Shostakovich - The Great Symphonies | Alto ALC6004

Shostakovich - The Great Symphonies

Label: Alto

Cat No: ALC6004

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 6

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 4th November 2013

Contents

Artists

David Oistrakh (violin)
West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Moscow Philharmony

Conductors

Rudolf Barshai
Konstantin Ivanov
Yevgeny Mravinsky
Maxim Shostakovich
Kyril Kondrashin

Works

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Symphony no.4 in C minor, op.43
Symphony 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
» Barrel Organ Waltz
» Finale
» Folk Feast
» Galop
» Overture
» Romance
Violin Concerto no.2 in C sharp minor, op.129

Artists

David Oistrakh (violin)
West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Moscow Philharmony

Conductors

Rudolf Barshai
Konstantin 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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