Shostakovich: The Complete Symphonies by Great Russian Conductors

Alto has gathered fifteen critically acclaimed, Russian-led recordings of all of Shostakovich’s symphonies – including such landmarks as Kiril Kondrashin’s legendary premiere performance of the Thirteenth Symphony, Evgeny Mravinsky’s blistering live recording of the Eighth Symphony, and Mstislav Rostropovich’s uncompromising live recording of the Eleventh, along with a “Who’s Who” of other Russian maestros including Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Konstantin Ivanov, Valery Gergiev, and the composer’s son Maxim – that convey a vivid “inside view” of the rise of the Soviet Union through the portents of its shocking collapse.