Shostakovich (1906-1975)
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RUSSIAN, SOVIET & POST-SOVIET SYMPHONIES A Discography of CDs and LPs Prepared by Michael Herman Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Born in St. Petersburg. He entered the Petrograd Conservatory at age 13 and studied piano with Leonid Nikolayev and composition with Maximilian Steinberg. His graduation piece, the Symphony No. 1, gave him immediate fame and from there he went on to become the greatest composer during the Soviet Era of Russian history despite serious problems with the political and cultural authorities. He also concertized as a pianist and taught at the Moscow Conservatory. He was a prolific composer whose compositions covered almost all genres from operas, ballets and film scores to works for solo instruments and voice. Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 (1923-5) Yuri Ahronovich/Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes) MELODIYA SM 02581-2/MELODIYA ANGEL SR-40192 (1972) (LP) Karel Ancerl/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) SUPRAPHON ANCERL EDITION SU 36992 (2005) (original LP release: SUPRAPHON SUAST 50576) (1964) Vladimir Ashkenazy/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, Festive Overture, October, The Song of the Forest, 5 Fragments, Funeral-Triumphal Prelude, Novorossiisk Chimes: Excerpts and Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a) DECCA 4758748-2 (12 CDs) (2007) (original CD release: DECCA 425609-2) (1990) Rudolf Barshai/Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1994) ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15) BRILLIANT CLASSICS 6324 (11 CDs) (2003) Rudolf Barshai/Vancouver Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 9) CBC SMCD 5074 (1988) Steuart Bedford/English Chamber Orchestra ( + Britten: Johnson over Jordan and Our Hunting Fathers) COLLINS CLASSICS CD 1192-2 (1991) Leonard Bernstein/Chicago Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 7) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4777587 (2 CDs) (2008) (original release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 427632-2 {2 CDs}) (1989) MusicWeb International Last updated: August 2020 Shostakovich Symphonies Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic ( + Symphony No. 6) SONY CLASSICAL ROYAL BERNSTEIN EDITION SMK 47614 (1993) (original LP release: CBS 73050/COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS M-31307) (1971) Andrey Boreyko/German National Youth Orchestra ( + Franke: Chagall-Musik for Orchestra) ARS MUSICI AMP 5116-2 (2003) Andrey Boreyko/Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 6) HÄNSSLER HAEN 93303 (2013) Oleg Caetani/Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan ( + Symphony No. 15) ARTS MUSIC 477068 (2006) Sergiu Celibidache/Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1973) ( + Sibelius: Symphony No. 5) ORIGINALS SH 863 (1995) Sergiu Celibidache/Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1994) ( + Symphony No. 9 and Barber: Adagio for Strings) EMI CLASSICS 557855 (2004 ) Charles Dutoit/Montreal Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 15) DECCA 436838-2 (1994) Vladimir Fedoseyev/Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 6) MUSICA CLASSIC 780003-2 (1992) Vladimir Fedoseyev/Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 15) CANYON CLASSICS PCCL 00351 (1998) Vladimir Fedoseyev/Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio ( + Symphony No. 3) RELIEF CR991077 (2004) Valery Gergiev/Mariinsky Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 15) MARIINSKY MAR 0502 (2009) Gustavo Gimeno/Orchestre Philharmonique Luxembourg ( + Scherzo in F sharp minor, Scherzo in E flat major, Theme and Variations and 5 Fragments for orchestra) PENTATONE PTC5186622 (2017) MusicWeb International p2 Shostakovich Symphonies Vladimir Golschmann/St. Louis Symphony Orchestra ( + Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon - Suite) COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS ML-5152 (LP) (1956) Bernard Haitink/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) DECCA VIRTUOSO 4784214 (2012) (original LP release: DECCA SXDL 7515/LONDON LDR 71017 (1981) Jascha Horenstein/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1970) ( + Symphony No. 5) CARLTON BBC RADIO CLASSICS 15656 9154-2 (1996) Milan Horvat/Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 9) PHILIPS 835 194/TURNABOUT TV-34223 (LP) (1965) Eliahu Inbal/Vienna Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 15) DENON CO 78948 (1995) Mariss Jansons/BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra ( + Festive Overture) BBC RECORDS CD 637X (1987) Mariss Jansons/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, String Quartet No. 8, Violin Concerto No. 1, Cello Concerto No. 1, Jazz Suite No. 1 and Tahiti Trot) EMI 20TH CENTURY CLASSICS 237686-2 (2 CDs) (2009) (original CD release: EMI CLASSICS CDC 555361-2) (1995) Neeme Järvi/Royal Scottish National Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 6) CHANDOS CHAN 8411 (1992) Vakhtang Jordania/Russian Federation State Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 12) ANGELOK 1 CD-9916 (2002) Vladimir Jurowski/Russian National Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 6) PENTATONE