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Shostakovich - Symphony No.8 | Naxos 8572392

Shostakovich - Symphony No.8

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8572392

Barcode: 0747313239276

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 26th April 2010

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Contents

Artists

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Vasily Petrenko

Works

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Symphony no.8 in C minor, op.65

Artists

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Vasily Petrenko

About

A third of a century after his death, the symphonies of Dmitri Shostakovich have moved to the absolute centre of the repertoire.

Written during World War II, the unusually constructed Eighth Symphony is a powerful work built on striking contrasts between music which is at times unremittingly bleak and at others brutally intense.

The predominantly slow opening movement, punctuated by a terrifying central crescendo, is followed by a scherzo of savage parody. At the heart of the Symphony, a second fast movement builds remorselessly to a shattering climax over pounding timpani. The rapt, largely introspective fourth movement, Largo, leads straight into the last movement, Allegretto, which seems to reach out for hope in an uncertain world.

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