Shostakovich Collection (28CD)

Dmitri Shostakovich Collection

CD1

SYMPHONY No.1 in F minor Op.10

1. Allegretto 8’09
2. Allegro 4’45
3. Lento 7 ’43
4. Allegro molto 8’36

5. SYMPHONY No.2 in B Op.14 for Chorus & Orchestra, “To October” 18’45

6. SYMPHONY No.3 in E fl at Op.20 for Chorus & Orchestra, “First of May” 26’29

Rundfunkchor

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Rudolf Barshai conductor

Total time: 74’50

Recording: Nos. 1 & 3 30 September - 3 October 1994,

No.2 23 January 1995, Philharmonie Köln, Germany

CD2

SYMPHONY No.4 in C minor Op.43

1. Allegretto poco moderato 27’11
2. Moderato con moto 8’45
3. Largo-allegro 26’02

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Rudolf Barshai conductor

Total time: 61’50

Recording: 16-24 April & 24 October 1996, Philharmonie, Köln

CD3

SYMPHONY No.5 in D minor Op.47

1. Moderato 15’30
2. Allegretto 5’31
3. Largo 13’17
4. Allegro non troppo 11’14

SYMPHONY No.6 in B minor Op.54

5. Largo 18’49
6. Allegro 5’47
7. Presto 6’58

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Rudolf Barshai conductor

Total time: 77’25

Recording: No.5 3-8 July 1995 & 26 April 1996, No.6 17-20 October 1995, Philharmonie, Köln

CD4

SYMPHONY No.7 in C Op.60 “Leningrad”

1. War, allegretto 26’17
2. Memories, Moderato (poco allegretto) 10’29
3. My native Field, adagio 18’14
4. Victory, allegro non troppo 16’31

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Rudolf Barshai conductor

Total time: 71’32

Recording: September 1992, Philharmonie, Köln

CD5

SYMPHONY No.8 in C minor Op.65

1. Adagio 27’21
2. Allegretto 6’42
3. Allegro non troppo 6’42
4. Largo 10’05
5. Allegretto 13’34

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Rudolf Barshai conductor

Total time: 64’27

Recording: 14 March 1994 & 16 October 1995, Philharmonie, Köln

CD6

SYMPHONY No.9 in E fl at Op.70

1. Allegro 5’16
2. Moderato 5’42
3. Presto 2’54
4. Largo 3’00
5. Allegretto 7’07

SYMPHONY No.10 in E minor Op.93

6. Moderato 23’14
7. Allegro 4’31
8. Allegretto 12’08
9. Andante 12’17

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Rudolf Barshai conductor

Total time: 76’15

Recording: No.9 12-14 July, 14 September 1995 & 26 April 1996; No.10 15-24 October 1996, Philharmonie, Köln

CD7

SYMPHONY No.11 in G minor Op.103 “The Year 1905”

1. Palace Square: Adagio 15’27
2. January 9-th: Allegro-adagio-allegro-adagio 18’48
3. Eternal Memory: Adagio 11’24
4. The Toscin: Allegro non troppo-allegromoderato-adagio-allegro 14’12

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Rudolf Barshai conductor

Total time: 59’54

Recording: 3-7 May 1999, Philharmonie Köln

CD8

SYMPHONY No.12 in D minor Op.112 “The Year 1917”

“To the Memory of Lenin”

1. Revolutionary Petrograd: Moderato-allegro 12’53
2. Razliv: Adagio 9’57
3. Aurora: Allegro 4’14
4. The Dawn of Humanity: L’istesso tempo 9’58

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Rudolf Barshai conductor

Total time: 37’04

Recording: 11-15 September 1995, Philharmonie Köln

CD9

SYMPHONY No.13 in B flat minor for Bass, Chorus & Orchestra Op.113, “Babi Yar”

1. Babi Yar: Adagio 17’09
2. Humour: Allegretto 8’28
3. In the Store: Adagio 12’44
4. Fears: Adagio 11’55
5. A Career: Allegretto 12’29

