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[Drasko]

Just a boxing-up, but:

[asin]B00E3ISIAO[/asin]
Gesualdo: THE COMPLETE MADRIGALS (Marco Longhini w/Delicious Musicians - Naxos, 7cd)
Out in a few days in USA, already out elsewhere.

I need to research the quality of the performances, though I've heard a few of Longhini's Monteverdi recordings and thought they were the bees' knees.

From bits I've heard the quality of the performance is very fine. The only question, for me, is whether I want an all-male ensemble in madrigals. It's probably just a question of getting used to the sound, but to me still sounds weird. Also, does the box include all texts and translations?

Anyhow, for the quick ones pre-order from amazon.ca is 17 CDN$, but just for a day or two more.
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00E3ISIAO   

[Que]

From bits I've heard the quality of the performance is very fine. The only question, for me, is whether I want an all-male ensemble in madrigals. It's probably just a question of getting used to the sound, but to me still sounds weird. Also, does the box include all texts and translations?

Anyhow, for the quick ones pre-order from amazon.ca is 17 CDN$, but just for a day or two more.
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00E3ISIAO

It sounds weird to me as well. Also, the interplay seems too loosely knitted, loosing impetus.

I also sampled the Kassiopeia Quintet (Globe), recently issued as a box set. Honestly, apart from the too spacious acoustics, they sound sooo Dutch and would have been better off performing Sweelinck or the like...But it is too late for that now - the Gesualdo (!) Consort already beat them to the post.. .

I have Book V by La Venexiana (Glossa), and that still strikes me as perfect.

Q

[Wakefield]

From bits I've heard the quality of the performance is very fine. The only question, for me, is whether I want an all-male ensemble in madrigals. It's probably just a question of getting used to the sound, but to me still sounds weird. Also, does the box include all texts and translations?

Anyhow, for the quick ones pre-order from amazon.ca is 17 CDN$, but just for a day or two more.
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00E3ISIAO

No doubt, that's a very important question, also valid for their recordings of the complete madrigals by Monteverdi available on Naxos too.

[Octave]

Thanks everyone for the input on Gesualdo madrigals.



I did not see mention of this, recently: Brilliant seems to be re-reissuing its comprehensive Shostakovich box.  This one looks very similar, maybe identical to the last one from ~1-2 years ago, except it is 49 discs instead of 51.  I glanced quickly through the contents but did not immediately see any big changes.  I wondered if Rostropovich's LADY MACBETH would have been removed post-EMI buyout by Warner; but no...it is still there.  Almost seems like something was removed?
It is probably academic for me to bring this up, as I don't think I will be springing for the box.  But maybe those who have been on the fence would want to get the old one before it disappears?

ASIN: B00DUPU6LA  [not listed at Amazon US yet]

Here are the contents of the new box. (Listed legibly at the Brilliant website....at last!)
http://www.brilliantclassics.com/release.aspx?id=FM00081647#

Tracklist:
CD1
Symphony No.1 in F minor Op.10
1 I. Allegretto -- Allegro non troppo 8'10
2 II. Allegro 4'45
3 III. Lento -- 7'43
4 IV. Allegro molto -- Lento -- Allegro molto 8'35

5 Symphony No.2 in B Op.14 'To October'* 18'43

6 Symphony No.3 in E flat Op.20 'The First of May'* 26'29

*WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Rudolf Barshai, conductor

Total time 74'59


CD2
Symphony No.4 in C minor Op.43
1 I. Allegretto poco moderato 27'11
2 II. Moderato con moto 8'45
3 III. Largo -- Allegro 26'02

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Rudolf Barshai, conductor


CD3
Symphony No.5 in D minor Op.47
1 I. Moderato 15'29
2 II. Allegretto 5'33
3 III. Largo 13'17
4 IV. Allegro non troppo 11'14

Symphony No.6 in B minor Op.54
5 I. Largo 18'50
6 II. Allegro 5'47
7 III. Presto 6'58

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Rudolf Barshai, conductor

Total time 77'25


CD4
Symphony No.7 in C Op.60 'Leningrad'
1 I. War: Allegretto 26'17
2 II. Memories: Moderato (poco allegretto) 10'29
3 III. My Native Field: Adagio 18'14
4 IV. Victory: Allegro non troppo 16'31

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Rudolf Barshai, conductor

Total time 71'32


CD5
Symphony No.8 in C minor Op.65
1 I. Adagio -- Allegro non troppo -- Adagio 27'21
2 II. Allegretto 6'42
3 III. Allegro non troppo -- 6'28
4 IV. Largo -- 10'05
5 V. Allegretto 13'34

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Rudolf Barshai, conductor

Total time 64'27


CD6
Symphony No.9 in E flat Op.70
1 I. Allegro 5'16
2 II. Moderato 5'42
3 III. Presto 2'54
4 IV. Largo 3'00
5 V. Allegretto -- Allegro 6'49

Symphony No.10 in E minor Op.93
6 I. Moderato 23'14
7 II. Allegro 4'31
8 III. Allegretto 12'08
9 IV. Andante -- Allegro 12'17

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Rudolf Barshai, conductor

Total time 76'14


CD7
Symphony No.11 in G minor Op.103 'The Year 1905'
1 I. The Palace Square: Adagio 15'27
2 II. The 9th of January: Allegro -- Adagio -- Allegro -- Adagio 18'48
3 III. Eternal Memory: Adagio 11'24
4 IV. The Tocsin: Allegro non troppo -- Allegro -- Moderato -- Adagio -- Allegro 14'17

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Rudolf Barshai, conductor

Total time 59'54


CD8
Symphony No.12 in D minor Op.112 'The Year 1917'
1 I. Revolutionary Petrograd: Moderato -- Allegro -- Più mosso -- Allegro -- 12'53
2 II. Razliv: Allegro (L'istesso tempo) -- Adagio -- 9'57
3 III. Aurora: Adagio (L'istesso tempo) -- Allegro -- 4'14
4 IV. The Dawn of Humanity: Allegro (L'istesso tempo) -- Allegretto -- Moderato 9'58

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Rudolf Barshai, conductor

Total time 37'04


CD9
Symphony No.13 in B flat minor Op.113 'Babi Yar' for bass, chorus and orchestra
1 I. Babi Yar: Adagio 17'09
2 II. Humour: Allegretto 8'28
3 III. In the Store: Adagio 12'44
4 IV. Fears: Largo 11'55
5 V. A Career: Allegretto 12'26

Sergei Aleksashkin, bass
The Choral Academy Moscow
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Rudolf Barshai, conductor

Total time 62'41


CD10
Symphony No.14 Op.135 for soprano, bass, strings and percussion
1 I. De profundis (Lorca) 4'21
2 II. Malagueña (Lorca) 2'50
3 III. Loreley (Apollinaire) 8'00
4 IV. The Suicide (Apollinaire) 6'13
5 V. On Watch (Apollinaire) 2'59
6 VI. Madam, look! (Apollinaire) 1'32
7 VII. In Prison, at the Santé Jail (Apollinaire) 8'20
8 VIII. The Zaporozhian Cossack's answer to the Sultan of Constantinople (Apollinaire) 2'07
9 IX. O Delvig, Delvig (Küchelbecker) 3'44
10 X. The Death of the Poet (Rilke) 4'23
11 XI. Conclusion (Rilke) 1'04

Alla Simoni, soprano (2--6, 10 & 11)
Vladimir Vaneev, bass (1, 3, 6--9 & 11)
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Rudolf Barshai, conductor

Total time 45'34


CD11
Symphony No.15 in A Op.141
1 I. Allegretto 8'19
2 II. Adagio -- Largo -- Adagio -- Allegretto 11'43
3 III. Allegretto 3'53
4 IV. Adagio -- Allegretto -- Adagio -- Allegretto 13'58

