Since you are interested in Symphony No.8, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
SHOSTAKOVICH
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. 8 / The Wild Dove / The Noon Witch Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam / Yakov Kreizberg (cond) [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] Without the support and vote of confidence of Johannes Brahms, life would have turned out very differently for Antonín Dvorák. Originally, the young boy was in fact destined to succeed his father in the butcher's shop, but finally music won out. |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphonies Nos 9 & 12 Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] "The latest instalment in Mark Wigglesworth's ongoing survey of Shostakovich's symphonies offers many of teh virtues that were apparent in some of his earlier releases. Apart from outstanding demonstration sound...there is the impressive orchestral... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43 Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2009 ] 'Wigglesworth goes deeper than his rivals in Shostakovich Four' Orchestral Recording of the Month BBC Music Oct 2009 |
SHOSTAKOVICH
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. |