J Strauss
Die Fledermaus
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan
ALTO ALC 2018 [77:03 + 75:39]

Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924)
Madama Butterfly [143:57]
Madama Butterfly – Renata Tebaldi (soprano); Suzuki – Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo); Kate Pinkerton – Lidia Nerozzi (mezzo); Lieutenant Pinkerton – Carol Bergonzi (tenor); Sharpless – Enzo Sordello (baritone); Goro – Angelo Mercuriali (tenor); Imperial Commissioner – Virgilio Carbonari (baritone); Prince Yamadori – Michele Cazzato (baritone); Lo Zio Bonzo – Paolo Washington (baritone); Yakuside – Oscar Nanni (baritone)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia Roma/Tullio Serafin
rec. no details of venue or dates supplied
synopsis included but no text or translation

Verdi Heroines and Mad Scenes
Maria Callas

Three Ravens — Folksongs
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
Desmond Dupré (lute and guitar)
rec. 1956
Texts included
ALTO ALC 1148 [74:13]

Purcell in Court and Tavern
Pro Cantione Antiqua
Collegium Aureum
Mark Brown

Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto
Till Eulenspiegel
2 waltz sequences from Der Rosenkavalier
Lutoslawski Double Concert Oboe, Harp and Chamber Orchestra
Heinz Holliger (oboe)~Ursula Holliger (harp)
Cincinnati SO/ Gielen, Schippers

Renata Tebaldi sings Puccini and Verdi Favourites
Renata Tebaldi (soprano)
rec. 1954-1959, stereo
ALTO ALC 1133 [67:46]

Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 (1901) [39:25]
Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 (transc. Anatoly BrandUKov) (1912) [4:03]
Romance/Ballade Op. 1, No. 5 in A major (1915) [6:18]
Elegie, Op. 3 No. 1 (1892) [7:15]
Prelude Op. 23 No. 10 in G flat major (1902) [3:54]
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Nocturne for cello and piano, Op. 19 No. 4 (transc. Wilhelm Fitzenhagen) (1882) [4:31]
Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62 for cello and piano (1882) [6:40]
Marina Tarasova (cello); Alexander Polezhaev (piano)
rec. Moscow, 2002. DDD
ALTO ALC1132 [72:27]

Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
The Rite of Spring (1913) [32:52]
Petrushka - Ballet Suite (1910-1911, 1947 version) [35:32]
London Symphony Orchestra/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
rec. Walthamstow Town Hall, London, 1989. DDD
first released on Collins Classics 1011-2
ALTO ALC1131 [68:24]

William WALTON (1902-1983)
Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor (1932-35) [44:13]
Philharmonia Orchestra/Louis Frémaux
Violin Concerto (1938-39) [30:58]
Salvatore Accardo (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox
rec. Studio 1, Abbey Road, London, December 1991. All Saints Church, Tooting, London, 1989. DDD
ALTO ALC 1130 [75:11]

Joan Sutherland – Art of the Prima Donna

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Sings Operetta

Dmitri KABALEVSKY (1904-1987)
Cello Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 49 (1949) [18.49]
Cello Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 77 (1964) [30.59]
Improvisato for violin and piano Op. 21 No. 1 (1934) [4.16]
Rondo for violin and piano Op. 69 (1961) [6.57]
Marina Tarasova (cello)
Symphony Orchestra of Russia/Veronika Dudarova
Natalia Likhopoi (violin)
Ludmilla Kuritskaya (piano)

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartets 4,8 and 10

The Shostakovich Quartet

Marches, Polkas and Americana
John Philip SOUSA The Stars and Stripes Forever; La Reine de la Mer – waltz; The Gliding Girl - tango; The Thunderer; Myrrha Gavotte; Washington Post; Peaches and Cream - foxtrot; The High School Cadets; Waltz from comic opera Desirée; El Capitan - Prelude; Presidential Polonaise; Semper Fidelis
Julius FUCIK Entry of the Gladiators
Morton GOULD American Salute
George GERSHWIN Girl Crazy (I got rhythm, Embraceable You, Land of the Gay Caballero, But not for me, Bronco Busters)
Victor HERBERT Festival March; American Fantasia (Swanee River, The Girl I left behind me, Dixie, Star-Spangled Banner)
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Erich Kunzel

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Complete Horn Concertos and Fragments
Horn Concerto No.1 in D Major, K412 [12:48]
Horn Concerto No.2 in E-flat Major, K417 [13:35]
Horn Concerto No.3 in E-flat Major, K447 [14:53]
Horn Concerto No.4 in E-flat Major, K495 [16:27]
Horn Concerto No."0" in E-flat Major, K370b (arr. Tuckwell) [10:06]
Fragment in E Major, K.anh98A [3:13]
Barry Tuckwell (horn)

Review [RB]

Review [JW]

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Symphony No. 6 in B minor op. 74 (1893) [45:41]
The Nutcracker suite op. 71a (1892) [22:00]
Russian Federation Large Symphony Orchestra/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (symphony)

