Symphony No 8 (with Scriabin - 'Le Poème de l'extase', Op. 54 (recorded 1961)

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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No 8 (with Scriabin - 'Le Poème de l'extase', Op. 54 (recorded 1961)
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny Mravinsky

[ Praga Digitals Reminiscenes / CD ]

Release Date: Wednesday 1 July 2015

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Shostakovich's Symphony No.8 was written in the summer of 1943, and first performed in November of that year by the USSR Symphony Orchestra under Yevgeny Mravinsky, to whom the work is dedicated. Many scholars have ranked it among the composer's finest scores. Some also say Shostakovich intended the work as a "tragedy to triumph" symphony, in the tradition of Beethoven, Brahms and Mahler. This release in Praga's Reminiscences series of audiophile SACD remasterings features an historic live recording from 1961 featuring Mravinsky leading the Leningrad Philharmonic.

Tracks:

Scriabin:
'Le Poème de l'extase', Op. 54

Shostakovich:
Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65