USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra

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...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 "Lenningrad" / Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 (as used in the film "Testimony")
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra

Melodiya presents a recording of Dmitri Shostakovich's famous opus, performed by one of the best interpreters of his music. Composed in the first months of...continue...
Recording information: 1986....continue...

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 7, 9 & 10; The Bolt and Michelangelo suites

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 (as used in the film "Testimony"); Symphony no 9 in E flat major, Op. 70; Suite on Verses of Michelangelo, songs (11) for bass & orchestra, Op. 145a (orchestration ...
Performers: Nesterenko, Evgeny
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: ; USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra; USSR State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra

To this day Gennady Rozhdestvensky stands as one of Russia's greatest conductors. Here the maestro conducts an all-Shostakovich program, touring the works of that 20th...continue...
Recording information: 1968-??-??&1976-??-??&1982-....continue...

Glazunov: Symphonies / Rozhdestvensky

5 CD / Melodiya / 2011-05-10

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Symphony no 1 in E major ("Slavyanskaya"), Op. 5; Symphony no 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 16; Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 33; Symphony no 4 in E flat major, Op. 48; Symphony no 5 in...
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra

It is difficult to overestimate the role that Alexander Glazunov, one of the most prominent Russian composers, played in the world music culture. His eight...continue...
Recording information: 1983-1985....continue...

Prokofiev: Symphonies / Rozhdestvensky

3 CD / Melodiya / 2011-05-10

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony no 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical"; Symphony no 2 in D minor, Op. 40; Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 44; Symphony no 4 in C major, Op. 112; Symphony no 5 in B flat major, O...
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra

A classic of Soviet symphonic music! Prokofiev's works reflect the whole palette of a tempestuous 20th-century history, from the greatest and most glorious accomplishments to...continue...
Recording information: 1965-1967....continue...