VARIOUS ARTISTS – LEGENDS OF RUSSIA (2CD)

1-1 The Year 1941, Suite For Orchestra, Op. 90: In Battle Composed By – Sergei Prokofiev Conductor – Gennadi Rozhdestvensky 5:00 1-2 String Quartet No. 3 In F Major, Op. 73 Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich Performer – Rudolf Barshai 4:09 1-3 Prelude No. 1 (From Porgy And Bess) Composed By – George Gershwin Performer – Leonid Kogan 1:42 1-4 Gnomenreigen, For Piano (Zwei Konzertetüden No. 2), S. 145/2 (Lw A218/2) Composed By – Franz Liszt Performer – Emil Gilels 2:28 1-5 Viola Concerto: 1. Andante Comodo Composed By – William Walton* Conductor – Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Performer – Yuri Bashmet 8:35 1-6 Prelude & Fugue For Piano No. 2 In A Minor, Op. 87/2 Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich Performer – Dmitri Shostakovich 1:58 1-7 Violin Concerto In C Major, Op. 48: 1. Allegro Composed By – Dmitry Kabalevsky Conductor – Dmitry Kabalevsky Performer – Leonid Kogan 4:09 1-8 Piano Sonata No. 6 In A Major (“War Sonata 1”), Op. 82: 2. Allegretto Composed By – Sergei Prokofiev Performer – Sviatoslav Richter 4:02 1-9 Symphony No. 2: 1. Adagio Composed By – Rostislav Boiko* Conductor – Evgeni Svetlanov 8:38 1-10 Satires (5), For Soprano & Piano, Op. 109: 2. Spring Awakening Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich Performer – Galina Vishnevskaya, Mstislav Rostropovich 2:31 1-11 Piano Sonata No. 3 In B Minor, Op. 58, Ct. 203: 2. Scherzo Composed By – Frédéric Chopin Performer – Vera Gornostayeva* 2:38 1-12 Violin Concerto, Op. 14: 2. Andante Composed By – Samuel Barber Conductor – Pavel Kogan Performer – Leonid Kogan 8:18 1-13 Fantasiestück (“Traumes Wirren”), For Piano, Op. 12/7 Composed By – Robert Schumann Performer – Sviatoslav Richter 2:13 1-14 Symphony No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 65 (Stalingrad) Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich Conductor – Alexander Gauk 5:32 1-15 Symphony No. 1 In C Major: 4. Finale Composed By – Mily Balakirev Conductor – Evgeni Svetlanov 8:35 2-1 Symphony No. 5 In D Minor, Op. 47: 2. Allegretto Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich Conductor – Yuri Temirkanov 4:59 2-2 Fantasias (7) For Piano, Op. 116: Capriccio In D Minor Composed By – Johannes Brahms Performer – Emil Gilels 2:05 2-3 Sonata For 2 Violins In C Major, Op. 56: 4. Allegro Con Brio Composed By – Sergei Prokofiev Performer – David Oistrakh*, Igor Oistrakh* 5:14 2-4 Variations On The Name “Abegg,” For Piano In F Major, Op. 1 Composed By – Robert Schumann Performer – Yevgeny Kissin 7:21 2-5 Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G Major, BWV 1049: 3. Presto Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach Conductor – Rudolf Barshai 5:44 2-6 Ma Curly-headed Baby (Babby) For Voice & Piano Arranged By – George Clutsam Performer – Paul Robeson 2:33 2-7 Carmen, Opera: Seguidilla And Duet Composed By – Georges Bizet Performer – Mario del Monaco, Irina Arkhipova* 4:19 2-8 Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 16: 2. Scherzo Composed By – Sergei Prokofiev Performer – Vladimir Ashkenazy 2:42 2-9 Sonata For Cello & Piano In D Minor, Op. 40: 4. Allegro Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich Performer – Dmitri Shostakovich, Daniil Shafran* 4:10 2-10 Concerto For 2 Violins, Strings & Continuo In D Minor (“Double”), BWV 1043: 1. Vivace Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach Performer – David Oistrakh*, Yehudi Menuhin 4:41 2-11 Piano Sonata No. 7 In D Major, Op. 10/3: 1. Prestissimo Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven Performer – Emil Gilels 6:58 2-12 Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op. 26: 3. Allegro energico Composed By – Max Bruch Conductor – Alexander Lazarev Performer – Viktor Tretyakov* 7:01 2-13 Waltz For Piano In E Minor, KK IVa/15, Ct. 222 (B. 56) Composed By – Frédéric Chopin Performer – Yevgeny Kissin 2:38 2-14 Cello Concerto No. 1 In E Flat Major, Op. 107: 1. Allegretto Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich Conductor – David Oistrakh* Performer – Mstislav Rostropovich 6:02 2-15 Symphony No. 4 In F Minor, Op. 36: 4. Finale Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Conductor – Evgeny Mravinsky 7:50 SKU: 5032636200023 Categories: CLASSICAL, COMPILATIONS, INTERNATIONAL, MUSIC, RUSSIAN