Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
Format: DSD64 (dsf tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2013
Size: 3.12 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony No. 7 ‘Leningrad’, Op. 60
01 Allegretto
02 Moderato (Poco allegretto)
03 Adagio –
04 Allegro non troppo
Another volume in the highly acclaimed complete cycle of Shostakovich symphonies from conductor Vasily Petrenko, leading the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on the Seventh Symphony, written during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Initially the composer gave each movement a programmatic title but later withdrew them, leaving this epic work as an historic emblem of heroic defiance in the face of conflict and crisis.
“I dedicate my Seventh Symphony to our struggle against fascism, to our coming victory over the enemy, to my native city, Leningrad.”
– Dmitry Shostakovich