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49/60. Stalin
When Stalin came to power, he wanted music that expressed socialist realism. How did composers like Shostakovich and Prokofiev fare under the Stalinist regime?
Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 - Scherzo
London Symphony Orchestra
Maxim Shostakovich
Collins Classics 11062 Track 2
Prokofiev: Zdravitsa (Hail to Starlin)
Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valeri Polyansky (conductor)
Chandos CHAN10056 Track 1
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtensk (Extract)
Maria Ewing (soprano)
Sergei Larin (tenor)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)
DG 437 511-2 CD1 Track 10
Shostakovich: 'Katerina Ismailova
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
CHAN X10088(2) CD2 Track 12 - 16
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 - Allegro non troppo
National Symphony Orchestra
Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)
Teldec 4509945572 Track 4
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