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Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)

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A once-in-a-lifetime, sparkling performance by the Orchestre National de France and Kondrashin. Thrilling, even more so than the performance with the hand-picked Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra! A surprising sound source that I was surprised such a thing had survived saw the light of day. Kondrashin and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France once-in-a-lifetime performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8. The performance is great, but the Melodia disc from 1961 sounds too bad, the Tokyo live performance on April 20, 1967 by Altus was the last day of the Japan tour, and the Praga disc from September 29, 1969 by the Praga Orchestra from Prague was a little too good. The Prague show on Praga on September 29, 1969 was not in perfect sound. Therefore, the live performance at the Thtre des Champs-Elyses on February 5, 1969, was a fan’s delight. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8 wa