FRANK FORMAN AND KENZO AMOH Evgeni Mravinsky Discography Evgeni Alexandrovich Mravinsky (1903 I 6 I 4 St. Petersburg -1988I1I19 Leningrad) General Notes 1. All records are stereo unless noted as Grammophon's original Tchaikovsky monaural. Symphonies. See the List of Record Labels 2. LPs are 30 centimeters (12 inches) in diam­ below. eter unless stated otherwise. 9. This discography is a revision ofKenzo 3. The orchestra is the Leningrad Amoh, Frank Forman, and Hiroshi Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra unless Hashizume, Mravinsky Discography stated otherwise. (Osaka: The Japanese Mravinsky Society, 4. Recording data are mostly based on infor­ 1993 March 20). Agreat deal of peripheral mation from Alexandr Nevsorov (Moscow). material, such as photographs, a biography Discrepancies are noted. of the conductor, and several lists of con­ 5. ·~ before a recording date means that the certs, was omitted. exact date is unknown. The date given is 10. Grateful acknowledgements are owed to the earliest date that recording engineers several people: 1. Hiroshi Hashizume, sec­ were known to have checked the recording. retary of the Japanese Mravinsky Society; Alexandr Nevzorov (the discographers' cor­ 2. Alexandr Nevzorov, a Russian correspon­ respondent in Moscow) estimates that the dent, for his research in various archives; actual recording was made either on that 3. William D. Curtis, for the first known day or any time during the preceding compilation ofMravinsky's recordings; 4. month. Some anomalies, like the Donald R. Hodgman, a collector in New Ovsyaniko-Kulikovksy Symphony, remain. York City, for the loan of several dozen LPs; 6. Soviet LPs are numbered consecutively on 5. Paul Miller, a Los Angeles collector, for each side of the disc, instead of one number making a great many patient A-B compar­ for the entire disc. In this discography, the isons of recordings using variable speed disc number of each side is shown where tape recorders; 6. Alexandra Vavilina known. Mravinskaya (the conductor's widow), for 7. Issue dates of Soviet records are mostly her encouragement and support and for based upon a table in Bennett's discogra­ writing a foreword to the original discogra­ phy, if not otherwise attested on the disc or phy); and (7-10) to the following for proof­ record jacket. reading the discography, discovering in the 8. Records are listed in sequence of countries process any number of errors, questionable of manufacture as follows: USSR (later, claims, stupidities, and infelicities: Sarah Russia), Japan, USA, Germany (West and Banks Forman (Mrs. Frank Forman), J.F. East), England, France, Italy, and then the Weber, Michael H. Gray, and Katsushi others. An exception is made for Deutsche Watanabe. Evgeni Mravinsky' Discography 13 Abbreviations Shinsekai Records Co., Ltd. General Sono Record Co., Ltd. CD: compact disc CT: cassette tape Toei Video Co., Ltd. LD: laser disc LP: 33 r.p.m. long Toshiba EMI, Ltd. VT: video tape playing record 45: 45 r.p.m. record 78: 78 r.p.m. record Other Countries Angel: USA Bibliography Ariola/Eurodisc: (West) Germany Bennett JR. MELODIYA: A Soviet I Russian L.P. Arkadia: Italy Discography. Greenwood Press, 1981 Artia: USA . ~ B-123: Page 123 of Bennett Artists: Italy Hulme DC. Dmitri Shostakovich: A Catalogue, BMG/Melodiya: BMG Music: USA\-~j Bibliography, and