Shostakovich - Concertos, Chamber Suites, Chamber Symphonies (various artists)

In memory of Dmitri Shostakovich on the anniversary of his death. 

(25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975)

statue of Dmitri Shostakovich at the Museum of Modern Art in Moscow

Copyright © 2010 Jaime Silva

CD 1:
Jazz Suite No.1
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor *
Jazz Suite No.2
Tahiti Trot (Tea for two)

Ronald Brautigam - piano *
Peter Masseurs - trumpet *
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly - conductor

CD 2:
Moscow-Cheryomushki, Suite from the operetta, Op. 105
The Bolt, Suite From The Ballet, Op. 27a
The Gadfly, Suite From The Film Score

Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly - conductor

CD 3:
Counterplan, excerpts from the film score, Op. 33
Alone, excerpts from the film score, Op. 26
The Silly Little Mouse, arranged from the film score, Op. 56
Hamlet, excerpts from the film score, Op. 116
The Great Citizen II, film score, Op. 55 - Funeral March
Sofia Perovskaya, film score, Op. 132 - Waltz
Pirogov, arranged from the film score, Op. 76a - Scherzo
The Gadfly, suite from the film score, Op. 97a
Pirogov, arranged from the film score, Op. 76a

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly - conductor

CD 4:
Chamber Symphony Op.110A
Symphony for Strings Op.118A
Chamber Symphony Op.83A

Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Rudolf Barshai - conductor

CD 5:
Hamlet - Suite, op.32a from the film music
The Golden Age - Suite from the ballet, op.22a
The Bolt - Suite, op.27a from the ballet

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi - conductor

CD 6:
Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes, Op.115 *
The Song of the Forests, Op.81 +
The Execution of Stepan Razin, Op.119 #

Mikhail Kotliarov - tenor +
Nikita Storojev - bass +
Siegfried Vogel - bass #
New London Children's Choir +
Brighton Festival Chorus +
Rundfunkchor Leipzig #
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra *
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra +
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig #
Bernard Haitink - conductor *
Vladimir Ashkenazy - conductor +
Herbert Kegel #

CD 7:
Festival Overture, Op.96 *
Piano Concerto No.2 in F Major, Op.102 *
5 Fragments, Op.42 *
Symphony for strings and woodwinds, Op.73a +
October - symphonic poem, Op.131 *

Cristina Ortiz - piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra *
Chamber Orchestra of Europe +
Vladimir Ashkenazy - conductor *
Rudolf Barshai - conductor +

CD 8:
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99 *
Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129 +

Viktoria Mullova - violin *
Gidon Kremer - violin +
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra *
Boston Symphony Orchestra +
André Previn - conductor *
Seiji Ozawa - conductor +

CD 9:
Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 107
Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 126

Heinrich Schiff - cello
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Maxim Shostakovich - conductor

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