PTC 5186 068 (2006) Herbert Kegel/Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 1) BERLIN CLASSICS 001378-2 (2007) (original LP release: ETERNA 720188) (1962) Rudolf Kempe/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1965) ( + Haydn: Symphony No. 104 and Britten: Peter Grimes: 4 Sea Interludes) BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4188-2 (2006) MusicWeb International p3 Shostakovich Symphonies Dmitri Kitayenko/Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15) CAPRICCIO CC 71029 (12 CDs) (2005) Roman Kofman/Beethoven Orchestra Bonn ( + Symphony No. 6) DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM MD&G GOLD 9371207 (2007) Kiril Kondrashin/Bolshoi Theater Orchestra (USSR State Symphony Orchestra?) ( + Symphony No. 5) OMEGA OCD 1031(2000) (original LP release: MELODIYA D0408-9/MONARCH MWL 318) (1952) Kiril Kondrashin/Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1968) ( + Symphonies Nos.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, October, The Sun Shines on Our Motherland, The Execution of Stepan Razin and Violin Concerto No.2) MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01065 (11 CDs) (2007) (original LP release: MELODIYA SM 03625-6/HMV MELODIYA ASD 3045/MELODIYA ANGEL SR-40236) (1972) Jirí Kout/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Suite on Verses of Michelangelo) PANTON 11 0604 (LP) (1976) Efrem Kurtz/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 228283-2 (2008) (original LP release: HMV ASD 263/CAPITOL SG-7118) (1958) Alexander Lazarev/Japan Philharmonic ( + Symphony No. 11) EXTON OVCL00572 (2015) Gilbert Levine/Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 1 and Age of Gold: Ballet Suite) ARABESQUE Z 6610 (1989) Jesús Lopez-Cobos/Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 15) TELARC CD- 80572 (2001) Nicolai Malko/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1957) (include in collection: "Nicolai Malko ConductsThe BBC Symphony Orchestra , 1957-1960) LYRITA REAM2120 (4 CDs) (2015) Igor Markevitch/Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française (rec. 1955) (included in collection: "Les Introuvables d'Igor Markevitch") EMI CLASSICS 7243 5 69212-2 (4 CDs) (1996) (original LP release: COLUMBIA 33CX 1440/ANGEL 35361) (1957) Igor Markevitch/USSR Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1960) ( + Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Excerpts, Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla MusicWeb International p4 Shostakovich Symphonies Overture, Ivan Sussanin - Waltz, Borodin: Polovtsian Dances, Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture, Ride of the Valkyries, Die Meistersinger Overture, Tristan and Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod and Siegfried's Rhine Journey) DANTE LYS 576-577(2 CDs) (2000) (original LP release: MELODIYA M 10 475711-2 (c. 1982) Jean Martinon/London Symphony Orchestra (included in collection: "Jean Martinon - Complete Decca Recordings 1951-1960") DECCA ORIGINAL MASTERS 475 7209 1 DC9 (9 CDs) (2006) (original LP release: RCA RED SEAL SB 2051/RCA VICTOR LSC 2322) (1959) Kurt Masur/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) LPO LPO 0001 (2005) Lovro von Matacic/NHK Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1969) ( + Symphony No. 9) ALTUS ALT 129 (c. 2000) Howard Mitchell/National Symphony Orchestra, Washington D.C. ( + Symphony No. 5, Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 and Age of Gold: Ballet Suite) MCA CLASSICS DOUBLE DECKER MCAD2-9823B (2 CDs) (1990) (original LP release: NIXA WLP 5319/WESTMINSTER WL 5319) (1956) Uwe Mund/Das Städtische Orchester Gelsenkirchen ( + Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Magic Flute - Selections and Verdi: Don Carlos - Selections) STADT GELSENKIRCHEN F 666 493-4 (LP) ( ? ) Gianandrea Noseda/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) LSO LIVE LSO080 (2020) Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Cello Concerto No. 1) SONY CLASSICAL ORIGINALS 88697858322 (2011) (original LP release: CBS BRG 72081/COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS MS-6395) (1959) Victor Pablo Pérez/Tenerife Symphony Orchestra ( + Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky) ARTE NOVA 74321-27806-2 (1995) (original CD release: LINE CACD 9.00804) (1992) Vasily Petrenko/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 3) NAXOS 8.572396 (2011) Gerhard Pflüger/Leipzig Radio Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 9) URANIA URLP-7128 (LP) (1955) André Previn/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (included in collection: "Anthology Of The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra-The Radio Recordings - MusicWeb International p5 Shostakovich Symphonies Volume VI 1990-2000") RCO LIVE RCO11004 (14 CDs) (2011) Sir Simon Rattle/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 10 and 14) EMI CLASSICS 358077-2 (2 CDs) (2006) Stefan Anton Reck/Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra ( + Scriabin: Symphony No. 4) EDITION ZEITKLANG EZ-70005 (2000) Artur Rodzinski/Cleveland Orchestra (rec. 1941) ( + Symphony No. 5) DANTE LYS 139 (1996) (original LP release: PHILIPS A 01179L/COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS ML-4801) (1954) Mstislav Rostropovich/National