https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Tue, 11 Feb 2025 01:57:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://altocd.com/product/alc1706/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:02:00 +0000 https://altocd.com/?post_type=product&p=53319 Catalogue Number: ALC 1706 Number of Discs: 1 CD Date/Runtime: 79:35 ADD 1961-3 Barcode: 5055354417061]]> “Then came a Second Symphony, simpler in mood and written with deep patriotism in the middle of the war. It is also excellently composed, and genuinely symphonic despite its fashioning from film music … so much passion and conviction in this performance, by a conductor who has clearly taken great trouble to convey his belief in it.” (Gramophone) “Shostakovich admired his music which is finely paced, expertly constructed and brilliantly scored” (Penguin Guide)

Symphony No.2 ‘Motherland’, Op.39 [35:06]

[1] I. Andante con moto e molto espressivo 7:39

[2] II. Presto giocoso 7:12

[3] III. Largo 13:13

[4] IV. Presto 7:01

USSR Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Gennady Provotarov

Sound Engineer – D. Gaklin Recorded Moscow, May 1961

Symphony No.5 ‘Pastoral’, Op.77 [44:21]

[5] I. Pastorale – II. Storm 17:30

[6] III. Struggle – IV. Hopes – V. Pastorale 26:50

USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Gurgen Karapetyan

Sound Engineer –Severin Pazukhin

Recorded in Moscow 1963

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