SHOSTAKOVICH: 6 GREAT SYMPHONIES (6 CDS)

Dmitri Shostakovich Great 6 Symphonies (4,5,7,8,10 & 15)

Disc A of ALC 6004 (62:02)

Symphony No.4 in C minor
West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Köln (WDR)
Conducted by Rudolf Barshai
Symphony No.4 in C minor, Op.43
1. Allegretto poco moderato 27:12
2. Moderato con moto 8:45
3. Largo – Allegro 26:04

Disc B of ALC 6004 (73:29)
Symphony 5 / Excerpts from The Gadfly Suite
London Symphony Orchestra / Maxim Shostakovich
Music from the Gadfly (19:47)
[1] Overture 3:09
[2] Folk Feast (National Holiday) 2:31
[3] Barrel Organ Waltz 2:10
[4] Galop 1:44
[5] Romance 6:31
[6] Finale 3:40
Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.47 (53:42)
[7] Moderato – Allegro non troppo 18:59
[8] Allegretto 5:20
[9] Largo 17:06
[10] Allegro non troppo – Allegro 12:15

Disc C of ALC 6004 (71:23)
Symphony No.7 in C major, Opus 60 “LENINGRAD”
USSR State Symphony Orchestra / Konstantin Ivanov

1. WAR, allegretto 26.31
2. MEMORIES, moderato (poco allegretto) 10.36
3. MY NATIVE FIELD, adagio 15.14
4. VICTORY, allegro non troppo 19.00

Disc D of ALC 6004 (61:13)
Symphony No.8 in C minor, Op.65
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra / Yevgeny Mravinsky

Symphony No. 8
[1] i. Adagio 25.15
[2] ii. Allegretto 6.21
[3] iii. Allegro non troppo 6.25
[4] iv. Largo 9.51
[5] v. Allegretto 13.18
(recorded live 1982, Leningrad)

Disc E of ALC 6004 (60:00)
Symphony No.10 in E minor
London Symphony Orchestra / Maxim Shostakovich

[1] I. Moderato 27:19
[2] II. Scherzo: Allegro 4:32
[3] III. Allegretto – Largo 13:44
[4] IV. Andante – Allegro 13:45

Disc F of ALC 6004 (70:21)
Violin Concerto No.2 / Symphony No.15
David Oistrakh (violin)
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Kyrill Kondrashin

Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor Op. 129 (1967)
[1] Moderato 12:43
[2] Adagio 8:52
[3] Adagio-allegro 8:08
Symphony No.15 in A major, Op.141 (1971)
[4] Allegretto 7:07
[5] Adagio-largo-adagio-largo 13:52
[6] Allegretto 4:15
[7] Adagio-allegretto-adagio-allegretto 15:12