Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 'Babi Yar' / Sergei Aleksashkin / Sir Anthony Hopkins / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Georg Solti (FLAC)

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 'Babi Yar' / Sergei Aleksashkin / Sir Anthony Hopkins / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Georg Solti






Symphony No. 13 In B Flat Minor, Op. 113 'Babi Yar'

1 Baby Yar 3:46

2 I Adagio: Babi Yar 15:54

3 Humour 1:56

4 II Allegretto: Humour 8:14

5 In The Store 1:11

6 Fears 2:32

7 A Career 1:36

8 III Adagio: In The Store 12:53

9 IV Largo: Fears 11:48

10 V Allegretto: A Career 12:50



    Art Direction – Jeremy Tilston
    Bass Vocals – Sergei Aleksashkin
    Chorus – Men Of The Chicago Symphony Chorus
    Chorus Master – Duain Wolfe
    Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich
    Conductor – Sir Georg Solti
    Edited By – Nigel Gayler
    Engineer – Andy Groves, John Dunkerley
    Lyrics By – Yevgeny Yevtushenko (tracks: 1, 3, 5 to 7)
    Orchestra – Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    Producer – Michael Woolcock
    Voice [Poems Read In English By] – Sir Anthony Hopkins
    Recorded in 1995.






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Shebalin: Dramatic Symphony on the Mayakovsky Poem "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"; Shchedrin: Oratorio "Lenin in People's Heart" / USSR Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Gauk / Gennady Rozhdestvensky (FLAC)

Shebalin: Dramatic Symphony on the Mayakovsky Poem "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"; Shchedrin: Oratorio "Lenin in People's Heart" / USSR Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Gauk / Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Vissarion Shebalin: Dramatic Symphony on the Mayakovsky Poem "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"


1 - I. Allegro   9:30


2 - II. Largo     9:39


3 - III. Moderato    16:11


choir vocals: Russian Chamber Chorus
conductor: Alexander Gauk
orchestra: Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Recorded 1960




Rodion Shchedrin: Oratorio "Lenin in People's Heart"


4 - Oratorio "Lenin in People's Heart"  22:48


    Introduction and Lamento I
    Epic of the Red Guard Belmas
    Lamento II
    Epic of the Woman Worker Natorova
    Symphonia
    Epilogue


bass vocals: Artur Eizen
choir vocals: USSR Radio Chorus
conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
orchestra: USSR Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra




Rodion Schedrin

5 - Revolutionary Songs: Worker's Marseillaise   5:12

choir vocals: Russian Chamber Chorus


6 -Revolutionary Songs: Be Brave Friens Do Not Despair    3:46

choir vocals: Russian Chamber Chorus


7 - Revolutionary Songs: Hymn to Democratic Youth    3:36

baritone vocals: Yury Mazurok







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Shostakovich: Symphony No.7 in C op.60 "Leningrad" / Evgeny Svetlanov / USSR State Symphony Orchestra (FLAC)

Shostakovich: Symphony No.7 in C op.60 "Leningrad" / Evgeny Svetlanov / USSR State Symphony Orchestra







Symphony No.7 in C op.60 "Leningrad" 


1. Allegretto 25:49

2. Moderato (poco Allegretto) 10:09

3. Adagio 19:48

4. Allegro non troppo 19:11






USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Evgeny Svetlanov conductor

Recorded in Moscow 1968

Recording Engineer: Vasily Antonenko







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Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk / Galina Vishnevskaya / Nicolai Gedda / Dimiter Petkov / The Ambrosian Opera Chorus / The London Philharmonic Orchestra / Mstislav Rostropovich (2 CD) (FLAC)

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk / Galina Vishnevskaya / Nicolai Gedda / Dimiter Petkov / The Ambrosian Opera Chorus / The London Philharmonic Orchestra / Mstislav Rostropovich  





