Symphony no. 8

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Dallas Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Litton

Symphony No. 8 is the eighth symphony by Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich, completed in 1943. The large-scale, sombre orchestral work is characterised by brooding, often jagged motifs, dense scoring and abrupt contrasts that reflect wartime turmoil, and it occupies a prominent place in Shostakovich's output as a wartime composition bridging his earlier and later symphonic approaches.
First released: 14th January 1997

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 8 in C minor, op. 65: I. Adagio
    23:50
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 8 in C minor, op. 65: II. Allegretto
    5:57
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 8 in C minor, op. 65: III. Allegro non troppo
    5:52
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 8 in C minor, op. 65: IV. Largo
    9:35
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 8 in C minor, op. 65: V. Allegretto
    14:03

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