Shostakovich | Symphony 10/Paavo Jarvi | CD

Dmitri Shostakovich was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, teacher and public figure, born in Saint Petersburg in 1906 and died in Moscow in 1975. He became world-famous at the age of 20, when his First Symphony was performed in concert halls of the USSR, Europe and the United States. His output includes symphonic and choral music, 15 string quartets, and chamber, ballet and film music. He was one of the most prolific writers of film music in Soviet Russia.

Symphony No. 10 in E minor / Overture No. 2 is a one-disc classical CD released by Telarc in 2009. Paavo Järvi conducts the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in a recording made at Music Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 27 and 28 April 2008. Dmitri Shostakovich and Veljo Tormis are credited as composers, and Eric Dudley and Robert Woods as producers.

Track List

1. Moderato
2. Allegro
3. Allegretto
4. Andante; Allegro
5. Overture No. 2