Leningrad Philharmonic Archive
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4; SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10 – Leningrad Philharmonic Orch./ Yevgeny Mravinsky (1955) – Praga Digitals
Two Mravinsky performances from the Prague Spring 1955, of which the Shostakovich seems “definitive.” BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60; SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10 in e minor, Op. 93 – Leningrad Philharmonic Orch./ Yevgeny Mravinsky (1955) – Praga Digitals PRD 350 115, 79:28 [Distr. by Harmonia mundi/PIAS] ****: Praga Digitals restores two […]
Rostropovich – A Romantic Portrait – DVORAK/ SCHUMANN/ TCHAIKOVSKY – Mstislav Rostropovich, cello – Royal Philharmonic / Sir Adrian Boult/ Leningrad Philharmonic / Gennady Rozhdestvensky – Praga Digitals
Archival performances lovingly remastered and beautifully played.
Yevgeny Mravinsky, cond. = BARTOK: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; HONEGGER: Symphony No. 3 “Liturgique”; STRAVINSKY: Agon – Leningrad Philharmonic Orch./ Yevgeny Mravinsky – Praga Digitals
Three archive recordings conducted by Yevgeny Mravinsky during the second half of the ’60s, remastered to stereo SACD.
Yevgeny Mravinsky, cond. = BARTOK: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; HONEGGER: Symphony No. 3 “Liturgique”; STRAVINSKY: Agon – Leningrad Philharmonic Orch./ Yevgeny Mravinsky – Praga Digitals
Yevgeny Mravinsky and his loyal Leningrad Philharmonic indulge their potent talents upon three modern works of enduring quality.
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor; SCRIABIN: Poem of Ecstasy – Leningrad Philharmonic Orch./ Yevgeny Mravinsky – Praga Digitals
Much maligned at its premier, the Shostakovich Eighth now commands respect, and the Scriabin work showcases Mravinsky’s virtuoso ensemble.
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No.1; Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique” – Sviatoslav Richter, p./ Leningrad Philharmonic/ Yevgeny Mravinsky – Praga Digitals
More Richter reissued on SACD, with Mravinsky at the helm producing fireworks and splendid drama.
SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 2; Violin Concerto No. 1 – Mstislav Rostropovich, c./The Philadelphia Orch./Eugene Ormandy/Leonard Bernstein, piano and cond./New York Philharmonic/David Oistrakh, v./Leningrad Philharmonic Orch./Evgeni Mravinsky – Praga Digitals
Historic recordings of these sometimes troublesome masterworks.
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 ; Preludes: Op. 23 & 32 – Sviatoslav Richter, p./ Leningrad Philharmonic Orch./ USSR Radio-TV State Sym./ Kurt Sanderling – Melodiya/Praga Digitals
Another historical stereo recording brought to stereo-only SACD.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
