Symphony no. 8

Album by Antonín Dvořák & Columbia Symphony Orchestra & Bruno Walter

Symphony No. 8 is the eighth symphony by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, completed in 1889. The work blends late-Romantic orchestration with melodies and rhythms drawn from Bohemian folk music, showcasing bright orchestral colours, lyrical themes and inventive rhythms, and it occupies a central place in Dvořák's symphonic output as a mature synthesis of national elements within classical forms.
First released: 2016

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 8 in G major, op. 88: I. Allegro con brio
    9:57
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 8 in G major, op. 88: II. Adagio
    9:13
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 8 in G major, op. 88: III. Allegretto grazioso - Molto vivace
    5:56
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 8 in G major, op. 88: IV. Allegro ma non troppo
    10:17

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