Yevgeni MRAVINSKY

Vol. 1: DHR-7798/9 (2CDs)

LENINGRAD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

BRAHMS: THE FOUR SYMPHONIES
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68
Leningrad, 1949
Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 73 Live performance, Vienna, June 12, 1978
Symphony No. 3 in F major Op. 90 Live performance, Leningrad, November 30, 1971
Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98 Live performances, Leningrad, April 28, 1973


Vol. 2: DHR-7810/11 (2CDs)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique"
USSR State Symphony Orchestra; Recorded 1949
Francesca da Rimini - Symphonic Fantasia in E minor Op. 32
Moscow Phiharmonic Orchestra; Recorded 1940

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47
Leningrad Philharmonic Orch.; Rec. March 27, 1938

BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14: 2nd Mvt: Un bal
USSR State Symphony Orchestra; Recorded Moscow, 1949

WEBER: Invitation to the Dance, op. 65 (orchestration Weingartner); Oberon Overture
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra; Recorded January 2, 1951

Contains items transfered from some of the rarest Mravinsky 78 rpm recordings:
· This version of the Shostakovich Symphony No. 5: Only two sets are known to exist.
· The Tchaikovsky recordings are the only that Mravinsky ever recorded with an orchestra other than his own (Leningrad PhO).

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