Symphony No. 6

The Symphony No. 6, Op. 343, is a work for orchestra by French composer Darius Milhaud. The piece was written in 1955 at the request of Charles Munch, for the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This work is not to be confused with Milhaud's Chamber Symphony No. 6, op. 79 (1923). Milhaud's Sixth Symphony has four movements and a total running time of about 30 minutes. The titles of the movements, as descriptive of their character as of tempo, are as follows: Calme et tendre (approx. 9') Tumultueux (approx. 6') Lent et doux (approx. 8'45") Joyeux et robuste (approx. 6'30") This symphony is published by Heugel & Cie. Recordings a stereo recording of the composer himself conducting the Louisville Orchestra, re-released in 2004 on the First Edition label a 1992 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 a 1997 all-digital recording by Michel Plasson and the Toulouse Capitole Orchestra on Deutsche Grammophon