Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable

A Journey of Dmitry Shostakovich

The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin

Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola

Сыны отечества

Концерт-вальс

Echo Sonata

Summertime

... But You Can't Hide

The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks

Blockade Architecture

Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Suburbia

Shostakovich: Katerina Izmailova

Bolshoi Ballet: The Golden Age

Comme la rosée au soleil

Chostakovitch: Lady Macbeth de Mzensk

Hypothetically Murdered

London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5

Orango

The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose

Bolshoi Ballet: The Bright Stream

The D Train

Three Ballets by Kenneth MacMillan: Elite Syncopations/The Judas Tree/Concerto

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Fantasia 2000

Casas Viejas: el grito del sur

Simone Weil Avenue

No Return

The Horse, the Violin and a Little Bit Nervous

Dirty Hands

Ariel

Eine Bewegung der Zeit

Ninth January

You Should Survive

Invitation to Life

Flower Music

The Nose

On Thursday and Never Again

King Lear

One Hour With Kozintsev

25 October, the First Day

Sofiya Perovskaya

12 Chairs

Year as Long as Life

Hamlet

The Condemned of Altona

Cherry Town

Magueyes

Five Days, Five Nights

Khovanshchina

The Brain Eaters

The First Echelon

The Beast with a Million Eyes

The Gadfly

Song of the Rivers

Belinsky

The Unforgettable Year 1919

Farewell, America!

The Fall of Berlin

Meeting on the Elbe

Life in Bloom

The Young Guard

Pirogov

Simple People

Zoya

The Tale of the Silly Little Mouse

The Vyborg Side

Great Citizen

The Defense of Volotchayevsk

The Man with the Gun

The Return of Maxim

The Girlfriends

Love and Hate

The Youth of Maxim

The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda

Shame

Golden Mountains

Alone

Enthusiasm

The New Babylon

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

A Vivid Nightmare

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September [O.S. 12 September] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer.
Shostakovich achieved early fame in the Soviet Union, but had a complex relationship with its government. His 1934 opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk was initially a success but later condemned by the Soviet government, putting his career at risk. In 1948, his work was denounced under the Zhdanov Doctrine, with professional consequences lasting several years. Even after his censure was rescinded in 1956, performances of his music were occasionally subject to state interventions, as with his Thirteenth Symphony (1962). Nevertheless, Shostakovich was a member of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR (1947) and the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (from 1962 until his death), as well as chairman of the RSFSR Union of Composers (1960–1968). Over the course of his career, he earned several important awards, including the Order of Lenin, from the Soviet government.
Shostakovich combined a variety of different musical techniques in his works. His music is characterized by sharp contrasts, elements of the grotesque, and ambivalent tonality; he was also heavily influenced by neoclassicism and by the late Romanticism of Gustav Mahler. His orchestral works include 15 symphonies and six concerti (two each for piano, violin, and cello). His chamber works include 15 string quartets, a piano quintet, and two piano trios. His solo piano works include two sonatas, an early set of 24 preludes, and a later set of 24 preludes and fugues. Stage works include three completed operas and three ballets. Shostakovich also wrote several song cycles, and a substantial quantity of music for theatre and film.
Shostakovich's reputation has continued to grow after his death. Scholarly interest has increased significantly since the late 20th century, including considerable debate about the relationship between his music and his attitudes toward the Soviet government.

