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Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 5 & No. 12 "The Year 1917"

4/1/2016, 8 Tracks, 1:19:28

Featuring

  • Evgeny Mravinsky
  • Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Dmitri Shostakovich

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Shostakovich stated that in the finale of his Fifth Symphony, he sought to resolve the tragic events of the opening movements with an optimistic and vital project.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Shostakovich's Twelfth Symphony, subtitled 'in memory of Lenin,' is associated with the composer's childhood memory of Lenin's arrival in Petrograd in April 1917.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The Fifth Symphony uses a Mahlerian orchestra, including a generous percussion section, and features two lyrical themes in its opening Moderato.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Yevgeny Mravinsky, the conductor on this album, won the All-Union Conductors' Competition in Moscow in 1938 and became the permanent conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic that same year.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 premiered in 1937 and was an immense success, serving as a rehabilitation for the composer after an article in Pravda denounced his opera Lady Macbeth.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Shostakovich dedicated his Eighth Symphony to Yevgeny Mravinsky, the conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic, in 1943.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Twelfth Symphony is also a tribute to friends like stage director Meyerhold and Marshal Tukhachevsky, who were 'liquidated' on Stalin's orders.

Source: Booklet

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