Sergei Aleksashkin bass

The Choral Academy Moscow

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Rudolf Barshai conductor

Total time: 62’41

Recording: 11-14 September 2000, Philharmonie Köln

CD10

SYMPHONY No.14, for Soprano, Bass, Strings & Percussion Op.135

1. De profundis (bass; Garcia Lorca) 4’23
2. Malagueña (soprano; Garcia Lorca) 2’50
3. Lorelei (soprano & bass; Apollinaire) 8’00
4. The Suicide (soprano; Apollinaire) 6’13
5. On Watch (soprano; Apollinaire) 2’59
6. Madam, look! (soprano & bass; Apollinaire) 1’32
7. In Prison, at the Sante Jail (bass, Apollinaire) 8’20
8. The Zaporozhian Cossack’s answer to the Sultan of Constantinople

(bass; Apollinaire)                                                                                                                                                          2’07

9. O Delvig, Delvig (bass; küchelbecker) 3’44
10. The Death of the Poet (soprano; Rilke) 4’23
11. Conclusion (soprano & bass; Rilke) 1’04

Alla Simoni soprano

Vladimir Vaneev bass

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Rudolf Barshai conductor

Total time: 45’34

Recording: 1999/2000, Philharmonie, Köln

CD11

SYMPHONY No.15 in A Op.141

1. Allegretto 8’19
2. Adagio-largo-adagio-allegretto 11’43
3. Allegretto 3’53
4. Adagio-allegretto-adagio-allegretto 13’56

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Rudolf Barshai conductor

Total time: 37’54

Recording: 15-20 June 1998, Philharmonie, Köln

CD12

CHAMBER SYMPHONY Op.73a

(Arrangement of String Quartet No.3)

1. Allegretto 8’19
2. Moderato con moto 5’30
3. Allegro non troppo 4’41
4. Adagio 5’09
5. Moderato 10’52

CHAMBER SYMPHONY Op. 83a

(Arrangement of String Quartet Op.4)

6. Allegro 4’12
7. Andantino 7’04
8. Allegretto 5’09
9. Allegretto 9’56

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

Rudolf Barshai conductor

Total time: 61’16

Recording: Live. 2005, Auditorium Verdi, Milano, Italy

CD13

CHAMBER SYMPHONY Op.49a

„Eine kleine Symphonie“

(Arrangement of String Quartet No.1)

1. Moderato 4’23
2. Moderato 4’52
3. Allegro molto 2’45
4. Allegro 3’33

CHAMBER SYMPHONY Op.110a

(Arrangement of String Quartet No.8)

5. Largo 4’42
6. Allegro molto 3’40
7. Allegretto 4’29
8. Largo 4’29
9. Largo 3’49

CHAMBER SYMPHONY Op.118a

(Arrangement of String Quartet No.10)

10. Andante 5’08
11. Allegretto furioso 4’15
12. Adagio 7’01
13. Allegretto 10’02

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

Rudolf Barshai conductor

Total time: 63’40

Recording: Live. 2005, Auditorium Verdi, Milano, Italy

CD14

SUITE FOR VARIETY ORCHESTRA No.1 (JAZZ SUITE No.2)

1. March 3’04
2. Dance No. 1 2’56
3. Dance No. 2 3’39
4. Little Polka 2’33
5. Lyric Waltz 2’38
6. Waltz No. 1 3’21
7. Waltz No. 2 3’34
8. Finale 2’13

9. OVERTURE ON RUSSIAN AND KIRGHIZ THEMES Op.115 9’19

JAZZ SUITE No.1

10. Waltz 2’19
11. Polka 1’38
12. Foxtrot 3’47
13. NOVOROSSIJSK CHIMES 2’32
14. FESTIVE OVERTURE Op.96 5’46

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Theodore Kuchar conductor

Total time: 50’43

Recording: 1-8 June 2005, Grand Studio of the National Radio Symphony Company of Ukraine in Kiev

CD15

THE BOLT Ballet Suite Op.27a

1. Overture 6’34
2. Polka 2’36
3. Variation 1’49
4. Tango 5’07
5. Intermezzo 3’50
6. Finale 3’23

THE LIMPID STREAM Ballet Suite Op.39a

7. Waltz 2’23
8. Russian Lubok 2’30
9. Galop 1’57
10. Adagio 7’19
11. Pizzicato 1’12

THE GOLDEN AGE Ballet Suite Op.22a

12. Overture 3’54
13. Adagio 8’40
14. Polka 2’08
15. Dance 2’10

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Theodore Kuchar conductor

Total time: 55’46

Recording: 1-8 June 2005, Grand Studio of the National Radio Symphony Company of Ukraine in Kiev