Review [RB]

Review [NB]

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Symphony No. 5 in E minor op. 64 (1888) [46:00]
Moscow - cantata (1882) [25.57]
Russian Federation Large Symphony Orchestra/Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Symphony No. 4 (1878) [40:00]
Serenade in C major for String Orchestra op. 48 (1880) [33:01]
Russian Federation Large Symphony Orchestra/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (symphony)
Moscow Radio Large Symphony Orchestra/Vladimir Fedoseyev

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 Little Russian (1872) [33:12]
Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29 Polish (1875) [44:40]
Large Symphony Orchestra of the Ministry of Culture, Russian Federation/Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
rec. Large Studio, Moscow Radio, 1988-89. DDD
ALTO ALC 1103 [78:03]

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Serenade no. 1 in D major, Op. 11 (1857-1858) [33:09]
Serenade no. 2 in A major, Op. 16 (1858-1859) [45:10]
West German Sinfonia/Dirk Joeres

Aram KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978)
Cello Concerto in E minor (1964) [36:20]
Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello in D minor (1963) [26:36]
Marina Tarasova (cello)
Symphony Orchestra of Russia/Veronika Dudarova
rec. Moscow Radio Studio 5, 1994
ALTO ALC1130 [63:22]

Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957)
Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 (1899) [34:58]
Karelia Suite, Op. 11 (1893) [14:15]
The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2 (1893) [8:12]
Finlandia, Op. 26 (1899) [7:39]
Christine Pendrill (cor anglais) (Swan)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Alexander Gibson

Sergey PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100 (1944) [43:34]
Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 Classical (1916) [14:26]
Philharmonia Orchestra/Rudolf Barshai

Dmitri KABALEVSKY (1904-1987)
24 Preludes, Op.38 (1943) [49:30]
Sonatina in C major, Op.13 No.1 (1930) [7:24]
Piano Sonata No.3, Op.46 (1945) [14:43]
Murray McLachlan (piano)

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Symphony No.10 in e minor, Op.93 (1953) [59:30]
London Symphony Orchestra/Maxim Shostakovich

Bedrich SMETANA (1824-1884)
String Quartet No.1 in E minor From My Life (1876) [27:10]
String Quartet No.2 in D minor (1883) [18:00]
Josef SUK (1874-1935)
Meditation on an old Czech hymn ‘St Wenceslas’ Op.35a (1914) [6:44]
Leoš JANÁČEK (1854-1928)
String Quartet No.1 The Kreutzer Sonata (1924) [17:18] ¹
Talich Quartet
Vanbrugh Quartet ¹
rec. 1991, EMI Abbey Road studios, London (Talich Quartet) and All Saints, East Finchley, London (Vanbrugh Quartet)
ALTO ALC 1079 [69:38]

Jacques OFFENBACH (1819 – 1880)
Gaïté Parisienne arr. Manuel Rosenthal (1904-2003) (excerpts) (1938) [22.58]
Vert-Vert Overture [7.05]
Ouverture à Grand Orchestre [8.37]
Souvenir d’Aix-les-Bains [4.36]
La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein Overture [7.10]
American Eagle Waltz [6.11]
La Belle Hélène Overture [9.24]
Orphée aux Enfers Overture [10.02]
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Erich Kunzel

Karl DAVIDOV (1838-1889)
Cello Concerto No. 1 in B minor Op. 5 (1859) [20:19]
Cello Concerto No. 2 in A minor Op. 14 (1863) [26:22]
Three Salon Pieces Op. 30 (1877-78) [14:00]
Am Springbrunnen Op. 20 No. 2 [4:11]
Berceuse Op 10, No. 2 [3:30]
Waltz Op. 41 no. 2 [5:24]
Romance Op. 22 [3:37]
Marina Tarasova (cello); Alexander Polezhaev (piano)
Davydov Symphony Orchestra/Konstantin Krimetz

Bohuslav MARTINŮ (1890-1959)
Music for Cello & Piano
Cello Sonata No. 1 (1939) [17:17]
Cello Sonata No. 2 (1941) [18:08]
Cello Sonata No. 3 (1952) [19:09]
Variations on a Slovak Folk Theme (1959) [9:22]
Variations on a theme of Rossini (1942) [8:09]
Karine Georgian (cello); Ian Munro (piano)

Mieczysław WEINBERG (1919-1996)
Symphony no 2, for string orchestra Op. 30 (1945-46) [32:31]
Chamber Symphony no 2, for string orchestra and timpani Op. 147 (1987) [24:09]

Mieczysław WEINBERG (1919-1996)
Chamber Symphony no 1 Op. 145 (1986) [27:35]
Chamber Symphony no 4 in one movement for string orchestra and clarinet Op. 153 (1992) [34:30]

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Romeo and Juliet (1869, 1880) [19:23]
Capriccio Italien (1879) [14:40]
Francesca da Rimini (1877) [23:32]
Eugene Onegin (1879): Polonaise [4:33]; Waltz [6:12]
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra/Pavel Kogan

Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Symphony No.1 in D minor, Op.13 (1895) [44:22]
Isle of the Dead (symphonic poem) Op. 29 (1907) [22:44]
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra/Pavel Kogan

Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Symphony No.2 in E minor, Op.27 (1907) [54:33]
Vocalise (1915 orch. 1929) [8:17]
Scherzo in D minor (1887) [5:06]

Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op.44 (1936) [41:52]
Symphonic Dances Op.45 (1940) [36:12]
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra/Pavel Kogan

Deon Nielsen PRICE
Yellow Jade Banquet for clarinet and orchestra (2006-8) [9:51]
Epitaphs for Fallen Heroes - concert-piece for piano and orchestra [15:32]
America Themes for orchestra (2002) [4:14]
Gateways for winds and percussion (2006) [5:26]
States of Mind for string orchestra (2003) [15:12]
Dancing on the Brink of the World - tone poem for orchestra - The Saga of Crissy Field (2007) [15:48]
National Symphony Orchestra of UKraine/Berkeley A. Price; John McLaughlin Williams
rec. Grand Concert Studio, National Radio Company of UKraine, 18-20 October 2007. DDD [66:01]

Louise FARRENC (1804-1875) Nonet in E flat, Op. 38 [31:00]
Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Serenade in D, Op. 11 (original version reconstructed by Alan Boustead) [37:25]
Minerva Chamber Ensemble/Kevin Geraldi
rec. 4, 8, 9 March 2009, Recital Hall, University of North Carolina—Greensboro, USA
CENTAUR CRC 3092 [68:25]

French Piano Four-Hands with the Elegant Erard (1877)
Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
Petite Suite (1889) [12 :51]
Six Epigraphes Antiques (1914) [14 :39]
Georges BIZET (1838-1875)
Jeux d’enfants, Op. 38 (1871) [10 :22]
Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)
Ma mère L’Oye (1910) [15:04]
Gabriel FAURE (1845-1924)
Dolly Suite, Op. 56 (1896) [14 :06]
The Transcontinental Piano Duo (Elaine Greenfield and Janice Meyer Thompson)
rec. 4-7 June 2009, Ashburnham Community Church, Ashburnham, Massachusetts, U.S.A
CENTAUR CRC3071 [67 :25]

Manuel PONCE (1873-1945)
String Quartet [32:05]
Duo Sonata, for violin and viola [13:44]
Petite Suite dans le Style Ancien, for violin, viola and cello [10:07]
Robert Lehmann (violin); Jennifer Elowitch (violin); Kimberly Lehmann (viola); William Rounds (cello)
rec. Port-media, Kennebunkport, Maine, USA, 9, 27 April and 11-27 May 2009. DDD
CENTAUR CRC 3064 [55:58]

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Sonata in A major, op. 100, arr. Chase (1886-1887) [20:31]
Viola Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, no. 1 (1894) [38:18]
Viola Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 120, no. 2 (1894) [20:53]
Roger Chase (viola), Michiki Otaki (piano)
rec. 24-25 May 2007, Potton Hall, Suffolk. DDD
CENTAUR CRC 3063 [64:29]

Inner Voice
Benjamin BRITTEN (1813-1976)
Lachrymae: Reflections on a song of Dowland, Op. 48 (1950) [13:40]
George ROCHBERG (1918-2005)
Sonata for Viola and Piano (1979) [19:36]
Arvo PäRT (b. 1935)
spiegel im spiegel (1978) [11:55]
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147 (1975) [33:22]
Peter Minkler (viola); Lura Johnson (piano)
rec. 4-7 August 2008, Morgan State University, Baltimore, U.S.A.
CENTAUR CRC3049 [78:36]

Remembrances from Home
Isaac ALBÉNIZ (1860-1909)
Mallorca [5:06]
José Pablo MONCAYO (1912-1958)
Viola Sonata (1934) [15:58]
Cecil FORSYTH (1870-1941)
Chanson Celtique [6:03]
Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)
Une Piece en forme d’un Habanera [2:40]
Ivan KHANDOSHKIN (1747-1804)
Deux Chansons Russes varieé, for violin and cello Op.4 – No.2; Variations on a Russian theme of Love (1783-92) [10:55]
Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959)
Viola Sonata No.1 (1955) [15:19]
Stan GOLESTAN (1875-1956)
Arioso et Allegro de Concert [8:42]
Christina Placilla (viola)
Hector Landa (piano)
rec. April 2008, Ovation Sound, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
CENTAUR CRC 3045 [64:43]

Dinos CONSTANTINIDES (b. 1929)
Symphonic Music
Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Chamber Orchestra (2001) [12:48]
Homage to Louisiana (1995) [7:05]
Violin Concerto (1994) [22:09]
Threnos of Creon for English Horn and String Orchestra (1993) [10:11]
Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (2006) [17:13]
Athens Saxophone Quartet; Simos Papanas (violin); James Ryon (english horn); Gabriel Beavers (bassoon)
The Louisiana Sinfonietta/composer
rec. live, no details given
CENTAUR CRC3036 [69:27]