Disc 1

  Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk

Act One

Scene One

1-1 Akh, Nye Spitsa Ból'she, Popróbuyu 5:23

1-2 Gribki Sevódnya Búdut? 5:25

1-3 Govori!...Plotinu-to Na... 7:14

1-4 Interlude 2:42

Scene Two

1-5 Ay! Ay! Ay! 2:40

1-6 Mnógo Vy, Muzhiki 5:50

1-7 Interlude 1:55

Scene Three

1-8 Spat' Porá. Dyen Proshól 3:18

1-9 Zherebyónok K Kob'lke Torópitsa 5:46

1-10 Kto Éto, Kto, Kto Stuchit? 7:50

Act Two

Scene Four

1-11 Shto Znáchit Stárost' 5:29

1-12 Proshcháy, Kátya, Proshcháy! 4:29

1-13 Ustál...Prikázhete Mnye Postegát'? 6:29

1-14 Vidno, Skóro Uzh Zaryá 6:15

1-15 Interlude 6:43




Disc 2

Scene Five

2-1 Sergéy, Seryózha! 5:52

2-2 Opyát Usnúl 5:28

2-3 Slúshay, Sergéy, Sergéy! 7:17

Act Three

Scene Six

2-4 Shto Ty Tut Stoish?... ...Interlude 6:39

Scene Seven

2-5 Sózdan Politséysky Byl Vo Vrémya Onó 7:19

2-6 Interlude 2:23

Scene Eight

2-7 Sláva Suprúgam 9:33

Act Four

Scene Nine

2-8 Vyórsty Odná Za Drugóy 5:57

2-9 Stepánych! Propusti Menyá 3:28

2-10 Nye Lekhkó Pósle Pochóta Da Poklónov 3:14

2-11 Moyó Pochtyénye! 7:51

2-12 V Lesú, V Sámoy Cháshche Yest' Ózero 5:21

2-13 Vstaváy! Po Mestám! Zh'vo! 6:08





    Chorus – The Ambrosian Opera Chorus
    Chorus Master – John McCarthy
    Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich
    Conductor – Mstislav Rostropovich
    Orchestra – The London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Producer – Suvi Raj Grubb
    Vocals [Boris Timofeyevich Ismailov] – Dimiter Petkov
    Vocals [Ekaterina Lvovna Ismailova] – Galina Vishnevskaya
    Vocals [Sergey] – Nicolai Gedda

     
    Recorded: IV.1978, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London








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Dmitri Shostakovich: The Unknown Shostakovich / Alexander Ivashkin / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky (FLAC)

Dmitri Shostakovich: The Unknown Shostakovich / Alexander Ivashkin / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky







Overture (Entr'Acte'), Op. 23, to Ervin Dressel's opera "Der arme Columbus"

Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich

1 Allegretto poco moderato 3:41



Cello Concerto No. 1

Cello – Alexander Ivashkin 
Composed By – Boris Tishchenko 
Orchestrated By – Dmitri Shostakovich

2 Andante -- poco a poco animato -- poco a poco ritenuto - andante 29:27



Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129

Cello – Alexander Ivashkin 
Composed By – Robert Schumann 
Orchestrated By – Dmitri Shostakovich

I. Nicht zu schnell 12:28

4 II. Langsam -- 3:42

5 III. Sehr lebhaft 7:40


Two Preludes

Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich 
Orchestrated By – Alfred Schnittke


6 I. A minor, Allegro moderato e scherzando 0:48

7 II. G major, Andante 1:45



Conductor – Valeri Polyansky

Orchestra – Russian State Symphony Orchestra

All tracks, except for the Schuman Cello Concerto orchestration, are listed as 'premiere recording'.

The Shostakovich orchestration of the Schuman Cello Concerto by Schuman, is Shostakovich's Op. 125

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Shostakovich: The Dance Album / The Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (FLAC)

Shostakovich: The Dance Album / The Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly






  Moscow-Cheryomushki, Op.105

1 I. A Spin Through Moscow 3:32

2 II. Waltz 5:14

3 III. Dances (Polka - Galop) 5:09

4 IV. Ballet 6:07


The Bolt, Op.27a

5 I. Introduction 5:23

6 II. Polka 2:45

7 III. Variations 1:41

8 IV. Tango 5:31

9 V. Intermezzo 3:41

10 VI. Finale 2:23


The Gadfly, Op.97

11 I. Overture 2:53

12 II. The Cliff 1:59

13 III. Youth (Romance) 3:00

14 VII. The Slap In The Face 2:35

15 IX. Barrel Organ 1:07

16 XIII. Contredanse 1:36

17 XIV. Galop 2:14

18 XVI. The Market Place 2:39

19 XVII. Escape 2:32

20 XVIII. Montanelli 2:11

21 XIX. Finale 2:00

22 XX. The Austrians 3:20

23 XXIII. Gemma's Room 3:18


   



    Art Direction – Lucy Gowans
    Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich
    Conductor – Riccardo Chailly
    Cover, Illustration – Andy Lovell (2)
    Edited By – Timothy Bull
    Engineer [Balance] – Simon Eadon
    Engineer [Location] – Krzysztof Jarosz
    Orchestra – The Philadelphia Orchestra
    Producer – Andrew Cornall





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Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Beethoven: Wellington's Victory; Liszt: Battle of the Huns / Erich Kunzel / Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (FLAC)

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Beethoven: Wellington's Victory; Liszt: Battle of the Huns / Erich Kunzel / Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra 





1 - 1812 Overture, Op. 49
    Composed By – Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky     15:37


2 - Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
    Composed By – Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky    15:13


3 - Cossack Dance From Mazeppa
    Composed By – Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky    4:17


4 - Wellington's Victory, Op. 91
    Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven    15:11


5 - Battle Of The Huns
    Composed By – Franz Liszt   15:30


6 - Hungarian March To The Assault
    Composed By – Franz Liszt    4:46




    Conductor – Erich Kunzel
    Orchestra – Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra






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