Discography. Second Bruno: USA .,. II edition. Oxford University Press, 1991 Le Chant du Monde: France New GROVE: Sadie S., ed. The New GROVE Classics Club: USA Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Sixth Colosseum Record Co.: USA Edition. Macmillan Publishers, 1980 Concert Hall Society, Inc.: USA WERM: Clough FF, Cuming CG. The World~ Decca Records, Inc.: USA Encyclopedia ofRecorded Music. London: DG: Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, Sidgwick and Jackson, Ltd. Basic Volume G.m.b.H.: (West) Germany .w... [covers electrical classical records from the Diaphon: Australia beginnings in 1925 through March 1950] Dischi Ricardi: Italy and First Supplement [April 1950 through Discocorp: USA May-June 1951], 1952; Second Supplement Documents: Italy [1951-1952], 1953; Third Supplement Ember: England [1953-1955], 1957. EMI: Electrical and Musical Industries, Ltd.: WERM 1-123: Page 123 of the Basic Volume England · ·" WERM Sp-726 and greater numbers: First Erato Disques, S.A.: France Supplement Eterna: Deutsche Schallplatten: (Ea~tfp.ermany WERM 2-123: Page 123 of the Second Supplement Eurodisc: BMG Music International/Eiirodisc: WERM 3-123: Page 123 of the Third Supplement (West) Germany Everest Record Group: USA List of Record Labels Fonit Cetra, s.p.a.: Italy Soviet Union and Russia Hall of Fame: USA Old Melodiya : First Russian records with CCCP H.M.V.: His Master's Voice (Gramophonel::o., [in Cyrilla] [transliterated: SSSR] or Ltd.): England Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga [means Hunt Productions: Italy International Books] Inta'glio: Italy Melodiya Kingsway: USA Russian Disc Linfair Magnetic Sound, Ltd.: Taiwan Melodiya-Australia: Australia Japan Memoria: Switzerland DG (Japan): Nippon Grammophon Co., Ltd./DG Monarch: England or Polydor KK./DG Monitor: USA Fontana (Japan): Nippon Phonogram Co., Multisonic: Czech Republic Ltd./Fontana Murray Hill Records: USA JVC: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., or Victor Music and Arts Programs of America: USA Musical Industries, Inc. Olympia Compact Discs, Ltd.: England Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd./Columbia Parlophone: England 14 ARSC Journal Period Music Co.: USA Telefunken: (West) Germany Philips Classics Productions: The Netherlands 'lbpic: England Phonogram: The Netherlands Turnabout: USA Praga: Le Chant du Monde/Praga: France Ultraphon: Czechoslovakia Saga: Saga Records, Ltd.: England, or Saga Urania Classics: USA Classics Sound Products-Holland, B.V.: Vanguard Recording Society, Inc.: USA The Netherlands Vedette: Italy Stradivari: USA Vox Productions, Inc.: USA Stradivarius: Italy Westminster: USA Supermajestic: Italy Zafiro: Spain (a spurious recording) Supraphon: Czechoslovakia :lYX/Melodiya: Z\'X Music GmbH: Germany The Discography Proper BART6K, BELA [JANOS VIKTOR] (1881· BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (1770-1827) 1945) Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21 (1800) Music for Strings, Percussion and 1982/1/28 Leningrad Philharmonic Celesta, Szollosy 106 (1936) Large Ha}l. Live. Digital Premiere in the USSR by CD JVC VDC 25022 (1989), Mravinsky/Leningrad Philharmonic "The Art of Mravinsky" on 1961/12/16 CD JVC VICC 40141 (1993) 1965/2/28 Grand Hall of the Moscow 9 disc set, "The Art of Maestro Conservatory. Live Mravinsky" LP