Shostakovich - The Great Symphonies
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Label: Alto
Cat No: ALC6004
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 6
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 4th November 2013
Contents
Works
Symphony no.4 in C minor, op.43Symphony no.5 in D minor, op.47
Symphony no.7 in C major, op.60 'Leningrad'
Symphony no.8 in C minor, op.65
Symphony no.10 in E minor, op.93
Symphony no.15 in A major, op.141
The Gadfly, op.97
Artists
David Oistrakh (violin)West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Moscow Philharmony
Conductors
Rudolf BarshaiKonstantin Ivanov
Yevgeny Mravinsky
Maxim Shostakovich
Kyril Kondrashin
Works
Symphony no.4 in C minor, op.43Symphony no.5 in D minor, op.47
Symphony no.7 in C major, op.60 'Leningrad'
Symphony no.8 in C minor, op.65
Symphony no.10 in E minor, op.93
Symphony no.15 in A major, op.141
The Gadfly, op.97
Artists
David Oistrakh (violin)West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Moscow Philharmony
Conductors
Rudolf BarshaiKonstantin Ivanov
Yevgeny Mravinsky
Maxim Shostakovich
Kyril Kondrashin
About
Contents:
CD 1 (62:02)
- Symphony No.4 in C minor
West German Radio Symphony Orchestra (WDR) / Rudolf Barshai
Recorded: April & June 1996, Philharmonie, Köln, Germany
‘Barshai’s credentials with the composer could hardly be better demonstrated” - Gramophone
CD 2 (73:29)
- Music from the Gadfly
[1] Overture
[2] Folk Feast (National Holiday)
[3] Barrel Organ Waltz
[4] Galop
[5] Romance
[6] Finale
- Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.47
London Symphony Orchestra / Maxim Shostakovich
‘sheer enormity of the coda is awesome...(Maxim’s) is in the front rank of recent performances and its finely balanced recording is among the most successful of all....demands to be heard.’ - Gramophone
CD 3 (71:23)
- Symphony No.7 in C major, Op.60 'Leningrad'
USSR State Symphony Orchestra / Konstantin Ivanov
Recorded: 1962 Studio 1 Moscow Radio
CD 4 (61:13)
- Symphony No.8 in C minor, Op.65
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra / Yevgeny Mravinsky
Legendary Recordings (recorded live 1982, Leningrad)
‘(Mravinsky’s) extraordinary vehemence and power, vivid contrast and bitter intensity.’ - Gramophone
CD 5 (59:22)
- Symphony No.10 in E minor
London Symphony Orchestra / Maxim Shostakovich
Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London, Date: January 1990
‘Maxim's earlier restraint has saved a great emotional burden for this moment, and it is deeply moving.’ - Gramophone
CD 6 (70:53)
- Violin Concerto No.2 in C sharp minor Op.129
- Symphony No.15 in A major, Op.141
David Oistrakh (violin)
Moscow Philharmony / Kyril Kondrashin
Symphony: recorded 17th May 1974 at Moscow Radio Concert Hall
‘(Kondrashin’s) superbly vivid 15th, generally hard-driven..far more convincingly poised’ - Gramophone
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