The Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47, by Dmitri Shostakovich is a work for orchestra composed between April and July 1937. Its first performance was on November 21, 1937, in …

Sep 19, 2023 · Dmitri Shostakovich composed the Fifth Symphony in 1937. The previous year he had experienced a devastating blow when his music came under heavy attack in the Soviet …

Regardless of its philosophical underpinnings, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 is a masterpiece of the orchestral repertory, poignant and economical in its conception. There is...

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) SYMPHONY NO. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 Boston Symphony Orchestra LEONARD BERNSTEIN, conductor Recording: Music Shed, Tanglewood, Lenox, …

Nov 11, 2020 · Written quickly between April and July of 1937, it embraces the pure, abstract majesty of symphonic form. Set in the traditional four movements, it delivers the kind of …

Unsure about its reception, Shostakovich rejected his own Fourth Symphony while in rehearsal. Instead he premiered Symphony No. 5, obsequiously subtitled "A Soviet Artist's Response to...

Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47, symphony by Dmitry Shostakovich that was his attempt to regain official approval after his work had been condemned by Joseph Stalin. Symphony No. 5 …

Mar 15, 2012 · Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony would, at first glance, seem, on purely musical grounds, to be a most unlikely work to have become possibly the most hotly debated and …

Jan 18, 2022 · David Gutman investigates Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, his ‘make or break’ response to ‘just criticism’ and the varied recordings it has inspired.

Conductor Vasily Petrenko guides us through the history and analysis of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony. Symphony No. 5 Op. 47 (1937) Premiered: Leningrad, 1937. The famous Fifth …