Shostakovich Symphonies, Cycles & Otherwise

[Abuelo Igor]

without individual jewel cases for each CD, like the Barshai set has.

Not in my copy, and I must have bought it some 12 years ago.

[jlaurson]

Some images: Mravinsky Melodiya Individual Mix



Kondrashin Other-than-Melodiya Individual Mix



Haitink Decca Individual



Haitink Decca Ovation

[snyprrr]

Some images: Mravinsky Melodiya Individual Mix



Kondrashin Other-than-Melodiya Individual Mix



Haitink Decca Individual



Haitink Decca Ovation

we could use you in the SQ Thread!!

[aukhawk]

Some images: Mravinsky Melodiya Individual Mix



Kondrashin Other-than-Melodiya Individual Mix



Haitink Decca Individual



Haitink Decca Ovation

If anyone else quotes the message I'll be able to print off a roll of wallpaper ...

[Wanderer]

Some images: Mravinsky Melodiya Individual Mix



Kondrashin Other-than-Melodiya Individual Mix



Haitink Decca Individual



Haitink Decca Ovation

If anyone else quotes the message I'll be able to print off a roll of wallpaper ...

There you go, buddy!

[Karl Henning]

There you go, buddy!

We are nothing, if not an accommodating lot! 

[jlaurson]

Some images: Mravinsky Melodiya Individual Mix



Kondrashin Other-than-Melodiya Individual Mix



Haitink Decca Individual



Haitink Decca Ovation

If anyone else quotes the message I'll be able to print off a roll of wallpaper ...

Yes... but wait for the Ashkenazy Update Edition!

[jlaurson]

As part of the work on the upcoming DSCH-Symphony Cycle Survey:

Mravinsky, Non-Melodiya




Rozhdestvensky, BMG-Melodiya




Rozhdestvensky, Eurodisc-Melodiya




Rozhdestvensky, Olympia




Ladislav Slovak, Naxos




Eliahu Inbal, Denon




Slava, Teldec

[jlaurson]

Does anyone have an image of the Rozhdestvensky DSCH 10 on Melodiya-EURODISC?

[aukhawk]

No - can I offer you Svetlanov instead? 

[jlaurson]

No - can I offer you Svetlanov instead? 

That's very kind.

Anyone know if Rostropovich's Babi Yar was ever released on Teldec (as part of the series with the paintings) or only ever on Erato?

[Drasko]

As part of the work on the upcoming DSCH-Symphony Cycle Survey:

Don't know how comprehensive you intend it to be but there are some, mostly Japanese, Mravinsky and Kondrashin live recordings that could be added:

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Shostakovich-1906-1975_000000000021314/item_Symphony-No-5-Mravinsky-Leningrad-Philharmonic-1973-5-26-Tokyo-Live_875239

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Shostakovich-1906-1975_000000000021314/item_Sym-8-Kondrashin-Moscow-Po-1967-Tokyo-mussorgsky_1941112

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Shostakovich-1906-1975_000000000021314/item_Sym-6-Violin-Concerto-1-Oistrakh-Kondrashin-Moscow-po-67-4-18-4_545773

and the first, 1938, recording of the 5th:
http://www.amazon.com/Yevgeni-Mravinsky-Vol-2/dp/B002CZJJ4E

there also should be Mravinsky live recording from the premiere of the 11th, on Russian Disc.

and on that Kondrashin non-cycle picture the new Praga 13th and the Russian Disc one with the little girl should be the same recording. 

[jlaurson]

Don't know how comprehensive you intend it to be but there are some, mostly Japanese, Mravinsky and Kondrashin live recordings that could be added:

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Shostakovich-1906-1975_000000000021314/item_Symphony-No-5-Mravinsky-Leningrad-Philharmonic-1973-5-26-Tokyo-Live_875239

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Shostakovich-1906-1975_000000000021314/item_Sym-8-Kondrashin-Moscow-Po-1967-Tokyo-mussorgsky_1941112

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Shostakovich-1906-1975_000000000021314/item_Sym-6-Violin-Concerto-1-Oistrakh-Kondrashin-Moscow-po-67-4-18-4_545773

and the first, 1938, recording of the 5th:
http://www.amazon.com/Yevgeni-Mravinsky-Vol-2/dp/B002CZJJ4E

there also should be Mravinsky live recording from the premiere of the 11th, on Russian Disc.

and on that Kondrashin non-cycle picture the new Praga 13th and the Russian Disc one with the little girl should be the same recording.

Thanks much! I've got most of them, though did not include any of the Altus recordings, as they're not on Amazon for some reason.

It turned into a bit of a Kondrashin & Mravinsky  discography, which meant several days of link-searching and double checking and referencing... when initially I wanted a quick-and-reasonably-easy list of complete sets, only. Praga duplicates and duplicities are all noted...

The premiere of the 11th was conducted by Nathan Rakhlin, so I don't think I'll find a recording of Mravinsky conducting it. There is a recording of a performance just after it; that's included. (On Russian Disc)

"Symphony No.13, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (not the same!), December 20, 1962, Praga
Praga has a history of faking DSCH recordings; this is allegedly the second performance (otherwise found on Russian Disc)"

[with the original text in hand, that should be easy to verify. I only have the Praga of those two.]

This is what I have now, for Kondrashin: http://bit.ly/Kondrashin_SHOSTAKOVICH_Other_laurson and this for Mravinsky: http://bit.ly/Mravinsky_OTHER_DSCH-survey_Laurson

Ashkenazy / Decca

   

[Drasko]

Praga Konrashin 13th is the real thing. I caught the first movement wen they played it on BBC3 and it's definitely non censored lyrics.

Knew about Rakhlin, lazy typing, meant Leningrad premiere.

Altus live stereo 5th from Tokyo (26 May 1973) is definitely real also, I have it, probably best recorded Mravinsky 5.
Altus also has Vienna 5th and another one that I don't know.

There are also videos of Mravinsky's Shostakovich. Soviet videos released by Japanese company Dreamlife as 2x2DVDs (there seems to be a third DVD/set with which I'm unfamiliar). Of Shostakovich there is 5th (1973, filmed in front of empty hall), 8th (also empty hall, the date given for the actual concert following the filming is 28.03.1982) and 12th (concert with the audience, date given 28.04.1984). Preceding 5th and 8th there are 10-15 minute interviews with Mravinsky.

 

[snyprrr]

That's very kind.

Anyone know if Rostropovich's Babi Yar was ever released on Teldec (as part of the series with the paintings) or only ever on Erato?

just erato

[snyprrr]

now u haf 2 post in my thread!!!

[vandermolen]

My favourite Shostakovich cover image (notice Stalin in the background). Performance is great too.

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[jlaurson]

Jaervi / Chandos & DG, Petrenko / Naxos, Wigglesworth / BIS

   

[jlaurson]

Almost finished! Sneak preview. Put way to much work into this... yikes. :-)



A Survey of Shostakovich Symphony Cycles



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-survey-of-shostakovich-symphony-cycles.html

[jlaurson]

Updated with Gergiev's new Blu-ray Cycle.


A Survey of Shostakovich Symphony Cycles



http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-survey-of-shostakovich-symphony-cycles.html