Shostakovich, Dmitry - Symphony No. 8 - Mravinsky, Evgeny

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Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra / Evgeny Mravinsky

History was made in September 1960 at the Royal Festival Hall when Evgeny Mravinsky conducted the UK premiere of Shostakovich's war years masterpiece, Symphony No. 8. It had been seventeen years since he had conducted the first performance of this work - of which he is the dedicatee - in the Soviet Union with the same orchestra, the Leningrad Philharmonic. Although Mravinsky went on to make further recordings of this work, there is none other available of this unforgettable performance (Stereo + bonus CD).