Muzio CLEMENTI (1752-1832)
Sonata Op.31, No.1 in A minor (pub.1794) [9:23]
Sonata Op.33, No.3 in C major [20:13]
Sonata Op.26, No.2 in F-sharp minor [12:58]
Sonata Op.47, No.2 in B-flat major (1821) [13:25]
Sang Mi Chung (piano)
rec. 17-18 February 2009, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
CENTAUR CRC 3035 [55:50]

Joseph LIVINGSTONE (1847-1909)
Physical Overtures: A Certain Era [7:37]; Hieronymus [6:04]; Poet’s Corner [3:32]; Group Thought [9:01]; Keep the Florists Busy [3:20]; The Hallelujah Door [2:42]; He Liked this Place [4:29]; Physical Overtures [3:48]; Karl [7:40]; New York is Rome [3:58]
Jo Quigley (solo violin)
rec. Autumn 2009, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England, DDD
CENTAUR CRC3034 [52:16]

ARBITRIO
Zae MUNN (b.1953) Libero Arbitrio (1999) [9:13]
Alun HODDINOTT (1929 – 2008) Masks (Five Theatre Abstracts), op.109 (1983) [13:28]
Christopher WEAIT (b.1939) Ten by Three – A Collection of Folksongs from Quebec [13:53]
Zae MUNN Seven Short Rhapsodies for oboe and bassoon (2003) [3:55]
Charles LIPP (b.1945) Twelve by Three [10:39]
Mikhail GLINKA (1804 – 1857) Overture: Ruslan and Ludmila (arranged by Robert SUMM O S B) [2:44]
Arbitrio (Alicia Cordoba Tait (oboe and cor anglais), Doug Spaniol (bassoon), Bradley Haag (piano))
rec. June 2000, St Catarina Lutheran Church, St Petersburg, Russia (Munn Libero and Hoddinott) and June 2000 and June 2004, Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana, Illinois USA. DDD
CENTAUR CRC 3013 [54:03]

20/21 – Music for Cello and Piano from the 20^th and 21^st centuries
Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
Cello Sonata in D minor (1915) [11:07]
Elliott CARTER (b.1908)
Cello Sonata (1948) [22:08]
Andrew WAGGONER (b.1960)
Catenary, Memory Variations for cello and piano (2007) [11:17]
Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924)
Après un Rêve [2:46]
Robert Burkhart (cello)
Blair McMillen (piano)
rec. February 2009, Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC
CENTAUR CRC 3004 [47:18]

(In) Habitation – Musical Settings of Margaret Atwood’s Poetry by American Women Composers
Judith CLOUD (b.1954) Night Dreams (2006) [16:09]
Elisenda FÁBREGAS (b.1955) Moments of Change (2004) [16:26]
Amanda HARBERG (b.1973) Memory, from Midnight Songs (2006) [4:13]
Lori LAITMAN (b.1955) Orange Afternoon Lover (2006) [13:00]
Libby LARSEN (b.1950) Take (2006) [3:15]
Tania LÉON (b.1943) Atwood Songs (2007) [13:37]
Eileen Strempel (soprano); Sylvie Beaudette (piano)
rec. 14-16 June and 16-18 August 2007, Patrych Sound Studios, New York City. DDD
CENTAUR CRC 3002 [63:29]

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)
Piano Trio no.1 in D minor Op.49 [28:12]
Piano Trio no.2 in C minor Op.66 [30:07]
Mendelssohn Piano Trio
rec. Spencerville Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Silver Spring, Maryland, 12-14 June 2007. Stereo. DDD
CENTAUR CRC 2925 [58:19]

Hugo KAUDER (1888-1972)
String Quartet No. 1 (1921) [23:14]
String Quartet No. 2 (1924) [17:34]
String Quartet No. 3 (1926) [15:09]
String Quartet No. 4 (1927) [15:25]
Euclid Quartet (Jameson Cooper (violin); Jacob Murphy (violin); Luis Vargas (viola); Amy Joseph (cello))
rec. 12-14 August, 12-13 November 2005, St Bridget's Church, Solon, Iowa. DDD
CENTAUR CRC 2840 [71:28]

Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)
Symphony No. 28 in A major (1771) [21:18]
Symphony No. 18 in G major (1764) [14:02]
Symphony No. 52 in C minor (1772) [24:28]
Apollo Ensemble/John Hsu
rec. Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, 18-20 September 1998. DDD
CENTAUR RECORDS CRC 2447 [59:59]

Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op. 33 (1872) [19:37]
Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924)
Élégie for cello and orchestra (1880/1895) [6:45]
Après un rêve arr. Pablo Casals (1878) [3:05]
Edouard LALO (1823-1892)
Cello Concerto in D minor (1876) [27:20]
Jesús Morales ('cello)
Philharmonia Bulgarica/Jaime Morales
rec. Bulgarian National Radio Studio 1, Sofia, June 2005
CENTAUR CRC 2837 [56:49]

