Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse & Tugan Sokhiev - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 (2020) [24/96]

The first album of our new collaboration with ONTC, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, and their Ossetian musical director, Tugan Sokhiev, features Shostakovich’s 8th symphony: an “opera for the Orchestra” composed with an unheard dramatic power. ONTC world famous for their work on French repertoire, is opening up to new horizons under the influence of their Ossetian chief conductor, Tugan Sokhiev. The 15 symphonies of the soviet composer are a major common theme throughout the seasons for the ONTC & Tugan Sokhiev. Tugan Sokhiev was one of the lasts students of the conductor and excellent pedagogue, Ilya Musin, who was one of the first conductors to conduct Symphony n° 7 « Leningrad » ( Ilya Musin also trained a generation of Russian chefs like Valery Gergiev, Teodor Currentzis, Yuri Terminakov).

Tracklist:
01. Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 65 I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo
02. Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 65 II. Allegretto
03. Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 65 III. Allegro non troppo
04. Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 65 IV. Largo
05. Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 65 V. Allegretto