Symphony No. 5 (Shostakovich)
1937 symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 "triumphal success"[1] that appealed to both the public and official critics, receiving an ovation that lasted well over half an hour.[2]