Kondrashin,Kirill / Moscow Philharmonic Shostakovich: Sym 13 Babi Yar / Incidental Music CD

Most important, historically, is the Moscow recording of the original 1962 version of Shostakovich's Symphony No.13 (with the bass Vitaly Gromadsky), using Yevtushenko's (pre-censored) text commemorating the massacre of Jews at Babi Yar... Yevtushenko's original ('I feel myself a Jew'), was what the anti-Semitic Soviet government would have no truck with. So it's significant this is once again made available, especially in such a memorably intense performance. (Gramophone)

1. Shostakovich: Incidental Music for King Lear, Op.58A; Return from the Hunt 2. At the Hut 3. In Regans Castle 4. The Camp 5. March 6. Trumpets 7. Cordelias Ballad 8. Shostakovich: Symphony No.13 Babi Yar for Bass, Chorus and Orchestra, Op.113;Babi Yar 9. Humour 10. The the Shop 11. Terror 12. Quarry