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Festive Overture, Op. 96 (more info)
Performed by: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: James DePreist Christopher Lyndon-Gee Neeme Jarvi Andrew Litton


1.   Festive Overture in A major, Op. 96 - 6:04


String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 (more info)
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Recording date: 14-17 February 1994


2.   String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110: III. Allegretto - 4:08


Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 (more info)
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Dmitry Sitkovetsky David Geringas
Jascha Nemtsov, piano


3.   Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67: III. Largo - 5:34


Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107 (more info)
Performed by: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Xalapa Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Geoffrey Simon Valery Polyansky Antoni Wit Carlos Miguel Prieto Christoph Eschenbach Luis Herrera de la Fuente
Maria Kliegel, cello
Frans Helmerson, cello
Dimitri Maslennikov, cello
Raphael Wallfisch, cello
Carlos Prieto, cello


4.   Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107: I. Allegretto - 6:13


24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 (more info)
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich Olli Mustonen
Bernd Glemser, piano
Terence Judd, piano
Lilia Boyadjieva, piano
David Jalbert, piano
Jenny Lin, piano
Konstantin Scherbakov, piano
Joachim Kwetzinsky, piano


5.   Prelude - 2:50
6.   Fugue - 4:02


Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 (more info)
Performed by: Philadelphia Orchestra Seattle Symphony Orchestra Russian National Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar Kurt Masur Yakov Kreizberg Alexander Rahbari Ladislav Slovak Neeme Jarvi Gerard Schwarz Jaap van Zweden Andrew Litton Christoph Eschenbach Vasily Petrenko Dmitrij Kitajenko
Recording date: 26-29 September 1990


7.   Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47: II. Allegretto - 5:09


Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (more info)
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Dmitry Yablonsky Carlos Miguel Prieto
Johannes Moser, cello
Paul Rivinius, piano
Luba Edlina, piano
Yuli Turovsky, cello
Doris Stevenson, piano
Ekaterina Saranceva, piano
Natalia Savinova, cello
Victor Yampolsky, piano
Recording date: 15-30 November 2004


8.   Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40: IV. Allegro - 4:29


The Golden Age Suite, Op. 22a (more info)
Performed by: Seattle Symphony Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Leipzig MDR Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Dmitri Kitayenko Christopher Lyndon-Gee Gerard Schwarz Constantine Orbelian
Recording date: September 2005


9.   The Golden Age Suite, Op. 22a: III. Polka - 1:51


String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 (more info)
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Recording date: 6-9 March 1995


10.   String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73: IV. Adagio - 5:26


Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70 (more info)
Performed by: Russian National Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Russian State Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Yakov Kreizberg Alexander Rahbari Ladislav Slovak Neeme Jarvi Valery Polyansky Vasily Petrenko
Valeri Popov, bassoon


11.   Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70: III. Presto - 2:47


24 Preludes, Op. 34 (more info)
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
William Kapell, piano
Konstantin Scherbakov, piano
Margarete Babinsky, piano
Jascha Nemtsov, piano
Recording date: 12-13 February 2001


12.   24 Preludes, Op. 34: No. 10 in C sharp minor - 2:06


Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77 (more info)
Performed by: French National Orchestra Seattle Symphony Orchestra Moscow Radio Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra USSR State Radio Symphony Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar Kurt Masur Maxim Shostakovich James Conlon Andrew Davis Pinchas Steinberg Neeme Jarvi Antoni Wit Gerard Schwarz Aleksander Vasil'yevich Gauk Lior Shambadal Vassil Stefanov
Sergey Khachatryan, violin
Gustav Schmaht, violin
Vladimir Spivakov,
Ilya Kaler, violin
Lydia Mordkovitch, violin
Yulian Sitkovetsky, violin
Elmar Oliveira, violin
Latica Honda-Rosenberg, violin
Steven Staryk, violin
Dmitri Kogan, violin
Stoika Milanova, violin
Oleh Krysa, violin
Yossif Ivanov, violin
Recording date: January and May, 1999


