Opus 1 - 2B - 2C - 2D - 2E - 3 - 4

Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen

Last update: 5 May 2007


CDs are listed as near as possible to a chronological order of performance year. Indicated are Label & Code, Performers, Year of Performance (P-Y) and Year of Release (R-Y).

Opus 1: Scherzo F sharp minor for orchestra

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
Olympia OCD 194USSR Ministry of Culture SO, G. Rozhdestvensky19821988
Icone ICN 9415-2USSR Ministry of Culture SO, G. Rozhdestvensky19821999

Opus 2B: Minuet, Prelude and Intermezzo for piano

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
AVM Classics AVZ 3020M. Jones (piano)19891990
Naxos 8.570092Konstantin Scherbakov (piano)20052006

Opus 2C: Murzilka for piano

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
AVM Classics AVZ 3020M. Jones (piano)19891990
Naxos 8.570092Konstantin Scherbakov (piano)20052006

Opus 2D: Five Preludes for piano

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
AVM Classics AVMCD 1003M. Jones (piano)19881988
Olympia OCD 574C. Stone (piano)19951996
The Divine Art 25018R. Clarke (piano)20012002
Decca 470 649-2V. Ashkenazy (piano)20032004
Chandos CHAN 9768(Preludes Nos. 1 & 2, orchestrated by A. Schnittke) Russian State SO, V. Polyansky19982000
Naxos 8.570092Konstantin Scherbakov (piano)20052006

Opus 2E: Orchestration of "I Waited in the Grotto" by N. Rimsky Korsakov for soprano and orchestra

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
Vicc 40054USSR SO, G. Rozhdestvensky, A. Ablaberdyeva (soprano)19761990

Opus 3: Theme and Variations B flat major for orchestra

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
Olympia OCD 194USSR Ministry of Culture SO, G. Rozhdestvensky19821988
Icone ICN 9415-2USSR Ministry of Culture SO, G. Rozhdestvensky19821999
Telarc 80642London SO, Leon Botstein (cond)20042005
Telarc SACD 60642London SO, Leon Botstein (cond)20042005

Opus 4: "Two Fables of Krilov" for mezzo-soprano, female chorus and chamber orchestra

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
DG 439 860 2Gothenburg SO, Womens Voices of the Gothenburg Opera, N. Järvi, L. Dyadkova (mezzo-soprano)19921994
Melodiya 74321-59058-2 (2 CD-set)(No. 1) USSR SO, G. Rozhdestvensky, G. Borisova (mezzo-soprano)19801999
Melodiya 74321-59058-2 (2 CD-set)(No. 2) Moscow PO, Moscow Conservatory Chamber Chorus, G. Rozhdestvensky19801999
Capriccio 10 780Cologne Radio Chorus and SO, M. Jurovski (cond), T. Siniavskaya19981999

This list is reproduced from a database containing over 1000 CDs with performances of works by Dmitri Shostakovich and over 500 reviews of these CDs.


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