Shostakovich - New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur - Symphony No. 7 Leningrad album flac

Album · 1999 · 4 Songs. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" Kurt Masur. Symphony No. 7 in C Major Op. 60, "Leningrad": IV. Allegro non troppo.

Martial Animated Bombastic Elegiac Energetic Enigmatic Harsh Heroic Severe Tragic. Kurt Masur, New York Philharmonic. 7 "Leningrad".

The Leningrad première of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 took place on 9 August 1942 during the Second World War, while the city of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) was under siege by Nazi German forces. Dmitri Shostakovich had intended the piece to be premièred by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, but because of the siege, that group was evacuated from the city, as was the composer himself. The world première of the symphony was held on 5 March in Kuybyshev with the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

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60 Leningrad : II. Moderato (poco allegretto) 10:19 3. 7 in C Major . The late conductor, Kurt Masur, had a long relationship with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, dating back to 1987. This recording, made during his tenure as Principal Conductor (2000-2007), highlights the close relationship between Conductor and Orchestra. This release adds to a growing collection of Shostakovich symphonies on the LPO label. Previous recordings featuring Kurt Masur have been praised for their emphatic style and serious class. The most recent Shostakovich release (LPO-0080: Symphony Nos.

In Kurt Masur's straightforward and superbly recorded performance of Shostakovich's wartime Symphony N. ("Leningrad"), the listener can feel the composer's deep sense of loss for the devastation visited upon his native city, first by Stalin's Great Terror and then by the Nazis' 900-day siege, in which nearly a million civilians died from bombs .

Release group information. Artist: Shostakovich; New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur.

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