Melodiya label

The Russian Label

Melodiya

Melodiya was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union. It was established in 1964 as the All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya. It utilized gigantic resources of numerous recording studios, manufacturing facilities throughout the USSR as well as a powerful centralized distribution and promotion system. The best selling format at the time was 33 1/3 and 45 RPM Vinyl records. As of 1973 Melodiya released some 1,200 gramophone records with the total circulation of 190-200 million per year and 1 million compact cassettes per year and was exporting its production into more than 70 countries.

After having disappeared from the market since 2004, Melodiya started rereleasing their recordings in 2006 and are quickly building up a formidable catalogue.

New releases

Future releases

Series & collections

Furtwangler Series

Maria Grinberg Beethoven

Recent best sellers

MELCD1001065

Shostakovich - Complete Symphonies

MELCD1001077

Shostakovich - String Quartets

MELCD1000942

Borodin: String Quartet No. 1 in A major, etc.

MELCD1000156

Glazunov - Orchestral Fantasias

MELCD1000250

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto

MELCD1000986

Vainberg - Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6

MELCD1000652

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

MELCD1000957

Balakirev: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, etc.

MELCD1000841

Miaskovsky: Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor, Op. 23 'Revolutionary'

MELCD1001192

Shostakovich: The Gamblers, Op. 63, etc.

MELCD1000142

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27, etc.

MELCD1000149

Arensky - Orchestral Works

MELCD1000020

Glazunov: Lady Soubrette

MELCD1000169

Kalinnikov, Vasily: Suite, etc.

MELCD1001134

Schumann: Etudes symphoniques, Op. 13, etc.

MELCD1000170

Kalinnikov, Vasily: Symphony No. 2 in A major, etc.

MELCD1000839

Boris Arapov: Symphonic and Vocal Music

MELCD1000840

Rachmaninov: The Bells, Op. 35, etc.

MELCD1000877

Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129, etc.

MELCD1000150

Arensky - Orchestral Works

MELCD1000547

Piano Trios

MELCD1000154

Borodin - Symphony Nos. 1 & 2

MELCD1000155

Borodin: Symphony No. 3 in A minor (unfinished), etc.

MELCD1000198

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6

MELCD1001106

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica', etc.

MELCD1001269

Rybnikov - Concerto Grosso XXI

MELCD1001006

Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D flat major, etc.

MELCD1001114

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

MELCD1000831

Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Volume 9

MELCD1000830

Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Volume 8

MELCD1000180

Rimsky Korsakov: Sheherazade, Op. 35, etc.

MELCD1000148

Arensky - Suites Nos. 1 & 3

MELCD1000792

Gilels Edition 1- 5

MELCD1000979

Vainberg: Quintet for pianoforte, two violins, viola & cello in F minor Op. 18 (1944), etc.

MELCD1000190

Scriabin: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 43 'The Divine Poem', etc.

MELCD1001005

Feinberg: Concerto for piano and orchestra No.2, Op. 36, etc.

MELCD1000173

Lyapunov - Orchestral Works

MELCD1000073

Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues for piano, Op. 87, Nos. 1-10

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