Beethoven: Cello Sonata in A Major | Mendelssohn: Song Without Words in D Major

Sol Gabetta, Cello 

Seong-Jin Cho, Piano

Richard Strauss: Elektra

Music: Richard Strauss

Libretto: Hugo von Hofmannsthal, after Sophocles

Elektra: Irene heorin

Clytemntestra: Waltraud Meier

Chrysothemis: Eva-Maria Westbroek

Aegisth: Robert Gambill

Orestes: Rene Pape

Tutotor to Orestes: Oliver Zwarg

Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna State Opera Chorus

Conductor: Daniele Gatti

Tchaikovksy: Francesca da Rimini (Symphonic Fantasy after Dante, Op. 32) | Santtu-Matias Rouvali

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op 93 | Valery Gergiev

If one credits Gustav Mahler entirely to the 19th century in order to make room for subsequent important 20th-century composers, then Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975) must undoubtedly be regarded as the greatest symphonist of the latter century. His 10th Symphony (whose scherzo alludes to the barbarism of Stalinism) is the absolute masterpiece of the Soviet composer!

1 Moderato

2 Allegro

3 Allegretto

4 Andante - Allegro

National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America

Valery Gergiev, conductor

Granville Bantock: Dante and Beatrice | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Vernon Handley