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The war symphonies Shostakovich against Stalin

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

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Additional authors
  1. Gergiev, Valeriĭ, 1953-
  2. Weinstein, Larry.
  3. Fichman, Niv.
  4. New, David.
  5. Zeidler, Horst.
  6. Zeventer, Gemma van.
  7. Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
  8. Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting) prf
  9. Mariinskiĭ teatr (1991- ). Orkestr. prf
  10. Rhombus Media (Firm)
  11. Bullfrog Films.
  12. IDTV Cultuur.
  13. Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. 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
  1. Shostakovich against Stalin
Subject
  1. Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953
  2. Music
  3. Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975
  4. Documentary videos
  5. World War, 1939-1945 > Music and the war
Genre/Form
  1. Documentary videos.
  2. Music.
Contents
  1. 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
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Note
  1. Shot on location in St. Petersburg and Moscow.
Credits (note)
  1. Editor, David New ; director of photography, Horst Zeidler ; writers, David New, Larry Weinstein, Gemma Van Zeventer.
System details (note)
  1. DVD; NTSC; all regions; LPCM stereo. and DTS 5.1 surround (audio extracts only).
Language (note)
  1. Spoken in English and Russian with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish or Chinese.