Shostakovich
Shostakovich achieved fame in the Soviet Union under the patronage of Soviet chief of staff Mikhail Tukhachevsky, but later had a complex and difficult relationship with the government...
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
Studio recordings, 1952
Total duration: 70:53
Zino Francescatti, violin
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
conducted by Dmitri Mitropoulos
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
Live & studio recordings, 1955 & 1956
Total duration: 69:57
Isaac Stern, violin
New York Philharmonic
conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet
Studio recordings, 1951
Total duration: 64:11
Quintetto Chigiano:
Riccardo Brengola & Mario Benvenuti - violins
Giovanni Leone - viola
Lino Filippini - cello
Sergio Lorenzi - piano
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture
STRAVINSKY Petrushka Suite
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1
Live studio broadcast, 1937
Total duration: 79:02
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Artur Rodziński
ALBÉNIZ Ibéria - El Corpus en Sevilla
BACH Toccata & Fugue in D minor
BACH Two Chorales
BARBER Symphony in One Movement
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1
DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
DEBUSSY Nuages & Fêtes
DOHNÁNYI Suite for Orchestra
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
GLINKA Ruslan and Ludmila - Overture
HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler Symphony
HUMPERDINCK Hänsel und Gretel - Prelude
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances
SCHREKER Der Geburtstag der Infantin
SCRIABIN Symphony No. 3
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
STAROKADOMSKY Concerto for Orchestra
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
J. STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus - Overture
J. STRAUSS II Tales from the Vienna Woods
R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra
R. STRAUSS Rosenkavalier Waltzes
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
VIVALDI Concerto in D minor
WAGNER Die Meistersinger - excerpts
WEBER Oberon - Overture
Broadcast recordings, 1938
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Artur Rodziński
ALBÉNIZ Ibéria: El Corpus En Sevilla
BARBER Symphony In One Movement
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
DEBUSSY Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune
DOHNÁNYI Suite for Orchestra
PROKOFIEV Symphony no. 1
RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony no. 5
WAGNER Die Meistersinger - excerpts
WEBER Oberon - Overture
Live broadcast recordings, 1938
Total duration: 2hr 35:57
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Artur Rodziński
