Музыка и песни Symfonický orchestr Českého rozhlasu (Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra) (SOČR) / Симфонический оркестр чешского радио

A logical, albeit little performed combination of the first three symphonies by a highly gifted young Shostakovich, who went on to lend his astonishing orchestration talents to a host of avant-garde theatre and ballet productions and to the budding film industry. Although a true activist, he enjoyed the protection of a General and the CultureMinister (that is, until they were discretely eliminated). Here is an unexpected selection, in turn amusing or mainstream, but never vulgar.