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Six Ballet Scenes: Choreographic Symphony
Siberian SO/Dmitry Vasilyev • Toccata Classics TOCC0313 [review]

The Banners of Peace (1985)
St Petersburg State SO/Vladimir Lande • Naxos 8572752 [review][review]

Cello concertino
Marina Tarasova, Musica Viva CO/Alexander Rudin • Northern Flowers NFPMA99131 [review]
Raphael Wallfisch, Kristiansand SO/Lukasz Borowicz • CPO 5552342 [review]
Pieter Wispelwey, Les Métamorphoses/Raphaël Faye • Evil Penguin EPRC0045 [review][review][review]

Cello concerto (1959)
Nicolas Altstaedt, Deutsches SO Berlin/Michał Nesterowicz • Channel Classics CCS38116 [review]
Mark Dobrinsky, Russian State Cinematographic O/Walter Mnatzakanov • Talent DOM291085 [review]
Claes Gunnarsson, Gothenburg SO/Thord Svedlund • Chandos CHSA5107 [review]
Dmitry Khrychov, St Petersburg State Academic SO/Alexander Titov • Northern Flowers NFPMA9973 [review]
Mstislav Rostropovich, USSR State SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky • Brilliant Classics 92771 [review] • EMI 2175972 [review] • Melodiya MELCD1002315 [review] • Warner 9029589230 [review]
Raphael Wallfisch, Kristiansand SO/Lukasz Borowicz • CPO 5552342 [review]

Chamber Symphony 1 (1986)
Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet • Onyx 4007 [review]
Amadeus CO Polish Radio/Anna Duczmal-Mróz • Dux 1525 [review]
Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer • ECM 2538/9 [review][review][review]
East-West CO/Rotislav Krimer • Naxos 8754063 [review]
Kremlin CO/Misha Rachlevsky • Claves CD509811 [review]
Umeå SO/Thord Svedlund • Alto ALC1036 [review]

Chamber Symphony 2 (1987)
Amadeus CO Polish Radio/Anna Duczmal-Mróz • Dux 1632 [review]
Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer • ECM 2538/9 [review][review][review]
East-West CO/Rotislav Krimer • Naxos 8574210 [review]
Umeå SO/Thord Svedlund • Alto ALC1037 [review]

Chamber Symphony 3
Amadeus CO Polish Radio/Anna Duczmal-Mróz • Dux 1525 [review]
Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer • ECM 2538/9 [review][review][review]
East-West CO/Rotislav Krimer • Naxos 8754063 [review]
Kremlin CO/Misha Rachlevsky • Claves CD509811 [review]
Helsingborg SO/Thord Svedlund • Chandos CHSA5146 [review][review][review]

Chamber Symphony 4 (1992)
Amadeus CO Polish Radio/Anna Duczmal-Mróz • Dux 1632 [review]
Les Métamorphoses/Raphaël Faye • Evil Penguin EPRC0045 [review][review][review]
Kremerata Baltica/Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla • ECM 2538/9 [review][review][review]
Dresden Chamber Soloists/Michail Jurowski • Naxos 8574192 [review]
East-West CO/Rotislav Krimer • Naxos 8574210 [review]
Kremlin CO/Misha Rachlevsky • Claves CD509811 [review]
Helsingborg SO/Thord Svedlund • Chandos CHSA5146 [review][review][review]
Umeå SO/Thord Svedlund • Alto ALC1036 [review]

Clarinet Concerto (1970)
Urban Claesson, Gothenburg SO/Thord Svedlund • Chandos CHSA5064 [review]
Robert Oberaigner (clarinet), Dresden Chamber Soloists/Michail Jurowski • Naxos 8574192 [review]

Fantasy(ia) for cello and orchestra (1951-53)
Claes Gunnarsson, Gothenburg SO/Thord Svedlund • Chandos CHSA5064 [review]
Raphael Wallfisch, Kristiansand SO/Lukasz Borowicz • CPO 5552342 [review]
Pieter Wispelwey, Les Métamorphoses/Raphaël Faye • Evil Penguin EPRC0045 [review][review][review]

