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2. Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich) - Wikipedia

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   They believed that Shostakovich's pessimism had short-circuited what might have otherwise been a masterpiece in the vein of the 1812 Overture. The tragic mood of Shostakovich's next symphony, the Eighth, intensified the critical discord. [57] Later, negative views from the West prejudiced the thinking of the Soviet elite toward the Seventh. [58]

3. American premieres of Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7

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   The first American press report of the Symphony No. 7 emerged from the Romanul American on January 3, 1942, a Romanian-language newspaper, which stated that Shostakovich had recently composed a symphony "dedicated to the defenders of Leningrad"; [32] on January 24, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch mentioned it in an article about the siege. [33]

4. Leningrad première of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7

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   Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 had its Leningrad première on 9 August 1942 during the Second World War, while the city was under siege by the Nazi German forces. 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 ...

5. Bernard Haitink discography - Wikipedia

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   London Symphony Orchestra: All recordings produced by LSO Live label, the in-house record label for the London Symphony Orchestra. Ludwig van Beethoven : Symphony No. 1 (2006)

6. Symphony No. 7 - Wikipedia

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   Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich) in C major (Op. 60, Leningrad) by Dmitri Shostakovich, c. 1939–40 Symphony No. 7 (Sibelius) in C major (Op. 105) by Jean Sibelius, 1924 Symphony No. 7 (Simpson) by Robert Simpson, 1977

7. Yuri Ahronovitch - Wikipedia

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   He made a number of premiere recordings, mainly with the London Symphony, the Stockholm Philharmonic and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Yuri Ahronovitch was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music from 1984, and in 1987 he was decorated by the King of Sweden as "Commander of the Royal Order of the Polar Star".

8. Leningrad Symphony (film) - Wikipedia

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   However, on August 9, when Hitler planned to seize Leningrad, people heard the Symphony live. [4] This film is a depiction of the events leading up to the day of the historic performance, which was broadcast nationwide all over the Soviet Union on radio, and led up to the smash success of the work at home and abroad.

9. Karl Eliasberg - Wikipedia

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   Brahms: German Requiem (rec. 1960), Symphony No.3 (rec. 1948), Symphony No. 4 (live concert recording, May 9, 1960), Double Concerto (rec. 1951, with David Oistrakh and Sviatoslav Knushevitsky) Mahler: Symphony No. 4 with soprano Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya USSR State Symphony Orchestra. Rec. Oct 19, 1954; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 Leningrad ...