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.
- Published by
- Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, c1997.
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Details
- Additional authors
- Gergiev, Valeriĭ, 1953-
- Weinstein, Larry.
- Fichman, Niv.
- New, David.
- Zeidler, Horst.
- Zeventer, Gemma van.
- Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
- Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting) prf
- Mariinskiĭ teatr (1991- ). Orkestr. prf
- Rhombus Media (Firm)
- Bullfrog Films.
- IDTV Cultuur.
- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
- 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
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Documentary videos.
- Music.
- 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.
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- 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.