Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad) - Dmitri Shostakovich
Information about Symphony No. 7 by Dmitri Shostakovich, and the best recordings available on CD or for download.
Popular in both Russia and the West as a statement of condemnation of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.
The work was written in 1941, and is in the key of C major. It consists of four movements lasting a total of approximately 80 minutes.
RECOMMENDED RECORDINGS
Petrenko (Naxos 8.573057)
Continuing Petrenko's excellent cycle of the Shostakovich symphonies.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko, 2012.
Naxos 8.573057
Bernstein (Deutsche Grammophon 427 632-2)
From a live recording in 1988 - outstanding performances of both works.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, 1988.
Deutsche Grammophon 427 632-2
Coupled with Symphony No. 1
Bychkov (AVIE 20)
Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Semyon Bychkov.
AVIE 20