Matthew CURTIS (b.1959)
Orchestral Works (Volume IV)
A Festival Overture [4:32]
Short and Suite (Valse; Intermezzo; Fancy Free; On the River; Striding Edge) [9:34]
Variations on a Theme of Verdi [10:25]
Four Winds Suite (In the Town (South-Easterlies); On the Hills (Northerlies); Italian Serenade (South-Westerlies); By the Sea (Easterlies)) [26:20]
Autumn Leaves [4:33]; Sterling Silver [7:59]; Summer Serenade [3:34]; Christmas Rush [4:02]
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
rec. 2008-9, Studio 1 Abbey Road, and Angel Studios, London. DDD
British Composer series
CAMPION CAMEO 2085 [79.47]

A Little Serenade
Pieter VAN DER STAAK (1930-2007) W' Dodi Awar [1:34]
TRADITIONAL Greensleeves (arr. Jorge Morel) [2:30]
Mark CURREY (b.1964) Tango Dolorosa [1:11]
Robin PEARSON Amoroso [1:03] Festivo [1:02]
Adrian INGRAM (b.1950) Miniature [1:33]
John GOLLAND (1942-1993) Ragtime [2:12]
John FRANKLIN Serenade [3:30]
Terry USHER (1909-1969) Suite: Prelude / Sarabande / Gavotte / Minuet / Gigue [7:20]
Terence CROUCHER (b.1944) Whittrig [3:36] Sheep on the Shore [1:48]
John R WILLIAMSON (b.1929) Sympathy [1:21] Of Other Lands [1:07] Romance [1:41] Gymnastics [1:09]
Robert FENERSTEIN Transylvanian Song [2:38]
Andrew SHIELS Sonatina [7:10]
Dag WIRÉN (1905-1986) Liten Serenad [10:46]
Jonathan RICHARDS (b.1964) Prelude [2:27] Idyl [1:30] Bittersweet [2:17] To Deborah [1:38] Rhapsodie [4:36]
Jonathan Richards (guitar), Andrea Edmondson (flute)

Spanish Composers of Today

Delfín COLOMÉ (1946-2008)

EMEC E-096 [68:48]

see review for details

SVET SVET 21-26/18

£45 post-free World-wide

Review [RM]

Alexander GLAZUNOV (1865-1936)
CD 1
Symphony no.1 in E major, op.5 (1881-1884) [36:20]
Symphony no.5 in B flat major, op 55 (1895) [33:25]
CD 2
Symphony no.2 in F sharp minor, op. 16 (1886) [47:58]
CD 3
Symphony no.3 in D major, op.33 (1890) [51:54]
CD 4
Symphony no.4 in E flat major, op.48 (1893) [34:29]
Symphony no.6 in C minor, op.58 (1896) [38:24]
CD 5
Symphony no.7 in F major, op.77 (1902-1903) [38:41]
The Kremlin, symphonic picture, op.30 (1890) [29:29]
CD 6
Symphony no.8 in E flat major, op. 83 (1905-1906) [45:30]
USSR Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov
rec. venue not specified, 1989-1990
THE ANTHOLOGY OF RUSSIAN SYMPHONY MUSIC SVET 21-26/18 [6 CDs: 69:45 + 47:58 + 51:54 + 72:53 + 68:10 + 45:30]

SVET 33-41/16

£45 post-free World-wide

Review [JW]

Alexander GLAZUNOV (1865-1936)
CD 1
Raymonda - Ballet in Three Acts, Op. 57 (1897) [66:58]
Act I
CD 2
Raymonda - Ballet in Three Acts, Op. 57 (1897) [69:10]
Act II
Act III
CD 3
The Seasons, ballet in four pictures, Op. 67 (1899) [41:09]
Ballet Suite for large orchestra, Op. 52 (1894) [32:05]
CD 4
Romantic Intermezzo for large orchestra Op. 69 (1900) [10:34]
Solemn Overture for large symphony orchestra Op. 73 (1900) [10:56]
March on Russian Theme Op. 76 (1901) [5:19]
Ballade for large symphony orchestra Op. 78 (1902) [11:35]
From the Middle Ages, symphonic suite Op. 79 (1902) [26:21]
Fortune-Telling and Dance, ballet scene Op. 81 (1904) [9:31]
CD 5
Song of Fate, dramatic overture Op. 84 (1908) [14:38]
Two Preludes Op. 85 (1906) ; To the Memory of V. Stasov [6:02]; To the Memory of N. Rimsky-Korsakov [11:16]
To the Memory of N. Gogol, symphonic prologue Op. 87 (1909) [10:31]
Finnish Fantasia in C major Op. 88 (1909) [12:25]
Finnish Sketches, Op. 89 (1912); No. 1 From "Kalevala" [5:21] No. 2 Procession [4:34]
CD 6
Introduction and Salome"s Dance to Oscar Wilde"s drama "Salome" Op. 90 (1908) [16:15]
Solemn procession in B flat major Op. 91 (1910) [3:18]
Theme with Variations for Spring in G minor Op.97 (1918) [11:32]
Karelian Legend, Musical picture Op. 99 (1916) [21:35]
No ensembles or orchestras or only general dates [1961-90] noted [however; Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra/Evgeni Svetlanov, rec. Moscow 1961 (Raymonda)]
SVET 33-41/16 [6 CDs: 66:58 + 69:10 + 73:14 + 74:21 + 64:47 + 52:41]