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Rudolf Barshai, conductor

Total time 37'54


CD12
Chamber Symphony in F Op.73a From String Quartet No.3 Op.73, arranged by Rudolf Barshai
1 I. Allegretto 8'20
2 II. Moderato con moto 5'26
3 III. Allegro non troppo 4'37
4 IV. Adagio -- 5'09
5 V. Moderato 10'48

Chamber Symphony in D Op.83a From String Quartet No.4 Op.83, arranged by Rudolf Barshai
6 I. Allegro 4'12
7 II. Andantino 7'04
8 III. Allegretto -- 5'09
9 IV. Allegretto 9'56

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
Rudolf Barshai, conductor

Total time 60'55


CD13
Chamber Symphony in C Op.49a 'Eine kleine Symphonie' From String Quartet No.1 in Op.49, arranged by Rudolf Barshai
1 I. Moderato 4'22
2 II. Moderato 4'53
3 III. Allegro molto 2'44
4 IV. Allegro 3'31

Chamber Symphony in C minor Op.110a From String Quartet No.8 Op.110, arranged by Rudolf Barshai
5 I. Largo -- 4'42
6 II. Allegro molto -- 3'40
7 III. Allegretto -- 4'29
8 IV. Largo -- 4'29
9 V. Largo 3'41

Chamber Symphony in A flat Op.118a From String Quartet No.10 Op.118, arranged by Rudolf Barshai
10 I. Andante 5'08
11 II. Allegretto furioso 4'14
12 III. Adagio -- 7'01
13 IV. Allegretto -- Andante 10'02

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
Rudolf Barshai, conductor

Total time 64'14


CD14
Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor Op.35* for piano, trumpet and strings
1 I. Allegro moderato -- Allegro vivace -- Moderato 6'05
2 II. Lento 7'13
3 III. Moderato 1'58
4 IV. Allegro con brio -- Presto -- Allegretto poco moderato -- Allegro con brio 6'42

Piano Concerto No.2 in F Op.102*
5 I. Allegro 7'20
6 II. Andante 6'48
7 III. Allegro 5'39

Three Fantastic Dances Op.5
8 No.1: Allegretto 1'09
9 No.2: Andantino 1'25
10 No.3: Allegretto 0'52

Cristina Ortiz, piano
*Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
*Paavo Berglund, conductor

Total time 45'32


CD15
Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor Op.99
1 I. Nocturne: Moderato 11'57
2 II. Scherzo: Allegro 6'32
3 III. Passacaglia: Andante -- Cadenza -- 13'20
4 IV. Burlesque: Allegro con brio 4'59

Violin Concerto No.2 in C sharp minor Op.129
5 I. Moderato 12'31
6 II. Adagio 9'39
7 III. Adagio -- Allegro 8'04

Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor

Total time 67'24


CD16
Cello Concerto No.1 in E flat Op.107
1 I. Allegretto 6'15
2 II. Moderato -- 11'33
3 III. Cadenza -- 5'52
4 IV. Allegro con moto 4'39

Cello Concerto No.2 Op.126
5 I. Largo 15'44
6 II. Allegretto 4'20
7 III. Allegretto 16'18

Alexander Ivashkin, cello
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Valery Polyansky, conductor

Total time 64'53


CD17
String Quartet No.2 in A Op.68
1 I. Overture: Moderato con moto 8'03
2 II. Recitative & Romance: Adagio 10'53
3 III. Waltz: Allegro 5'59
4 IV. Theme & Variations: Adagio 10'47

String Quartet No.8 in C minor Op.110
5 I. Largo -- 4'40
6 II. Allegro molto -- 2'45
7 III. Allegretto -- 4'16
8 IV. Largo -- 4'33
9 V. Largo 4'04

String Quartet No.13 in B flat minor Op.138
10 Adagio 20'44

Rubio Quartet
Dirk van de Velde, violin I - Dirk van den Hauwe, violin II
Marc Sonnaert, viola - Peter Devos, cello

Total time 77'05


CD18
String Quartet No.3 in F Op.73
1 I. Allegretto 6'40
2 II. Moderato con moto 4'54
3 III. Allegro non troppo 4'01
4 IV. Adagio -- 5'41
5 V. Moderato 10'40

String Quartet No.7 in F sharp minor Op.108
6 I. Allegretto -- 3'33
7 II. Lento -- 3'36
8 III. Allegro 6'03

String Quartet No.9 in E flat Op.117
9 I. Moderato con moto -- 4'20
10 II. Adagio -- 4'34
11 III. Allegretto -- 3'47
12 IV. Adagio -- 3'32
13 V. Allegro 9'54

Rubio Quartet
Dirk van de Velde, violin I - Dirk van den Hauwe, violin II
Marc Sonnaert, viola - Peter Devos, cello

Total time 71'38


CD19
String Quartet No.5 in B flat Op.92
1 I. Allegro non troppo -- 10'44
2 II. Andante -- 10'41
3 III. Moderato 10'25

String Quartet No.11 in F minor Op.122
4 I. Introduction: Andantino -- 2'15
5 II. Scherzo: Allegretto -- 2'57
6 III. Recitativo: Adagio -- 1'18
7 IV. Étude: Allegro -- 1'19
8 V. Humoresque: Allegro -- 1'08
9 VI. Elegy: Adagio -- 4'15
10 VII. Conclusion: Moderato 3'41

String Quartet No.12 in D flat Op.133
11 I. Moderato 6'41
12 II. Allegretto 20'29

Rubio Quartet
Dirk van de Velde, violin I - Dirk van den Hauwe, violin II
Marc Sonnaert, viola - Peter Devos, cello

Total time 76'15


CD20
String Quartet No.4 in D Op.83
1 I. Allegretto 4'27
2 II. Andantino 6'35
3 III. Allegretto -- 4'07
4 IV. Allegretto 10'28

String Quartet No.6 in G Op.101
5 I. Allegretto 6'42
6 II. Moderato con moto 4'56
7 III. Lento -- 5'57
8 IV. Lento -- Allegretto 7'44

String Quartet No.10 in A flat Op.118
9 I. Andante 4'23
10 II. Allegretto furioso 4'16
11 III. Adagio -- 6'13
12 IV. Allegretto -- Andante 9'08

Rubio Quartet
Dirk van de Velde, violin I - Dirk van den Hauwe, violin II
Marc Sonnaert, viola - Peter Devos, cello

Total time 75'16


CD21
String Quartet No.1 in C Op.49
1 I. Moderato 3'57
2 II. Moderato 4'43
3 III. Allegro molto 2'12
4 IV. Allegro 3'03

String Quartet No.14 in F sharp Op.142
5 I. Allegretto 8'22
6 II. Adagio 10'57
7 III. Allegretto 8'44

String Quartet No.15 in E flat minor Op.144
8 I. Elegy: Adagio -- 12'23
9 II. Serenade: Adagio -- 5'15
10 III. Intermezzo: Adagio -- 1'49
11 IV. Nocturne: Adagio -- 4'54
12 V. Funeral March: Adagio molto -- 4'38
13 VI. Epilogue: Adagio 6'40

Rubio Quartet
Dirk van de Velde, violin I - Dirk van den Hauwe, violin II
Marc Sonnaert, viola - Peter Devos, cello

Total time 77'58


CD22
Piano Quintet in G minor Op.57
1 I. Prelude: Lento 4'30
2 II. Fugue: Adagio 9'01
3 III. Scherzo: Allegretto 3'20
4 IV. Intermezzo: Lento 6'11
5 V. Finale: Allegretto 7'06

