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
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).