Mckinley/Elmer/Korneitchouk- Symphony No 4 (CD)
Completed in 1936 but withdrawn during rehearsal and not performed until 1961, the searing Fourth Symphony finds Shostakovich stretching his musical idiom to the limit in the search for a personal means of expression at a time of undoubted personal and professional crisis. The opening movement, a complex and unpredictable take on sonata form that teems with a dazzling profusion of varied motifs, is followed by a short, eerie central movement. The finale opens with a funeral march leading to a climax of seismic physical force that gives way to a bleak and harrowing minor key coda. The Symphony has since become one of the most highly regarded of the composer's large-scale works.
Tracklist:
- Symphony No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 43: I. Allegretto Poco Moderato - Presto
- Symphony No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 43: II. Moderato Con Moto
- Symphony No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 43: III. Largo - Allegro
- Bring It On
- Full Throttle
- 30-30 Lover Action
- Ranch Hand Diva (Congress Queen)
- Why Buy The Cow
- These Are Some Times
- Get On Down The Road
Completed in 1936 but withdrawn during rehearsal and not performed until 1961, the searing Fourth Symphony finds Shostakovich stretching his musical idiom to the limit in the search for a personal means of expression at a time of undoubted personal and professional crisis. The opening movement, a complex and unpredictable take on sonata form that teems with a dazzling profusion of varied motifs, is followed by a short, eerie central movement. The finale opens with a funeral march leading to a climax of seismic physical force that gives way to a bleak and harrowing minor key coda. The Symphony has since become one of the most highly regarded of the composer's large-scale works.
Tracklist:
- Symphony No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 43: I. Allegretto Poco Moderato - Presto
- Symphony No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 43: II. Moderato Con Moto
- Symphony No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 43: III. Largo - Allegro
- Bring It On
- Full Throttle
- 30-30 Lover Action
- Ranch Hand Diva (Congress Queen)
- Why Buy The Cow
- These Are Some Times
- Get On Down The Road