Piano Trio No.2 in E minor Op.67
6 I. Andante -- Moderato 7'11
7 II. Allegro non troppo 3'03
8 III. Largo 4'28
9 IV. Allegretto 10'24

Edward Auer, piano
Paul Rosenthal, violin - Marcus Thompson, viola
Godfried Hoogeveen, cello (1--5)
Christiaan Bor, violin - Nathaniel Rosen, cello (6--9)

Total time 55'41


CD23
Violin Sonata Op.134
1 I. Andante 9'24
2 II. Allegretto 6'10
3 III. Largo 12'34

Viola Sonata Op.147
4 I. Moderato 8'23
5 II. Allegretto 6'56
6 III. Adagio 11'50

Isabelle van Keulen, violin & viola
Ronald Brautigam, piano

Total time 55'41


CD24
Cello Sonata in D minor Op.40
1 I. Allegro non troppo 11'22
2 II. Allegro 3'17
3 III. Largo 7'04
4 IV. Allegro 3'49

5 Piano Sonata No.1 Op.12 12'25

Piano Sonata No.2 in B minor Op.61
6 I. Allegretto 7'31
7 II. Largo 7'24
8 III. Moderato 11'56

Timora Rosler, cello
Klára Würtz, piano (1--4)
Colin Stone, piano (5--8)

Total time 64'52


CD25
Five Preludes Op.2
1 No.1 in A minor: Allegro moderato e scherzando 0'54
2 No.2 in G: Andante 2'12
3 No.3 in E minor: Allegro moderato 1'01
4 No.4 in D flat: Moderato 1'55
5 No.5 in F minor: Andantino 1'26

Three Fantastic Dances Op.5
6 No.1: Allegretto 1'45
7 No.2: Andantino 1'49
8 No.3: Allegretto 1'01

Aphorisms Op.13
9 No.1: Recitative 0'56
10 No.2: Serenade 1'19
11 No.3: Nocturne 1'46
12 No.4: Elegy 1'08
13 No.5: Funeral March 1'31
14 No.6: Étude 0'33
15 No.7: Danse macabre 0'51
16 No.8: Canon 0'45
17 No.9: Legend 2'04
18 No.10: Berceuse 2'58

19 The Golden Age Op.22a -- Polka 1'57

24 Preludes Op.34
20 No.1 in C: Allegretto 1'31
21 No.2 in A minor: Allegretto 0'50
22 No.3 in G: Andante 2'35
23 No.4 in E minor: Moderato 2'35
24 No.5 in D: Allegro vivace 0'29
25 No.6 in B minor: Allegretto 1'27
26 No.7 in A: Andante 1'22
27 No.8 in F sharp minor: Allegretto 1'01
28 No.9 in E: Presto 0'37
29 No.10 in C sharp minor: Moderato non troppo 2'23
30 No.11 in B: Allegretto 1'01
31 No.12 in G sharp minor: Allegro non troppo 1'40
32 No.13 in F sharp: Moderato 0'56
33 No.14 in E flat minor: Adagio 3'03
34 No.15 in D flat: Allegretto 0'56
35 No.16 in B flat minor: Andantino 1'32
36 No.17 in A flat: Largo 2'43
37 No.18 in F minor: Allegretto 0'46
38 No.19 in E flat: Andantino 1'45
39 No.20 in C minor: Allegretto furioso 0'39
40 No.21 in B flat: Allegretto poco moderato 0'44
41 No.22 in G minor: Adagio 2'52
42 No.23 in F: Moderato 1'39
43 No.24 in D minor: Allegretto 1'31

Dances of the Dolls
44 I. Lyrical Waltz 1'53
45 II. Gavotte 1'32
46 III. Romance 2'30
47 IV. Polka 1'23
48 V. Waltz-Scherzo 3'11
49 VI. Hurdy-Gurdy 0'41
50 VII. Dance 0'37

Boris Petrushansky, piano

Total time 76'48


CD26
24 Preludes and Fugues Op.87
1 No.1 in C: Prelude 2'25
2 No.1 in C: Fugue 2'51
3 No.2 in A minor: Prelude 0'52
4 No.2 in A minor: Fugue 1'23
5 No.3 in G: Prelude 1'48
6 No.3 in G: Fugue 2'05
7 No.4 in E minor: Prelude 2'34
8 No.4 in E minor: Fugue 5'03
9 No.5 in D: Prelude 1'48
10 No.5 in D: Fugue 1'47
11 No.6 in B minor: Prelude 1'31
12 No.6 in B minor: Fugue 4'09
13 No.7 in A: Prelude 1'24
14 No.7 in A: Fugue 2'15
15 No.8 in F sharp minor: Prelude 1'09
16 No.8 in F sharp minor: Fugue 5'39
17 No.9 in E: Prelude 2'48
18 No.9 in E: Fugue 1'36
19 No.10 in C sharp minor: Prelude 2'03
20 No.10 in C sharp minor: Fugue 5'02
21 No.11 in B: Prelude 1'14
22 No.11 in B: Fugue 2'18
23 No.12 in G sharp minor: Prelude 4'18
24 No.12 in G sharp minor: Fugue 4'05
25 No.13 in F sharp: Prelude 1'58
26 No.13 in F sharp: Fugue 4'26

Muza Rubackyte, piano

Total time 69'21


CD27
24 Preludes and Fugues Op.87
1 No.14 in E flat minor: Prelude 4'40
2 No.14 in E flat minor: Fugue 3'08
3 No.15 in D flat: Prelude 2'45
4 No.15 in D flat: Fugue 1'56
5 No.16 in B flat minor: Prelude 3'03
6 No.16 in B flat minor: Fugue 7'29
7 No.17 in A flat: Prelude 1'47
8 No.17 in A flat: Fugue 3'29
9 No.18 in F minor: Prelude 2'15
10 No.18 in F minor: Fugue 3'53
11No.19 in E flat: Prelude 2'02
12 No.19 in E flat: Fugue 2'39
13 No.20 in C minor: Prelude 3'38
14 No.20 in C minor: Fugue 4'16
15 No.21 in B flat: Prelude 1'26
16 No.21 in B flat: Fugue 2'48
17 No.22 in G minor: Prelude 2'29
18 No.22 in G minor: Fugue 3'51
19 No.23 in F: Prelude 2'33
20 No.23 in F: Fugue 3'41
21 No.24 in D minor: Prelude 3'47
22 No.24 in D minor: Fugue 6'30

Muza Rubackyte, piano

Total time 74'44


CD28
Two Romances Op.84 (Lermontov)
1 A Morning in the Caucasus 3'13
2 Ballad 5'53

Four Songs Op.86 (Dolmatovsky)
3 The Motherland hears 2'36
4 Rescue me 2'11
5 Loves -- or loves not 2'12
6 Lullaby 2'52

Four Monologues Op.91 (Pushkin)
7 A Fragment 5'54
8 What's in my name to you?... 2'30
9 In the depth of Siberian mines... 3'04
10 Parting 2'33

Greek Songs
11 Forward! 2'19
12 Penthosalis 1'41
13 Zolongo (folk song) 3'42
14 The Hymn of ELLAS 1'14

Five Songs Op.98 (Dolmatovsky)
15 The Day of Meeting 2'16
16 The Day of Declaration 2'16
17 The Day of Grievances 3'27
18 The Day of Joy 2'07
19 The Day of Memories 2'24

Spanish Songs Op.100
20 Farewell to Granada 3'43
21 Little Stars 2'07
22 The First Time I Met You 3'36
23 Ronda 1'59
24 Black-Eyed Girl 2'44
25 Dream 2'13

Natalia Biryukova, mezzo-soprano (1--2) - Victoria Evtodieva, soprano (3--6)
Fyodor Kuznetsov, bass (7--10, 15--19) - Mikhail Lukonin, baritone (11--14, 20--25)
Yuri Serov, piano

