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	Dmitry Shostakovich, Eliahu Inbal, Vienna Symphony Orchestra Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No 08, Op 65 Genre: Classical This is Shostakovich's greatest symphony, even though apologists rank the Fifth or the Tenth as his best. The fact is that Shostakovich's follow-up to the Seventh (1941) is a wartime symphony, and contains some of the blea... more » « less
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All Artists: Dmitry Shostakovich, Eliahu Inbal, Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Title: Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No 08, Op 65
Members Wishing: 0
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Label: Denon Records
Release Date: 10/18/1994
Genre: Classical
Styles: Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 081757891028, 081757891028

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This is Shostakovich's greatest symphony, even though apologists rank the Fifth or the Tenth as his best. The fact is that Shostakovich's follow-up to the Seventh (1941) is a wartime symphony, and contains some of the bleakest passages in 20th-century music. We now know that the music is meant to describe Stalin's paranoiac predations on his own people, but that doesn't matter. This is the Abyss. No one's gone in deeper. Eliahu Inbal and the Wiener Symphoniker's whole series of Shostakovich symphonies on Denon is a staggering achievement--this is the crown. --Paul Cook

CD Reviews

Undernourished

L. Ackerman | Ashburn, VA (USA) | 07/13/2007

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Having lived in Frankfurt during the 1980's I learned to appreciate Inbal's achievements as a conductor both live and through broadcasts. His Denon recordings with the Ffm RSO are not only compeling but still sound wonderful.

But, what happened here?! There is no way one can approach this symphony blandly. It should be raw and angry, have propulsion and a gamut of emotions. Not here. I could not wait for it to end. Now, that's a sign.

Truly dissapointing."