The Symphony No. 8, Op. 362, subtitled ''Rhôdanienne'', is a work for orchestra by French composer Darius Milhaud. The piece was written in 1957 on a commission from the University of California. Its four programmatic movements paint a musical landscape of the course of the Rhone River. Milhaud's Eighth Symphony has a total running time of about 22 minutes. The titles of the movements, as descriptive of their character as of tempo, are as follows: # Avec mystère et violence (approx. 5'25") # Avec sérénité et nochalence (approx. 7'25") # Avec emportement (approx. 4'30") # Rapide et majestueux (approx. 4'50") This symphony is published by Heugel & Cie.

Recordings

* a stereo recording of the composer conducting the orchestra of French Radio, re-released in 2003 on the Apex label * a 1993 all-digital recording by

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and the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Basel, part of a boxed set of Milhaud's Symphonies No. 1–12 on CPO

References

External links

Video - Darius Milhaud - Symphony No. 8 (1 of 2) (13:37).Video - Darius Milhaud - Symphony No. 8 (2 of 2) (09:54).
{{Darius Milhaud Symphony 08 1957 compositions