Evgeny Mravinsky conducts Russian composers (3CD)

CD1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovksy 1840–1893
Serenade for Strings in C Op.48
1 I. Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo – Allegro moderato 9’42
2 II. Valse: Moderato – Tempo di valse 3’49
3 III.Élégie: Larghetto elegiaco 8’36
4 IV. Finale (Tema russo): Andante – Allegro con spirito 7’53
 
The Nutcracker – Suite Op.71a (selection)
5 Dance of the Mirlitons 2’37
6 Chinese Dance 1’02
7 Arabian Dance 3’59
 
8 Francesca da Rimini: Symphonic Fantasy after Dante Op.32 22’48
 
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Evgeny Mravinsky
 
Total time: 60’32
 
 
CD2
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.5 in E minor Op.64
1 I. Andante – Allegro con anima 13’10
2 II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza 11’33
3 III.Valse: Allegro moderato 5’26
4 IV. Finale: Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace – Molto vivace – Moderato assai 11’02
 
5 Sleeping Beauty Op.66 – Pas de deux (Act III) 5’15
 
6 Capriccio italien Op.45 14’26
 
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Evgeny Mravinsky
 
Total time: 60’57
 
 
CD3
Alexander Glazunov 1865–1936
Symphony No.4 in E flat Op.48
1 I. Andante – Allegro moderato 12’59
2 II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 5’17
3 III.Andante – Allegro 12’00
 
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 1844–1908
The Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh – Suite
4 I. Prelude: Hymn to Nature 4’29
5 II. Bridal Procession 3’27
6 III.Tartar invasion and the Battle of Kerzenets 4’24
7 IV.Death of Frevroniya and Apotheosis 10’52
 
Mikhail Glinka 1804–1857
8 Ruslan and Ludmilla – Overture 4’55
 
Maximilian Steinberg 1883–1946
Till Eulenspiegel
9 Dance of the Buffoons 2’44
10 Dance of Gillina 3’12
 
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Evgeny Mravinsky
 
Total time: 64’26
 
Live recordings: 25 October 1946 (CD3: 9–10), 17 March 1947 (CD1: 1–4), 2 March 1948 (CD3: 1–3), 11 March 1948 (CD1: 5–7, CD2: 5), 1 February 1949 (CD2: 6), 4 April 1949 (CD3: 4–7), 23 February 1965 (CD3: 8), 27 January 1972 (CD1: 8), 18 November 1982 (CD2: 1–4)