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...
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Live recording, 1944
Total duration: 66:05
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
conducted by Artur Rodziński
BACH Chorale Preludes
SZABELSKI Toccata
SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude in E flat minor
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake Suite
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
GLIERE Symphony No. 3
Recorded 1958
Total duration: 2hr 37:58
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 'Leningrad'
Live broadcast recording, 1942
Total duration: 79:34
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
STOKOWSKI The Pristine NBC Symphony Series
A 16-CD set featuring music by: Amfitheatrof, Antheil, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Butterworth, Cooley, Copland, Creston, Debussy, Gould, Hanson, Harris, Hindemith, Holst, Hovhaness, Kelly, Lavalle, Milhaud, Mohaupt, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schoenberg, Schuman, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Stringfield, Tchaikovsky, Thomson, Vaughan Williams, Wagner
Anne Brown. soprano
Winifred Heidt. contralto
William Horne. tenor
Lawrence Whisonant. bass
Eduard Steuermann, piano
Collegiate Chorale
The Westminster Choir
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
MOZART Marriage of Figaro - Overture
FALLA El Amor Brujo
RESPIGHI The Pines of Rome
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
Recorded 1960
Total duration: 1hr 50:05
Shirley Verrett-Carter, mezzo-soprano
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor Leopold Stokowski
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1
KABALEVSKY Symphony No. 2
KABALEVSKY Overture to Colas Breugnon
Live broadcast recordings, 1939-47
Total duration: 74:56
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
