Shostakovich's First Symphony propelled the teenage composer to international prominence, its emotional range and innovative orchestration marking him as a daring and precocious talent on the scene. The Third Symphony, 'The First of May', originally intended as part of a symphonic cycle inspired by dates on the revolutionary calendar, has
been described as 'a reckless and at times chaotic accommodation between modernist intent and revolutionary fervour'. 'Thrilling, perfect, essential… the modern reference recording'. (Classicstoday.com on Naxos 8.572461 / Symphony No. 10)

• Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 6, & 12 - The Year 1917
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
• Symphonies Nos 5 & 9
• Symphonies Nos. 2 & 15
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7- Leningrad