Alexander Lokshin: Symphonies Nos. 5, 9, 11 (2006)

For listeners who revere Shostakovich's despairing late song cycles and his death-haunted Fourteenth Symphony, this disc of three vocal symphonies by Soviet composer Alexander Lokshin will be like manna in the desert. A victim of Soviet repression -- a native of Siberia, he was twice all but banished there for writing music that wasn't positive enough for Socialist Realism -- Lokshin was not just another Shostakovich wanna-be; he was his own man with a distinctive compositional voice and strong views on art and aesthetics, ... Read More

For listeners who revere Shostakovich's despairing late song cycles and his death-haunted Fourteenth Symphony, this disc of three vocal symphonies by Soviet composer Alexander Lokshin will be like manna in the desert. A victim of Soviet repression -- a native of Siberia, he was twice all but banished there for writing music that wasn't positive enough for Socialist Realism -- Lokshin was not just another Shostakovich wanna-be; he was his own man with a distinctive compositional voice and strong views on art and aesthetics, and on life and death. In these three works -- structurally symphonic but expressively lyrical -- Lokshin proves himself a convincing, even a compelling composer with a unique but not eccentric point of view. And these three performances with Michel Swierczewski leading the Grosses Orchestra of Graz, Lokshin's Fifth Symphony setting two of Shakespeare's sonnets for baritone, string orchestra, and harp; his Ninth Symphony setting five poems by Leonid Martynov for baritone and string... Read Less

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