The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)
1h 17m
Running Time
January 1, 1997Release Date
The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)
1h 17m
Running Time
January 1, 1997Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Documentary - Filmed at the Musikvereinssaal in Vienna, Austria, this 1986 performance took place at a benefit concert to raise funds for the restoration of the world-famous concert hall. Renowned conductor Leonard Bernstein leads the Wiener Philharmoniker through Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich's rarely performed Sixth Symphony and his joyous Ninth Symphony. Bonus features include Bernstein discussing his unique take on each of these masterful pieces. - Valery Gergiev, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Flora Litvinova
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Cast & Crew.
Dmitri Shostakovich
(archival footage)
Valery Gergiev
Self, conductor
Gemma van Zeventer
Writer
Larry Weinstein
Director
David New
Editor
Ville Penttilä
Gaffer / Grip
Graham Haley
Shostakovich
Joseph Stalin
Self
Irina Loskutova
Katerina - Opera "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District"
Solomon Volkov
Writer
Niv Fichman
Producer
Horst Zeidler
Cinematographer
Details.
Wiki.
The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (sometimes titled Shostakovich Against Stalin: The War Symphonies) is a 1997 documentary film about Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich. It focuses on the period between 1936 and 1945, during which Shostakovich composed his Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Symphonies, but also briefly discusses other works in the composer's oeuvre, such as his Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.
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