About this product
Title: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 9
Artist: Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Label: Challenge Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 608917200430
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2026-05-29
Number of Discs: 1
Shostakovich's Sixth and Ninth Symphonies stand as sharply contrasting yet deeply connected reflections of a century scarred by violence, fear, and forced optimism. The Sixth Symphony, composed in 1939 at the height of Stalin's Great Terror, opens with a vast, searing Largo that unfolds like a requiem for a silenced society-mourning lost friends, broken lives, and collective suffering. It's bleak introspection is followed by movements of icy detachment and grotesque parody, where frantic energy and empty cheer mask a profound spiritual void. Through this unsettling trajectory, Shostakovich speaks with secret freedom, revealing a truth that words could not safely express: a tragic meditation on human dignity under oppression.Written in 1945, the Ninth Symphony defies expectations of monumental victory music. Instead of triumphal bombast, Shostakovich offers a compact, ironic, and life-affirming work, brimming with wit, clarity, and subtle defiance. Beneath it's Haydnesque lightness and carnival spirit linger shadows of war, grief, and memory-solemn brass rituals, elegiac melodies, and moments of fragile reflection. In this recording, the Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra and Daniel Raiskin illuminate the symphonies' dual nature: tragedy entwined with irony, joy haunted by loss. Together, these works form a powerful portrait of resilience, humanity, and artistic truth in the face of history's darkest pressures.
Tracks:
1.1 Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54-I. Largo
1.2 Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54-II. Allegro
1.3 Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54-III. Presto
1.4 Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70-I. Allegro
1.5 Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70-II. Moderato
1.6 Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70-III. Presto
1.7 Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70-IV. Largo (Attacca)
1.8 Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70-V. Allegretto
Artist: Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Label: Challenge Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 608917200430
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2026-05-29
Number of Discs: 1
Shostakovich's Sixth and Ninth Symphonies stand as sharply contrasting yet deeply connected reflections of a century scarred by violence, fear, and forced optimism. The Sixth Symphony, composed in 1939 at the height of Stalin's Great Terror, opens with a vast, searing Largo that unfolds like a requiem for a silenced society-mourning lost friends, broken lives, and collective suffering. It's bleak introspection is followed by movements of icy detachment and grotesque parody, where frantic energy and empty cheer mask a profound spiritual void. Through this unsettling trajectory, Shostakovich speaks with secret freedom, revealing a truth that words could not safely express: a tragic meditation on human dignity under oppression.Written in 1945, the Ninth Symphony defies expectations of monumental victory music. Instead of triumphal bombast, Shostakovich offers a compact, ironic, and life-affirming work, brimming with wit, clarity, and subtle defiance. Beneath it's Haydnesque lightness and carnival spirit linger shadows of war, grief, and memory-solemn brass rituals, elegiac melodies, and moments of fragile reflection. In this recording, the Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra and Daniel Raiskin illuminate the symphonies' dual nature: tragedy entwined with irony, joy haunted by loss. Together, these works form a powerful portrait of resilience, humanity, and artistic truth in the face of history's darkest pressures.
Tracks:
1.1 Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54-I. Largo
1.2 Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54-II. Allegro
1.3 Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54-III. Presto
1.4 Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70-I. Allegro
1.5 Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70-II. Moderato
1.6 Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70-III. Presto
1.7 Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70-IV. Largo (Attacca)
1.8 Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70-V. Allegretto
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