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Dmitri Shostakovich

Symphonies 4-6

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Symphony 4

NHK SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy* Decca 4758748
WDR SO/Rudolf Barshai Alto ALC1169 review
Kirov O/Valery Gergiev Philips 4708412 review
Philips 4756190 review
Mariinsky O/Valery Gergiev Mariinsky MAR0545 review
Gürzenich O/Dmitri Kitaienko * Capriccio 71029 review
Beethoven O Bonn/Roman Kofman MDG 93712086 review
Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin* Aulos AMC2043 review
Melodiya MELCD1001065 review review
Boston SO/Andris Nelsons DG 4835220 review review review
London SO/Gianandrea Noseda LSO Live LSO0832 review
Royal Liverpool PO/Vasily Petrenko Naxos 8.573188 review review
Russian Ntl O/Mikhail Pletnev Pentatone PTC5186647 review
Staatsorchester Rheinische & Mainz Philharmonie/Daniel Raiskin C-Avi 8.553235 review
BBC SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky ICA Classics ICAC5169 review
Los Angeles PO/Esa-Pekka Salonen DG 4790249 review
Dresdner Philharmonie/Michael Sanderling * Sony 19075872462 review
Tatarstan Ntl SO/Alexander Sladkovsky * Melodiya MELCD1002470 review
Netherlands RSO/Mark Wigglesworth BIS BISSACD1553 review review
BIS BIS2593 * review review
(2 pianos) Rustem Hayroudinoff, Colin Stone Chandos CHAN10296 review

Symphony 5

Royal PO/Vladimir Ashkenazy* Decca 4758748 review
Philharmonia O/Vladimir Ashkenazy Signum SIGCD135 review review
NHK SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy King Int'l KKC2058/9 review
Hallé O/Sir John Barbirolli BBC Legends BBCL41932 review
Barbirolli Soc SJB1095 review
London SO/Leonard Bernstein Ideale Audience 3085318 review
New York PO/Leonard Bernstein Regis RRC1377 review
London Shostakovich O/Christopher Cox Dunelm DRD0227 review
Halle O/Sir Mark Elder Halle CDHLL7550 review
USSR State Radio & TV SO/Alexander Gauk Brilliant 8866 review
Kirov O/Valery Gergiev Philips 4706512 review
Philips 4708412 review
Mariinsky O/Valery Gergiev Mariinsky MAR0545 review
Les Dissonances/David Grimal Dissonances Records LD009 review
Pittsburgh SO/Manfred Honeck Reference Recordings FR724 review review review
Vienna SO/Jascha Horenstein Pristine Audio PASC649 review
Bavarian RSO/Mariss Jansons BR Klassik 900191 review
Vienna PO/Mariss Jansons EMI 2175002 review
Danish RSO/Thomas Jensen Danacord DACOCD912 review
Gürzenich O/Dmitri Kitaienko * Capriccio 71029 review
London PO/Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi Exton OVCL0061 review
Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin* Aulos AMC2043 review
Melodiya MELCD1001065 review review
New York P-SO/Serge Koussevitzky West Hill Radio WHRA6049 review review
Russian Ntl O/Yakov Kreizberg Pentatone PTC5186096 review
New York PO/Dimitri Mitropoulos RCA 19439888252 review
Leningrad PO/Yevgeny Mravinsky Praga PRD350122 review
Boston SO/Andris Nelsons DG 4795201 review review review
London SO/Gianandrea Noseda LSO Live LSO0802 review
Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy Dutton 2CDLX7370 review
Royal Liverpool PO/Vasily Petrenko Naxos 8.572167 review review
Chicago SO/Andre Previn CFP 2282832 review
Warsaw PO/Witold Rowicki DG 4539882 review
Berlin PO/Yutaka Sado Euroarts 2058744 review
Tonkünstler O/Yutaka Sado Tonkunstler TON1005 review
Berlin SO/Kurt Sanderling Berlin Classics 0300750BC review review
Dresdner Philharmonie/Michael Sanderling Sony 19075820802 review
Sony 19075872462 * review
Halle O/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Halle CDHLL7511 review
Tatarstan Ntl SO/Alexander Sladkovsky * Melodiya MELCD1002470 review
Stadium SO New York/Leopold Stokowski HDTT 13575 review
Philadelphia O/Leopold Stokowski Music & Arts CD1232 review review
London SO/Leopold Stokowski BBC Legends BBCL41652 review review
BBC Legends BBCL50072 review
Guild GHCD2426 review
USSR State SO/Yuri Temirkanov Brilliant 8818 review
San Francisco SO/Michael Tilson Thomas SFS 82193600269 review
NDR Elbphilharmonie O/Krzysztof Urbański Alpha 427 review review review
BBC Ntl O Wales/Mark Wigglesworth BIS BIS2593 * review review
Shanghai SO/Long Yu Accentus ACC20440 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
Mariinsky O/Valery Gergiev Mariinsky MAR0545 review
Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink Decca 4781429 review
Bavarian RSO/Mariss Jansons BR Klassik 900123 review review
BR Klassik 900157 review
Estonian Festival O/Paavo Järvi Alpha 389 review review review
Russian Ntl O/Vladimir Jurowski Pentatone PTC5186068 review
Gürzenich O/Dmitri Kitaienko * Capriccio 71029 review
Moscow PO/Kirill Kondrashin* Aulos AMC2043 review
Melodiya MELCD1001065 review review
BBC Ntl O Wales/Steven Lloyd-Gonzales First Hand Records FHR120 review
Boston SO/Andris Nelsons DG 4836728 review
Royal Liverpool PO/Vasily Petrenko Naxos 8.572658 review review
London SO/André Previn Warner Classics 9029506573 review
New York PO/Fritz Reiner Guild GHCD2333 review
Dresden Phil/Michael Sanderling Sony 19075872462 * review
Sony 88875164052 review
Halle O/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Halle CDHLL7506 review
Tatarstan Ntl SO/Alexander Sladkovsky * Melodiya MELCD1002470 review
Philadelphia O/Leopold Stokowski Music & Arts CD1232 review review
BBC Ntl O Wales/Mark Wigglesworth BIS BIS2593 * review review

 

 



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