Weakened by a series of chronic illnesses and aware of his impending death Shostakovich looks
back on his life in Symphony No.15 in A major op.141. The work opens with cheerful
reminiscences from his youth featuring quotations from his early works and allusions to
Rossini. But already by the second movement a funeral march rich with self-quotation the mood
changes. In the cantabile movement which follows one hears the murmuring ghosts of the past.
With echoes of Richard Wagner the eerie finale ultimately instructs the listener to remain
fearful through its crumbling tonality.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'.Instrumentation:orchestraop. 141
