“Most important, historically, is the Moscow recording of the original 1962 version of Shostakovich’s Symphony No.13 (with the bass Vitaly Gromadsky), using Yevtushenko’s (pre-censored) text commemorating the massacre of Jews at Babi Yar ... Yevtushenko’s original (‘I feel myself a Jew’), was what the anti-Semitic Soviet government would have no truck with. So it’s significant this is once again made available, especially in such a memorably intense performance.” (Gramophone)

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Recordings: Great Hall, Moscow Conservatory, 1962 (Symphony No. 13); St. Petersburg Melodiya Studios, 1984 (King Lear)