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Shostakovich Symphony no 5
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 was composed between April and July 1937. Its first performance was on November 21, 1937, in Leningrad by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra followed by an ovation that lasted well over half an hour.