Total time 70'58


CD29
1 Preface to the complete edition of my works and thoughts about this preface Op.123 2'57

Five Romances Op.121 (texts from Krokodil Magazine)
2 Autographic Evidence 3'36
3 A Hard Wish to Fulfil 1'16
4 Discretion 1'29
5 Irinka and the Shepherd 1'22
6 Exaggerated Delight 1'44

Seven Songs Op.127 (Blok)
7 Ophelia's Song 3'12
8 Gamauyn the Soothsaying Bird (Picture by V. Vasnetsov) 3'46
9 We were together 2'58
10 The city sleeps 3'13
11 The Tempest 2'19
12 Secret Signs 5'01
13 Music 4'59

Six Poems of Marina Tsvetayeva Op.143
14 My Verses 2'58
15 Whence all this tenderness? 3'24
16 Dialogue between Hamlet and his conscience 2'55
17 The Poet and the Czar 1'38
18 No, the drum did beat 2'56
19 To Anna Akhmatova 5'33

Four Verses by Captain Lebyadkin Op.146
20 Captain Lebyadkin's Love 4'15
21 The Cockroach 3'47
22 A costume ball for the benefit of governessess 2'07
23 A luminous personality 2'02

Fyodor Kuznetsov, bass (1--6, 20--23)
Victoria Evtodieva, soprano - Lidia Kovalenko, violin - Irina Molokina, cello (7--13)
Lyubov Sokolova, mezzo-soprano (14--19)
Yuri Serov, piano

Total time 69'39


CD30
Two Fables Op.4 (Krylov)
1 The Dragonfly and the Ant 2'42
2 The Donkey and the Nightingale 4'54

Six Songs Op.21 (Japanese poets)
3 Love 2'44
4 Before the Suicide 2'08
5 An Immodest Glance 0'54
6 The First and the Last Time 3'29
7 Hopeless Love 2'20
8 Death 2'22

Four Songs Op.46 (Pushkin)
9 Renaissance 2'24
10 Weeping bitterly, a jealous maid reproached a young man 1'39
11 Anticipation 2'45
12 Stanzas 5'51

Hamlet -- Incidental music Op.32
13 Ophelia's Song 1'53

King Lear -- Incidental music Op.58
14 Cordelia's Ballad 2'23
15 The Fool's Songs 9'38

Six Songs Op.62 (Raleigh, Burns, Shakespeare)
16 Sir Waiter Raleigh to his Sonne 4'08
17 Oh wert thou in the cauld blast 2'36
18 Macpherson's Farewell 2'18
19 Jenny 1'34
20 Sonnet LXVI by Shakespeare 2'51
21 The King's Campaign 0'48

Liudmila Shkirtil, mezzo-soprano (1--2, 13 & 14)
Victoria Evtodieva, soprano (3--8) - Mikhail Lukonin, baritone (9--12 & 15)
Fyodor Kuznetsov, bass (16--21)
Yuri Serov, piano

Total time 62'31


CD31
1 The Counter-Plan Song (Kornilov, from the film The Counter-Plan) 2'07
2 Tender Girl Song (Vasillev, from the film The First Train) 2'37
3 The Dawn is Rising (Dolmatovsky, from the film Meeting at the Elbe) 1'40
4 The Song of Peace (Dolmatovsky, from the film The Fall of Berlin) 3'04

Two Songs Op.72 (Svetlov)
5 Lullaby 2'53
6 The Little Lantern Song 2'10

7 We had kisses (Dolmatovsky) 2'22
8 Spring, Spring... Op.128 (Pushkin) 2'24

Satires Op.109 (Pictures of The Past) (Chorny)
9 To a Critic 1'27
10 The Awakening of Spring 2'48
11 Descendants 2'12
12 Confusion 5'11
13 Kreutzer Sonata 4'14

14 Rayok (Anti-Formalist Peep-Show --Shostakovich) 19'51

Victoria Evtodieva, soprano (2, 4--6, 9--13) - Liudmila Shkirtil, mezzo-soprano (2)
Mikhail Lukonin, baritone (1, 3, 4 & 7) - Fyodor Kuznetsov, bass (8, 14)
St Petersburg Youth Chamber Choir, Yulia Khutoretskaya, conductor (14)
Yuri Serov, piano

Total time 55'07


CD32
From Jewish Folk Poetry Op.79
1 Lament For A Dead Baby (Russian trans. by T. Spendiarova) 2'50
2 Caring For Mum And Auntie (Russian trans. by A. Globa) 1'56
3 Lullaby (Russian trans. by V. Zvyagintseva) 3'52
4 Before A Long Separation (Russian trans. by A. Globa) 2'54
5 Warning (Russian trans. by N. Ushakov) 1'07
6 Father Abandoned (Russian trans. by S. Mar) 2'06
7 Poverty Song (B. Shafir, Russian trans. by B. Semionov) 1'30
8 Winter (Russian trans. by B. Semionov) 2'51
9 Good Life (Russian trans. by S. Olender) 1'38
10 A Girl's Song (Russian trans. by S. Olender) 2'30
11 Happiness (Russian trans. by L. Dligach) 1'38

Suite on Verses by Michelangelo Buonarrotti Op.145 (Russian trans. by A. Efros)
12 I. Truth 4'11
13 II. Morning 2'48
14 III. Love 4'09
15 IV. Separation 2'05
16 V. Anger 1'35
17 VI. Dante 3'31
18 VII. To the Exile 4'12
19 VIII. Creativity 2'58
20 IX. Night 3'55
21 X. Death 4'45
22 XI. Eternity 3'46

Svetlana Sumatchova, soprano (1--2, 4, 5, 8, 10 & 11)
Marianna Tarassova, mezzo-soprano (1--3, 6, 8 & 11)
Konstantin Pluzhnikov, tenor (4, 6--9 & 11) - Fyodor Kuznetsov, bass (12--22)
Yuri Serov, piano

Total time 63'07


CD33
Suite on Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti Op.145a (Russian trans. by A. Efros)
1 I. Truth 4'20
2 II. Morning 2'32
3 III. Love 3'49
4 IV. Separation 2'47
5 V. Anger 1'41
6 VI. Dante 7'52
7 VII. Creativity 2'36
8 VIII. Night 3'41
9 IX. Death 4'49
10 X. Immortality 3'23

Three Romances Op.46a (Pushkin)
11 Reincarnation 1'51
12 A jealous maiden 1'24
13 Premonition 3'04

Six Romances Op.21 (Japanese poets)
14 Love 2'45
15 Before the Suicide 1'35
16 An Immodest Glance 0'54
17 The First and Last Time 3'21
18 Love without hope 2'18
19 Death 2'26

Wladimir Kasatschuk, tenor (14--19), Anatolij Kotscherga, bass (1--10), Anatolij Babykin, bass (11--13)
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester, Michail Jurowski, conductor

Total time 58'08


CD34
Ten Poems on texts by revolutionary poets Op.88
1 No.1: Boldly, friends, on we march! 1'09
2 No.2: One of many 4'21
3 No.3: Onto the streets! 1'29
4 No.4: The meeting in transit to exile 2'36
5 No.5: To those condemned to death 3'51
6 No.6: The Ninth of January 7'42
7 No.7: The valleys have become silent 4'46
8 No.8: They are the victors 1'33
9 No.9: May Day Song 2'44
10 No.10: Song 5'05

