Shostakovich: Symphonies #3 '1st of May' & #14 - Mariss Jansons, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
With this release, Mariss Jansons completes his masterful exploration of one of the greatest symphonic sequences of the 20th century. In this final chapter, Jansons returns to conduct the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in two complimentary works from either end of the composer's lifetime. "Symphony No. 3 First Of May" is one of the earliest while Symphony No. 14 with its 11 arranged settings of poetry, is one of his latest. The cycle is finished in time for the 100th anniversary of Shostakovich this year.