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| Composer | Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975) |
| Period | Early 20th century |
| Year | 1937 |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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BirminghamShostakovich's Fifth Symphony
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Bacewicz, Sibelius, Shostakovich
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Gemma New; Christian Tetzlaff
LuganoSol Gabetta
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Lutosławski, Shostakovich
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana; Krzysztof Urbański; Sol Gabetta
ParisLe Cuirassé Potemkine / Sergueï Eisenstein
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Shostakovich
Orchestre du Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris; Frank Strobel
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Aurora dazzle in Edinburgh International Festival debut
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Aurora Orchestra turn Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony inside out to exhilarating effect in a dazzling performance in their Scottish debut. Abel Selaocoe’s Four Spirits, on the other hand, has surface shine but not much substance.
Aurora Orchestra pulls off another dramatic performance from memory
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Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra, together with Frantic Assembly, present an illuminating analysis of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony, followed by a blistering account of the work from memory.
Intense Rachmaninov and illuminating Shostakovich in Gateshead
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The Hallé’s Principal Conductor, Kahchun Wong, dances his way through an authoritative account of Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony at the Glasshouse, Gateshead.
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StockholmShostakovich's Symphony no. 5 in D minor
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5 in D minor, Op.47
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Sakari Oramo
GothenburgShostakovich Symphony no. 5
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5 in D minor, Op.47
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Santtu-Matias Rouvali
VerbierVerbier Festival Orchestra / Teodor Currentzis
Rachmaninov, Shostakovich
Verbier Festival Orchestra; Teodor Currentzis; Alexandre Kantorow
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Bachtrack top ten: Dmitri Shostakovich
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Conformist or closet dissident? Dmitri Shostakovich had to adapt, chameleon-like, to the changing political climate in the Soviet Union, toeing the party line where necessary, but planting his music with coded messages.
Xian Zhang on her debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra
Ahead of her first concerts with the Philharmonia, the Chinese conductor talks about Shostakovich and the challenges of performing four concerts in four venues in four days.