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Shostakovich - Complete Symphonies | Alto ALC3143

Shostakovich - Complete Symphonies

Label: Alto

Cat No: ALC3143

Barcode: 5055354431432

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 12

Release Date: 9th October 2020

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Contents

Artists

Vitaly Gromadsky (baritone)
Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Tatiana Monogarova (soprano)
Nina Romanov (mezzo-soprano)
Mariinsky Chorus
Yurlov Russian Choir
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariinsky Orchestra
WDR Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
St Petersburg Chamber Orchestra

Conductors

Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Yevgeny Mravinsky
Maxim Shostakovich
Kirill Kondrashin
Valery Gergiev
Konstantin Ivanov
Rudolf Barshai
Vladimir Jurowski
Mstislav Rostropovich
Edward Serov

Works

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Festive Overture, op.96
King Lear: incidental music, op.58a
Scherzo for orchestra in F sharp minor, op.1
Symphonies no.1-15 (complete)
The Gadfly, op.97 (excerpts)
Theme and Variations, op.3

Artists

Vitaly Gromadsky (baritone)
Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Tatiana Monogarova (soprano)
Nina Romanov (mezzo-soprano)
Mariinsky Chorus
Yurlov Russian Choir
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariinsky Orchestra
WDR Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
St Petersburg Chamber Orchestra

Conductors

Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Yevgeny Mravinsky
Maxim Shostakovich
Kirill Kondrashin
Valery Gergiev
Konstantin Ivanov
Rudolf Barshai
Vladimir Jurowski
Mstislav Rostropovich
Edward Serov

About

“However committed you are to any other interpretation, his demands to be heard.” – Gramophone (no.5)

“Mravinsky's live recording of the Eighth of capital importance and demands to be heard: the Leningrad audience is struck dumb by it.” – Gramophone (no.8)
    
“deeply moving. ....Maxim Shostakovich should be compared with Haitink for noble sobriety” – Gramophone (no.10)

“A superb performance with excellent sound makes this a benchmark recording and my top CD choice of the year. Shostakovich fans ignore this release at their peril!” – MusicWeb (no.11)

“So it’s significant this is once again made available, especially in such a memorably intense performance.”
– Gramophone (no.13)

“a superbly vivid Fifteenth, generally hard-driven à la Mravinsky but here far more convincingly poised” – Gramophone (no.15)

Contents:

CD 1
Symphonies 1 & 3
- Yurlov Russian Choir (no.3), USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
- Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Recorded 1985 (no.1) & 1984 (no.3)


CD 2
Symphony no.2
- Mariinsky Chorus & Orchestra
- Valery Gergiev
Recorded 2009-2010

Theme & Variations, op.3
- USSR Symphony Orchestra
- Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Recorded 1970


Symphony no.12 ‘The Year 1912’
- Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
- Yevgeny Mravinsky
Recorded 1962/1963


CD 3
Symphony no.4
- WDR Symphony Orchestra
- Rudolf Barshai
Recorded 1996


CD 4
Music from The Gadfly
Symphony no.5
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Maxim Shostakovich
Recorded 1990/1991


CD 5
Symphonies 6 & 14
- Sergei Leiferkus (baritone), Tatiana Monogarova (soprano) (no.14)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Vladimir Jurowski
Recorded 2013 (no.6) & 2006 (no.14)


CD 6
Symphony no.7 ‘Leningrad’
- USSR State Symphony Orchestra
- Konstantin Ivanov
Recorded 1962


CD 7
Symphony no.8
- Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
- Yevgeny Mravinsky
Recorded 1982

CD 8
Festive Overture, op.96 & Scherzo, op.1
- USSR Symphony Orchestra
- Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Recorded 1983


Symphony no.9
- Mariinsky Orchestra
- Valery Gergiev
Recorded 2015


Symphony no.15
- Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Kirill Kondrashin
Recorded 1974


CD 9
Symphony no.10
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Maxim Shostakovich
Recorded 1990


CD 10
Symphony no.11 ‘The Year 1905’
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Mstislav Rostropovich
Recorded 2002


CD 11
Incidental Music for King Lear, op.58a
- Nina Romanova (mezzo-soprano), St Petersburg Chamber Orchestra
- Edward Serov
Recorded 1984


Symphony no.13 ‘Babi Yar’
- Vitaly Gromadsky (bass), Yurlov Russian Choir
- Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Kirill Kondrashin
Recorded 1962


CD 12 (Bonus disc)
Symphony no.10 (live recording of premiere performance)
- Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
- Yevgeny Mravinsky
Recorded 1954 (remastered by Paul Arden-Taylor)

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