Tag: USSR Symphony Orchestra
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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…
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Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 6 – Kondrashin
“probably the most significant Russian symphony between Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique (1893) and the Fourth Symphony of Shostakovich (premiered 1961)” (MusicWeb) “But it was No.6 which was to be hailed as the first Soviet symphony, not least for the May Day celebrations 1969 Revolutionary songs (French in origin) used in the finale. This is a splendidly fiery,…
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Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. 4 – Symphonies Nos. 4 and 11
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Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. 5 – Symphonies Nos. 5 and 12 – Svetlanov
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Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. 6 – Symphony No. 6 – Svetlanov
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Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonies – Svetlanov
“The complete legendary set, very well-filled discs, BUT using the Olympia masters, plus their ground-breaking expert music notes within 36PP book !”
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Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. 7 – Symphonies Nos. 7 and 26 – Svetlanov
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Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. 8 – Symphonies Nos. 8 and 10 – Svetlanov
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Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. 1 – Symphonies Nos. 1 and 25
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Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. 3 – Symphonies Nos. 3 and 13
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Myaskovsky: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. 2 – Symphonies Nos. 2 and 18
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 15
“(9th) They capture not only the joyful irreverence but the sense of danger lurking beneath … solo wind playing is excellent throughout…brilliantly played and vividly recorded” (CD Review) (15th) “with a superbly vivid Fifteenth, generally hard-driven à la Mravinsky but far more convincingly poised … first movement goes at a frightening lick, deserting the toy…
