Symphony no. 7 “Leningrad”

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Valery Gergiev

Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" is the seventh symphony by Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich, completed in 1941 and premiered in 1942. The work is scored for a large orchestra and combines expansive, often martial themes, ostinato-driven passages and sombre slow movements that evoke the wartime siege, occupying a prominent place in Shostakovich's output as a notable wartime symphonic statement within Soviet-era music.

Symphony no. 7 “Leningrad” by Shostakovich - album cover

First released: 31st March 2003

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1.
Symphony no. 7 in C major “Leningrad”, op. 60: I. War: Allegretto
27:37
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Symphony no. 7 in C major “Leningrad”, op. 60: II. Memories: Moderato: Poco allegretto
13:08
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Symphony no. 7 in C major “Leningrad”, op. 60: III. My Native Field: Adagio
17:57
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Symphony no. 7 in C major “Leningrad”, op. 60: IV. Victory: Allegro non troppo
20:03