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" that appealed to both the public and official critics, receiving an ovation that lasted well over half an hour.
PERFORMANCE
hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony
Dirigent: David Afkham,
Alte Oper Frankfurt, 3. Februar 2017
00:00 | Auftritt
00:25 | I. Moderato
17:25 | II. Allegretto
23:28 | III. Largo
38:15 | IV. Allegro non troppo