SVET 27-32

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Review [R May]

Review [JW]

Alexander GLAZUNOV (1865-1936)
CD 1
Overture No. 1 on three Greek themes in G minor, Op. 3 [15:06]
Overture No. 2 on Greek themes in D major, Op. 6 [16:35]
To the Memory of a Hero, Elegy, Op. 8 [15:57]
Lyrical Poem in D major, Op. 12 [12:10]
Stenka Razin, symphonic poem, Op. 13 [16:08]
CD 2
Characteristic Suite for large orchestra, Op. 9 [33:35]
Serenade No. 1, Op. 7 [4:11]
Serenade No. 2, Op.11 [3:40]
Two Pieces for orchestra, Op.14; Idyll in D major [11:12] Reverie Orientale [9:24]
Mazurka in G major, Op. 18 [7:46]
Characteristic Dance [2:40]
Volga Boatmen"s Song (1905) [2:46]
CD 3
Forest, fantasia for large symphony orchestra, Op. 19 [21:23]
Sea, fantasia for large symphony orchestra, Op. 28 [17:32]
Oriental Rhapsody for large symphony orchestra, Op.29 [24:18]
CD 4
Wedding Procession, Op. 21 [7:33]
Slavonic Festival, Op. 26 No. 4 [13:27]
Spring, musical picture for symphony orchestra, Op. 34 [11:14]
Triumphal March, Op. 40 [9:07]
Carnival, Op. 45 [9:33]
Solemn Procession in D major, Op. 50 [7:28]
From Darkness to Light, fantasia in C major, Op. 53 [13:18]
CD 5
Chopiniana, suite from F. Chopin"s works, Op. 46 (1892) [20:47]
Concert Waltz No. 1 in D major, Op. 47 [9:41]
Concert Waltz No. 2 in F major, Op. 51 [9:22]
Waltz from ballet "Raymonda", Op. 57 [5:25]
Waltz from "Ballet Suite", Op. 52 [5:49]
Polonaise from "Ballet Suite", Op. 52 [5:38]
Waltz from the ballet "Lady Soubrette", Op. 61 [6:12]
CD 6
Lady-soubrette - Ballet in one act, Op. 61 [71:43]
No orchestras or dates [1961-90] noted [USSR State Symphony Orchestra]/Evgeni Svetlanov
SVET 27-32/18 [6 CDs: 75:58 + 75:12 + 64:14 + 71:43 + 62:56 + 56:31]

SVET 04-006-1/6

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Review [RM]

Mily BALAKIREV (1837-1910)
Orchestral works including
Symphony no.1 in C major (1866) [39:56]
Symphony no.2 in D minor (1908) [35:21]
Symphonic poem In Bohemia (1905) [11:57]
Incidental music to Shakespeare’s King Lear (1905) [35:54]
Sergei LYAPUNOV (1859-1924)
Symphony no.1 in B minor, op.12 (1887) [39:01]
Oriental symphonic poem Hashish (1912) [24:27]
Symphony no.2 in B flat minor, op.66 (1917) [49:15]
Solemn overture on Russian themes, op.7 (1886) [15:34]
The State Academic Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov
rec. venue not specified, 1971-1993
THE ANTHOLOGY OF RUSSIAN SYMPHONY MUSIC SVET 04-006-1/6 [6 CDs: 62:03 + 60:51 + 57:13 + 61:49 + 63:38 + 64:59]

SVET10-14-5

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Review [NB]

Alexander BORODIN (1833-1887)
Modest MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
Anatoly LIADOV (1855-1914)
Svetlanov - Anthology of Russian Symphony Music (Orchestral works by Borodin, Mussorgsky and Liadov)
Complete track-list at end of review
USSR Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov
rec. 1963-1983
SVET 10-14-5 [5 CDs: 76:04 + 76:22 + 75:15 + 75:53 + 62:07]

SVET5700916

£45 post-free Worldwide

Review [NB]

Two Boxes from the Svetlanov Anthology of Russian Symphony Music 
Nikolay Andreevich RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908)
Svetlanov - Anthology of Russian Symphony Music (Rimsky-Korsakov Complete Orchestral Works)
Complete track-list at end of review
The State Academic Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov
rec. c. 1969-1993
SVET 57-009-1/6 [6 CDs: 67:03 + 63:19 + 70:03 + 76:16 + 58:51 + 72:37]  

SVET 57-009-1/3

£45post-free World-wide

Review [JW]

Review [DM]

