Shostakovich Symphony No 8 album review – composer’s cry of despair in a remarkable and resonant new recording

Frankfurt Radio Symphony/Altinoglu (Alpha) Conductor Alain Altinoglu brings weight and purpose while the instrumental solos are piquant and precise. If the Leningrad was Shostakovich’s official response to the second world war, the Eighth Symphony was his answer to the question:…

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