Complete Symphonies = Симфонии
This comprehensive 11-CD set conducted by Kiril Kondrashin represents one of the most significant and respected readings of Shostakovich's complete symphonic cycle on record. Kondrashin was an essential interpreter of this music, conducting the Soviet composer's work with deep understanding and lived experience of the Russian tradition. The cycle unfolds from the youthful exuberance and modernist promise of Symphony No. 1 through the monumental later works that engage with Soviet history and human suffering. Kondrashin brings clarity and purposeful pacing to these complex scores, and the Melodiya recordings preserve a particular authenticity—recordings made in the context where this music lived and breathed. For serious listeners of Shostakovich, this cycle is indispensable and increasingly rare.
Item Details+
| Genre | Classical |
| Style | Modern |
| Notes | Mint (NM or M-) Good Plus (VG+) Booklet included. Symphonies 4, 8 and 12 are VG+, the rest is EX to NM. |
| Media | Near Mint (NM or M-) |
| Sleeve | Very Good Plus (VG+) |
| Label | Мелодия |
| Year | 2006 |
| Country | Russia |
| Format | 11xCD |
Tracklist+
. CD1 -- MEL CD 10 01066 : Symphony No. 1 • Symphony No. 2 • Symphony No. 3 __ 75:22
. Symphony No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 10
1-5. Symphony No. 2 In B Major, Op. 14 "To October" 16:46
1-6. Symphony No. 3 For Orchestra And Choir In E Flat Major, Op. 20 "The First Of May' 26:20
. CD2 -- MEL CD 10 01067 : Symphony No. 4 • October __ 72:45
. Symphony No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 43
2-4. October, Symphonic Poem, Op. 131 12:43
. CD3 -- MEL CD 10 01068 : Symphony No. 5 • Symphony No. 6 __ 68:27
. Symphony No. 5 In D Minor, Op. 47
. Symphony No. 6 In B Minor, Op. 54
. CD4 -- MEL CD 10 01069 : Symphony No. 7 __ 71:10
. Symphony No. 7 In C Major, Op. 60 ("Leningrad") 71:10
. CD5 -- MEL CD 10 01070 : Symphony No. 8 • Cantata, Op. 90 __ 68:43
. Symphony No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 65
5-6. The Sun Shines On Our Motherland Cantata, Op. 90 12:13
. CD6 -- MEL CD 10 01071 : Symphony No. 9 • Symphony No. 10 __ 73:16
. Symphony No. 9 In E Flat Major, Op. 70
. Symphony No. 10 In E Minor, Op. 93
. CD7 -- MEL CD 10 01072 : Symphony No. 11 __ 53:53
. Symphony No. 11 In G Minor "1905", Op. 103 53:53
. CD8 -- MEL CD 10 01073 : Symphony No. 12 • Stepan Razin __ 64:25
. Symphony No. 12 In D Minor "1917", Op. 112 (In Memory of V.I. Lenin)
8-5. The Execution Of Stepan Razin, Op. 119 27:38
. CD9 -- MEL CD 10 01074 : Symphony No. 13 __ 54:07
. Symphony No. 13 For Bass Soloist, Choir Of Basses, And Symphony Orchestra In B Flat Minor, Op. 113 ("Babi Yar" 54:07
. CD10 -- MEL CD 10 01075 : Symphony No. 14 __ 48:45
. Symphony No. 14 For Soprano, Bass And Chamber Orchestra, Op. 135 48:45
. CD11 -- MEL CD 10 01076 : Symphony No. 15 • Violin Concerto No. 2 __ 70:20
. Symphony No. 15 In A Major, Op. 141
. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra No. 2 In C Sharp Minor, Op. 129
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