general information

composition date
1974
duration
40 min
editor
Le Chant du Monde
Opus
145a
Libretto (details, author)

Michelangelo Buonarroti, sonnets traduits par Abram Efros. Les titres ont été ajoutés par Dimitri Chostakovitch.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (1 male voice and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo bass voice

2 clarinets, 2 oboes, piccolo (also 2 flutes), 2 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, celesta, piano, 3 percussionists, harp

information about the creation

date
October 12, 1975

URSS, Moscou, grande salle du conservatoire

interpreters

Evguéni Nesterenko : basse, Orchestre de la Radio et Télévision d'URSS, direction : Maxime Chostakovitch.

Part titles

  1. Vérité (Sonnet au Pape Jules II) (Adagio)
  2. Matin (Sonnet XX) (Allegretto)
  3. Amour (Sonnet XXV) (Allegretto)
  4. Séparation (Madrigal ‘Com’ arò dunque ardire’) (Moderato)
  5. Colère (Sonnet VI) (Allegro non troppo)
  6. Dante (Sonnet I sur Dante) (Moderato)
  7. À l'exilé (Second sonnet sur Dante) (Largo)
  8. Création (Sonnet LXI sur la mort de Vittoria Colonna) (Moderato)
  9. Nuit (Dialogue entre Giovanni Strozzi et le sculpteur) (Andante)
  10. Mort (Sonnet LXIX) (Adagio)
  11. Immortalité (Épitaphe pour Cecchino Bracci Fiorentino – Épigrammes n° 14 et 12 (Allegretto)

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