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
The State Academic Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov
rec. c. 1969-1993
SVET 57-009-1/3 [6 CDs: 67:03 + 63:19 + 70:03 + 76:16 + 58:51 + 72:37]

SVET 38-003 1/3

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Review [JW]

Mikhail GLINKA (1804-1857)
Patriotic Song, instrumentation by A. GaUK
Prayer (M. Lermontov) (1855)
Memory of Friendship, arr J. N. Hummel (1854)
Overture in G minor (1822-26)
Overture in D major (1822-26)
Kamarinskaya
Symphony on Two Russian Themes (1834) - edition by V. Shebalin
Jota Aragonesa, Spanish Overture No. 1
Summer Night in Madrid, fantasia on Spanish Themes (Spanish Overture No. 2) (1847-48)
Waltz-Fantasia (1839 revised 1845/56 )
Incidental music to N. KUKolnik’s tragedy "Prince Kholmsky" (1840)
Premiere polka in B flat major, instrumentation by M. Balakirev
Overture to the opera "Ivan Susanin" (1836)
Dances from the opera "Ivan Susanin" (Act II) (1836)
Overture to the opera "Ruslan and Ludmila"
Dances from the opera "Ruslan and Ludmila" (1842)
Oriental Dances from Chernomor’s Castle (Act IV) (1842)
Chernomor’s March from the opera "Ruslan and Ludmila" (Act IV) (1842)
Andante cantabile and rondo in D minor (1823)
USSR Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Evgeny Svetlanov
SVET 38-003 1/3 [3 CDs: 66:58 + 56:23 + 74:02]

SVET93-96

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Review [JW]

Sergei TANEYEV (1856-1915)
CD1
Concert Suite for Violin and Orchestra Op.28 (1909) [44:43] ¹
CD2
Symphony No.4 in C minor Op.12 (1898) [41:37]
Apollo’s Temple in Delphi [5:56]
CD3
Cantata No.2 ‘At the Reading of a psalm’ Op.36 (1915) [63:37] ²
CD4
Alexander KASTALSKY (1856-1926)
Brotherly Prayer for the Dead (1915) [69:21]
Andrei Korsakov (violin) ¹
Ludmila Belobragina (soprano), Lyubov Aleshchenkova (mezzo soprano), Evgeni Vladimirov (bass) ²
USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus and Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov
rec. Moscow 1977-90
SVET 93-96/4 [4 CDs: 44:43 + 47:16 + 63:37 + 59:21]

SVET10145

Review [NB]

Alexander BORODIN (1833-1887)
Modest MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
Anatoly LIADOV (1855-1914)
Svetlanov - Anthology of Russian Symphony Music (Orchestral works by Borodin, Mussorgsky and Liadov)
Complete track-list at end of review
USSR Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov
rec. 1963-1983
SVET 10-14-5 [5 CDs: 76:04 + 76:22 + 75:15 + 75:53 + 62:07] 

SVET 04981-6 [6 CDs for price of 4]

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Review [JW]

Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)

Symphonies No. 1-3
The Rock
Isle of the Dead
Symphonic Dances
Six Choruses for female voices and piano
Spring – cantata for baritone, chorus and orchestra
Aleko – opera excerpts – Introduction; Women’s Dance; Intermezzo; Men’s Dance
The Bells
Vocalise
Prince Rostislav
Capriccio on Russian Themes
Scherzo for Orchestra edited P Lamm
Moments Musicaux Op.16 No.3, No.5
Vocalise Op.34 No.14 transcription by Evgeny Svetlanov
Prelude in D major Op.23 No.4
Elegie Op.3 No.1
Evgeny Svetlanov (piano) ³
Alexei Maslennikov (tenor) ¹
Galina Pisarenko (soprano) ¹
Sergei Yakovenko (baritone) ¹ ²
Yurlov Russian Choir ¹ ²
Female Group of the USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus º
USSR Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov
rec. undated performances [1954-89]
SVET 04981-6 [6 CDs: 62:27 + 74:23 + 72:55 + 52:40 + 50:13 + 73:58]

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SVET 001 03-1

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Review [JW]

Anton ARENSKY (1861-1906)
Symphony No.1 in B minor Op.4 [35:58]
Symphony No.2 in A major Op.22 [22:28]
Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky Op.35a (1894) [14:39]
State Academic Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov
No recording details
SVET 001 03-1 [72:18]

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SVET 002 03-2

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Review [JW]

Anton ARENSKY (1861-1906)
Suite No. 1 in G minor (1885) [33:04]
Suite No.2 “Silhouettes” for symphony orchestra Op.23 (1892) [18:18]
Suite from the ballet Egyptian Nights Op.50a (1900-06) [22:18]
State Academic Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov
No recording details
SVET 002 03-2 [73:49]

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SVET 003 03-3

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Review [JW]

