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Composer:
Dmitri Shostakovich

Conductor:
Valery Gergiev

Background: This DVD presents Larry Weinstein's award-winning film 'Shostakovich against Stalin', which tellingly examines the harrowing subject of Stalin's bloody purges and Shostakovich's musical response. Described by the composer as his 'tombstones', Symphonies 4 to 9 represented the composer’s weapons against Stalin's tyranny.

They remain powerful testimony to a great artist's struggle against oppression. Shot on location in St Petersburg and Moscow, the film brings together archive film, personal recollections from Shostakovich's family, friends and colleagues, and key extracts from the symphonies, performed by the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, conducted by Valery Gergiev.

CATALOGUE NR: 0743117
RECORD LABEL: Philips
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: £ 14.50 including VAT, or £ 12.34 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 17-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TITLE: Shostakovich against Stalin - film
TRACKS: plus - Symphony No.4 in C minor op.43 3rd movement conclusion. Symphony No.5 in D minor op.47 1st movement. Symphony No.6 in B minor 2nd movement. Symphony No.7 in C op.60 'Leningrad' 1st movement. Symphony No.8 in C minor op.65 3rd movement. Symphony No.9 in E flat op.70 1st movement. Shostakovich Wartime Radio Broadcast. Shostakovich Chronology.
ORCHESTRA: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC / Sound Format: DTS 5.1 Surround Sound PCM Stereo - Feb-2006 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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