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Arvids Jansons, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Shostakovich: Symphonies 5 & 9 (Live) [ ICA Classics / CD - due 27/Feb/2026 ] Arvids Jansons (1914-1984) was born in Liepāja on Latvia's west coast. He studied violin from 1929 until 1935 at the Conservatory of Liepāja, then composition and conducting (under Leo Blech) at the Conservatory of Riga from 1940 until 1944 while... |
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ARENSKY / BUSONI / MOZART / POULENC / RACHMANINOFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Lyubov Bruk & Mark Taimanov Lyubov Bruk, Mark Taimanov (pianos) / Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Arnold Katz / Leningrad Chamber Orchestra, Lazar Gozman [ Philips Great Pianists Of The 20th Century Vol 15 / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] Taimanov was a top concert pianist in the Soviet Union. With his first wife, Lyubov Bruk, he formed a piano duo, some of whose recordings were included in the Phillips and Steinway series Great Pianists of the 20th Century. |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mravinsky Live Leningrad Philarmonic Orchestra, Evgeni Mravinsky [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1993 ] Recorded live in the Leningrad Hall in 1983 |
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CARL MARIA VON WEBER / FRANZ SCHUBERT / JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Yevgeny Mravinsky with the Leningrad Philarmonic Orchestra Leningrad Philarmonic Orchestra, Evgeni Mravinsky [ Melodiya / CD - released 12/Apr/1995 ] Recorded live in the Leningrad Grand Hall in 1978 |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeni Mravinsky [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1993 ] Recorded live in the Large Hall of the Leningrad Conservatoire November 3, 1957 |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 / Francesca da Rimini Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky [ Erato / CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Considered absolutely indispensable in the discography since its 1961 release on the yellow label, this set of Tchaikovsky's last three Symphonies offered a gripping synthesis of the conductor's art, his science of dynamics and inexhaustible poetic... |
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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6 'Pathetique' Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra / Evgeny Mravinsky (Conductor) [ Deutsche Gramophon Originals / 2 CD - released 10/May/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900). |
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MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH
Rostropovich-Mastercellist: Legendary Recordings 1956-1978 Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Leningrad Philharmonic Orch. / Bonston Symphony Orchestra / various conductors [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2008 ] Classic recordings from master cellist Rostropovich on a specially priced two CD set. |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Orchestral Works (Incls Symphonies, Concertos & The Isle of the Dead) St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra & Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, with Mikhail Rudy (piano) [ Warner classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2014 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) "Mariss Jansons is among the most respected musicians of his generation. He is a human dynamo, tireless in his pursuit of the highest musical standards." - David Gutman |
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SHOSTAKOVICH / KABALEVSKY / TANEYEV / ROKOFIEV / TCHAIKOVSKY
David Oistrakh: Russian Violin Concertos [3 CD set] David Oistrakh (violin) / State Symphony Orchestra of USSR / Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics Historic Russian Archive Edition / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2011 ] "..to compare and to contrast multiple recordings by this artist is an unmissable one, and rendered even more so by the budget price range. What are you waiting for?" (MusicWeb) |