Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra

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The Mravinsky Edition

	Evgeny Mravinsky tells stories about nature and talks about his life
Beethoven:	Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'
Glazunov:	Raymonda Suite
Glinka:	Ruslan and Lyudmilla Overture
Mozart:	Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K319 Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543
Mussorgsky:	Khovanshchina: Dawn on the Moscow River
Shostakovich:	Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 'The Year 1917'
Tchaikovsky:	Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
Wagner:	Siegfried's Funeral March from Götterdämmerung Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries Tannhäuser - Overture Lohengrin - Preludes to Acts I & II Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg - Prelude to Act 1

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky

“Any view of Shostakovich is seriously incomplete without knowledge of Mravinsky's recordings. It was he who premiered Symphonies Nos. 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 and although relations between composer and conductor cooled markedly in later years, for reasons not fully explained, the authority of the performances is undiminished…” Gramophone

Warner Classics - 2564698905

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Shostakovich:

The Gamblers, Op. 63

The short “The Gamblers” which was left unfinished in a piano score, is performed here in a version completed by the conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

The Nose

“The Nose” was first performed in 1930 and once again the composer was lambasted for being pretentious and artificial. In recent years “The Nose” has enjoyed a reassessment in revivals in opera houses around the world.

Chorus & Orchestra of the Moscow Chamber Musical Theatre & Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Recorded in Moscow in 1975

“Here (The Nose) it’s the brilliantly idiomatic and conversational way that singers and orchestra negotiate the most complex ensembles that is so satisfying, and so powerful a confirmation of Shostakovich’s natural gift for the stage….The coupling is the world premiere….both performances are magnificant and all self-respecting Shostakovich enthusiasts should have them.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2007 – BBC Opera Choice of the Month

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Evgeny Mravinsky - Historic Russian Archives Edition

Bartók:	Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106
Beethoven:	Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Bizet:	Carmen, entr’acte to Act 4 L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 - Farandole
Bruckner:	Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
Debussy:	Trois Nocturnes: Nuages et Fêtes Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Glazunov:	Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 48
Glinka:	Ruslan and Lyudmilla Overture
Khachaturian:	Symphony No. 3 'Simfoniya-poema'
Liadov:	Baba-Yaga, Op. 56
Mozart:	Le nozze di Figaro, K492 - Overture
Mussorgsky:	Khovanshchina: Dawn on the Moscow River
Prokofiev:	Romeo and Juliet - Suite No. 2, Op. 64b
Rimsky Korsakov:	The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh: suite
Salmanov:	Symphony No. 2 in G major
Scriabin:	Le Poème de l'extase, Op. 54
Shostakovich:	Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Steinberg:	Dance of the Buffons Dance of Gillina
Stravinsky:	Apollon musagète
Tchaikovsky:	Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 The Nutcracker Ballet, Op. 71 (Excerpts) Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Sleeping Beauty: Pas de deux, Act III Capriccio italien, Op. 45
Wagner:	Siegfried's Funeral March from Götterdämmerung Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod
Weber:	Der Freischütz Overture
Zhivotov:	Heroic Poem

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (some works with the State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR), Evgeny Mravinsky

Conductor Evgeny Mravinsky has become a legend. This Russian musician died in 1988 but his name is still well-known world-wide. Until his death he held the post of chief conductor of the elite Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra for an incredible 50 years. He left behind numerous recordings of his, to say the least, moving interpretations. After 1961 he only allowed live performances to be recorded. Thus most of the recordings in this set, made between 1946 and 1983, are registrations of actual concerts. Beginning with Tchaikovsky Russian composers took a prominent position in Mravinsky’s repertoire. In fact the majority of the works in this set are Russian ranging from Mussorgsky to Liadov and from Prokofiev to Zhivotov.

Brilliant Classics Historic Russian Archive Edition - 8593

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