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Russian Avant-Garde Music - works by Edison Denisov, Sofia Gubaidulina, Alfred Schnittke / Rozhdestvensky

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra

This amazing release features a concert that has not only great artistic value, but also historic significance. It was the first and arguably the last...continue...

Mussorgsky: The Marriage; The Nursery / Gennady Rozhdestvensky

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra

In 1868, inspired by Dargomyzhsky's work on the opera The Stone Guest (based on Pushkin's tragedy of the same name), Mussorgsky decided to compose his...continue...

Igor Stravinksy: Le Baiser de la Fée / Rozhdestvensky (rec. 1966)

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09

Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Great Symphony Orchestra of the All-Union Radio and Television

Hans Christian Andersen' s fairytale The Ice Maiden was taken as a basis for the libretto of Le baiser de la fée, a ballet that...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 / Rozhdestvensky, London PO

1 CD / London Philharmonic Orchestra / 2013-03-26

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 8 in C minor, Op. 65
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Shostakovich's Eighth Symphony is a powerful work and today stands not only as a chilling reminder of some of the darkest days of the 20th...continue...
Recording information: Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London (10/30/1983)....continue...