https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:38:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://altocd.com/product/alc1709/ Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:03:28 +0000 https://altocd.com/?post_type=product&p=53381 Catalogue Number: ALC 1709 Number of Discs: 1 CD Date/Runtime: Time: 78:00 stereo 1961/2 Barcode: 5055354417092]]> ‘Every time I listen to a Glazunov symphony I think, why isn’t this more often performed? The sound is gorgeous and we set out with good symphonic material, so that the ear is captured and one’s mind engaged … Svetlanov and his orchestra do it superbly, and it is extremely well recorded. With ballet music Glazunov is, of course, very much on home ground and the Raymonda dances are delightful.’ (Gramophone)

Symphony No.8 in E flat major, Op.83 [42:03]

[1] Allegro moderato 10:53

[2] Mesto 11:41

[3] Allegro 6:42

[4] Finale: Moderato sostenuto – Allegro moderato 12:46

Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra 1962; Engineers:

S. Pazukhin, M. Kozhukhova

Ballet: La Raymonda, Op.57 (excerpts) [15:37]

[5] Valse (Act 1 Scene 1) 5:22

[6] Adagio (Act 2) 4:01

[7] Danse Espagnole (Act 2) 2:08

[8] Danse Hongroise (Act 3) 4:03

Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Moscow 1961

[9] Mazurka in G, Op.18 7:40

Rec Sept 1961 Moscow; Engineer S. Pazukhin

[10] Finnish Fantasy, Op.88 12:18

Rec Sept 1962 Moscow; Engineer Alexander Grosman

(9.10) USSR TV & Radio Grand Symphony Orchestra

]]> 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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