Flute Concerto 1 (1961)
Łukasz Długosz, Amadeus CO Polish Radio/Anna Duczmal-Mróz • Dux 1525 [review] • Dux 1632 [review]
Łukasz Długosz, Silesian CO/Robert Kabara • Dux 1589 [review]
Anders Jonhall, Gothenburg SO/Thord Svedlund • Chandos CHSA5064 [review]
Alexander Korneyev, Moscow CO/Rudolf Barshai • Melodiya MELCD1002315 [review]
Claudia Stein, Szczecin PO/David Robert Coleman • Naxos 8573931 [review]
Antonina Styczeń, Polish Chamber PO Sopot/Wojciech Rajski • Tacet 232 [review]

Flute Concerto 2 (1987)
Łukasz Długosz, Amadeus CO Polish Radio/Anna Duczmal-Mróz • Dux 1632 [review]
Łukasz Długosz, Silesian CO/Robert Kabara • Dux 1589 [review]
Anders Jonhall, Gothenburg SO/Thord Svedlund • Chandos CHSA5064 [review]
Claudia Stein, Szczecin PO/David Robert Coleman • Naxos 8573931 [review]
Antonina Styczeń, Polish Chamber PO Sopot/Wojciech Rajski • Tacet 232 [review]

The Golden Key Suite 4 (1954-64)
St Petersburg State SO/Vladimir Lande • Naxos 8573085 [review][review]
Gothenburg SO/Thord Svedlund • Chandos CHSA5089 [review]

Miniatures for flute & orchestra (1945/83)
Claudia Stein, Szczecin PO/David Robert Coleman • Naxos 8573931 [review]
Antonina Styczeń, Polish Chamber PO Sopot/Wojciech Rajski • Tacet 232 [review]

Piano Quintet (orch. Pushkarev/Kremer)
Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer • ECM 2538/9 [review][review][review]

Polish tunes (1950)
Siberian SO/Dmitry Vasilyev • Toccata Classics TOCC0193 [review]

Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes (1949)
National Polish Radio SO Katowice/Gabriel Chmura • Chandos CHAN10237 [review]
Amadeus CO Polish Radio/Agnieszka Duczmal • CPO 7778872 [review][review]
Staatskapelle Dresden/Michail Jurowski • Berlin Classics 0300935BC [review]
St Petersburg State SO/Vladimir Lande • Naxos 8572779 [review]

Serenade (1952)
Siberian State SO/Vladimir Lande Naxos 8573879 [review][review]

Sinfonietta 1 (1948)
National Polish Radio SO Katowice/Gabriel Chmura • Chandos CHAN10128 [review][review]
Vorarlberg SO/Gerard Korsten • Neos 11125 [review][review]
USSR State Academic SO/Yevgeni Svetlanov • Melodiya MELCD1002180 [review]

Sinfonietta 2 (1960)
Moscow CO/Rudolf Barshai • Melodiya MELCD1002180 [review]
National Polish Radio SO Katowice/Gabriel Chmura • Chandos CHAN10237 [review]
Amadeus CO Polish Radio/Anna Duczmal-Mróz • Dux 1632 [review]

Suite (1950)
Siberian State SO/Vladimir Lande • Naxos 8573565 [review][review][review]

Symphony 1 (1942)
Gothenburg SO/Thord Svedlund • Chandos CHSA5078 [review][review]
St Petersburg State Academic SO/Alexander Titov • Northern Flowers NFPMA9973 [review]

Symphony 2 (1945-6)
O Kameralna Polskiego Radia Amadeus/Anna Duczmal-Mróz • Dux 1631 [review]
Kremerata Baltica/Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla • DG 4836566 [review]
Umeå SO/Thord Svedlund • Alto ALC1037 [review]

Symphony 3 (1949-50/1959)
Gothenburg SO/Thord Svedlund • Chandos CHSA5089 [review]

Symphony 4 (1957/1961)
National Polish Radio SO Katowice/Gabriel Chmura • Chandos CHAN10237 [review]
Warsaw PO/Jacek Kaspszyk • Warner 2564622483 [review]
Moscow Phil SO/Kyrill Kondrashin • Melodiya MELCD1000986 [review]

Symphony 5 (1962)
National Polish Radio SO Katowice/Gabriel Chmura • Chandos CHAN10128 [review][review]

Symphony 6 (1962-63)
Vienna Boy's Ch, Vienna SO/Vladimir Fedoseyev • Neos 11125 [review][review]
Moscow Choral College, Moscow Phil SO/Kyrill Kondrashin • Melodiya MELCD1000986 [review]
Glinka Choral College Boys' Ch, St Petersburg State SO/Vladimir Lande • Naxos 8572779 [review]
Konzertchor Rutheneum, PO Altenburg Gera/Laurent Wagner • Klanglogo KL1532 [review]

