# Dmitri Shostakovich — Symphony No. 5

Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 (1937) is No. 8 in our Modernism ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1937
- **On one list:** Modernism
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Artist:** [Dmitri Shostakovich](https://waxonia.com/artist/dmitri-shostakovich/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/dmitri-shostakovich--symphony-no-5/

## What we say

### No. 8 in [Modernism](https://waxonia.com/genre/modernism/)

Written under real threat of arrest and subtitled, by someone, a Soviet artist's reply to just criticism. Whether the triumphant ending is sincere is the most consequential unanswered question in music.

## Listen

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