Brso/Jansons - Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 in D minor, op.47

�Increasingly, Shostakovich's music is captivating people all over the world and appealing to their deepest emotions. Almost like no other, it bears witness to a traumatic political epoch while remaining a timeless expression of existential human feeling and experience. For me personally,� said conductor Mariss Jansons, who died last year, �Shostakovich is one of the most serious and sincere composers of them all.� After the Sixth (900123), Seventh (900184) and Tenth Symphonies (900185), BR-KLASSIK is now also releasing the Fifth Symphony by this important composer � performed live by the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under its long-time chief conductor Mariss Jansons.