Symphony no. 5 in D minor, op. 47 / Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Suite, op. 29a

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Filharmonie Bohuslava Martinů Zlín & Elbert Lechtman Steinberg

Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 / Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Suite, Op. 29a is an album of orchestral works by Dmitri Shostakovich comprising compositions from the early to mid-1930s, with the Lady Macbeth suite drawn from his 1932–34 opera and the Fifth Symphony composed in 1937. Musically, the pairing contrasts the earlier, more dissonant and operatic expression of the Lady Macbeth material with the Fifth Symphony's dramatic, formally concentrated orchestral language that reflected and responded to the pressures of Soviet cultural politics, and together they mark a clear shift in Shostakovich's output from avant-garde experimentation toward a more publicly communicative idiom.

First released: 1994

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Symphony no. 5 in D minor, op. 47: I. Moderato
17:56
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Symphony no. 5 in D minor, op. 47: II. Allegretto
5:43
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Symphony no. 5 in D minor, op. 47: III. Largo
16:17
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Symphony no. 5 in D minor, op. 47: IV. Allegro non troppo
11:31
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Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Suite, op. 29a: I. Dangerous Tension. Largo - Allegro con brio
4:25
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Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Suite, op. 29a: II. Passacaglia. Largo
9:29
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Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Suite, op. 29a: III. Katerina and Sergej. Andante
6:06
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Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Suite, op. 29a: IV. The Drunkard. Allegro
5:08