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Amazon says it's a live recording of the second performance of Shosty 13 in 1962

Posted by pbarach on May 20, 2020 at 19:05:31:
This Praga reissue claims to be "an echo of the second performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No.13 in December of 1962. It still features the original text by Yevtushenko." Are these claims true?
The first performance in 12/62 featured the original text. According to the liner notes for the Kondrashin recording on Philip and Petrenko's more recent issue, the second performance in 1962 (which is what Praga says we have on this SACD) was canceled. Both sets of liner notes say that the first performance with the revised text, which was actually the second performance, took place in February 1963.
This Praga reissue may be the first performance in 1962 with the original text, or the second performance in 1963 with the revised text. Basically, I dunno.
Here's an interview with Yevtushenko: