State Symphony Orchestra

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Numbered Releases

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 1

  • Dear House At My Hometown
  • Arirang
  • Bumper Harvest Visits Chongsan Plain
  • Symphony « The Sea Of Blood »
    • First Movement: « The Sea Of Blood »
    • Second Movement: « I'll Keep My Red Spirit Single-heartedly »
    • Third Movement: « The Banner Of The Revolution »

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 2

  • Nostalgia
  • Mungyong Pass
  • Girl on a Swing
  • At the Crossroads
  • Flocks of Wild Geese Fly
  • My Country is Best

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 3

  • He, Dear to Us, Is with Us
  • My Mother
  • Snowstorm on Mount Paektu
  • Our Sun and Star
  • The Sound of a Horse's Hooves in Mt. Paektu
  • We Are the General's Family
  • Thunder from Jong Il Peak
  • We'll Safeguard the Nerve-centre of the Revolution with Desperate Courage

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 4

  • Where Are You, Dear General?
  • The Loving Smile
  • Our Father
  • Fascination
  • I Think
  • I Shall Be Your Son Forever
  • I am Joyful
  • Soldiers Answered
  • We Shall Be Loyal Forever

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 5

  • General, Here is the Frontline!
  • They Will Tell of a Soldier's Love
  • His Entire Life
  • Song of Total Mobilization
  • Let's support our Supreme Commander with Arms
  • Symphony « Accept Our Salute! »
    • Mov. 1. Receive Our Salute, Please!
    • Mov. 2. Longing
    • Mov. 3. Young People, Uphold Our Party!
    • Mov. 4. No Motherland Without You

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 6

  • We Started with Nothing
  • Song of the Sea
  • I Will Devote My Whole Life For the Leader
  • Long Live Generalissimo Kim Il Sung
  • We Miss Your Sun-like Smile
  • Our Sun and Star
  • We Pledge

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 7

  • Soldier's Desire
  • Song of a Woman Soldier
  • Unforgettable Echo over Lagoon Samil
  • We Are Successors to the Revolution
  • Let's Study
  • All of Us, Launch Out into Grand Socialist Construction
  • Tankers and Girls
  • Don't Advance, Night of Pyongyang
  • Longing for His Sunny Smiles

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 8

  • Socialism Is Ours
  • Balloon Flower
  • The Nodul Riverside
  • Longing for This Land
  • I Know It Now
  • Korea Is One
  • We Shall Be Immortal with the Country

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 9

  • Nostalgia
  • Ryongganginari
  • Land and Soldiers
  • On the Road to a Decisive Battle
  • We are the Bodyguards and Shock Brigades
  • The Fate of a Self-Defence Corps Man

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 10

  • Symphony « Jong Il Peak, Shine Forever »
    • Mov. 1 - Shine, Jong Il Peak
    • Mov. 2 - Fog Rises Over Jong Il Peak
    • Mov. 3 - Thunder on Jong Il Peak
    • Mov. 4 - We Will Follow You, Jong Il Peak
  • The General is Seen at the Outpost
  • The Road of Victory
  • We Will Never Forget

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 12

  • He, Dear to Us, Is with Us
  • Loving Smile
  • We Started from Scratch
  • His Great Image Will Be Immortal
  • The Nodul Riverside
  • Milyang Arirang
  • Song Announcing the Birth of People's Republic

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 14

  • I Think, Looking at You
  • Kangson Sunset
  • When Walking Along the Fields
  • Balsam
  • Soldier's Desire

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 15 - Collection of Foreign Music Vol. 1

  • Shostakovich - Symphony No 7 Leningrad
    • Mov. 1
    • Mov. 2
    • Movs. 3 & 4

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 17 - Collection of Foreign Music Vol. 3

  • Capriccio italien, Op. 45
  • The Song of the Yellow River Boatmen
  • Ode To the Yellow River
  • The Yellow River In Anger
  • Defend the Yellow River

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 20 - Concert One

  • The Blue Sky over My Country
  • Arirang
  • De Camptown Races
  • Moran Hill
  • Beautiful Dreamer
  • Suite of Famous Music
  • A Bumper Harvest in the Chongsan Plain

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 21 - Kim Yong Gyu Compositions Vol. 1

