Opus 30A - 30B

Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen

Last update: 10 December 2011


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 30A: Suite from "Golden Mountains" for orchestra

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
Russian Disc RD CD 11 064USSR Ministry of Culture SO, G. Rozhdestvensky19851994
Melodiya 74321-59058-2 (2 CD-set)USSR Ministry of Culture SO, G. Rozhdestvensky19851999
RCA Victor Red Seal RD 60226(Nos. 1, 3, 5 & 6) Belgian Radio SO, J. Serebrier, K. Golebiowsky (organ)19891990
Claves CD 50-9623(Waltz) Ossipov Balalaika Orchestra, N. Kalinin19921996
Capriccio 10 561Berlin Radio SO, M. Jurovski19941995
Delos DRD 2005State Cinematograph Orchestra, Walter Mnatsakanov19972011
Chandos CHAN 10183BBC PO, V. Sinaisky20032004

Opus 30B: Two Pieces for string quartet: "Elegy" (Adagio) and "Polka" (Allegretto)

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
Olympia OCD 531Shostakovich Quartet19851994
Regis RRC 2028 (2 CD-set)Shostakovich Quartet19852005
Regis RRC 5001 (5 CD-set)Shostakovich Quartet19852005
Decca 411 940 2Fitzwilliam String Quartet19861986
Edition Lockenhaus ECM 1347/1348G. Kremer, A. Bik, V. Hagen, Th. Demenga19861988
Nimbus NI 5140Medici or Alberni String Quartet19881988
Russian Disc RD CD 11 087(Elegy) Borodin String Quartet19911993
Chandos CHAN 9131Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble19921993
Claves CD 50-9325(Elegy) Kremlin Chamber Orchestra, M. Rachlevsky19931993
Etcetera KTC 1182Eleonora String Quartet19941994
Challenge Classics 72039(Arranged for saxophone quartet by Johan van der Linden) Aurelia Saxophone Quartet19942005
Arte Nova Classics 74321-27759-2Hamburg Soloists, E. Klein19951995
Ondine ODE 845-2Tapiola Sinfonietta, J. Swensen19951996
Teldec 4509-94572-2Borodin Quartet19951996
Oehms Classics OC 562 (5 CD-set)Rasumowsky Quartet20052006

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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