Anton ARENSKY (1861-1906)
Suite No. 3 (Variations) in C major [29:51]
Fantasia “Marguerite Gautier” Op.9 [12:52]
Overture to Dream on the Volga (1891) [7:41]
Introduction to Raphael (1894) [6:49]
Introduction to the opera Nal and Damajanti (1903) [6:52]
Intermezzo in G minor for strings Op.13
March “To the Memory of Suvorov” in C minor [5:45]
State Academic Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov
No recording details
SVET 003 03-3 [72:42]

Europe post included

Louis SPOHR (1784-1859)
The Last Judgement - oratorio (1826)
Miriam Meyer (soprano); Ursula Eittinger (mezzo); Marcus Ullmann (tenor); Josef Wagner (bass)
Kantorei Maulbronn/Russian Chamber Philharmonic St Petersburg/Jürgen Budday
rec. live, 12-13 June 2010, Maulbronn Monastery
Text in German; no translation
K&K VERLAGSANSTALT 22 [80:55]

Review

Frederic CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Etudes Op. 10 (1833) [27.42]
Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Fantasia in C Op. 17 (1839) [31.27]
Agustin Anievas (piano)
rec. American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York. No date supplied.
NEWPORT CLASSIC NCD60179 [58.69]

Review

LABOR

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Walter STEFFENS (b.1934)
Guernica and Other Paintings
Guernica after Pablo Picasso, elegy for viola and orchestra, Op. 32 [14:14]
Siguiriya after Edvard Munch 'Skrik' (The Cry), for mixed choir, Op. 3c [3:59]
Pintura del Mundo (The Garden of Earthly Delights) after Hieronymus Bosch, for orchestra [18:39]
Le Cantique des Cantiques (The Song of Songs) after Marc Chagall, symphony for organ, Op. 84 [40:45]
Rainer Schmidt (viola); Northwest German Philharmonic, Herford/János Kulka (Guernica); North German Radio Choir/Helmut Franz (Siguiriya); North German Radio Symphony Orchestra/Klaud Weise (Pintura); Frierich Flamme (organ) (Cantique).
rec. 21 Aug 2005, Muhleisen Organ, St Paulus Church, Harsewinkel, Germany (Cantique); otherwise on information supplied.
LABOR RECORDS LAB 7084 [77:37]

Review

TROUBADISC

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Max REGER (1873-1916)
Sonatina Op.89 No.1 [13:49]
Five Humoresques Op.20 [11:37]
Sonatina Op.89 No.3 [12:31]
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Joh. Seb. Bach Op.81
Wolfram Lorenzen (piano)
rec. Saarbrücken SR, 1992. Stereo. DDD
TROUBADISC TRO-CD 01438 [68:22]

Review

TROUBADISC

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Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
*Capriccio Brillant in B minor, for piano and orchestra, op.22 (1832) [11:05]
Béla BARTÓK (1881-1945)
+Rhapsody for piano and orchestra, op.1 (1904) [22:05]
Max REGER (1873-1916)
Piano Concerto in F minor, op.114 (1910) [36:14]
Wolfram Lorenzen (piano)
*+SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart/*Ernest Bour; +Jirí Stárek;
St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra/Reinhard Petersen
rec. Tonhalle, St. Gallen, 11 January 1997 (live); *SDR (now SWR), 21 June 1976; +27 May 1974. DDD, *+ADD.
TROUBADISC TRO-CD 01437 [69:44]

Review

Megadisc

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Hao-Fu ZHANG (b.1952)
Théâtre pour Deux, for flute and piano (1996) [13:39]
Crépuscule, for cello and piano (1989) [12:36]
Yin-Yang, for two pianos (1992) [14:01]
Le Chant du Ciel, for cello and piano (2005-6) [18:52]
Théâtre pour Deux II, for violin and piano (1996/2002) [15:47]
Muhiddin Dürrüoglu-Demiriz (piano)
Marie Hallynck (cello)
Eugène Galand (piano II)
Alexandra Grot (flute)
Graf Mourja (violin)
rec. Royal Conservatory, Brussels, November 2008. DDD
MEGADISC CLASSICS MDC 7796 [74:55]

Review

Megadisc

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Rytis MAŽULIS (b.1961)
Musica Falsa
Puja (2004) [11:48]
Musica Falsa (2006) [8:57]
Ex Una Voce Tres (2002) [6:13]
Schisma (2007) [28:47]
Belvedere (2010) [4:32]
Tranquility (1992) [9:13]
Manuel Zurria (flutes, *arrangements except Belvedere)
rec. Eremo di Monte Giove monastery, Urbino, Italy, September 2009 - March 2010. DDD
MEGADISC CLASSICS MDC 7794 [69:31]

Review

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

VistaVera

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Vladimir Sofronitsky plays at the Scriabin Museum - Volume 6
Vladimir Sofronitsky (piano)
rec. 7 March 1956, live, Scriabin Museum, Moscow
VISTA VERA VVCD-00224 [78:55]

Review

CD.TP IPM08

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Review [OL]

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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review

Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977

IMLCD073/74 (2CDs)

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Vadim Salmanov

Symphonies 1-4

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia
Evgeny Mravinsky

rec 1957, 1960, 1964, 1977