  • Symphony « The Leader Will Always be with Us »
    • Mov. 1 - Long Live Generalissimo Kim Il Sung
    • Mov. 2 - We Are Yearning for Your Sunny Smile
    • Mov. 3 - Our Sun and Star
    • Mov. 4 - We Pledge
  • Symphony « Pyongyang is Best »
    • Mov. 1 - At the Crossroads
    • Mov. 2 - Flocks of Wild Geese Fly
    • Mov. 3 - Pyongyang is Best

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 22 - Kim Yon Gyu's Compositions Vol. 2

  • Please Accept Our Salute!
  • Longing
  • Young People, Uphold Our Party!
  • No Motherland Without You!
  • Buy These Flowers
  • Sincerity Bloomed Like a Flower
  • Mother's Death
  • Sowing the Seeds of Revolution

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 23 - Kim Yon Gyu's Compositions Vol. 3

  • Symphony « Aim High »
    • Mov. 1 - The Green Pine-Tree on Nam Hill
    • Mov. 2 - Song of Volunteers
    • Mov. 3 - Song of Advance
  • The Fate of a Self-defence Corps Man
  • We Are the Party's Soldiers
  • This Beautiful Land Led by the Leader
  • The Party Is Our Happiness
  • Comrades, Let's Sing the Song of Loyalty
  • My Sunny Pyongyang
  • Let's Drive Tractors
  • Flames at Construction Site of Power Station
  • This Is the Greatest Happiness in the World

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 24

  • Cantata Dedicated to Comrade Kim Jong Il
  • The Snowflakes Fall
  • The Blue Sky Over My Country
  • Cantata Dedicated to Our Mother Party

State Symphony Orchestra Vol. 25

  • Symphony « O Korea, I Will Add Glory to Thee »
    • Mov. 1 - O Korea, I Will Add Glory to Thee
    • Mov. 2 - His Whole Life
    • Mov. 3 - The General Is the Son of the Guerrillas
    • Mov. 4 - Where Are You, Dear General?
    • Mov. 5 - To Appear in One Place and Then Suddenly Appear in Another Like a Flash of Lightning Is a Guerrilla Style
    • Mov. 6 - O We Long for You
    • Mov. 7 - We Believe in You as in Heaven
  • Fascination
  • Footsteps

National Symphony Orchestra Vol. 26 - The June Concert, 2012

  • Cantata Dedicated to Comrade Kim Jong Il
  • Footsteps
  • Fascination
  • To Appear in One Place and the Suddenly Appear in Another like a Flash of Lightning is a Guerilla Style
  • Thunder on Jong-Il Peak
  • You are Our Mother
  • A Bumper Harvest in Chongsan Plain
  • The Scenery is Nice
  • We Will Follow You with a Single Heart
  • Endless is Our Yearning
  • Our General is the Best

National Symphony Orchestra Volume 27 - The July Concert, 2012

  • Cantata to Marshal Kim II Sung
  • Nostalgia
  • The Snow Is Falling
  • Our Happiness Blossoms Out under the Leader's Care
  • A Bumper Harvest in the Chongsan Plain
  • You Are Our Mother
  • Endless Is Our Yearning
  • Footsteps
  • Symphony « The Leader Always with Us »
    • Mov. 4 - We Pledge
  • The Leader Will Always Be with Us

National Symphony Orchestra Vol. 28 - Remembrance Concert on the Occasion of the First Anniversary of the Demise of the Great Leader Kim Jong Il

  • Ode to Comrade Kim Jong II
  • Thunder over Jong II Peak
  • Symphonic Suite « O Korea, I Will Add Glory to Thee »
    • Mov. 3 -  The General Is the Son of the Guerrillas
    • Mov. 4 -  Where Are You, Dear General?
  • We Will Be Loyal Down through Generations
  • Fascination and Reverence
  • Song of Love for the People
  • Endless Is Our Yearning
  • Fly High, Our Party Flag
  • We Will Follow You with a Single Heart
  • Footsteps
  • The General Lives Forever as the Sun, Song of General Kim Jong II

Foreign Releases

My Land, My People & Exemplum In Memoriam Kwangju

  • My Land, My People!
    • Mov. 1 - History
    • Mov. 2 - Presence 1
    • Mov. 3 - Presence 2
    • Mov. 4 - Future
  • Exemplum in memoriam Kwangju

This album was released in 2002 by German label Classic Produktion Osnabrück, and features music recorded by the State Symphony Orchestra of the DPRK and its chorus in Pyongyang, under the direction of Kim Pyong Hwa in 1986 and 1987.