Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar" (Live)
Gianandrea Noseda, London Symphony Orchestra, Vitalij Kowaljow, London Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir
Two of London’s leading choruses—those of the London Symphony and the London Philharmonic—join forces with operatic bass, Vitalij Kowaljow, to deliver this highly dramatic and hair-raising account of Shostakovich’s powerful settings of Yevgeny Yevtushenko. These include the poet’s memorial to the Jews slaughtered by the Nazis at Babi Yar—previously a taboo subject in Soviet Russia—in which the highly disciplined and polished London Symphony Orchestra under Gianandrea Noseda rises to an unforgettable and horrifying climax.