- Dmitri Shostakovich
King Lear, Music to the film in two parts, Op. 137 (1970)
- Schirmer Russian Music/Le Chant du Monde (USA, Canada and Mexico only)
Available in the USA, Canada and Mexico only
- 3.2.3.2/4.3.3.1/timp.perc+dms+glock+xyl+tam/hp/str
- mixted choir
- William Shakespeare
Programme Note
1. [No. 1] Horn of the Beggars’ Leader
2. [No. 2] Horn of the Beggars’ Leader
3. [No. 3] Departure of the King’s Retinue (Allegro)
4. [No. 4] Edmund gives the Command to the Attack (Allegro)
5. [No. 5] Edmund gives the Order for the Duel (Allegro)
6. [No. 6] Answering to Edgar’s Signals
7. [No. 7] The Fool’s Bells (Allegretto)
8. [No. 8] The Fool’s Shawm (Moderato)
9. [No. 9] Hunting Horn (Allegro)
10. [No. 10] Death’s Call (Adagio)
11. [No. 50] Introduction (Passage of Time) (Adagio)
12. [No. 51] First Sighting of Lear’s Castle (Adagio)
13. [No. 52] (Moderato)
14. [No. 53] Beginning of the Catastrophe (Adagio)
15. [No. 54] The Voice of Truth (Adagio)
16. [No. 55] The Storm (Moderato)
17. [No. 56] Lamentation (Adagio)
18. [No. 57] The Storm (Beginning) (Adagio)
19. [No. 58] Dinner at Goneril’s (Allegretto)
20. [No. 70] Ending of the Tableau ‘King Lear’. Finale (Moderato)
2. [No. 2] Horn of the Beggars’ Leader
3. [No. 3] Departure of the King’s Retinue (Allegro)
4. [No. 4] Edmund gives the Command to the Attack (Allegro)
5. [No. 5] Edmund gives the Order for the Duel (Allegro)
6. [No. 6] Answering to Edgar’s Signals
7. [No. 7] The Fool’s Bells (Allegretto)
8. [No. 8] The Fool’s Shawm (Moderato)
9. [No. 9] Hunting Horn (Allegro)
10. [No. 10] Death’s Call (Adagio)
11. [No. 50] Introduction (Passage of Time) (Adagio)
12. [No. 51] First Sighting of Lear’s Castle (Adagio)
13. [No. 52] (Moderato)
14. [No. 53] Beginning of the Catastrophe (Adagio)
15. [No. 54] The Voice of Truth (Adagio)
16. [No. 55] The Storm (Moderato)
17. [No. 56] Lamentation (Adagio)
18. [No. 57] The Storm (Beginning) (Adagio)
19. [No. 58] Dinner at Goneril’s (Allegretto)
20. [No. 70] Ending of the Tableau ‘King Lear’. Finale (Moderato)