Dimitri Chostakovitch (1906-1975)

Symphonie n° 5 (1937)

in D minor

  • General information
    • Composition date: 18 apr 1937 - 20 jul 1937
    • Duration: 45 mn
    • Publisher: Le Chant du Monde
    • Opus: 47
Detailed formation
  • 3 flutes (also piccolo), 2 oboes, 3 clarinets (also Eb clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussionists, 2 harp, celesta, piano, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 21 November 1937
    Location:

    Léningrad, Grande salle de la philharmonie


    Performers:

    l'Orchestre philharmonique de Léningrad, direction : Evguéni Mravinski.

Table of contents

  1. Moderato
  2. Allegretto
  3. Largo
  4. Allegro non troppo – Allegro