CD16

HAMLET Suite

1. Prelude 2’18
2. The Ball at the Palace 3’41
3. The Ghost 1’20
4. In the Garden 3’03
5. Hamlet & Ophelia 3’51
6. Arrival of the Actors 2’11
7. Poisoning Scene 7’26
8. Duel and Death of Hamlet 3’57

GADFLY Suite Op.97a

9. Overture 2’58
10. Contradance 2’27
11. Folk Feast 2’38
12. Interlude 2’49
13. Waltz “Barrel Organ” 1’54
14. Galop 1’57
15. Introduction 6’04
16. Romance 6’23
17. Intermezzo 5’32
18. Nocturne 3’52
19. Scene 3’21
20. Finale 3’07

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Theodore Kuchar conductor

Total time: 72’09

Recording: 1-8 June 2005, Grand Studio of the National Radio Symphony Company of Ukraine in Kiev

CD17

PIANO CONCERTO No.1 in C minor Op.35

1. I. Allegro moderato 6’13
2. II. Lento 8’26
3. III. Moderato 1’37
4. IV. Allegro con brio 6’51

PIANO CONCERTO No.2 in F Op.102

5. I. Allegro 7’36
6. II. Andante 7’35
7. III. Allegro 5’25

3 FANTASTIC DANCES Op.5

8. I. March - Allegretto 1’16
9. II. Waltz - Andantino 1’29
10. III. Polka - Allegretto 1’04

PRELUDE AND FUGUE No.24 Op.87

11. Preludio - Andante 4’50
12. Fugue - Moderato 8’43

Giuseppe Andaloro piano

Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese

Filippo Arlia conductor

Total time: 61’12

Recording: 22-24 September 2023, Auditorum Renzo Piano L’Aquila, Italy

CD18

VIOLIN CONCERTO No.1 in A minor Op.99

1. I. Nocturne. Moderato 11’37
2. II. Scherzo. Allegro 6’39
3. III. Passacaglia. Andante 13’56
4. IV. Burlesque. Allegro con brio 5’02

VIOLIN CONCERTO No.2 in C-sharp minor Op.129

5. I. Moderato 13’15
6. II. Adagio 10’48
7. III. Adagio - Allegro 9’29

Ivan Pochekin violin

Russian National Orchestra

Valentin Uryupin conductor

Total time: 70’54

Recording: 2019, Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory

CD19

CELLO CONCERTO No.1 Op.107

1. I. Allegretto 6’15
2. II. Moderato 11’33
3. III. Cadenza 5’52
4. IV. Allegro con moto 4’39

CELLO CONCERTO No.2 Op.126

5. I. Largo 15’44
6. II. Allegretto 4’20
7. III. Allegretto 16’18

Alexander Ivashkin cello

Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Valeri Polyansky conductor

Total time: 64’53

Recording: 7–9 October 1997, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory

CD20

PIANO QUINTET in G minor Op.57

1. I. Prelude. Lento – Poco più mosso – Lento 5’00
2. II. Fugue. Adagio 9’45
3. III. Scherzo. Allegretto 3’19
4. IV. Intermezzo. Lento 6’55
5. V. Finale. Allegretto 7’23

Quartetto Noûs

Tiziano Baviera · Alberto Franchin violins

Sara Dambruoso viola · Tommaso Tesini cello

6. PIANO TRIO No.1 in C minor Op.8 13’09

PIANO TRIO No.2 in E minor Op.67

7. I. Andante - moderato 7’24
8. II. Allegro con brio 3’04
9. III. Largo 4’53
10. IV. Allegretto 10’47

Trio Kanon

Lena Yokoyama violin

Alessandro Copia cello

Diego Maccagnola piano

Total time: 72’01

Recording: Piano Quintet March 2023, Trios September 2024, BartokStudio, Bernareggio (MB), Italy