Melodiya CM 02859/60 (1971), B-52 CD Erato (France) 2292-45759-2 (1992) CD Melodiya MCD 223 (1988) "Mravinsky Legacy," Vol. 4 Symphony No. 3 in Eb, "Eroica," Op. CD Melodiya MCD 5002, 6 disc set, 55 (1803) "Mravinsky Legacy" 1961/6/24 Festival in Bergen. Live. LP Shinsekai SMK 7710 (1972) Monaural LP Shinsekai MKX 2009 (1975) CD Hunt (Italy) 2 HUNT 714 (1990), 2 LP JVC VIC 5066 (1977) disc set LP JVC VIC 9545 (1985) CD Arkadia (Italy) CGDI 714.2, 2 disc set CD JVC VDC 1118 (1986) The dates of the concerts of the Festival in CD JVC VICC 2034 (1990) Bergen in 1961, June 24 and August 14, are LP Ariola (Germany) 85194KK dubious. Either may be incorrect. See LP Ariola (Germany) 85194MK Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture, LP Ariola (Germany) 28578XDK (1977) Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, and LP H.M.V. (England)ASD 2964 (1974) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 for other CD Olympia (England) OCD 223 (1988) Bergen recordings. "Mravinsky Legacy," Vol. 4 1968/10/31 Leningrad Philharmonic CD Olympia (England) OCD 5002, 6 disc Large Hall. Live. Monaural set, "Mravinsky Legacy" CD JVC VDC 25032 (1989), CD Documents (Italy) LV 917/8 (1993), "The Art ofMravinsky" 2 disc set CD JVC VICC 40139 (1993), 9 disc set, CD Melodiya-Australia (Australia) MA "The Art of Maestro Mravinsky'' 3023 CD Erato (France) 2292-45759-2 (1992) Evgeni Mravinsky Discography 15 Symphony No. 4 in Bb, Op. 60 (1806) distinct by making A·B comparisons on ::;1949/4/20. Studio. Monaural variable speed tape recorders. LP Old Melodiya d 01466/7 (1953), 197 4/9/8 Leningrad Philharmonic B-57, WERM 3-57 Large Hall. Live. Monaural LP Melodiya d 029691/2 (1971), B-57 CD JVC VICC 40148 (1993), bonus disc LP Shinsekai MK 1073 (1975) in 9 disc set, "The Art of Maestro LP JVC VIC 5079 (1977) Mravinsky" 1955/6/3 Spring Festival in Prague. 197 4/9/15 Leningrad Philharmonic Live. Monaural Large Hall. Live. Monaural CD Praga (France) PR 250021 (1992) CD JVC VDC 25033 (1989), "The Art of 1973/4/29 Leningrad Philharmonic Mravinsky" Large Hall. Live CD JVC VICC 40139 (1993), 9 disc set, LP Melodiya C 1817112 (1983) "The Art of Maestro Mravinsky" CD Melodiya MCD 225 (1989), CD Erato (France) 2292-45760-2 (1992) "Mravinsky Legacy," Vol. 6 CD Melodiya MCD 5002, 6 disc set, Symphony No. 6 (Old No. 5) in F, "Mravinsky Legacy" "Pastorale," Op. 68 (1808) LP JVC VIC 28089 (1983) 1949/3/29 Moscow. Studio. Monaural CD JVC VDC 1116 (1986) LP Old Melodiya d 01091/2 (1953), B- CD JVC VICC 2032 (1990) 57, WERM 3-57 CD Olympia (England) OCD 225 (1989), LP Shinsekai PLS 31(before1959) "Mravinsky Legacy," Vol. 6 LP Shinsekai PH 35 (1959), 25 cm CD Olympia (England) OCD 5002, 6 disc LP Shinsekai PX 8510 (1963) set, "Mravinsky Legacy" LP Shinsekai SH 7751 (1972) CD Documents (Italy) LV 917/8 (1993), LP Shinsekai MK 1028 (1973) 2 disc set LP JVC VICX 1010 (1979), 10 disc set, 1973/5/26 Tokyo Bunkakaikan Large ''The Art of Mravinsky" Hall. Live LP Ariola (Germany) 27933XK in CT Not issued, private recording (NHK 28192XDK (1977) FM broadcast on 1973/6/16) 1962 Leningrad Philharmonic Large Hall. Live Symphony No. 5 (Old No. 6) in c CD Russian Disc RDCD 11159 (1993), minor, Op. 67 (1808) "Mravinsky Live" <1950/2/20 Moscow. Studio. Monaural 1982110/17 Leningrad Philharmonic LP Old Melodiya d 0416/7 (1952), B-57, Large Hall.