Shostakovich Symphony No.8 (1961), Scriabin Symphony No.4 (1958): Mravinsky / Leningrad Philharmonic (Hybrid)

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Classical

Catalogue Number

PRDDSD350120

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Label

Praga

Release Country

Europe

Format

SACD

Other

Hybrid Disc,Import

Product Description

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.

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