SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY NO. 5 / BERNSTEIN • NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY NO. 5 / BERNSTEIN · NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

 CONDUCTOR: LEONARD BERNSTEIN

ORCHESTRA: THE NEW YORK PHILARMONIC

ÁLBUM: LEONARD BERNSTEIN AND THE NEW YORK PHILARMONIC – SYMPHONY Nº 5, OP. 47

LABEL: COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS

GENRE: CLASSICAL

STYLE: MODERN

YEAR: 1959

The Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47, by Dmitri Shostakovich is a work for orchestra composed between April and July 1937. Its first performance was on November 21, 1937, in Leningrad by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra under Yevgeny Mravinsky. The premiere was a huge success, and received an ovation that lasted well over half an hour.