"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
"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)