Symphony no. 5, op. 47

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Pavel Kogan & Московский государственный академический симфонический оркестр

Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 is a symphony by Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich, composed and premiered in 1937. The four-movement work combines classical symphonic structures with intense, often sardonic orchestration—contrasting brooding, lyrical passages and march-like rhythms with a forceful, ambiguously triumphant finale—and it marked a pivotal moment in Shostakovich's career as he navigated the artistic pressures of the Soviet cultural climate in the late 1930s.