Since you are interested in Symphony No. 9 Op.70 / The Adventures of Korzinkina / Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 / etc, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
An introduction to Shostakovich (Incls 'Piano Concerto No 2' & 'Symphony No 5') Dmitri Shostakovich Jnr (piano) / I Musici de Montreal / Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi / Maxim Shostakovich [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] 'Neeme Järvi's understanding of the bleak world inhabited by Shostakovich's symphonies continues to impress. Chandos's sound is superb as always.' American Recird Guide |
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The Unknown Shostakovich Alexander Ivashkin / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] A nifty orchestration of Schumann's Cello Concerto by Shostakovich! |
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Op.102 / Symphony for Strings in A flat Op.118a Dmitri Shostakovich Jr. (piano) / I Musici de Montreal / Maxim Shostakovich [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "In the concerto the immediacy of Cd is also exciting, and the touch of hardness that the piano takes on once or twice did not strike me as inappropriate, nor even the slight trace of harshness in the deliberately vociferous tutti in the first... |
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Symphony No.14 Op.135 for soprano, bass and chamber orchestra Elizabeth Holleque (soprano) Nikita Storojev (bass) / I Musici de Montraal / Yuli Turovsky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2005 ] Recorded in: L'Église de la Nativite de la Sainte Vierge, La Prairie, Quebec 1 January 1988 |
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Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Frans Helmerson (cello) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra under Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] 'The Russian strings… produce vast, cascading waves of sound, around which Helmerson weaves an impassioned web of song. The Cadenza… is riveting. Helmerson pours out his heart and displays a true lyric gift.' American Record Guide |
TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / GLAZUNOV / SHOSTAKOVICH
Russian Ballet Masterpieces (Incls excerpts from 'SwanLake', 'Raymonda' & 'Nutcracker') Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1990 ] "The recording, made in the Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow has plenty of ambience but is brilliant too...the Scottish orchestra in good form throughout." (Gramophone on the Nutcracker/Swan Lake) |
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Symphony No 10 'The Big Lightning' Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor) / Valeri Polyansky, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2000 ] The monumental tenth coupled with the unusual! |
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Symphony No. 4 (Composer's arrangement for two pianos) Rustem Haydroudinoff (piano) / Colin Stone (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Apr/2005 ] Recording of the Month - MusicWeb April 2005 "This will be compulsory and compulsive listening for admirers of DSCH" - MusicWeb |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 1 & 6 Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2001 ] "Jarvi's account of the First Symphony is more volatile than Haitink's in the outter movements, while the Largo is intense and passionate. The Sixth has comparable intensity, with an elemant of starkness in the austerity of teh first movement." ***... |
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Symphony No 4 in C minor Op 43 Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 25/Jun/2001 ] "Jarvi draws from the SNO playing which is both rugged and expressive, consistently conveying the emotional thrust of the piece and making the enigmatic ending, with its ticking rhythm, warmer than usual, as though the bitterness is finally... |