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Symphony 1

Royal PO/Vladimir Ashkenazy* Decca 4758748 review
Chicago SO/Leonard Bernstein DG 4777587 review
Milan Verdi SO/Oleg Caetani Arts 477608 review
Berlin PO/Mariss Jansons EMI 2376862 review
Russian Ntl O/Vladimir Jurowski Pentatone PTC5186068 review
BBC SO/Rudolf Kempe BBCL Legends BBCL41882 review
Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin* Melodiya MELCD1001065 review review
Philharmonia O/Efrem Kurtz CFP 2282832 review
USSR State SO/Yuri Temirkanov Brilliant 8818 review

Symphony 2

Royal PO/Vladimir Ashkenazy* Decca 4758748 review
Beethoven O, Bonn/Roman Kofman MDG 93712066 review
Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin* Melodiya MELCD1001065 review review

Symphony 3

Royal PO/Vladimir Ashkenazy* Decca 4758748 review
Beethoven O, Bonn/Roman Kofman MDG 93712106
Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin* Melodiya MELCD1001065 review review

Symphony 4

NHK SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy* Decca 4758748
Kirov O/Valery Gergiev Philips 4708412 review
Beethoven O Bonn/Roman Kofman MDG 93712086 review
Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin* Melodiya MELCD1001065 review review
Netherlands RSO/Mark Wigglesworth BIS BISSACD1553 review review

Symphony 5

Royal PO/Vladimir Ashkenazy* Decca 4758748 review
Philharmonia O/Vladimir Ashkenazy Signum SIGCD135 review review
Halle O/John Barbirolli BBC Legends BBCL41932 review
USSR State Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Gauk Brilliant 8866 review
Kirov O/Valery Gergiev Philips 4708412 review
Vienna PO/Mariss Jansons EMI 2175002 review
Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin* Melodiya MELCD1001065 review review
Royal Liverpool PO/Vasily Petrenko Naxos 8.572167 review review
Chicago SO/Andre Previn CFP 2282832 review
Halle O/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Halle CDHLL7511 review
Philadelphia O/Leopold Stokowski Music & Arts CD1232 review
London SO/Leopold Stokowski BBC Legends BBCL41652 review
USSR State SO/Yuri Temirkanov Brilliant 8818 review
Royal Flemish PO/Jaap van Zweden Ambroisie AM171 review

Symphony 6

Royal PO/Vladimir Ashkenazy* Decca 4758748 review
Kirov O/Valery Gergiev Philips 4708412 review
Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink Decca 4781429 review
Russian Ntl O/Vladimir Jurowski Pentatone PTC5186068 review
Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin* Melodiya MELCD1001065 review review
New York PO/Fritz Reiner Guild GHCD2333 review
Philadelphia O/Leopold Stokowski Music & Arts CD1232 review

Symphony 7

St Petersburg PO/Vladimir Ashkenazy* Decca 4758748 review
Chicago SO/Leonard Bernstein DG 4777587 review
WDR SO Cologne/Semyon Bychkov Avie AV0020 review
Rotterdam PO/Valery Gergiev Philips 4708412 review
Russian Federal O/Vakhtang Jordania Angelok CD9915 review
Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin* Melodiya MELCD1001065 review review
NBC SO/Leopold Stokowski Music & Arts CD1232 review

Symphony 8

Royal PO/Vladimir Ashkenazy* Decca 4758748 review
WDR SO Cologne/Semyon Bychkov Avie AV0043 review
Milan Giuseppe Verdi SO/Oleg Caetani Arts 477048 review
London Shostakovich O/Christopher Cox Dunelm DRD0261 review
Kirov O/Valery Gergiev Philips 4708412 review
Russian Festival O/Vakhtang Jordania Angelok CD9932 review
Beethoven O Bonn/Roman Kofman MDG 33712042 review
MDG 93712046 review
Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin* Melodiya MELCD1001065 review review
Leningrad PO/Evgeni Mravinsky Regis RRC1250 review
London SO/Andre Previn EMI 2679692 review
London SO/Andre Previn EMI 5090242 review
New York P-SO/Artur Rodzinski Guild GHCD2322 review review
Chicago SO/Georg Solti ArkivCD 425675 review
London SO/Evgeny Svetlanov BBC Legends BBCL41892 review
Netherlands RSO/Mark Wigglesworth BIS BISSACD1483 review review

Symphony 9

Royal PO/Vladimir Ashkenazy* Decca 4758748 review
Kirov O/Valery Gergiev Philips 4708412 review
Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin* Melodiya MELCD1001065 review review
Royal Liverpool PO/Vasily Petrenko Naxos 8.572167 review review
Netherlands RPO/Mark Wigglesworth BIS SACD1563

Symphony 10

Royal PO/Vladimir Ashkenazy* Decca 4758748 review
WDR SO Köln/Semyon Bychkov Avie AV2137
Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi Telarc CD80702 review
Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin* Melodiya MELCD1001065 review review
Halle O/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Halle CDHLL7511 review

Symphony 11 - see separate page

Symphony 12

Royal PO/Vladimir Ashkenazy* Decca 4758748 review
London Shostakovich O/Christopher Cox Dunelm DRD0234 review review review
Beethoven O, Bonn/Roman Kofman MDG 93712066 review
Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin* Melodiya MELCD1001065 review review
Netherlands RPO/Mark Wigglesworth BIS SACD1563

Symphony 13

NHK SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy* Decca 4758748
Tchaikovsky SO Moscow Radio/Vladimir Fedosseyev Relief CR991081 review
Bavarian RSO/Mariss Janssons EMI 5579022 review
Beethoven O Bonn/Roman Kofman MDG 93712056 review
Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin* Melodiya MELCD1001065 review review
Royal Liverpool PCh & O/Gerard Schwarz Avie AV2096 review
USSR State Academy SO/Yuri Temirkanov Brilliant 8818 review
Netherlands Radio PO & Ch/Mark Wigglesworth BIS SACD1543 review

Symphony 14

NHK SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy* Decca 4758748
Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin* Melodiya MELCD1001065 review review

Symphony 15

Royal PO/Vladimir Ashkenazy* Decca 4758748 review
Milan Verdi SO/Oleg Caetani Arts 477608 review
Beethoven O, Bonn/Roman Kofman MDG 93712106
Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin* Melodiya MELCD1001065 review review
Staatskapelle Dresden/Kirill Kondrashin Profil PH06065 review
Russian Ntl O/Mikhail Pletnev Pentatone PTC5186331 review



 

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