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Shakespeare's brutal tragedy can be interpreted as a warning to humanity which this music, from 1940, confirms. With Stalin at his most repressive and Hitler at the border, Shostakovich's composition seems prophetic. Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky Recording date: 08 March 2000 Date of broadcast: 21 April 2000
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