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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.^[1]

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

References

^ Schulz, Reinhard. Darius Milhaud Symphonies 7-9 (CD liner notes). CPO, 2000. pp. 10–11.

External links

[1] Schulz, Reinhard. Darius Milhaud Symphonies 7-9 (CD liner notes). CPO, 2000. pp. 10–11.

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	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 [[Program music\|programmatic]] movements paint a musical landscape of the course of the [[Rhone]] River.<ref>{{cite ~~book~~\|last=Schulz\|first=Reinhard\|title=Darius Milhaud Symphonies 7-9\|publisher=CPO, 2000\|pages=10–11\|authorlink=Darius Milhaud\|~~format~~=CD liner notes}}</ref>		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 [[Program music\|programmatic]] movements paint a musical landscape of the course of the [[Rhone]] River.<ref>{{cite AV media notes\|last=Schulz\|first=Reinhard\|title=Darius Milhaud Symphonies 7-9\|publisher=CPO, 2000\|pages=10–11\|authorlink=Darius Milhaud\|type=CD liner notes}}</ref>

	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:		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: