London Symphony Orchestra / Noseda,Gianandrea - Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 - SUPER-AUDIO CD [Super Audio CD (SACD)]

For Gianandrea Noseda, the Ninth is Shostakovich at his most 'classical', but a modern statement nonetheless. InchStalin wanted a celebration of the victory of Russia, and Shostakovich came out with a sort of opera buffa symphony,Inch the LSO's Principal Guest Conductor says. InchShort, witty, lots of sarcasm. I can really feel his wish to go against what was expected of him.Inch The Tenth Symphony was written after Stalin's death and allegedly portrays the tragedy, despair, terror and violence of his tenure. The second movement is a musical portrait of Stalin, a march of unremitting terror and frenzied violence, while the finale contains some of the slowest music of the whole symphony, a reminder of the desolation of the Gulag prisoners.