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Shostakovich: Russian Romances / Nina Fomina, soprano

2 CD / Capriccio / 2011-10-25

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: From Jewish Folk Poetry, song cycle for soloists & piano, Op. 79 (orchestrated as Op 79a); Suite on Verses of Michelangelo, songs (11) for bass & piano, Op. 145 (orchestrated as ...
Performers: Fomina, Nina; Kasatschuk, Wladimir; Kotscherga, Anatolij; Sulejmanow, Stanislaw
Conductors: Jurowski, Michail

For a composer of vocal music in a totalitarian state such as the former Soviet Union, the very choice of poet was itself a declaration...continue...

Live from the Marlboro Music Festival: Respighi, Cuckson, Shostakovich / Valente, Humphrey, Maurice

1 CD / Marlboro Recording Society / 2011-08-03

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Il tramonto; Robert Cuckson: Der gayst funem shturem (The Spirit of the Storm), for voice & ensemble; Dmitry Shostakovich: From Jewish Folk Poetry, song cycle for soloists & piano,...
Performers: Batlle, Luis; Beaty, Sarah; Cohen, Zachary; Cordell, Angela; Guterman, Beth; Humphrey, Jon; Johnson, Jennifer; Levin, Ida; Magen, Sivan; Maurice, Glenda; Valente, Benita; Zur, Yonah; _orsteinsd&oacut...

With this release, the Marlboro Recording Society begins a series dedicated to releasing memorable performances from the Marlboro Music Festival which have never previously been...continue...

Liederabend: Salzburg Festival 1959 / Gedda, Werba

1 CD / Orfeo / 2010-08-10

Works: Niccolò Piccinni: O Nuit, Déesse du mystère, song for voice & piano; Andrea Falconieri: Vezzosette e care; Ottorino Respighi: Notte, song for mezzo-soprano & piano (from Liriche (6) Se...
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Werba, Erik [Piano]

Recording information: Mozarteum, Salzburger Festspiele (08/18/1959)....continue...

Kurt Sanderling - 95th Birthday Celebration - Bruckner, Shostakovich, Mahler

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103; Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Dmitry Shostakovich: From Jewish Folk Poetry, song cycle for soloists & piano, Op. 79 (orchestrated ...
Performers: Croonen, Maria; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Kurt Sanderling is the last great conductor of his generation, and his 95th birthday provides the occasion to present three important recordings in remastered versions...continue...

Shostakovich: The Symphonies / Haitink, Concertgebouw, LPO

11 CD / Decca / 2006-05-16

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10; Symphony no 3 in E flat major (The First of May), Op. 20; Symphony no 2 in B flat major (To October), Op. 14; Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93;...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Karcykowski, Ryszard; Rintzler, Marius; Söderström, Elisabeth; Varády, Julia [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Men's Chorus; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

"Haitink brings out an unexpected refinement in the symphonies, a rare transparency of texture. He's helped by a recording of Decca's finest quality, vividly remastered."...continue...

Shostakovich: Complete Songs Vol 5 - Famous Vocal Cycles

1 CD / Delos / 2005-01-01

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: From Jewish Folk Poetry, song cycle for soloists & piano, Op. 79 (orchestrated as Op 79a); Suite on Verses of Michelangelo, songs (11) for bass & piano, Op. 145 (orchestrated as ...
Performers: Kuznetsov, Fyodor; Pluzhnikov, Konstantin; Serov, Yury; Sumatchova, Svetlana

Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, From Jewish Folk Poetry, etc

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-09-26

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Quartet for Strings no 8 in C minor, Op. 110; Chamber Symphony in A flat major, Op. 118a (arr. by Robert Barshai from String Quartet No 10); From Jewish Folk Poetry, song cycle f...
Performers: Hart, Mary Ann [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Nolan, Rodney; Pelle, Nadia
Conductors: Turovsky, Yuli
Ensemble: I Musici de Montreal

"The Symphony for Strings is excellently done." -Gramophone "...with such ardor and consummate musicianship that one cannot imagine improvement." -Fanfare...continue...

Shostakovich: New Babylon Film Music, etc / Polyansky

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-03-17

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: From Jewish Folk Poetry, song cycle for soloists & piano, Op. 79 (orchestrated as Op 79a); New Babylon, suite from the film score, Op. 18a (restored by Rozhdestvensky)
Performers: Kuznetsova, Ludmila; Martynov, Alexei; Sharova, Tatiana
Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri
Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Orchestra

Shostakovich's film music represents an important area of his output, which began in December 1928 when he started writing the score to the film New...continue...

Jan DeGaetani in Concert Vol 3 - Shostakovich, Welcher et al

1 CD / Bridge / 1995-05-23

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: From Jewish Folk Poetry, song cycle for soloists & piano, Op. 79 (orchestrated as Op 79a); Daniel Welcher: Abeja blanca, for mezzo-soprano, English horn & piano; György Kurt...
Performers: DeGaetani, Jan [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Humphrey, Jon; Lipman, Samuel; Spillman, Robert; Valente, Benita; West, Philip
Conductors:
Ensemble: Speculum Musicae

"As far as I am concerned, Bridge Records deserves a fanfare and a 21-gun salute for tracking down Jan DeGaetani's concert tapes and making them...continue...

Music on Hebrew Themes / Turovsky, I Musici de Montreal

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: From Jewish Folk Poetry, song cycle for soloists & piano, Op. 79 (orchestrated as Op 79a); Ernest Bloch: From Jewish Life; Baal Shem; Méditation Hébraïque; Ser...
Performers: Hart, Mary Ann [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Nolan, Rodney; Pelle, Nadia; Turovsky, Yuli