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Symphony No. 6
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Shostakovich originally intended his Symphony No.6 to be a monumental homage to Lenin for vocal soloists, choir and large orchestra. Even in the year before its completion, he announced in the press that Vladimir Mayakovsky’s poem “Vladimir Ilyich Lenin” was to form the textual basis for it. However, what was finally premiered in Moscow on 21 November 1939 as Symphony No. 6 did not meet these expectations in the slightest; nor was such a “Lenin Symphony” ever published by Shostakovich. The purely instrumental work opens with an expansive, introverted Largo followed by a short Scherzo and a brilliant “music hall gallop”, which Shostakovich considered the most accomplished piece of the symphony.
This volume is part of the revised and corrected new edition of all 15 symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich published by Boosey & Hawkes and Sikorski as large format study scores for optimal legibility. All scores and the related orchestral parts have been newly computer typeset, and the orchestral parts are also compatible for performance use with scores in ‘The New Collected Works of Dmitri Shostakovich’.
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I. Largo - II. Allegro - III. Presto
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In celebration of his anniversary year in 2025, music publishers Boosey & Hawkes and Sikorski have jointly launched of a revised and corrected new edition of all 15 symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich. A worthy tribute to one of the most important composers of the 20th century!
Published as large-format study scores, the new editions ensure optimal legibility. All scores and the related orchestral parts have been newly computer typeset. Scores and orchestral parts are also compatible with editions from the The New Collected Works of Dmitri Shostakovich, thus reflecting the current state of research.
Following the successful completion of this edition project, the piano reductions of the two symphonies with vocal or choral participation as well as study scores and piano reductions of other orchestral works by Dmitri Shostakovich, including the popular Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 and his instrumental concertos, will also be released. Like the study scores of the symphonies, these will be revised and corrected new editions in A4 format and in new computer typesetting.