Symphony 7 (1964)
Moscow CO/Rudolf Barshai • Melodiya MELCD1002180 [review]
O Kameralna Polskiego Radia Amadeus/Anna Duczmal-Mróz • Dux 1631 [review]
Silesian CO/Robert Kabara • Dux 1589 [review]
Gothenburg SO/Thord Svedlund • Chandos CHSA5078 [review][review]

Symphony 8 Polish Flowers (1964)
Rafał Bartmiński, Magdalena Dobrowolska, Ewa Marciniec, Warsaw PO & Chr/Antoni Wit • Naxos 8572873 [review][review]

Symphony 10 (1968)
Amadeus CO Polish Radio/Anna Duczmal-Mróz • CPO 7778872 [review][review]
Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer • ECM 2368/9 [review][review]

Symphony 12 In memoriam D. Shostakovich (1976)
St Petersburg State SO/Vladimir Lande • Naxos 8573085 [review][review]

Symphony 13 (1976)
Siberian State SO/Vladimir Lande Naxos 8573879 [review][review]

Symphony 14 (1977)
National Polish Radio SO Katowice/Gabriel Chmura • Chandos CHAN10334 [review]

Symphony 16 (1981)
National Polish Radio SO Katowice/Gabriel Chmura • Chandos CHAN10334 [review]

Symphony 17 Memory (1982-84)
Vienna SO/Vladimir Fedoseyev • Neos 11126 [review]
Siberian State SO/Vladimir Lande • Naxos 8573565 [review][review][review]

Symphony 18 War – there is no word more cruel (1982-84)
Tatyana Perevyazkina, Ekaterina Shikunova, Vladimir Dobrovolsky, Zahar Shikunov, St Petersburg State SO & Chamber Ch/Vladimir Lande • Naxos 8573190 [review] [review]

Symphony 19 The Bright May (1985)
St Petersburg State SO/Vladimir Lande • Naxos 8572752 [review][review]

Symphony 20 (1988)
Gothenburg SO/Thord Svedlund • Chandos CHSA5107 [review]

Symphony 21 Kaddish (1991)
City of Birmingham SO, Kremerata Baltica/Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (soprano) • DG 4836566 [review]
Veronika Bartenyeva (soprano) Siberian SO/Dmitry Vasilyev • Toccata Classics TOCC0193 [review]

Symphony 22 (1994)
Siberian SO/Dmitry Vasilyev • Toccata Classics TOCC0313 [review]

Trumpet concerto (1966/7)
Andrew Balio, St Petersburg State SO/Vladimir Lande • Naxos 8573190 [review] [review]
Bibi Black, Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian • Chandos CHAN9668 [review]
Jürgen Ellensohn, Vorarlberg SO/Gérard Korsten • Neos 11129 [review]
Hċkan Hardenberger, Leipzig Gewandhaus O/Andris Nelsons • Accentus ACC60508 [review]
Sergei Nakariakov, Jenaer Philharmonie/Andrey Boreyko Teldec 8573 855582 [review]
Selina Ott, ORF Vienna RSO/Dirk Kaftan • Orfeo C220011 [review]

Violin Concertino (1948)
Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica • ECM 2368/9 [review][review]
Ewelina Nowicka, Amadeus CO Polish Radio/Agnieszka Duczmal • CPO 7778872 [review][review]
Sergey Ostrovsky, Bournemouth SO/Thomas Sanderling • Naxos 8572631 [review]
Linus Roth, Württemberg CO Heilbronn/Ruben Gazarian • Challenge Classics CC72680 [review][review][review]
Candida Thompson, Amsterdam Sinfonietta • Channel Classics CCSSA34313 [review]

Violin Concerto (1961)
Ilya Gringolts, Warsaw PO/Jacek Kaspszyk • Warner 2564622483 [review]
Ilya Grubert, Russian PO, Dmitry Yablonsky • Naxos 8.557194 [review][review][review][review]
Leonid Kogan, Moscow State Philharmonic Soc SO/Kirill Kondrashin • Melodiya MELCD1002315 [review]
Linus Roth, Deutsches SO Berlin/Mihkel Kütson • Challenge Classics CC72627 [review][review]
Benjamin Schmid, ORF Vienna RSO/Cornelius Meister • Capriccio C5310 [review]

 



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