Symphony no. 4

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Leonard Slatkin & Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

Symphony No. 4 is the fourth symphony by Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich, completed in 1936. The expansive, modernist work employs a large orchestra, dense counterpoint and sharp dissonances to create turbulent, highly contrasted textures, and it occupies a pivotal place in his output as an experimental statement that was withdrawn under political pressure and not performed publicly until 1961.

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  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 4, op 43 in C minor: Movement I. Allegretto poco moderato
    7:03
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 4, op 43 in C minor: Movement I. Figure 29
    7:01
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 4, op 43 in C minor: Movement I. Figure 51
    1:39
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 4, op 43 in C minor: Movement I. Figure 63: Presto
    2:25
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 4, op 43 in C minor: Movement I. Figure 80
    2:38
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 4, op 43 in C minor: Movement I. Figure 91
    7:09
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 4, op 43 in C minor: Movement II. Moderato con moto
    7:58
  8. 8.
    Symphony no. 4, op 43 in C minor: Movement III. Largo
    6:35
  9. 9.
    Symphony no. 4, op 43 in C minor: Movement III. Figure 167: Allegro
    4:08
  10. 10.
    Symphony no. 4, op 43 in C minor: Movement III. Figure 191
    9:07
  11. 11.
    Symphony no. 4, op 43 in C minor: Movement III. Figure 237 (+17 bars)
    7:50

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