Symphonies Nos, 1, 3, : V.Petrenko / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ‘The First of May’, Op. 20*

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir*
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko, conductor

Recorded: 2009, 2010

Shostakovich’s First Symphony propelled the teenage composer to international prominence, its emotional range and innovative orchestration marking him as a daring and precocious talent on the scene. The Third Symphony, ‘The First of May’, originally intended as part of a symphonic cycle inspired by dates on the revolutionary calendar, has been described as ‘a reckless and at times chaotic accommodation between modernist intent and revolutionary fervour’. ‘Thrilling, perfect, essential…the modern reference recording’. (Classicstoday.com on Naxos 8.572461 / Symphony No. 10)