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The war symphonies Shostakovich against Stalin

Title: The war symphonies [videorecording] : Shostakovich against Stalin / Rhombus Media, IDTV Cultuur, ZDF & Arte present ; Bullfrog Films ; director, Larry Weinstein ; producer, Niv Fichman.
Publication: Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, c1997.

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Description

1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

The War Symphonies delves into the harrowing subject of Stalin's bloody purge of Russia and Shostakovich's counterattack. The symphonies Four to Nine (1936-1945) are the composer's weapons against Stalin's rampant bloodletting, or as Shostakovich calls them, his "tombstones."

Alternative Title

Shostakovich against Stalin

Subjects

Genre/Form

Documentary videos.
Music.

Note

Shot on location in St. Petersburg and Moscow.

Credits (note)

Editor, David New ; director of photography, Horst Zeidler ; writers, David New, Larry Weinstein, Gemma Van Zeventer.

System Details (note)

DVD; NTSC; all regions; LPCM stereo. and DTS 5.1 surround (audio extracts only).

Language (note)

Spoken in English and Russian with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish or Chinese.

Contents

Bonus features: Symphony extracts. Symphony no. 4, 3rd movement [conclusion] (7:24) -- Symphony no. 5, 1st movement (16:26) -- Symphony no. 6, 2nd movement (6:07) -- Symphony no. 7, 1st movement (27:32) -- Symphony no. 8, 3rd movement (7:10) -- Symphony no. 9, 1st movement (5:54); Shostakovich wartime radio broadcast (0:54) ; Shostakovich chronology.

ISBN

1594586179

OCLC

636458128
ocn636458128

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries