London Symphony Orchestra/ Gianandrea Noseda - Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 AEC Music and tinged with sadness

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London Symphony Orchestra/ Gianandrea Noseda - Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 AEC Music and tinged with sadnessFor Gianandrea Noseda, the Ninth is Shostakovich at his most 'classical', but a modern statement nonetheless. "Stalin wanted a celebration of the victory of Russia, and Shostakovich came out with a sort of opera buffa symphony," the LSO's Principal Guest Conductor says. "Short, witty, lots of sarcasm. I can really feel his wish to go against what was expected of him." The Tenth Symphony was written after Stalin's death and allegedly portrays the