Symphony no. 5

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & London Symphony Orchestra & André Previn

Symphony No. 5 is the fifth symphony by Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich, completed in 1937. The four-movement orchestral work combines late-Romantic and modernist elements, with stark contrasts, pungent brass writing and recurring motifs that are transformed across the movements, and it occupies a pivotal place in Shostakovich's output as a public-facing response to the political pressures of the 1930s.
First released: 2008

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 5: I. Moderato
    17:24
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 5: II. Allegretto
    5:02
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 5: III. Largo
    16:01
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 5: IV. Allegro non troppo
    9:37

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