Shostakovich Violin Concerto

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gptkbp:instanceOf musical composition
gptkbp:composer Dmitri Shostakovich
gptkbp:critical_reception widely acclaimed
considered a masterpiece
gptkbp:cultural_significance violin repertoire
Soviet_music_history
gptkbp:dedication gptkb:David_Oistrakh
gptkbp:duration approximately 30 minutes
gptkbp:genre classical music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shostakovich Violin Concerto
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Aram_Khachaturian
gptkb:Leonard_Bernstein
gptkb:Lera_Auerbach
gptkb:Sofia_Gubaidulina
gptkb:Eugene_Onegin
gptkbp:influences 20th-century classical music
Russian_music
gptkbp:inspiration gptkb:World_War_II
personal experiences of the composer
gptkbp:instrument violin
orchestra
gptkbp:keyIssues D major
A minor
gptkbp:movement three
gptkbp:notable_feature emotional depth
complex rhythms
lyrical melodies
virtuosic passages
orchestral color
gptkbp:performance gptkb:Leningrad
gptkb:Yevgeny_Mravinsky
frequently performed
often featured in competitions
technical demands on the soloist
interpretative depth required
gptkbp:premiere 1947
gptkbp:recordings Gidon_Kremer_with_the_Berlin_Philharmonic
Maxim_Vengerov_with_the_London_Symphony_Orchestra
David_Oistrakh_with_the_London_Philharmonic_Orchestra
gptkbp:recordLabel gptkb:Sony_Classical
gptkb:EMI_Classics
Deutsche Grammophon
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:Shostakovich_Cello_Concerto
gptkb:Shostakovich_Symphony_No._5
gptkbp:style gptkb:neoclassicism
modernism