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The Last Years (1969-1975)

Opus 135: Symphony No. 14 for soprano, bass, string orchestra and percussion (1969)

On verses by Lorca, Apollinaire, Kuechelbecker and Rilke.
Dedicated to B. Britten.
1. De profundis (after Garcia Lorca): Adagio (bass)
2. Malaguena (after Garcia Lorca): Allegretto (soprano)
3. Loreley (after Apollinaire): Allegro molto (soprano and bass)
4. The Suicide (after Apollinaire): Adagio (soprano)
5. On the Watch (after Apollinaire): Allegretto (soprano)
6. Madam, look! (after Apollinaire): Adagio (soprano and bass)
7. In the Sante Prison (after Apollinaire): Adagio (bass)
8. The Zaporozhian Cossacks´ Answer to the Sultan of Constantinople (after Apollinaire): Allegro (bass)
9. O Delvig, Delvig! (after Kuechelbecker): Andante (bass)
10. The Poet´s Death (after Rilke): Largo (soprano)
11. Conclusion (after Rilke): Moderato (soprano and bass)
First performance: 29 September 1969 in Leningrad by Moscow SO under R. Barshai; soloists: G. Vishnevskaya (soprano) and M. Reshetin (bass).
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Opus 136: "Loyalty", eight ballads after Dolmatovsky for unaccompanied male chorus (1970)

Dedicated to G. Ernesaks (chorus master)
Composed for the centenary celebrations of Lenin's birth.
1. In Some Immemorial Year: Moderato
2. People Believing in a Flame: Allegretto
3. A Great Name: Allegretto
4. Revolution Banner: Allegretto
5. A Difficult Search for Beauty: Allegro non troppo
6. I Want To Learn All About Him: Adagio
7. So This is Where the People Were!: Andante
8. On Meetings of the Young Generation: Allegretto
First performance: 5 December 1970 in Tallin by Estonian State Academic Voice Chorus under G. Ernesaks.
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Filmproducer: G. Kosintsev (Lenfilm).
1. The Fool's Waterpipe: Moderato - 1 min.
2. Prelude - The March of Time: Adagio - 2 min. 30 sec.
3. Lear's Castle: Adagio - 3 min.
4. The Catastrophe begins: Adagio - 3 min.
5. The Voice of Truth: Adagio - 3 min.
6. Storm: Moderato - 2 min. 30 sec.
7. After the Storm: Adagio - 3 min.
8. Finale - The Fool: Moderato - 1 min.
First performance: 1970.
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Opus 138: String Quartet No. 13 B flat minor (1970)

One movement:
Adagio - Doppio movimento - Tempo primo - 19 min.
Dedicated to V. Borissovsky (violinist of the Beethoven Quartet).
First performance: 13 December 1970 in Leningrad by the Beethoven Quartet.
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Dedicated to M. Zoschenko (playwright). First performance: 9 November 1970 in Moscow.
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Chamber-orchestral version of opus 62 (1942).
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1. Allegretto
2. Adagio - Largo - Adagio - Largo
3. Allegretto
4. Adagio - Allegretto - Adagio - Allegretto
First performance: 8 January 1972 in Moscow Conservatory by Moscow All-Union Soviet Radio and Television SO under M. Shostakovich.
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Opus 141C: Transcription of "Serenada" by Braga for soprano, mezzo-soprano, violin and piano (1972)

Text by M. Marcello; translation by A. Gorchakova.

Movements:
1. Allegretto - 9 min.
2. Adagio - 10 min.
3. Allegretto. Poco meno mosso. A tempo. Adagio - 9 min.
Dedicated to S. Shirinsky (cellist of the Beethoven Quartet). First performance: 12 November 1973 in Leningrad by Beethoven Quartet.
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Dedicated to I.P. Bogacheva (mezzo-soprano of the Kirov opera, Leningrad).
1. My Poems: Largo
2. Whence Such Tenderness?: Allegretto
3. Hamlet's Dialogue with his Conscience: Largo
4. The Poet and the Tsar: Moderato
5. No, Sounded the Drum: Allegretto
6. To Anna Akhmatova: Largo
First performance: 27 December 1973 in Moscow Conservatory by I. Bogacheva (mezzo-soprano) and S. Vakman (piano).

First performance: 6 June 1974 In Moscow Conservatory.
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1. Elegy: Adagio
2. Serenada: Adagio
3. Intermezzo: Adagio
4. Nocturne: Adagio
5. Funeral March: Adagio molto
6. Epilogue: Adagio
First performance: 15 November 1974 in Leningrad by Taneyev Quartet.
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Transcription by Lev Markiz.
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Dedicated to Irina A. Shostakovich (third wife).
Translation: A. Efros.
To commemorate the 500th birth of Michelangelo Buonarrotti.
1. Truth (Sonnet 3 to Pope Julius II): Adagio
2. Morning (Sonnet 20): Allegretto
3. Love (Sonnet 25): Allegretto
4. Separation (Madrigal): Moderato
5. Anger (Sonnet 4 on Rome in the Pontificate of Julius II): Allegro non troppo
6. Dante (Sonnet 1 on Dante Alighieri): Moderato
7. To the Exile (Sonnet 2 on Dante Alighieri): Largo
8. Creativity (Sonnet 61 on the Death of vittoria Colonna): Moderato
9. Night (Dialogue between Giovanni Strozzi and the Sculptor): Andante
10. Death (Sonnet 69): Adagio
11. Immortality (Epitaph for cecchino Bracci Firentio, Epigrams 14 and 12): Allegretto
First performance: 23 December 1974 in Leningrad by Y. Nesterenko (bass) and Y. Shenderovich (piano)
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Orchestrated version for symphony orchestra after opus 145. First performance: 12 Oktober 1975 in Moscow Conservatory by Moscow All-Union Radio and Television SO under M. Shostakovich; soloist; Y. Nesterenko (bass).
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Text from the novel "The devils" (1871).
1. The Love of Captain Lebyadkin: Allegretto
2. The Cockroach: Moderato
3. The Ball for the Benefit of Governesses: Allegretto
4. A Shining Personality (or 'A Pure Soul'): Allegretto
First performance: 10 May 1975 in Moscow Conservatory by Y. Nesterenko (bass) and Y. Shenderovich (piano).
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Composed at the request of Y. Nesterenko.
Translation of Goethe's text from "Faust" by A. Strugovtchikov.
First performance: 1 April 1975 in Leningrad Philharmony by Leningrad PO under Y. Kochnev; soloist: Y. Nesterenko (bass).
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Adaptation of opus 22 and 27.
Choreographer: N.I. Rigenko.
First performance: 19 January 1976 in Moscow.

Dedicated to F. Druzhinin (violist of the Beethoven Quartet).
1. Aria (or Novello) - Moderato
2. Scherzo - Allegretto
3. In Memory of the Great Beethoven: Adagio
First performance: 1 Oktober 1975 in Leningrad by F. Druzhinin (viola) and M. Muntyan (piano).
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Opus 147B: Transcription of Opus 147 for viola, strings and celesta (1990)

Transcription by V. Mendelssohn.
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Incomplete.