Since you are interested in Symphony No 8, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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Messe des Morts (Rec 1980) Eva Csape (soprano) Hidegard Laurich (alto) Alessandro Corbelli (baritone) / WDR Rundfunkchor Keln / Capella Coloniensis / Herbert Schernus [ Capriccio SACD / SACD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Choir, musicians and soloists provide a very musical and enjoyable performance." (MusicWeb July 2005) |
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Symphonies Nos. 3 & 10 Mariinsky orchestra & chorus, Valery Gergiev [ Mariinsky SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "In the Third Symphony, the overriding priority is a sense of enthusiasm - one that has to be driven towards the manic, then shadowed by nightmarish visions, and finally colossally reasserted..If this is outstanding, the Tenth is even more so."... |
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Symphony No 5 / Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok The Philadelphia Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] This release in the successful recording series with The Philadelphia Orchestra and its Music Director Christoph Eschenbach features Dmitri Shostakovich's epic and monumental Fifth Symphony, which has become a signature piece of the orchestra. |
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Moscow-Cheryomushki-Suite / Jazz Suite No. 1 / etc Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin / Steven Sloane [ Capriccio SACD / SACD - released 1/May/2007 ] Capriccio launches an ambitious recording project with Russian violinist Vladmir Spivakov and American conductor james Conlon: violin concertos of the 20th century. The first recording to be issued includes Dmitri Shostakovitch's First Violin... |