Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7
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Composer: Dmitry ShostakovichConductor: Bernard Haitink
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2000-08-08
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
- Symphony No.7 In C Major, Op.60 'Leningrad': I. Allegretto
- Symphony No.7 In C Major, Op.60 'Leningrad': II. Moderato (poco allegretto)
- Symphony No.7 In C Major, Op.60 'Leningrad': III. Adagio
- Symphony No.7 In C Major, Op.60 'Leningrad': IV. Allegro non troppo
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Free Music Review: Leningrad
Hit: 5 Stars
Michael Jones' Leningrad: A State of Siege, which was just published and draws, in part, on recently "released" documents, refers to Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony a number of times. I quote from the INTRODUCTION:
It was not merely the Red Army that saved Leningrad from utter ruin. This book will tell the story of this city's survival, and what made that possible -- how the people of Leningrad found the resources within themselves to endure and to survive...The greatest symbol of this defiance was an extraordinary orchestral concert. On 9 August 1942 the besieged city put on a performance of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony....The symbolic importance of this concert was enormous...The Germans had boasted that they would capture the city on 9 August and hold a victory celebration at Leningrad's Astoria Hotel. The date for the Seventh Symphony's premiere was thus deliberately chosen...Many years after the war [the conductor] was approached by a group of German tourists, who said that they had come to the city especially to see him. They had been in the besieging army outside the city, so close that they were able to intercept Leningrad's radio signals, and hear the broadcast of Shostakovich's Seventh. Now these veterans said: "It had a slow but powerful effect on us. The realisation began to dawn that we would never take Leningrad."
Jones' book is VERY good. I can't wait to finish it. Then I am going to listen to the 7th again though in crucial respects I will be truly hearing it for the first time.
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