Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 "Lenningrad" - Valery Gergiev & Mariinsky Orchestra

Valery Gergiev and the acclaimed Mariinsky Orchestra with an emotionally-charged performance of Shostakovich 7th symphony.

Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, nicknamed the Leningrad, was begun in Leningrad, completed in the city of Samara (then known as Kuybyshev) in December 1941, and premiered in that city on March 5, 1942.

Shostakovich's longest symphony typically takes approximately 80 minutes to perform. The work has four movements. Shostakovich at first gave them titles: "War", "Reminiscence", "Home Expanses", and "Victory" - but he soon withdrew these and left the movements with their tempo markings alone.