Opus 14: Symphony no. 2 B major "To October" with chorus

Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen

Last update: 12 October 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).

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
Russian Disc RD CD 11 195Leningrad PO & Chorus, I. Blazhkov19651993
Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 1001Moscow PO, RSFSR Academic Russian Chorus, K. Kondrashin19721989
Melodiya 74321 19844-2Moscow PO, RSFSR Academic Russian Chorus, K. Kondrashin19721994
Melodiya 74321 19952-2 (10 CD-set)Moscow PO, RSFSR Academic Russian Chorus, K. Kondrashin19721994
Aulos Classics AMC2-043-1-10 (10 CD-set)Moscow PO, RSFSR Academic Russian Chorus, K. Kondrashin19722004
Melodiya MEL CD 10 01065 (11 CD-set)Moscow PO, RSFSR Academic Russian Chorus, K. Kondrashin19722007
Decca 421 131 2London PO and Chorus, B. Haitink19811988
Decca 425 064 2London PO and Chorus, B. Haitink19811993
Decca 444 430 2London PO and Chorus, B. Haitink19811995
Olympia OCD 200USSR Ministry of Culture SO, Academic Republican Chorus, G. Rozhdestvensky19841987
Eurodisc-Melodiya 258 483USSR Ministry of Culture SO, Academic Republican Chorus, G. Rozhdestvensky19841988
Olympia OCD 258USSR Ministry of Culture SO, Academic Republican Chorus, G. Rozhdestvensky19841989
Olympia OCD 5006USSR Ministry of Culture SO, Academic Republican Chorus, G. Rozhdestvensky19841991
Melodiya 74321-63462-2 (2 CD-set)USSR Ministry of Culture SO, Academic Republican Chorus, G. Rozhdestvensky19841999
Decca 436 762 2Royal PO, Brighton Festival Chorus, V. Ashkenazy19891994
Decca 475 8748 (12 CD-set)Royal PO, Brighton Festival Chorus, V. Ashkenazy19892007
Naxos 8.505017 (5 CD-set)Czecho-Slovak Radio SO and Chorus, L. Slovak19901993
Naxos 8.550624 Czecho-Slovak Radio SO and Chorus, L. Slovak19901992
Denon CO 75719Vienna SO and Chorus, E. Inbal19921994
Teldec 4509-90853-2London SO, London Voices, M. Rostropovich19931994
Teldec 0630-17046-2London SO, London Voices, M. Rostropovich19931997
Brilliant Classics 6275 (11 CD-set)West German Radio SO, R. Barshai19952003
Brilliant Classics 8128 (27 CD-set)West German Radio SO, R. Barshai19952006
BBC Music Magazine BBC MM 50BBC SO and Chorus, M. Elder19961996
DG 469 525-2Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Chorus, N. Jarvi20002001
Capriccio 71 029 (12 CD-set; SACD)Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, Dmitri Kitaenko20042005
MDG GOLD 337 1206Beethoven Orchester Bonn, National Ukranian Choir Dumka, Roman Kofman 20042007
MDG GOLD 937 1206-6 (SACD)Beethoven Orchester Bonn, National Ukranian Choir Dumka, Roman Kofman 20042007
EMI 9 4636 7434 2/Volkskrant (10 CD-set)Bayerischen Rundfunk SO, M. Yansons20052006
Supraphon SU 3890-2 (CD-set)Prague SO, Prague Philharmonic Choir, M. Shostakovich20052006

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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