Features

70 mins. of symphony extracts: Kirov Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev - 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; DTS 5.1 Surround & LPCM Stereo; Shostakovich wartime radio, 0.54; Shostakovich chronology

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Shostakovich Against Stalin: The War Symphonies
1. "A Man of His Time" [2:36]
2. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk [6:13]
3. Symphony No. 4 [4:31]
4. Early Years - Symphony No. 5 [6:55]
5. The Camps - KGB Summons [8:38]
6. Siege of Leningrad - Symphony No. 7 [15:33]
7. Symphony No. 8 [6:13]
8. Victory - Symphony No. 9 [4:00]
9. 1948 Congress of Composers [9:18]
10. Film Music [3:33]
11. Stalin's Death - Conclusion [5:50]
12. Credits [3:15]