Symphony no. 15

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest & Bernard Haitink

Symphony No. 15 is the fifteenth symphony by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, completed in 1971. The orchestral work is compact and introspective, juxtaposing scherzo-like motifs and nostalgic, memory-laden passages with sharply articulated wind and brass writing, and it occupies a distinctive place as the composer's final symphony within his late-period output.