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Witold Rowicki conducts Shostakovich. Symphony 5 (LSO, 1960s, from cassette)

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The Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47, by Dmitri Shostakovich is a work for orchestra composed between April and July 1937. Its first performance was on November 21, 1937, in Leningrad by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra under Yevgeny Mravinsky. The premiere was a huge success, and received an ovation that lasted well over half an hour.

Date of composition 1937
Type Symphony
Tonality D Minor
Catalogue Op. 47
Instruments Orchestra
In listings Famous Works
Autotranslations beta Dmitri Chostakovitch: Symphonie n°5 en ré mineur, Op. 47
Dmitrij Šostakovič: Sinfonia n. 5 in re minore, Op. 47
Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch: Sinfonie Nr. 5 d-moll, Op. 47

Witold Rowicki conducts Shostakovich. Symphony 5 (LSO, 1960s, from cassette)

Shostakovich Symphony 5 London Symphony Orchestra Witold Rowicki, conductor 1960s, from cassette

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