The war symphonies : Shostakovich against Stalin /

A look at the Stalinist purges and the musical response Dmitri Shostakovich made through his symphonies Four to Nine, which he called "tombstones."

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting) (Performer), Mariinskiĭ teatr (1991- ). Orkestr (Performer), Rhombus Media (Firm), IDTV Cultuur, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Association relative à la télévision européenne, Philips Communication Systems (Firm : Hilversum, Netherlands), Universal Music and Video Distribution Corp
Other Authors:	Gergiev, Valeriĭ, 1953- (Conductor), Weinstein, Larry, Fichman, Niv, New, David, Zeidler, Horst, Zeventer, Gemma van, Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English Russian
Language Notes:	Spoken in English and Russian with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish or Chinese.
Published:	[Netherlands?] : Philips ; [2005]
Subjects:	World War, 1939-1945 > Music and the war. Stalin, Joseph, > 1878-1953. Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, > 1906-1975. Documentary films. Music.

Description
Summary:	A look at the Stalinist purges and the musical response Dmitri Shostakovich made through his symphonies Four to Nine, which he called "tombstones."
Item Description:	Filmed on location in St. Petersburg, Moscow and Hilversum. Released as a motion picture in 1997. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC; all regions; LPCM stereo. and DTS 5.1 surround (audio extracts only).
Production Credits:	Editor, David New ; director of photography, Horst Zeidler ; writers, David New, Larry Weinstein, Gemma Van Zeventer.