dmitry playing ime:t shostakovich 79:15 (1906-1975 ... · shostakovich symphony no. 7...

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DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Recorded at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, England, from 1st to 3rd June, 2012 Producer and editor: Andrew Walton (K&A Productions Ltd.) • Engineer: Mike Clements Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd. • Booklet notes: Richard Whitehouse Cover photograph of Vasily Petrenko by Ben Wright Booklet Notes in English • Made in Germany & © 2013 Naxos Right US, Inc. www.naxos.com 8.573057 Playing Time: 79:15 Three weeks after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Shostakovich volunteered with the Home Guard in Leningrad. As the siege of the city intensified, he worked on his Seventh Symphony, completing three movements before being forced to leave Leningrad and travel east by train. The work was completed in December that year. Initially he gave each movement a programmatic title, but later withdrew them, leaving this epic work as an emblem of heroic defiance in the face of conflict and crisis: ‘I dedicate my Seventh Symphony to our struggle against fascism, to our coming victory over the enemy, to my native city, Leningrad.’ Symphony No. 7 ‘Leningrad’, Op. 60 (1941) 79:15 1 Allegretto 28:32 2 Moderato (Poco allegretto) 12:58 3 Adagio – 18:44 4 Allegro non troppo 19:01 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko

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Page 1: DMITRY Playing ime:T SHOSTAKOVICH 79:15 (1906-1975 ... · SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 ‘Leningrad’ Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY

DMITRY

SHOSTAKOVICH(1906-1975)

Recorded at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, England, from 1st to 3rd June, 2012Producer and editor: Andrew Walton (K&A Productions Ltd.) • Engineer: Mike ClementsPublisher: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd. • Booklet notes: Richard Whitehouse

Cover photograph of Vasily Petrenko by Ben Wright

Booklet Notes in English • Made in Germany℗ & © 2013 Naxos Right US, Inc. www.naxos.com

8.57

3057

SHOSTAKOVICHSymphony No. 7 ‘Leningrad’

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraVasily Petrenko

SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY NO. 7 ‘LENINGRAD’ 8.573057

Playing Time:79:15

Three weeks after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Shostakovich volunteered with the Home Guard in Leningrad. As the siege of the city intensifi ed, he worked on his Seventh Symphony, completing three movements before being forced to leave Leningrad and travel east by train. The work was completed in December that year. Initially he gave each movement a programmatic title, but later withdrew them, leaving this epic work as an emblem of heroic defi ance in the face of confl ict and crisis:‘I dedicate my Seventh Symphony to our struggle against fascism, to our coming victory over the enemy,

to my native city, Leningrad.’

Symphony No. 7 ‘Leningrad’, Op. 60 (1941) 79:15

1 Allegretto 28:322 Moderato (Poco allegretto) 12:583 Adagio – 18:444 Allegro non troppo 19:01

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraVasily Petrenko