From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 - IX. The Good Life (犹太民间诗歌，作品79 - 第9首 美好的生活)-Ryszard Karcykowski

Shostakovich: The Symphonies Box Set

The piece was composed in the autumn of 1948, after Shostakovich's denunciation in the Zhdanov decree of that year. The composer's situation and the official anti-Semitism of the time made a public pr...