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The War Years - A Respite (1941-1945)

Opus 60: Symphony No. 7 C major "Leningrad" (1941)

Movements:
1. War: Allegretto - 28 min.
2. Memories: Moderato poco allegretto - 12 min.
3. My Native Field: Adagio - Largo - Moderato risolutu - 17 min.
4. Victory: Allegro non troppo - 16 min.
Dedicated to the city of Leningrad.
First performance: 5 March 1942 in Kuibishev by Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra under S. Samosud.
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Dedicated to the memory of L. Nikolaev (piano teacher)>
Movements:
1. Allegretto
2. Largo
3. Moderato con moto - Allegretto con moto - Adagio - Moderato
Originally published as opus 64.
First performance: 6 June 1943 in Moscow Conservatory by D. Shostakovich.
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Poems by Raleigh, Burns, Shakespeare; translation by Pasternak and Marshak.
1. To a Son: Largo
2. In the Fields: Moderato
3. Macpherson's Farewell: Allegretto
4. Jenny: Moderato
5. Tired with All These: Lento
6. The King's Campaign: Allegretto
Dedicated to his wife Nina (no. 2), Lev Atovmian (no. 1) , Izaak Glikman (no. 3), Yuri Sviridov (no. 4), Ivan Sollertinsky (no. 5) and Vissarion Shebalin (no. 6).
First performance: 6 June 1943 in Moscow Conservatory by E. Flaks (baritone) and D. Shostakovich.
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Orchestration of opus 62.
Unpublished; later version opus 140.

Written as a tribute to the courage of the citizens of Leningrad.
1. Overture (October 1917): Moderato non troppo
2. Song of the Victorious October: Allegretto
3. Youth Dance: Moderato - Allegro con brio
4. Song of Leningrad: Moderato
First performance: 15 Oktober 1942 in Moscow by NKVD Song and Dance Ensemble under S. Yutkevich.

Unfinished opera; seven of 25 scenes completed.
Originally opus 63.
Completed by K. Meyer.
First performance: 18 September 1978 in Leningrad Philharmony by Leningrad PO and Moscow Chamber Music Theatre Group under G. Rozhdestvensky.
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Opus 63D: "Patriotic Song" after Dolmatovsky for voice(s) (1943)

Originally intended as an entry for the new soviet national anthem contest.
First performance: February 1978; Soviet All-Union Radio Broadcast.

Collaboration with A. Khachaturian; submitted as a new soviet national anthem in 1943.

Translation by S. Marshak (No. 6), S. Bolotin (Nos. 1, 4 & 8) and T. Sikorskaya (Nos. 3, 5 & 7).
1. The Sailor's Bride (after William Julius Mickle): Allegretto
2. John Anderson, My Jo (after Robert Burns): Lento espressivo
3. Billy Boy: Merrily
4. Oh! The Oak and the Ash: Moderato
5. Servants of King Arthur: Merrily
6. Coming through the Rye (after Robert Burns): Moderato
7. Spring Round Dance: Allegro
8. When Johnny comes Marching Home (after Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore): Allegretto
First performance: 6 March 1944 by M. Reshetin (bass).
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Arrangements of ten folk songs.

Opus 64: Music to the Film "Zoya" (1944)

Thirty-five pieces.
Filmproducer: L. Arnstamm (Soyuzdetfilm).
Originally opus 68.
First performance: 22 November 1944.

Five pieces; No. 3 is composer's orchestration of prelude opus 34 no. 14.
1. Introduction (Song About Zoya): Adagio - Moderato con moto
2. Scene (Miltary Problem): Allegretto - Allegro
3. Prelude (Tragedy of a Loss): Adagio
4. March (Hero's Victory): Tempo di marcia
5. Finale (The Heroine's Immortality): Adagio
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Arrangement of opus 64.

Known as "Stalingrad symphony" in the USSR>
Dedicated to Y.A. Mravinsky (conductor).
Movements:
1. Adagio - Allegro non troppo
2. Allegretto
3. Allegro non troppo
4. Largo
5. Allegretto
First performance: 4 November 1943 in Moscow Conservatory by USSR State SO under Y. Mravinsky.
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Suite on the theme of the battle of Stalingrad:
1. March: Allegretto
2. Choreographic divertissement "Football": Presto
3. Vocal-Symphonic Picture "The Battle of Stalingrad": Moderato - Allegro
4. Waltz
5. Final Chorus: Moderato
First performance: December 1944 in Moscow by NKVD Song and Dance Ensemble under R. Simeonov.
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Piano reduction by V. Samarin.
Duration: 2 minutes. Check out all CDs released.

Fleishman was a pupil of Shostakovich, who died in 1941 during the siege of Leningrad.
First performance: 20 July 1960 in Moscow.
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Dedicated to the memory of I. Sollertinsky (musicologist).
Movements:
1. Andante - Moderato
2. Allegro con brio
3. Largo
4. Allegretto
First performance: 14 November 1944 in Leningrad Philharmonic orchestra by D. Tziganov (violin), S. Shirinsky (cello) and D. Shostakovich.
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Movements:
1. Overture: Moderato con moto - 9 min.
2. Recitative and Romance: Adagio - 11 min.
3. Waltz: Allegro - 6 min.
4. Theme with Variations: Adagio - Moderato con moto - Allegretto - 11 min.
Dedicated to V.Y. Shebalin (composer).
First performance: 14 November 1944 in Leningrad Philharmony by the Beethoven Quartet.
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Dedicated to Galina Shostakovich (daughter).
1. March
2. Waltz
3. Sad Tale: Adagio
4. Merry Tale: Allegro
5. The Bear: Allegretto
6. Clockwork Doll: Allegretto
7. Birthday
First performance: Winter 1945 in Moscow by G. Shostakovich.
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Movements:
1. Allegro
2. Moderato
3. Presto
4. Largo
5. Allegretto
First performance: 3 November 1945 in Leningrad Philharmony by Leningrad PO under Y. Mravinsky.
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First performance: 4 September 1945 in Moscow Philharmony.

Filmproducers: G. Kosintsev and L. Trauberg (Lenfilm). First performance: 25 August 1956.

First performance: May 1946 in Moscow by NKVD Song and Dance Ensemble under S. Yutkevich.