Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto, Variations on a Rococo Theme – Oistrakh, Rostropovich

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op.35 *
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, op.33 +

David Oistrakh - violin *
Mstislav Rostropovich - cello +
USSR Symphony Orchestra *
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra +
Kiril Kondrashin - conductor *
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky - conductor +

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Chopin, Saint-Saens, Franck – Works for Piano – Sviatoslav Richter (Melodiya Edition VI)

Vol.6 Melodiya Series

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21 *
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, op.103 +
César Franck (1822-1890):
Les Djinns - symphonic poem for Piano and Orchestra +

Sviatoslav Richter - piano
USSR Symphony Orchestra *
Moscow Youth Orchestra +
Yevgeny Svetlanov - conductor *
Kirill Kondrashin - conductor +

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J.S.Bach – English Suite No.3, Piano Concertos – Sviatoslav Richter (Melodiya Edition I)

Vol.1 Melodiya Series

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
English Suite No.3 in G minor BWV 808
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D minor BWV 1052 *
Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in C major BWV 1061 +

Sviatoslav Richter - piano
Anatoly Vedernikov - piano *
USSR Symphony Orchestra *
Moscow Chamber Orchestra +
Kurt Sanderling - conductor *
Rudolf Barshai - conductor +

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Various Composers – Russian Moods – Evgeny Svetlanov

remembering Yevgeny Svetlanov on his birthday

(6 September 1928 – 3 May 2002)

CD 1:
Eduard Napravnik (1839-1916):
Melancholy, op.48 no.3
Night Intermezzo
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881):
Dawn at the Moskva River
Dance of the Persian Maidens
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
Lyrical Poem in D flat major
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887):
Petite Suite (orch.: Glazunov)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
At the Tomb, op.61
Anton Arensky (1861-1906):
Intermezzo in G minor, op.13

CD 2:
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943):
Vocalise, op.34 no.14
The Rock, op.7
Anatoli Liadov (1855- 1914):
Eight Russian Folk Songs for Orchestra, op.58
Musical Snuff-Box, op.32
Vasili Kalinnikov (1866-1901):
Serenade in G minor for String Orchestra
Mili Balakirev (1837-1910):
Suite in D minor in Four Pieces by Frédéric Chopin

USSR Symphony Orchestra
Yevgeny Svetlanov - conductor

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Scriabin - Symphonies Nos.1 & 2 - Svetlanov

Not my rip. This album is a generous offer by "Anton Beer".

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):

CD 1:
Symphony No.2 in C minor, op.29
Le Poème de l'extase, op.54

CD 2:
Symphony No.3 in C minor, op.43 "Le Divin Poème"
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F sharp minor, op.20

Alexei Nasedkin - piano
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov - conductor

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Myaskovsky - Violin concerto op44, Symphony No.22 - Feigin, Dmitiev, Svetlanov

Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1951):
Violin Concerto in D minor, op.44 *
Symphony No.22 in B minor, op.54+

Grigori Feigin - violin
The USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra *
The USRR Symphony Orchestra +
Alexander Dmitriev - conductor *
Yevgeny Svetlanov - conductor +

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