Ten Russian folk song arrangements for soloists, mixed chorus and piano
11 All of a sudden there was a clap of thunder over Moscow 2'04
12 Beyond the mountains, beyond the valleys 1'12
13 Out of the forest of spears and swords 2'35
14 Nights are dark, the clouds are menacing 2'22
15 A little cuckoo cuckoos 3'16
16 The Splinter 3'35
17 Fir grove, my fir grove 1'08
18 In my dear father's green garden 4'04
19 I told my sweetheart 4'16
20 What a song 2'41

Chorus of the Academy of Choral Arts, Victor Popov, chorus master
Tatyana Kravchenko, piano

Total time 62'41


CD35
Suite for Variety Orchestra (Jazz Suite No.2)
1 March 3'04
2 Dance No.1 2'56
3 Dance No.2 3'39
4 Little Polka 2'33
5 Lyric Waltz 2'38
6 Waltz No.1 3'21
7 Waltz No.2 3'34
8 Finale 2'13

9 Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes Op.115 9'19

Jazz Suite No.1
10 I. Waltz 2'19
11 II. Polka 1'38
12 III. Foxtrot 3'47

13 Novorossisk Chimes 2'32

14 Festive Overture Op.96 5'46

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Theodore Kuchar, conductor

Total time 50'43


CD36
The Bolt -- Suite Op.27a
1 I. Overture 5'34
2 II. Polka 2'36
3 III. Variations 1'49
4 IV. Tango 5'07
5 V. Intermezzo 3'50
6 VI. Finale 3'23

The Limpid Stream -- Suite Op.39a
7 I. Waltz 2'23
8 II. Russian Lubok 2'30
9 III. Galop 1'57
10 IV. Adagio 7'19
11 V. Pizzicato 1'12

The Golden Age -- Suite Op.22a
12 I. Overture 3'54
13 II. Adagio 8'40
14 III. Polka 2'08
15 IV. Dance 2'09

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Theodore Kuchar, conductor

Total time 55'46


CD37
Hamlet -- Suite Op.116a
1 I. Prelude 2'18
2 II. The Ball at the Palace 3'41
3 III. The Ghost 1'20
4 IV. In the Garden 3'03
5 V. Hamlet and Ophelia 3'51
6 VI. Arrival of the Actors 2'11
7 VII. Poisoning Scene 7'26
8 VIII. Duel and the Death of Hamlet 3'57

Gadfly -- Suite Op.97a
9 I. Overture 2'58
10 II. Contradance 2'27
11 III. Folk Feast 2'38
12 IV. Interlude 2'49
13 V. Waltz: Barrel Organ 1'54
14 VI. Galop 1'57
15 VII. Introduction 6'04
16 VIII. Romance 6'23
17 IX. Intermezzo 5'32
18 X. Nocturne 3'52
19 XI. Scene 3'21
20 X. Finale 3'07

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Theodore Kuchar, conductor

Total time 72'09


CD38
The New Babylon Op.18 Music in eight parts for the silent film
1 Part I 9'03
2 Part II 9'59
3 Part III 8'55
4 Part IV 14'20
5 Part V -- 10'24
6 Part VI 12'33

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
James Judd, conductor

Total time 65'26


CD39
The New Babylon Op.18 Music in eight parts for the silent film
1 Part VII -- 10'46
2 Part VIII 7'23

Five Days, Five Nights -- Suite Op.111a
3 I. Introduction 5'04
4 II. Dresden in Ruins 5'37
5 III. Liberated Dresden 6'30
6 IV. Interlude 5'34
7 V. Finale 7'39

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
James Judd, conductor

Total time 48'59


CD40
King Lear Op.137
1 Fanfare I 0'22
2 Prelude and Song of Cordelia: Moderato 4'39
3 Fanfare II 0'16
4 Return from the hunt 0'48
5 Fanfare III 0'09
6 Ten Fool's Songs 8'54
7 Fanfare IV 0'12
8 Act Two Finale: Andante 1'45
9 Approach of the snowstorm 1'47
10 Scene on the moors 1'53
11 Blindness 1'17
12 The Campsite 2'04
13 Fanfare V 0'15
14 March 1'31
15 Signals 1--5: The leader's horn is silenced -- The King's entourage departs -- Edmund demands tribute for the attack -- Edmund commands the tribute to a duel 0'58
16 Prelude: March of Time 2'41
17 First Figure: Lear's Castle 2'46
18 Moderato 0'26
19 The catastrophe begins 2'59
20 Signals 6--9: The horn player answers Edgar -- The Fool's Bell -- The Fool's Water-Pipe -- The Hunting Horn 1'41
21 The Voice of Truth 3'23
22 The Storm 2'08
23 Water 4'12
24 The Storm 2'51
25 Lunch at Gonerilja 2'02
26 Last Figure 1'05
27 Finale 0'27

Jelena Zaremba, mezzo-soprano - Stanislaw Suleimanow, bass
Rundfunkchor Berlin - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Michail Jurowski, conductor

Total time 53'56


CD41
Zoya Op.64 -- Fragments
1 Adagio: Moderato con moto -- 6'09
2 Scherzo: Allegretto 6'45
3 Adagio 6'53
4 Tempo di marcia 3'24
5 Adagio 7'12

The Fall of Berlin Op.82 -- Fragments
6 Prelude 2'30
7 Riverside Scene 4'03
8 Attack 1'19
9 In the garden 2'22
10 Storming of the Seelov Heights 7'51
11 In the destroyed village 4'39
12 Scene in the underground 2'10
13 Finale 5'50

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - RIAS Kammerchor
Michail Jurowski, conductor

Total time 61'45


CD42
The Golden Mountains -- Suite Op.30a
1 I. Introduction: Moderato 1'55
2 II. Waltz: Andante 5'17
3 III. Fugue: Largo -- Allegro 7'27
4 IV. Intermezzo: Andante 4'01
5 V. Funeral March: Andante 2'18
6 VI. Finale: Largo 2'33

Maxim Trilogy -- Fragments: The Youth of Maxim Op.41, The Return of Maxim Op.45, Viborg District Op.50
7 Prologue 2'25
8 Prelude 4'14
9 Attack Scene 2'02
10 Death of the Old Worker 6'00
11 Waltz 3'10
12 Demonstration 2'34
13 Fight on the Barricades 5'24
14 Funeral March & Finale 4'36
15 Overture to Viborg District 1'51

Svetlana Katchur, soprano (7)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin - Rundfunkchor Berlin
Michail Jurowski, conductor

Total time 56'17


CD43
Alone Op.26
1 I. No.4 March: The Street (Allegro) 0'37
2 I. No.7 Galop: 'How beautiful life will be' (Allegro) 3'46
3 I. No.9 Choral conclusion: 'Stay with us' (Andante -- Andantino) 4'48
4 II. March (Allegretto) 1'17
5 III. No.1 The Altai Region (1) (Andantino) 5'42
6 III. No.1a The Steppe (Andante) 1'00
7 III. No.2 The Altai Region (2) (Adagio) 3'16
8 III. No.3 In Kuzmina's hut (Largo -- Allegretto) 4'39
9 III. No.4 Barrel-organ (Andantino) 1'21
10 IV. No.1 In the school (Allegro) 1'38
11 IV. No.2 Bai takes the schoolchildren to the goat pasture (Largo) 4'36
12 IV. No.3 Song with memory (Andante sostenuto) 4'14
13 IV. No.7 The village elder is asleep (Adagio) 3'42
14 IV. No.8 Kuzmina comes running (Allegro) 1'41
15 IV. No.9 The village elder drinks tea (Allegretto) 0'45
16 V. No.1 Schoolchildren (Adagio -- Allegretto) 2'31
17 V. No.2 Bai (1) (Adagio) 3'04
18 V. No.3 Bai (2) (Allegro) 2'33
19 V. No.4 Bai (3) (Moderato) 1'46
20 VI. No.2 The Steppe (Allegretto -- Presto) 2'50
21 VI. No.2 Appendix: Storm blowing up (Allegro) 1'08
22 VI. No.2a Snowstorm (Presto) 2'37
23 VI. No.3 Calm after the storm (Largo) 1'22
24 VI. Finale Movement 6 (Largo) 5'13
25 VII. No.3/4 DC Aeroplane (Allegro) 0'28
26 VII. No.5 Schoolchildren with Kuzmina (Adagio) 2'09
27 VII. No.6 Appendix -- No.8 Nightmare (Adagio -- Allegretto sostenuto) 3'27
28 VII. No.18 Finale (Allegro) 1'49