13.   Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99: IV. Burlesque - 5:10


The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a (more info)
Performed by: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich Peter Dixon
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar Vassily Sinaisky
Yuri Torchinsky, violin
Recording date: 12-15 February 1995


14.   The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: VIII. Romance - 5:54


Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 (more info)
Performed by: Seattle Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra CBC Radio Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Russian State Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: James DePreist Mario Bernardi Alexander Rahbari Ladislav Slovak Neeme Jarvi Valery Polyansky Bernard Haitink Andrew Litton
Angela Cheng, piano
Jens Lindemann, trumpet
Recording date: 20-26 June 1989


15.   Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93: II. Allegro - 4:17

Jazz Suite No. 2 (more info)
Performed by: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra CBC Radio Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Dmitry Yablonsky Mario Bernardi Steven Sloane
Angela Cheng, piano
Jens Lindemann, trumpet


1.   Jazz Suite No. 2: VI. Waltz 2 - 3:15


Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 (more info)
Performed by: Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Musici de Montreal, I CBC Radio Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Gulbenkian Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Wanda Landowska Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Maxim Shostakovich Jiri Starek Mario Bernardi Christopher Lyndon-Gee Valery Polyansky Gerard Schwarz Constantine Orbelian Achim Fiedler Lawrence Foster Lutz Kohler
John Taber, trumpet
Florian Uhlig, piano
Peter Leiner, trumpet
Stephen Burns, trumpet
Bernd Glemser, piano
Michael Houstoun, piano
Thomas Duis, piano
James Thompson,
Tatiana Polyanskaya, piano
Vladimir Goncharov, trumpet
Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Andrey Gugnin, piano
Angela Cheng, piano
Jens Lindemann, trumpet
Lise De la Salle, piano


2.   Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35: II. Lento - 8:31


Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, "Leningrad" (more info)
Performed by: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Dmitry Yablonsky Eduardo Mata Yuri Ahronovitch Ladislav Slovak Neeme Jarvi Valery Polyansky
Recording date: February 2003


3.   Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, "Leningrad": II. Moderato - 11:20


3 Fantastic Dances, Op. 5 (more info)
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Kathryn Stott, piano
Konstantin Scherbakov, piano


4.   3 Fantastic Dances, Op. 5: No. 3. Polka - 1:07


Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113, "Babi Yar" (more info)
Performed by: Russian State Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Ladislav Slovak Valery Polyansky
Ayik Martyrosyan, bass
Peter Mikulas, bass


5.   Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113, "Babi-Yar": II. Yumor - 7:36


Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 (more info)
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Mimi Zweig,
Constantine Orbelian, piano
Jerry Horner,
Boris Berman, piano
Martin Roscoe, piano
Ewa Kupiec, piano


6.   Piano Quintet, Op. 57: III. Scherzo - 3:25


Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 (more info)
Performed by: Russian National Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Kurt Masur Vladimir Jurowski Ladislav Slovak Neeme Jarvi


7.   Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10: II. Allegro - 4:54


Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 (more info)
Performed by: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Musici de Montreal, I CBC Radio Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Maxim Shostakovich Jiri Starek Mario Bernardi Christopher Lyndon-Gee Constantine Orbelian Andrew Litton
Florian Uhlig, piano
Michael Houstoun, piano
Andrey Gugnin, piano
Angela Cheng, piano
Jens Lindemann, trumpet


8.   Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102: II. Andante - 6:38


Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141 (more info)
Performed by: Russian National Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Ladislav Slovak Kirill Kondrashin
Mikhail Pletnev, piano


9.   Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141: III. Allegretto - 4:03


String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108 (more info)
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich


10.   String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108: III. Allegro - 5:35


Tahiti Trot, Op. 16 (orchestral transcription of Youmans' Tea for Two) (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Dmitry Yablonsky Neeme Jarvi Steven Sloane
Recording date: October 2001


11.   Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two), Op. 16 - 4:10

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