Symphony No. 8 (Myaskovsky)

Nikolai Myaskovsky wrote his Symphony No. 8 in A Major, his Opus 26, between 1924 and 1925.

The symphony is his second in the major - the first is his fifth symphony - and the premiere was conducted by Konstantin Saradzhev, who had premiered the composer's fourth and seventh symphonies. It is dedicated to Sergei S. Popov.

It is in four movements:

Andante - Allegro in F♯ minor and A major
Allegro risoluto e con spirito in D major
Adagio in B minor
Allegro deciso in A major

Recordings

Robert Stankovsky with the Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra of Bratislava on Marco Polo Records 8.223297, 1991.
Evgeny Svetlanov with the Russian Federation Academic Symphony Orchestra on Alto, also released on Warner.

Sources

Rijen, Onno van. "Opus by Miaskovsky". Retrieved 11 January 2010.

Symphonies by Nikolai Myaskovsky

Symphony no. 1
Symphony no. 2
Symphony no. 3
Symphony no. 4
Symphony no. 5
Symphony no. 6
Symphony no. 7
Symphony no. 8
Symphony no. 9
Symphony no. 10
Symphony no. 11
Symphony no. 12
Symphony no. 13
Symphony no. 14
Symphony no. 15
Symphony no. 16, "Aviation"
Symphony no. 17
Symphony no. 18
Symphony no. 19
Symphony no. 20
Symphony no. 21
Symphony no. 22
Symphony no. 23
Symphony no. 24
Symphony no. 25
Symphony no. 26
Symphony no. 27

List of compositions by Nikolai Myaskovsky

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