Symphonies nos. 7 & 8

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Государственный cимфонический оркестр Министерства культуры СССР & Gennadi Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky

Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8 are orchestral works by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1941 and 1943 respectively. The Seventh is a large-scale wartime symphony often associated with the siege of Leningrad and expansive, march-like writing, while the Eighth is darker and more introspective, both occupying central positions in Shostakovich's mid-career output and reflecting his engagement with Soviet-era musical language.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 60 "Leningrad": I. Allegretto
    27:35
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 60 "Leningrad": II. Moderato (poco allegretto)
    10:58
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 60 "Leningrad": III. Adagio
    15:51
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 60 "Leningrad": IV. Allegro non troppo
    20:31

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony no. 8 in C minor, op. 65: I. Adagio
    24:54
  2. 3.
    Symphony no. 8 in C minor, op. 65: II. Allegretto
    6:39
  3. 4.
    Symphony no. 8 in C minor, op. 65: III. Allegro non troppo
    6:48
  4. 5.
    Symphony no. 8 in C minor, op. 65: IV. Largo
    10:28
  5. 6.
    Symphony no. 8 in C minor, op. 65: V. Allegretto
    14:01
  6. 7.
    Songs for Shakespeare's "King Lear", op. 58a: Introduction and Cordelia's Ballad
    4:05
  7. 8.
    Songs for Shakespeare's "King Lear", op. 58a: 1. "Who has decided to divide his kingdom..."
    0:23
  8. 9.
    Songs for Shakespeare's "King Lear", op. 58a: 2. "It's a sad day for fools: All the bright people in the country..."
    0:52
  9. 10.
    Songs for Shakespeare's "King Lear", op. 58a: 3. "Breadseeds and breadcrusts is what the hungry little mouse remembers..."
    0:19
  10. 11.
    Songs for Shakespeare's "King Lear", op. 58a: 4. "The sparrow reared the cuckoo, the homeless baby bird..."
    0:45
  11. 12.
    Songs for Shakespeare's "King Lear", op. 58a: 5. "High-ranking and rich fathers are treated nicely by daughters and sons-in-law."
    0:39
  12. 13.
    Songs for Shakespeare's "King Lear", op. 58a: 6. "When the priest refuses to sell his soul for the sake of money..."
    1:08
  13. 14.
    Songs for Shakespeare's "King Lear", op. 58a: 7. "The cunning fox and the king's daughter, your's would be the rope..."
    0:48
  14. 15.
    Songs for Shakespeare's "King Lear", op. 58a: 8. "The trousers are necessary, I assure you..."
    0:49
  15. 16.
    Songs for Shakespeare's "King Lear", op. 58a: 9. "Hey! Hi there! Who keeps his temper when an ill wind blows..."
    0:54
  16. 17.
    Songs for Shakespeare's "King Lear", op. 58a: 10. "Who is a soldier of fortune..."
    1:54

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