BBC Philharmonic Orchestra * Shostakovich: Sym No. 2 To October: Sym No. 5 [New CD] 2013-10-15 Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang

Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang

Assembled to realise McGorry's compositions drawing on 1960s Italian & French soundtrack music

The CD pressing is housed in a jewel case with a 12-page photo/lyrics booklet and contains two bonus tracks

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BBC Philharmonic Orchestra * Shostakovich: Sym No. 2 To October: Sym No. 5 [New CD] 2013-10-15 Nuthin’ But A “G” ThangCommissioned by the Propaganda Department of the Soviet State Music Publishing House to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution, the 'Symphonic Dedication to October' eventually became Shostakovich's Second Symphony, and was first performed, in Leningrad, in 1927. It is a short, through composed work of around twenty minutes, it's structure involving four sections. It opens with a Largo meant to portray the primordial chaos from