Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1, & 3- The First of May
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1, & 3- The First of May
Record label: Naxos
Catalog#: 8572396
Year of Release: 2011
Shostakovich's First Symphony propelled the teenage composer to international prominence, its emotional range and innovative orchestration marking him as a daring and precocious talent on the scene. The Third Symphony, 'The First of May', originally intended as part of a symphonic cycle inspired by dates on the revolutionary calendar, has been described as 'a reckless and at times chaotic accommodation between modernist intent and revolutionary fervour'. 'Thrilling, perfect, essential… the modern reference recording'. (Classicstoday.com on Naxos 8.572461 / Symphony No. 10)