FREE UK SHIPPING OVER £30!

Keeping Score: Shostakovich - Symphony No.5 | SFS Media 821936002698

Keeping Score: Shostakovich - Symphony No.5

£19.27

Usually available for despatch within 5-8 working days

Label: SFS Media

Cat No: 821936002698

Barcode: 0821936002698

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 1st February 2010

Contents

Artists

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Michael Tilson Thomas

Works

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Symphony no.5 in D minor, op.47

Artists

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Michael Tilson Thomas

About

Following the success of the enlightening first series of Keeping Score, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra return with a second series that combine one-hour documentaries with live concert performances. The new programmes explore the music and stories behind the music.

Each of the DVDs in Keeping Score Series 2 features a documentary episode - with Michael Tilson Thomas guiding us through the composers’ perspectives and influences - coupled with a live concert performance of each work. The programmes are designed to engage and entertain viewers of all levels of musical background. With outstanding production values, they are released on DVD and Blu-Ray HD formats, making the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra the first orchestra to distribute its product on Blu-Ray disc.

In 1937 Russia, at the height of Stalin’s purges, the Communist Party strongly denounced Dmitri Shostakovich’s most recent works. Fearing for his life, the young composer wrote a symphony ending with a rousing march. But to many, the triumph rang hollow. Even today, people wonder just what Shostakovich was trying to say. Was the symphony meant to celebrate Stalin’s regime? Or did it contain hidden messages protesting the very system it seemed to support?

Error on this page? Let us know here

Need more information on this product? Click here