Credits:

Leonard Slatkin,Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

Description:

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, which Leonard Slatkin, the famous American conductor, has fostered with great care, has made many recordings for RCA. The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, which the famous American conductor Leonard Slatkin fostered, has made many recordings for RCA, and it is well known that the orchestra has a good affinity with Russian music. Symphony No. 4 is the only one of the four Shostakovich symphonies that Slatkin recorded each year from 1986 to 1989 that was not released in Japan. The largest symphony in Shostakovich's oeuvre, it took 25 years from composition to premiere because of its radical style strongly influenced by Mahler and other composers.

Tracklisting:

1 SYMPHONY NO.4 IN C MINOR. OP.43 1.ALLEGRETTO POCO MODERATO ALLEGRETTO POCO MODERATO
2 SYMPHONY NO.4 IN C MINOR. OP.43 1.ALLEGRETTO POCO MODERATO FIGURE 29
3 SYMPHONY NO.4 IN C MINOR. OP.43 1.ALLEGRETTO POCO MODERATO FIGURE 51
4 SYMPHONY NO.4 IN C MINOR. OP.43 1.ALLEGRETTO POCO MODERATO FIGURE 63: PRESTO
5 SYMPHONY NO.4 IN C MINOR. OP.43 1.ALLEGRETTO POCO MODERATO FIGURE 80
6 SYMPHONY NO.4 IN C MINOR. OP.43 1.ALLEGRETTO POCO MODERATO FIGURE 91
7 SYMPHONY NO.4 IN C MINOR. OP.43 2.MODERATO CON MOTO
8 SYMPHONY NO.4 IN C MINOR. OP.43 3.LARGO; ALLEGRO LARGO
9 SYMPHONY NO.4 IN C MINOR. OP.43 3.LARGO; ALLEGRO FIGURE 167: ALLEGRO
10 SYMPHONY NO.4 IN C MINOR. OP.43 3.LARGO; ALLEGRO FIGURE 191
11 SYMPHONY NO.4 IN C MINOR. OP.43 3.LARGO; ALLEGRO FIGURE 237 (+17 BARS)