Svetlana Katchur, soprano - Vladimir Kazatchouk, tenor
members of the Rundfunkchor Berlin , Sigurd Brauns, chorus master
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Michail Jurowski, conductor

Total time 74'29


CD44
The Lady and the Hooligan Adapted from the incidental music into a one-act ballet by Levon Atovmian
1 Introduction: Adagio 6'35
2 The Street 1'50
3 The Hooligan 2'03
4 The Young Lady 3'08
5 The School 2'26
6 The Prayer 4'10
7 The Cabaret 4'47
8 Vision 4'25
9 Scene 2'55
10 In the Park 3'23
11 Adagio 6'57
12 Brawl 1'42
13 Finale 7'55

Andrei Kolokolov, trumpet (7) - Nikolai Kvitko, trumpet (
Mikhail Spivak, violin - Nazar Dzhuryn, cello
Andrei Skorobogatko, oboe - Mikhail Puryenski, clarinet
Russian Symphony Orchestra
Mark Gorenstein, conductor

Total time 52'23


CD45
Rothschild's Violin Opera in one act based on the story by Anton Chekhov, Completed and orchestrated by Shostakovich
1 The Wedding Band 1'10
2 What are you playing? 1'16
3 This small town is worse than a village 4'27
4 Band music 3'28
5 Do you remember, Iakov, do you recall? 1'30
6 God had given us a little girl 1'48
7 Band music: Make that trumpet merrier! 1'49
8 Down here on earth everything flies by so fast! 1'55
9 Rothschild runs away 1'02
10 Loss: One coffin for Marfa Ivanova 6'38
11 If they could live without hatred or evil 3'33
12 It's better to die 1'38
13 Be kind to me, don't hit me! 1'51
14 Rothschild plays the violin 4'52

Yakov Matveievich (nicknamed Bronza), coffin maker & violinist: Jacek Janiszewski
Marfa Ivanova, Ivanov's wife: Elena Gabouri
Rothschild, flautist then violinist: Andris Lapins
(Uncle) Moses Ilyich Shakhes, gravedigger: Michal Lehotsky
Village musicians: Oliver Kuusik, Alastair Mccall, Kevin Matthews, Lewis James Quinn
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, conductor

Total time 37'07


CD46
The Gamblers Original unfinished version (Act I), Libretto after the play by Nikolai Gogol
1 Alexei-Ikharev 8'39
2 Shvokhnyev-Gavryushka 9'04
3 Ikharev-Alexei 10'18
4 The Game 19'34

Ikharev: Nikolai Kurpe - Gavryushka: Piotr Gluboky
Alexei: Vyacheslav Pochapsky - Krugel: Alexander Arkhipov
Shvokhnyev: Mikhail Krutikov - Uteshitelny: Nikolai Reshetniak

Viktor Panin, bass balalaika
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Andrey Chistiakov, conductor

Total time 47'35


CD47
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Op.29
Opera in four acts - Libretto by Shostakovich & Alexander Preis after Nikolai Leskov
Act One
1 Scene 1. Akh, nye spitsa ból'she, popróbuyu 2'26
2 V dyévkakh lúchshe by´lo (Katerina) 2'58
3 Gribki sevódnya búdut? 3'52
4 Prigotóv otrávu dlya krys (Boris/Katerina) 1'34
5 Govori!... Plotinu-to na (Zinoviy/Mill-hand/Boris/Chorus/Sergei/Coachman) 2'45
6 Proshcháy, Katerina (Zinoviy/Boris/Katerina) 2'50
7 Chevó vstal? Chevó ostanovilsa? (Aksinya/Boris) 1'39
8 Interlude (Orchestra) 2'43

9 Scene 2. Ay! Ay! Ay! (Aksinya/Shabby peasant/Porter/Chorus/Steward/Sergei) 2'05
10 Bárynya!... Ay!... Shto s tobóyu? (Shabby peasant/Aksinya/Katerina/Sergei) 2'24
11 A nu-s, pozvól'te rúku-s (Sergei/Katerina/Shabby peasant/Boris) 4'01
12 Interlude (Orchestra) 1'55

13 Scene 3. Spat' porá. Dyen proshól (Katerina/Boris) 3'18
14 Zherebyónok k koby´lke torópitsa (Katerina) 5'46
15 Kto éto, kto, kto stuchit? (Katerina/Sergei) 3'16
16 Ya poydú... Proshcháy (Sergei/Katerina/Boris) 4'35

Act Two
17 Scene 4. Shto znáchit stárost' 2'52
18 Pod óknami u chzuhikh (Boris) 2'39
19 Proshcháy, Kátya, proshcháy! (Sergei/Boris/Katerina/Chorus/Shabby peasant/Porter) 4'30
20 Ustál... Prikázhete mnye postegát'? 2'39
21 V kladovúyu Sergéya záperli (Boris/Porter/Katerina) 3'50
22 Vídno, skóro uzh zaryá (Chorus/Boris/Foremen/Priest) 2'05
23 Bátya, ispovyédatsa (Boris/Priest/Foremen) 1'49
24 Akh, Borís Timoféyevich (Katerina/Priest) 2'20
25 Interlude (Orchestra) 6'43

Katerina Ismailova: Galina Vishnevskaya - Sergei: Nicolai Gedda - Boris Ismailov: Dimiter Petkov -
Zinoviy Ismailov: Werner Krenn - Shabby Peasant: Robert Tear - Aksinya: Taru Valjakka - Sonyetka: Birgit Finnilä
Sergeant: Aage Haugland - Teacher: Martyn Hill - Priest: Leonard Mróz - Old Convict: Alexander Malta
Mill-Hand & Officer: Leslie Fyson - Porter: Steven Emmerson - Steward: John Noble - Coachman & First
Foreman: Colin Appleton - Second Foreman: Alan Byers - Third Foreman: James Lewington- Policeman:
Oliver Broome - Drunken Guest: Edgar Fleet - Sentry: David Beavan - Woman Convict: Lynda Richardson
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, John McCarthy, chorus master
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor

Total time 77'48


CD48
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District Op.29
Opera in four acts - Libretto by Shostakovich & Alexander Preis after Nikolai Leskov
1 Scene 5. Sergéy, Seryózha! 1'58
2 Kátya, prikhódit konyéts lyubvi náshey 2'08
3 Nye pechál'sa, Sergéy (Katerina/Sergei) 1'47
4 Opyát usnúl (Katerina/Ghost of Boris) 2'45
5 Nu? Chevó tebyé? 2'43
6 Slúshay, Sergéy, Sergéy! (Sergei/Katerina) 1'13
7 Katerína!... Kto tam? (Zinoviy/Katerina/Sergei) 3'00
8 Tepyér shabásh (Sergei/Katerina) 3'04

