Written after his disgrace over “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District,” Shostakovitch’s Symphony No. 5 was originally titled “A Soviet Artist’s
Response to Just Criticism.”
His opera was denounced as vulgar by a Communist newspaper. Fearing for his life, he then retracted his Fourth symphony, whic...
[Instrumental]
Movements:
Moderato
Allegretto
Largo
Allegro Non Troppo
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 was written by Дмитрий Шостакович (Dmitri Shostakovich).
Дмитрий Шостакович (Dmitri Shostakovich) released Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 on Sun Nov 21 1937.