Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10; Mahler: Symphony No. 10 - Ada

These two Tenth Symphonies represent powerful statements by composers undergoing the greatest of crises in their eventful lives. Shostakovich’s intense and deeply symbolic Symphony No. 10, considered by many to be his finest, was kept hidden by the composer for fear of Soviet reprisals, and was only performed after Stalin’s death in 1953. (Naxos)