Act Three
9 Scene 6. Shto ty tut shoísh? (Sergei/Katerina) 1'58
10 U menyá bylá kumá (Shabby peasant) 3'15
11 Interlude (Orchestra) 1'28
12 Scene 7. Sózdan politséysky byl vo vrémya onó (Sergeant/Policemen) 4'02
13 U Izmay´lovoy seychás pir goróy (Sergeant/Policemen/Policeman/Teacher) 2'04
14 Váshe blagorodie!... Chevó tebyé? (Shabby peasant/Sergeant/Policemen) 1'13
15 Interlude (Orchestra) 2'23
16 Scene 8. Sláva suprúgam (Chorus/Priest/Katerina) 5'10
17 Shto takóe?... Zamók sórvan (Sergei/Chorus/Katerina/Priest/Drunken guest) 1'52
18 Shto takóe? Pózdno! (Katerina/Sergei/Policemen/Sergeant) 2'31

Act Four
19 Scene 9. Vyórsty odná za drugóy (Old convict/Chorus) 6'00
20 Stepánych! Propustí menyá (Katerina/Sentry/Sergei) 3'27
21 Nye lekhkó pósle pochóta da poklónov (Katerina) 2'48
22 Moyó pochtyénye! (Sergei/Sonyetka) 2'48
23 Ládno dostánu! (Sergei/Katerina) 2'59
24 Na chulkí! Idyóm, tepyér ty moyá! (Sergei/ Sonyetka/Katerina/Chorus/Woman convict/Sentry) 2'28
25 V lesú, v sámoy cháshche yest' ózero (Katerina) 3'37
26 Znáesh li, Sonyétka (Sergei/Sonyetka) 1'45
27 Vstaváy! Po mestám! Zhívo! (Officer/Chorus/Old convict) 2'04
28 Akh!... Bózhe moy! Shto takóe? (Sonyetka/Chorus/Officer/Old convict) 4'06

Katerina Ismailova: Galina Vishnevskaya - Sergei: Nicolai Gedda - Boris Ismailov: Dimiter Petkov -
Zinoviy Ismailov: Werner Krenn - Shabby Peasant: Robert Tear - Aksinya: Taru Valjakka - Sonyetka: Birgit Finnilä
Sergeant: Aage Haugland - Teacher: Martyn Hill - Priest: Leonard Mróz - Old Convict: Alexander Malta
Mill-Hand & Officer: Leslie Fyson - Porter: Steven Emmerson - Steward: John Noble - Coachman & First
Foreman: Colin Appleton - Second Foreman: Alan Byers - Third Foreman: James Lewington- Policeman:
Oliver Broome - Drunken Guest: Edgar Fleet - Sentry: David Beavan - Woman Convict: Lynda Richardson
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, John McCarthy, chorus master
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor

Total time 77'01


CD49
Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor Op.35 for piano, trumpet and strings
1 I. Allegro moderato -- Allegro vivace -- Moderato 6'02
2 II. Lento 7'46
3 III. Moderato 1'46
4 IV. Allegro con brio -- Presto -- Allegretto poco moderato -- Allegro con brio 6'17

Piano Concerto No.2 in F Op.102
5 I. Allegro 6'31
6 II. Andante 5'33
7 III. Allegro 5'20

Three Fantastic Dances Op.5
8 No.1: Allegretto 0'54
9 No.2: Andantino 1'14
10 No.3: Allegretto 0'52

Preludes and Fugues Op.87
11 No.1 in C: Moderato 4'57
12 No.4 in E minor: Andante -- Adagio 7'20
13 No.5 in D: Allegretto 2'45
14 No.23 in F: Adagio -- Moderato con moto 6'43
15 No.24 in D minor: Andante -- Moderato 11'41

Dmitri Shostakovich, piano
Ludovic Vaillant, trumpet (1--4)
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, André Cluytens, conductor (1--7)

Total time 76'03

[mc ukrneal]

Thanks everyone for the input on Gesualdo madrigals.



I did not see mention of this, recently: Brilliant seems to be re-reissuing its comprehensive Shostakovich box.  This one looks very similar, maybe identical to the last one from ~1-2 years ago, except it is 49 discs instead of 51.  I glanced quickly through the contents but did not immediately see any big changes.  I wondered if Rostropovich's LADY MACBETH would have been removed post-EMI buyout by Warner; but no...it is still there.  Almost seems like something was removed?
It is probably academic for me to bring this up, as I don't think I will be springing for the box.  But maybe those who have been on the fence would want to get the old one before it disappears?

ASIN: B00DUPU6LA  [not listed at Amazon US yet]

Here are the contents of the new box. (Listed legibly at the Brilliant website....at last!)
http://www.brilliantclassics.com/release.aspx?id=FM00081647#

It's also at Berkshire for a slightly lower price than at Amazon (51 disc version). The sets are exactly the same except for the last three discs, which are historical recordings. The first set has 3 discs of those, while the newer one has just 1 disc. Here are the back covers side by side

[Octave]

Haha, yes that's pretty clear-cut, isn't it?  <lazy emoticon>
Thanks for mentioning the BRO availability.  I have an itch to get it, though it's the usual overlap/extraneity dread that stays the hand.  I.e. already having the Barshai symphs, not sure about the Rubio quartets, thinking about getting other editions/recordings of other items, etc.

This, just so nobody misses it, a "new" reissue of the Schmidt/LSO recordings of the Nielsen symphonies, praised recently by Jens and others?  Now (again) in a single set.


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Carl Nielsen: THE SYMPHONIES [Ole Schmidt/LSO - Musical Concepts/Alto, 3cd]

Already available at Amazon UK and Presto, release date Nov 5 for Amazon US.

[Papy Oli]

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CD1 JASCHA HORENSTEIN • Mahler: Symphony No.8/LSO (stereo)
CD2 EVGENY MRAVINSKY • Shostakovich: Symphony No.8/Leningrad Philharmonic (stereo)
CD3 EMIL GILELS • Scarlatti: Sonatas; Schumann: Sonata No.1; Prokofiev: Toccata; Tchaikovsky & Bach
CD4 ARTURO TOSCANINI • Beethoven: Missa solemnis/BBCSO
CD5 SVIATOSLAV RICHTER • Chopin: Ballade No.3, Scherzo No.4, 4 Mazurkas, Barcarolle; Debussy: 10 Preludes from Book 1
CD6 SVIATOSLAV RICHTER • Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2, Hungarian Fantasy; Chopin: Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante/LSO/Kondrashin
CD7 CARLO MARIA GIULINI • Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6/Philharmonia
CD8 MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH • Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1/Leningrad Philharmonic/Rozhdestvensky; Schumann: Cello Concerto/LSO/Britten; Haydn: Trio XV:16 (with Emil Gilels & Leonid Kogan)
CD9 DENNIS BRAIN • Beethoven, Dukas, Marais, Mozart & Brahms
CD10 IGOR MARKEVITCH • Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini; Mussorgsky: Songs (with Vishnevskaya); Stravinsky: Rite of Spring/LSO (stereo)
CD11 JANET BAKER • Schubert Lieder (stereo)
CD12 CLIFFORD CURZON • Liszt: Sonata in B & Sonetto 104 del Petrarca; Haydn: Andante and Variations; Schubert: 3 Impromptus
CD13 DAVID OISTRAKH Tchaikovsky & Brahms Violin Concertos
CD14 ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN • Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2/Phiharmonia/Giulini, Ballade No.1 Op.23, Scherzo Op.54, Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise brillante etc
CD15 PIERRE MONTEUX • Cherubini: Anacreon Overture; Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Debussy: Ibéria; Schumann: Symphony No.4; Berlioz: Marche Hongroise/BBCSO & LSO
CD16 SIR THOMAS BEECHAM • Chabrier: Gwendoline Overture & España; Mozart: Divertimento K131; Delius: Brigg Fair; Saints-Saëns: Le rouet d'Omphale; Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm; Massenet & Debussy/RPO
CD17 WILHELM KEMPFF • Schubert: Piano Sonata D566 & Impromptu D935 No.2; Brahms: 4 Ballades Op.10 & Intermezzos; Schumann: Sonata No.2 (stereo)
CD18 ARTURO BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI • Scarlatti: Sonatas; Beethoven: Sonata No.32; Clementi: Sonata Op.12 No.1; Chopin: Sonata No.2
CD19 ANNIE FISCHER • Beethoven: 'Moonlight' Sonata & 32 Variations; Chopin: Scherzo No.3; Mozart: Sonata No.14; Kodály: Dances of Marosszék; Haydn: Andante and Variations Hob.XV11.6 (stereo/mono)
CD20 GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY • Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 & Katerina Ismailova Suite/Philharmonia (stereo)

[Sergeant Rock]

This, just so nobody misses it, a "new" reissue of the Schmidt/LSO recordings of the Nielsen symphonies, praised recently by Jens and others?

