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Witness History - The Leningrad Symphony - BBC Sounds
Witness History - The Leningrad Symphony - BBC Sounds
The Leningrad SymphonyThe Leningrad Symphony
Released On: 18 Sep 2015
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In 1942 starving musicians in besieged Leningrad performed Shostakovich's Symphony
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