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Sir Georg Solti, BRSO - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9, I. Allegro
We mark the 120th anniversary of the death of Shostakovich on 25 September 1906. Watch Sir Georg Solti conduct the opening Allegro of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 9 with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.
This performance was recorded live at Munich's Philharmonie im Gasteig on 8 December 1989, as part of a concert featuring Shostakovich's Ninth Symphony alongside Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, the "Pathétique".
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