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Shostakovich: Symphonies 5 & 9 (Live)

Arvids Jansons; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

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Format: CD

Cat No: ICAC5188

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Release Date:  27 February 2026

Label:  Outhere / ICA Classics

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5060244551886

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Composer/Series:  Shostakovich

  • Description

    Arvids Jansons (1914-1984) was born in Liepaja on Latvia's west coast. He studied violin from 1929 until 1935 at the Conservatory of Liepaja, then composition and conducting (under Leo Blech) at the Conservatory of Riga from 1940 until 1944 while working as a violinist at Riga Opera. In 1944 he was appointed conductor of Riga Opera, then of the Latvian Radio Orchestra (1947-1952). In 1952 he was appointed associate conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic under Yevgeny Mravinsky and toured frequently with them, as well as with other Russian orchestras, to the UK and to the Continent from 1970 onwards. Jansons became principal guest conductor of Manchester's Halle Orchestra in 1965 at the personal invitation of Sir John Barbirolli who knew of Jansons as an expert orchestral conductor but a genius on the rehearsal studio. It was in Manchester that Jansons collapsed and died from a heart attack in 1984 while conducting a concert with the Halle. Arvid was the father of Mariss Jansons (1943-2019).