Sarge did, I'm pretty sure 

Sarge

[North Star]

CD1 JASCHA HORENSTEIN • Mahler: Symphony No.8/LSO (stereo)
CD2 EVGENY MRAVINSKY • Shostakovich: Symphony No.8/Leningrad Philharmonic (stereo)
CD3 EMIL GILELS • Scarlatti: Sonatas; Schumann: Sonata No.1; Prokofiev: Toccata; Tchaikovsky & Bach
CD4 ARTURO TOSCANINI • Beethoven: Missa solemnis/BBCSO
CD5 SVIATOSLAV RICHTER • Chopin: Ballade No.3, Scherzo No.4, 4 Mazurkas, Barcarolle; Debussy: 10 Preludes from Book 1
CD6 SVIATOSLAV RICHTER • Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2, Hungarian Fantasy; Chopin: Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante/LSO/Kondrashin
CD7 CARLO MARIA GIULINI • Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6/Philharmonia
CD8 MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH • Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1/Leningrad Philharmonic/Rozhdestvensky; Schumann: Cello Concerto/LSO/Britten; Haydn: Trio XV:16 (with Emil Gilels & Leonid Kogan)
CD9 DENNIS BRAIN • Beethoven, Dukas, Marais, Mozart & Brahms
CD10 IGOR MARKEVITCH • Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini; Mussorgsky: Songs (with Vishnevskaya); Stravinsky: Rite of Spring/LSO (stereo)
CD11 JANET BAKER • Schubert Lieder (stereo)
CD12 CLIFFORD CURZON • Liszt: Sonata in B & Sonetto 104 del Petrarca; Haydn: Andante and Variations; Schubert: 3 Impromptus
CD13 DAVID OISTRAKH Tchaikovsky & Brahms Violin Concertos
CD14 ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN • Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2/Phiharmonia/Giulini, Ballade No.1 Op.23, Scherzo Op.54, Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise brillante etc
CD15 PIERRE MONTEUX • Cherubini: Anacreon Overture; Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Debussy: Ibéria; Schumann: Symphony No.4; Berlioz: Marche Hongroise/BBCSO & LSO
CD16 SIR THOMAS BEECHAM • Chabrier: Gwendoline Overture & España; Mozart: Divertimento K131; Delius: Brigg Fair; Saints-Saëns: Le rouet d'Omphale; Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm; Massenet & Debussy/RPO
CD17 WILHELM KEMPFF • Schubert: Piano Sonata D566 & Impromptu D935 No.2; Brahms: 4 Ballades Op.10 & Intermezzos; Schumann: Sonata No.2 (stereo)
CD18 ARTURO BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI • Scarlatti: Sonatas; Beethoven: Sonata No.32; Clementi: Sonata Op.12 No.1; Chopin: Sonata No.2
CD19 ANNIE FISCHER • Beethoven: 'Moonlight' Sonata & 32 Variations; Chopin: Scherzo No.3; Mozart: Sonata No.14; Kodály: Dances of Marosszék; Haydn: Andante and Variations Hob.XV11.6 (stereo/mono)
CD20 GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY • Shostakovich: Symphony No.4 & Katerina Ismailova Suite/Philharmonia (stereo)

Missing this unfortunately.
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[Octave]

What percentage of that BBC LEGENDS box comes highly recommended?  I am pleased that I only own the Shostakovich 8 by Mravinsky, which is still available cheap (as a 2cd with a little Mozart in tow).

[Brian]

Missing this unfortunately.
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My #1 Scheherazade coupled to my #1 Poeme. Just a totally badass CD.

[Brian]

For my fellow Sudbin enthusiasts



On this recording, Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto will be coupled with Mozart's K491 Concerto in C minor, with cadenzas composed by Yevgeny Sudbin.

Sample clip of the Mozart.

[HIPster]

A 3 disc collection of J.S. Bach's Missa Breves Complete Recordings drops at the end of October!
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Pretty stoked for this one. . .

[Cato]

Quote from: Brian on September 26, 2013, 07:47:43 AM

    ...with Mozart's K491 Concerto in C minor, with cadenzas composed by Yevgeny Sudbin.

One of the worst pianisms I've heard in years...

Can you explain precisely what makes this performance dreadful?

[kishnevi]

Can you explain precisely what makes this performance dreadful?

To ask a question which may or may not be the answer to Cato's--

Is this the performance with the atrociously non Mozartean candenza you were talking about the other day.

[kishnevi]

Just a boxing-up, but:

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Gesualdo: THE COMPLETE MADRIGALS (Marco Longhini w/Delicious Musicians - Naxos, 7cd)
Out in a few days in USA, already out elsewhere.

I need to research the quality of the performances, though I've heard a few of Longhini's Monteverdi recordings and thought they were the bees' knees.

Note bene:
for those like me who don't want to wait "2 to 4 weeks" for AmazonCA to ship this,  Arkivmusic has put this as one of their Weekend Specials for $29.99 US (meaning through midnight Sunday)

[Que]

A 3 disc collection of J.S. Bach's Missa Breves Complete Recordings drops at the end of October!
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Pretty stoked for this one. . .

That one does look intriguing!  I still have Herreweghe' accounts from quite some years ago, which are nice BTW.

But it would be interesting to hear a new take. Recordings are relatively few in these works.

Q

[HIPster]

That one does look intriguing!  I still have Herreweghe' accounts from quite some years ago, which are nice BTW.

But it would be interesting to hear a new take. Recordings are relatively few in these works.

Q

Haven't heard the Herreweghe.  The individual discs in this set all have received glowing reviews. . .

Q, I was so excited for this that I actually pre-ordered on amazon (a first for me).

[Wakefield]

That one does look intriguing!  I still have Herreweghe' accounts from quite some years ago, which are nice BTW.

But it would be interesting to hear a new take. Recordings are relatively few in these works.

Q

Haven't heard the Herreweghe.  The individual discs in this set all have received glowing reviews. . .

Q, I was so excited for this that I actually pre-ordered on amazon (a first for me).

I own Herreweghe too, but for some reason I'm coming back more usually for Junghänel than Herreweghe.

Unfortunately, the price of Junghänel's set has gone wild lately:

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About Pygmalion: A friend of mine, very reliable on musical matters, has talked very highly of these recordings. Apparently big-chorus style with amazing vocal precision.

[Que]

I own Herreweghe too, but for some reason I'm coming back more usually for Junghänel than Herreweghe.

Unfortunately, the price of Junghänel's set has gone wild lately:

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About Pygmalion: A friend of mine, very reliable on musical matters, has talked very highly of these recordings. Apparently big-chorus style with amazing vocal precision.

Just listened to samples of Junghänel - must have totally flown under my radar! Which is a damn pity considering the price surge...

But thanks for pointing it out put to me, might find it somewhere.

Regarding Pygmalion, I hesitate if big chorus-style would be suitable in these works.

Q