Dmitri Schostakowitsch

Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony was written in 1937 and premiered that year in Leningrad (St. Petersburg). It was a major success with an ovation lasting over 30 minutes. The symphony is approximately 4...

Shostakovich's waltz has become an international icon, made popular by artists like Andre Rieu and recently heard prominently in Stanley Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut. Taken from Shostakovich's...

Shostakovich's waltz has become an international icon, made popular by artists like Andre Rieu and recently heard prominently in Stanley Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut. Taken from Shostakovich's...

Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Opus 110 is dedicated to "The Memory of the Victims of Fascism and War." The work was composed in three days during July, 1960. The Quartet is au...

Spanish Dance is an excerpt from Shostakovich's 1955 film score for "The Gadfly." The Soviet movie was based on the eponymous novel by Irish novelist Ethel Lilian Voynich. This arrangement for string...

Edited by the famed Soviet-era teacher and violinist, Konstantin Aleksandrovich Fortunatov, this collection of nine works works for violin and piano and three works for two violins and piano have been...

Aus der Oper 'Lady Macbeth von Mzensk'.