Rozhdestvensky – Alto CD https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:28:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Tchaikovsky: COMPLETE 8 SYMPHONIES ! PLUS 15 MAJOR ORCHESTRAL WORKS (Piano, Violin Concertos, Ballet Suites etc etc ) https://altocd.com/product/alc3147/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 01:46:17 +0000 https://altocd.com/?post_type=product&p=53168 Catalogue Number:  ALC 3147 Number of Discs: 10 CD Date/Runtime: 12 HOURS PLUS ! 1962/92 Barcode: 5055354431470]]> “his 5th full of Slavonic vitality … romantic and red-blooded. … reading of such fire and individuality” “6th is justly renowned … deeply passionate, yet introduced with much tenderness … last two movements very fine indeed … finale most moving”.(Penguin 3*)

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Disc A: Symphony 2 and No.3 [77:50] Disc B: Symphonies
4 and 5 (part1) [67.22] Disc C: Symphony 5 (completed)
& No.6 [59:36] DISC D: Marche Slave, Symphony 1 &
‘No.7’ Symphony of Life (part 1); [78:34] Disc E: No.7
(completed) & ‘Manfred’ [68:48] DISC F: Piano Concertos
1,2 & Pezzo [77:48] DISC G: Violin Concerto, Rococo
Variations, Francesca da Rimini [76:53] DISC H: Swan Lake
& Nutcracker Suites etc [75:31] DISC I: Suite No.3,
Romeo & Juliet, Capriccio Italien etc [78:10] DISC J:
Serenade for Strings, Sleeping Beauty Suite, ‘1812’
Overture, ‘Onegin’ Polonaise [76:46]
]]> Shostakovich Violin Concertos 1, 2 Suite from ‘Alone’ https://altocd.com/product/shostakovich-violin-concertos-1-2-suite-from-alone/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:43:42 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51999 Shostakovich Violin Concertos 1, 2 Suite from 'Alone' David Oistrakh Leningrad / Mravinsky Moscow Phil/ Kondrashin USSR State S.O / Rozhdestvensky Catalogue Number: ALC 1337 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: Time: 79:00 stereo 1956/74 Barcode: 5055354413377]]> “Similar feelings (soaring spontaneity and deeply perceptive intelligence) attend his readings of the Shostakovich concertos – added to which is my growing certainty that this version of No.I (accompanied by the great Mravinsky) is his finest. … It was with Mravinsky and the Leningrad that Oistrakh (as dedicatee) gave the first performance … Oistrakh plays as impeccably as ever, and the Leningrad Philharmonic gives admirably vital support” (Op.126) “taken as a whole, this is a most rewarding work and gets a most eloquence performance from Oistrakh who plays with his familiar virtuosity and sweetness of tone.” (Gramophone)

  • Violin Concerto in A minor Op.99 [36:29]
  • [1] Nocturne: Moderato 11:52
  • [2] Scherzo: Allegro 6:18
  • [3] Passacaglia: Andante – Cadenza (attacca) – 13:30
  • [4] Burlesque: Allegro con brio – Presto 4:46
  • Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor Op.129 (1967) [29:45]
  • [5] Moderato 12:43
  • [6] Adagio 8:52
  • [7] Adagio-allegro 8:10
  • Suite from the Film “Alone” Op.26 [12:33]
  • [8] March 4:17
  • [9] Largo 2:14
  • [10] Allegretto 6:02
]]> Piotyr Tchaikovsky (1840-93) https://altocd.com/product/piotyr-tchaikovsky-1840-93/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:38:05 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51152 Piotyr Tchaikovsky (1840-93) Manfred Symphony, Op.58 Overture in C minor (no Op.no)* Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Large Symphony Orchestra of the Ministry of Culture, Russian Federation *Moscow Symphony Orchestra Sergei Skripka Catalogue Number: ALC 1139 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: 68:45, DDD 1987/9]]> (of his previous Tchaikovsky recordings) “As I have often felt with Rozhdestvensky’s recordings, their warm, easy spontaneity,…. suggests sessions where the aim was to communicate immediately and warmly in a near equivalent to live performance” (Gramophone)

‘Manfred’ Symphony Op.58

  • [1] I. Lento lugubre – Moderato con moto 16:01
  • [2] II. Vivace con spirito 9:38
  • [3] III. Andante con moto 10:35
  • [4] IV. Allegro con fuoco 18:31
  • [5] Overture in C minor (no Op.no) 13:50
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