Symphony no. 1 in F minor, op. 10 / Symphony no. 3 in E-flat, op. 20 "May Day"

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

Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 and Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 20 ("May Day") are orchestral works by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1924-25 and 1929 respectively. The First Symphony is notable for its youthful, chamber-like textures and concise symphonic design, while the Third is more episodic and public in scale, employing larger orchestral and choral forces and reflecting the composer’s early experiments with form and engagement with Soviet-era themes.