Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 1
The latest instalment in Gianandrea Noseda and the London Symphony Orchestra’s Shostakovich cycle pairs his famed Fifth Symphony with his lesser-known First, written at just 18 years of age. The Fifth was written under intense scrutiny from the Soviet censors but proved a huge success, with its devastating slow movement and ambiguously joyful finale.
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- Shostakovich•Symphony No. 5 in D minor op. 47•I. Moderato
- Shostakovich•Symphony No. 5 in D minor op. 47•II. Allegretto
- Shostakovich•Symphony No. 5 in D minor op. 47•III. Largo
- Shostakovich•Symphony No. 5 in D minor op. 47•IV. Finale. Allegro non troppo
- Shostakovich•Symphony No. 1 in F minor op. 10•I. Allegretto – Allegro non troppo
- Shostakovich•Symphony No. 1 in F minor op. 10•II. Allegro
- Shostakovich•Symphony No. 1 in F minor op. 10•III. Lento – Largo
- Shostakovich•Symphony No. 1 in F minor op. 10•IV. Finale. Allegro molto