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Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op 47
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Performers: 成人快手 Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
Recording date: 04 January 2005
Date of broadcast: 19 February 2005
Shostakovich鈥檚 Symphony No. 5 premiered in Leningrad in 1937 鈥� a time when those in power thought art too potent simply to be left in the hands of artists, and with frightening results. The pressures under which it was composed may seem unimaginable now. It asks us to imagine nonetheless.
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Performers: 成人快手 Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
Recording date: 04 January 2005
Date of broadcast: 19 February 2005
