prolific composer of songs, setting not only Russian texts but poems by British and Japanese poets. His songs spanned his entire creative life from his Op. 4 of 1922 to the Op. 146 cycle of 1975 included on this disc.

The earliest songs here date from 1936, and show how the young composer has abandoned his highly energetic and satirical style in favour of a more profound and lyrical one, which he would develop and perfect in works such as the 5th Symphony of 1937.

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Tracklist:
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Artists: Peter Gluboky – Bass & Natalia Rassudova - Piano

00:00:00 Four Romances on Poems by Pushkin, Op. 46: Rebirth
00:02:21 Four Romances on Poems by Pushkin, Op. 46: Sobbing Bitterly
00:03:57 Four Romances on Poems by Pushkin, Op. 46: Foreboding
00:07:39 Four Romances on Poems by Pushkin, Op. 46: Stanzas
00:14:01 Six Romances on Verses by British Poets, Op. 62: To His Son (Walter Raleigh)
00:18:27 Six Romances on Verses by British Poets, Op. 62: In the Fields in Snow and Rain (Robert Burns)
00:21:29 Six Romances on Verses by British Poets, Op. 62: Macpherson before His Execution (Robert Burns)
00:24:07 Six Romances on Verses by British Poets, Op. 62: Jenny (Robert Burns)
00:26:11 Six Romances on Verses by British Poets, Op. 62: Sonnet LXVI (William Shakespeare)
00:29:50 Six Romances on Verses by British Poets, Op. 62: The King Goes to War (popular nursery rhyme)
00:30:58 Four Monologues on Verses by Pushkin, Op. 91: Fragment
00:37:19 Four Monologues on Verses by Pushkin, Op. 91: What Does My Name Mean to You?
00:40:31 Four Monologues on Verses by Pushkin, Op. 91: In the Depths of Siberian Mines
00:43:34 Four Monologues on Verses by Pushkin, Op. 91: Farewell
00:45:47 Five Romances on Texts from ‘Krokodil’, Op. 121: Manual Demonstration
00:50:40 Five Romances on Texts from ‘Krokodil’, Op. 121: A Difficult Request
00:52:24 Five Romances on Texts from ‘Krokodil’, Op. 121: A Reasonable Attitude
00:53:44 Five Romances on Texts from ‘Krokodil’, Op. 121: Irinka and the Cowherd
00:55:15 Five Romances on Texts from ‘Krokodil’, Op. 121: Excessive Enthusiasm
00:57:22 Four Verses by Captain Lebyadkin, Op. 146, on texts from Dostoevsky’s novel The Devils: Captain Lebyadkin’s Love
01:02:22 Four Verses by Captain Lebyadkin, Op. 146, on texts from Dostoevsky’s novel The Devils: The Cockroach
01:06:22 Four Verses by Captain Lebyadkin, Op. 146, on texts from Dostoevsky’s novel The Devils: The Ball for the Benefit of Governesses
01:08:55 Four Verses by Captain Lebyadkin, Op. 146, on texts from Dostoevsky’s novel The Devils: A Pure Soul

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