Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No 15 in A major, Op 141
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
Amsterdam, 2014
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The Symphony No. 15 in A major (Opus 141), Dmitri Shostakovich's last, was written in a little over a month during the summer of 1971 in Repino. It was first performed in Moscow on 8 January 1972 by the All-Union Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra under Maxim Shostakovich.
The work has four movements, the middle two being played without interruption:
Allegretto Adagio – Largo – Adagio – Largo Allegretto Adagio – Allegretto – Adagio – Allegretto
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