CD21

SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO Op.134

1. I. Andante 9’24
2. II. Allegretto 6’10
3. III. Largo 12’34

Isabelle van Keulen violin

Ronald Brautigam piano

SONATA FOR VIOLA AND PIANO Op.147

4. I. Moderato 9’28
5. II. Allegretto 7’07
6. III. Adagio 12’19

Duo Phoné

Leonardo Taio viola · Sofia Adinolfi piano

CELLO SONATA in D minor Op.40

7. I. Allegro non troppo 11’20
8. II. Allegro 3’19
9. III. Largo 7’02
10. IV. Allegro 3’49

Timora Rosler cello

Klára Würtz piano

Total time: 82’59

Recording: Op.134 23/24 March 1992, Maria Minor Church Utrecht, The Netherlands; Op.40 September 1997, Church

Kortenhoef, The Netherlands; Op.147 29-30 October & 20-22 November 2023, Auditorium “Negri” - Cavalli Musica

Castrezzato, Brescia, Italy

CD22

STRING QUARTET No.2 in A Op.68 (1944)

1. Overture: Moderato con moto 8’03
2. Recitative & Romance: Adagio 10’53
3. Waltz: Allegro 5’59
4. Theme & variations: Adagio 10’47

STRING QUARTET No.8 in C minor Op.110 (1960)

5. I. Largo 4’40
6. II. Allegro molto 2’45
7. III. Allegretto 4’15
8. IV. Largo 4’33
9. V. Largo 4’04

STRING QUARTET No.13 in B-flat minor Op.138 (1970)

10. Adagio 20’44

Rubio Quartet

Dirk van de Velde violin I · Dirk van den Hauwe violin II

Marc Sonnaert viola · Peter Devos cello

Total time: 77’06

Recording: April-September 2002, Church in Mullum, Belgium

CD23

STRING QUARTET No.3 in F Op.73 (1946)

1. I. Allegretto 6’40
2. II. Moderato con moto 4’54
3. III. Allegro non troppo 4’01
4. IV. Adagio 5’41
5. V. Moderato 10’40

STRING QUARTET No.7 in F-sharp minor Op.108 (1960)

6. I. Allegretto 3’33
7. II. Lento 3’36
8. III. Allegro 6’03

STRING QUARTET No.9 in E-fl at Op.117 (1964)

9. I. Moderato con moto 4’20
10. II. Adagio 4’34
11. III. Allegretto 3’47
12. IV. Adagio 3’32
13. V. Allegro 9’54

Rubio Quartet

Dirk van de Velde violin I · Dirk van den Hauwe violin II

Marc Sonnaert viola · Peter Devos cello

Total time: 71’39

Recording: April-September 2002, Church in Mullum, Belgium

CD24

STRING QUARTET No.5 in B-fl at Op.92 (1952)

1. I. Allegro non troppo 10’44
2. II. Andante 10’41
3. III. Moderato 10’25

STRING QUARTET No.11 in F minor Op.122 (1966)

4. Introduction: Andantino 2’15
5. Scherzo: Allegretto 2’57
6. Recitativo: Adagio 1’18
7. Etude: Allegro 1’19
8. Humoresque: Allegro 1’08
9. Elegy: Adagio 4’15
10. Conclusion: Moderato 3’41

STRING QUARTET No.12 in D-fl at Op.133 (1968)

11. I. Moderato 6’41
12. II. Allegretto 20’29

Rubio Quartet

Dirk van de Velde violin I · Dirk van den Hauwe violin II

Marc Sonnaert viola · Peter Devos cello

Total time: 76’16

Recording: April-September 2002, Church in Mullum, Belgium

CD25

STRING QUARTET No.4 in D Op.83 (1949)

1. I. Allegretto 4’27
2. II. Andantino 6’35
3. III. Allegretto 4’07
4. IV. Allegretto 10’28

STRING QUARTET No.6 in G Op.101 (1956)

5. I. Allegretto 6’42
6. II. Moderato con moto 4’56
7. III. Lento 5’57
8. IV. Lento-Allegretto 7’44

STRING QUARTET No.10 in A-fl at Op.118 (1964)

