Shostakovich - Symphony No.8
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Label: Naxos
Cat No: 8572392
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 26th April 2010
Contents
Artists
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraConductor
Vasily PetrenkoWorks
Symphony no.8 in C minor, op.65Artists
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraConductor
Vasily PetrenkoAbout
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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