Music reviewer Tom Manoff listens to a new recording of the eighth symphony by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich by Andrew Litton and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. He says that this symphony expresses some of the darkest mo ments in Russia's experience in World War II. (3:30) ((STEREO)) (STATIONS: The CD is "Shostakovich Symphony No.8" by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton, Conductor. It is available on Delos Records. The company can be contacted on the World Wide Web at http://www.delosmu
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