9. I. Andante 4’23
10. II. Allegretto furioso 4’15
11. III. Adagio 6’13
12. IV. Allegretto 9’08

Rubio Quartet

Dirk van de Velde violin I · Dirk van den Hauwe violin II

Marc Sonnaert viola · Peter Devos cello

Total time: 75’18

Recording: April-September 2002, Church in Mullum, Belgium

CD26

STRING QUARTET No.1 in C Op.49 (1935)

1. I. Moderato 3’57
2. II. Moderato 4’43
3. III. Allegro molto 2’12
4. IV. Allegro 3’03

STRING QUARTET No.14 in F-sharp Op.142 (1973)

5. I. Allegretto 8’22
6. II. Adagio 10’57
7. III. Allegretto 8’44

STRING QUARTET No.15 in E-fl at minor Op.144 (1974)

8. Elegy: Adagio 12’23
9. Serenade: Adagio 5’14
10. Intermezzo: Adagio 1’49
11. Nocturne: Adagio 4’54
12. Funeral March: Adagio molto 4’38
13. Epilogue: Adagio 6’40

Rubio Quartet

Dirk van de Velde violin I · Dirk van den Hauwe violin II

Marc Sonnaert viola · Peter Devos cello

Total time: 75’18

Recording: April-September 2002, Church in Mullum, Belgium

CD27

PRELUDE ET FUGUE No.1 in C

1. Prélude 2’25
2. Fugue a 4 voices 2’53

PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE No.2 in A minor

3. Prélude 0 ’52
4. Fugue a 3 voices 1’26

PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE No.3 in G

5. Prélude 1’48
6. Fugue a 3 voices 2’08

PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE No.4 in E minor

7. Prélude 2’34
8. Fugue a 4 voices 5’06

PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE No.5 in D

9. Prélude 1’48
10. Fugue a 3 voices 1’50

PRELUDE ET FUGUE No.6 in B minor

11. Prélude 1’31
12. Fugue a 4 voices 4’12

PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE No.7 in A

13. Prélude 1’24
14. Fugue a 3 voices 2’28

PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE No.8 in F-sharp minor

15. Prélude 1’09
16. Fugue a 3 voices 5’42

PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE No.9 in E

17. Prélude 2’48
18. Fugue a 2 voices 1’39

PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE No.10 in C-sharp minor

19. Prélude 2’03
20. Fugue a 4 voices 5’06

PRELUDE ET FUGUE No.11 in B

21. Prélude 1’15
22. Fugue a 3 voices 2’21

PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE No.12 in G-sharp minor

23. Prélude 4’18
24. Fugue a 4 voices 4’08

PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE No.13 in F-sharp

25. Prélude 1’59
26. Fugue a 5 voices 4’26

Mūza Rubackytė piano

Total time: 70’13

Recording: August 2006, Hall of Luthuanian National Philharmonic, Vilnius, Luthuania

CD28

PRELUDE ET FUGUE No.14 in E-fl at minor

1. Prélude 4’40
2. Fugue a 3 voices 3’11

PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE No.15 in D-fl at

3. Prélude 2’45
4. Fugue a 4 voices 1’59

PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE No.16 in B-fl at minor

5. Prélude 3’30
6. Fugue a 3 voices 7’31

PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE No.17 in A-fl at

7. Prélude 1’47
8. Fugue a 4 voices 3’33

PRELUDE ET FUGUE No.18 in F minor

9. Prélude 2’15
10. Fugue a 4 voices 3’36

PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE No.19 in E-fl at

11. Prélude 2’02
12. Fugue a 3 voices 2’42

PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE No.20 in C minor

13. Prélude 3’38
14. Fugue a 4 voices 4’19

PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE No.21 in B-fl at

15. Prélude 1’26
16. Fugue a 3 voices 2’51

PRELUDE ET FUGUE No.22 in G minor

17. Prélude 2’29
18. Fugue a 4 voices 3’54

PRELUDE ET FUGUE No.23 in F

19. Prélude 2’33
20. Fugue a 3 voices 3’44

PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE No.24 in D minor

21. Prélude 3’47
22. Fugue a 4 voices 6’30

Mūza Rubackytė piano

Total time: 75’28

Recording: August 2006, Hall of Luthuanian National Philharmonic, Vilnius, Luthuania