Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 6 & 15 Buy:Hybrid SACD Instead his audiences were surprised

Instead his audiences were surprised to hear a quite different result—a contemplative

Shakespeare’s passion and drama is deftly portrayed through his music

Composer Felix Mendelssohn

underground sensation of some of it

Le Songe d'Hérode: Scene 1 - Marche Nocturne

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 6 & 15 Buy:Hybrid SACD Instead his audiences were surprisedGianandrea Noseda London Symphony Orchestra Following the success of his Fifth Symphony, all eyes were on Shostakovich to create a work that would measure up to its predecessor. The Sixth was originally intended as an immense musical monument to Lenin, to be woven with heroic melodies and folk songs. Instead his audiences were surprised to hear a quite different resulta contemplative, restrained first movement that morphs puzzlingly into a ferocious