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Work: Symphony no. 8 in C minor, Op.65

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ComposerShostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Year1943
Work typeOrchestral
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PragueCzech Philharmonic • Mao Fujita

Czech Philharmonic
Strauss R., Shostakovich
Czech Philharmonic; Semyon Bychkov; Mao Fujita

TaipeiCzech Philharmonic • Taipei

Czech Philharmonic
Ravel, Shostakovich
Czech Philharmonic; Semyon Bychkov; Seong-Jin Cho

TokyoCzech Philharmonic • Tokyo

Czech Philharmonic
Ravel, Shostakovich
Czech Philharmonic; Semyon Bychkov; Seong-Jin Cho
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Altinoglu and Rachlin reveal the dark side of the 20th-century ethos

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At the George Enescu International Festival, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony plays music without consolation by Sibelius and Shostakovich. 
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Grounded Beethoven, intense Shostakovich in Vienna

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Karina Canellakis brings her Netherlands Radio Philharmonic to the Musikverein, joined by Emanuel Ax in Beethoven's Second Piano Concerto. 
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A searing Shostakovich 8 from Jurowski and the Berlin Radio Symphony

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One of the glories of the German musical landscape are its radio orchestras. Up there with the finest, Vladimir Jurowski’s Berliners impress in Martinů and Shostakovich, while Christian Tetzlaff forays into Suk.

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GothenburgShostakovich's Symphony no. 8

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Shostakovich: Symphony no. 8 in C minor, Op.65
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Christoph Eschenbach

Frankfurt am MainFrankfurt Radio Symphony / Hilary Hahn

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Beethoven, Shostakovich
Frankfurt Radio Symphony; Alain Altinoglu; Hilary Hahn