This guide follows Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 (1937) in four parts: Moderato - Allegro non troppo (sonata form), Allegretto (minuet and trio), Largo and Allegro non troppo (sonata form).
The symphony opens with a strenuous between low and high strings, leaping and falling in sixths that later narrow to thirds, and the first violins then sing a broad lyrical . The is in E-flat minor. In the the quiet is turned into a grotesque quick with military drums and trumpets. The starts, and later the . In the , gentle strings and scales in the celesta leave the ending ambiguous.
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
ShostakovichSymphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10ShostakovichSymphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93ShostakovichString Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 49ShostakovichString Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73ShostakovichPiano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102ShostakovichCello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107ShostakovichString Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108ShostakovichString Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110ShostakovichViola Sonata, Op. 147
BachTrio Sonata No. 1 in E-flat major, BWV 525
HaydnSymphony No. 1 in D major, Hob. I:1HaydnHorn Concerto in D major, Hob. VIId:3HaydnPiano Sonata in A-flat major, Hob. XVI:46HaydnPiano Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI:20HaydnString Quartet in A major, Op. 20 No. 6HaydnString Quartet in C major, Op. 20 No. 2HaydnString Quartet in D major, Op. 20 No. 4HaydnString Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 20 No. 1HaydnString Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5Path 02
Twelve symphonies from Mozart's Fortieth to Shostakovich's Fifth, the core of the concert repertoire.
Mozart → Haydn → Beethoven → Schubert → Berlioz → Mendelssohn → Brahms → Mahler → Tchaikovsky → Dvořák → Shostakovich
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From Glinka to Shostakovich: a century of Russian music, in the order it was written.
Glinka → Balakirev → Mussorgsky → Borodin → Rimsky-Korsakov → Tchaikovsky → Rachmaninoff → Scriabin → Prokofiev → Shostakovich
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