Symphony no. 7 "Leningrad"

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Mark Wigglesworth

Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" is a symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1941 and first performed in 1942. The work combines late-Romantic orchestral forces with modernist harmonic language, featuring expansive orchestration, dramatic contrasts between lyrical passages and march-like, ostinato-driven material, and it forms a key part of Shostakovich's wartime output and the music history of the Second World War in the Soviet Union.
First released: April 1997

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 60 "Leningrad": I. Allegretto
    29:16
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 60 "Leningrad": II. Moderato (poco allegretto)
    12:15
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 60 "Leningrad": III. Adagio; Trio: Moderato risoluto - attacca -
    19:08
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 60 "Leningrad": IV. Allegro non troppo
    18:40

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