Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65

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[Noseda] has a firm handle on the depth and breadth of the symphony, chronicling his way through its empty wastes and bone-crushing upheavals of rolling percussion. The first movement’s long... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2019 More…

Release Date: 5th Oct 2018
Catalogue No: LSO0822
Label: LSO Live
Series: Noseda Shostakovich Symphonies
Length: 65 minutes

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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65

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London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda

I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo

Track length25:33

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II. Allegretto

Track length6:35

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III. Allegro non troppo

Track length6:14

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IV. Largo

Track length10:42

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V. Allegretto

Track length16:01

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Composed against a cataclysmic backdrop of Stalinist oppression and the Second World War, Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony is a deeply affecting poem of suffering. The composer described it as “an attempt to reflect the terrible tragedy of war” and it contains some of the most terrifying music he ever wrote.

Here, Gianandrea Noseda conducts the London Symphony Orchestra with intensity and understanding, allowing the music to tell its own story as it travels from darkness into light, yearning more for peace than for victory.

One of the leading conductors of his generation, Gianandrea Noseda holds several high-profile international positions in addition to his role as Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, including Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra in WashingtonDC. His previous releases on LSO Live include acclaimed interpretations of the Verdi Requiem and Britten War Requiem.

Reviews of the 2018 Barbican concert: “It was all there in Gianandrea Noseda’s outstanding performance with the London Symphony Orchestra. With fluid, unshowy gestures, the Italian conductor let the music tell its own story.”

The Times; “Such a fine performance, with the LSO on magnificent form” - Classical Source

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January 2019

[Noseda] has a firm handle on the depth and breadth of the symphony, chronicling his way through its empty wastes and bone-crushing upheavals of rolling percussion. The first movement’s long oration for solo cor anglais – Shostakovich’s instrument of choice for the desolate – is typical of the London Symphony Orchestra’s intense and deeply felt playing throughout.

18th November 2018

Noseda’s broad, intense unfolding of the opening adagio builds up to a shattering climax, while the lighter succeeding moments drip with the composer’s anti-militaristic parody and bitter sarcasm...A graphic, questioning, ultimately despairing performance.

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65

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