Symphony no. 4
Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Vladimir Ashkenazy
Symphony No. 4 is the fourth symphony by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1935–36. The work is large-scale and densely orchestrated, combining late-Romantic symphonic techniques with modernist dissonance and sardonic, sometimes abrasive gestures, and its withdrawal from performance in the 1930s under political pressure marks a turning point that shaped the direction of Shostakovich's subsequent output and Soviet musical history.
First released: January 1990
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- 1.Symphony no. 4 in C minor, op. 43: I. Allegretto poco moderato13:59
- 2.Symphony no. 4 in C minor, op. 43: Ib. Presto11:23
- 3.Symphony no. 4 in C minor, op. 43: II. Moderato con moto8:55
- 4.Symphony no. 4 in C minor, op. 43: III. Largo5:37
- 5.Symphony no. 4 in C minor, op. 43: IIIb. Allegro18:32
