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Dmitri Shostakovich

Years: 1906–1975
Nationality: Russia
Born in: Saint Petersburg
Works: 138
Recordings: 7,171

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Biography

Soviet composer and pianist (1906-1975)

Born

September 25, 1906

Saint Petersburg

Died

August 9, 1975

Influenced By

Mieczysław Weinberg Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Vissarion Shebalin

Influenced

Mieczysław Weinberg Mikis Theodorakis

By Form

Suite19 Symphony16 String Quartet14 Concerto6 Lied6 Overture5 Sonata5 Opera2 Cantata1 Oratorio1 Tone Poem1

Top Performers

Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Conductor · 417 rec

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Conductor · 264 rec

Mstislav Rostropovich

Conductor · 254 rec

London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra · 247 rec

Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra · 243 rec

Dmitri Shostakovich

Soloist · 225 rec

Neeme Järvi

Conductor · 193 rec

Maxim Shostakovich

Conductor · 183 rec

Tatiana Nikolayeva

Soloist · 178 rec

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra · 173 rec

Rudolf Barshai

Conductor · 164 rec

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Orchestra · 157 rec

Works (138)

All recordings →Albums featuring →Canonical catalog (168)

Title	Catalog	Form	Key	Year	Recordings
Music to the film Michurin	Op. 78	-	-	1948	1
Preface to the Complete Edition of My Works and a Brief Reflection on this Preface	Op. 123	-	-	-	1
Prelude, op. 34 no. 14	Op. 34 no. 14	-	-	1932–1933	1
Prelude, op. 87 no. 11	Op. 87 no. 11	-	-	1950–1951	1
Prelude, op. 87 no. 18	Op. 87 no. 18	-	-	1950–1951	1
Prelude, op. 87 no. 2	Op. 87 no. 2	-	-	1950–1951	1
Prelude, op. 87 no. 4	Op. 87 no. 4	-	-	1950–1951	1
Prelude, op. 87 no. 5	Op. 87 no. 5	-	-	1950–1951	1
Music to the film Sofiya Perovskaya	Op. 132	-	-	1967	1
Music to the film Song of the Great Rivers	Op. 95	-	-	-	1
"Spring, Spring"	Op. 128	Lied	-	1967	1
Spring Waltz for Clarinet and Piano from Michurin, op. 78a no. 3	Op. 78a no. 3	-	-	1964	1
Music to the animated film The Story of a Silly Baby Mouse	Op. 56	-	-	1939	1
Music to the film The Unforgettable Year 1919	Op. 89	-	-	1951	1
Three Fantastic Dances	Op. 5	-	-	-	1
Two pieces for insertion into Erwin Dressel's opera Armer Columbus	Op. 23	-	-	-	1
Music to the film The Great Citizen, Part II	Op. 55	-	-	1938–1939	1
Moscow, Cheryomushki, operetta in three acts based on a libretto by Vladimir Mass and Mikhail Chervinsky	Op. 105	Opera	-	1958	1