| Rajmáninov, Serguéi (1873-1943) | Rapsodia sobre un tema de Paganini para piano y orquesta, Op.43 | |
| Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975) | Sinfonía núm. 8 en do menor, op. 65 |
| Michael Seal | Dirección |
| Boris Giltburg | Piano |
| City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra |
Epic, uncompromising music forged from blood, fire and steel.
As the USSR faced the onslaught of Nazi Germany, Shostakovich poured his feelings into a symphony on a colossal scale. Shostakovich’s Eighth is music forged from blood, fire and steel – massive, uncompromising, and so powerful that after the War, they banned it. But first, true romance: as the fabulous Boris Giltburg plays Rachmaninoff’s glittering Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.