Opus 31 - 32A - 32C

Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen

Last update: 28 May 2006


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 31: "Hypothetically Murdered" for orchestra

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
United Recordings 88001City of Birmingham Orchestra, M. Elder19921993
Signum Classics SIGCD 051City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, M. Elder19922005

Opus 31B: Reduction of five movements of "Hypothetically Murdered" for piano

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
Chandos CHAN 9907R. Hayroudinoff (piano)20002001

Opus 32A: Suite from "Hamlet" for small orchestra

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
Melodiya 74321-63462-2 (2 CD-set)Moscow PO, G. Rozhdestvensky (cond)1961>/td1999
RCA Victor Living Stereo 09026-68550-2The Boston Pops, A. Fiedler19711997
Olympia OCD 131Leningrad Chamber Orchestra for Old and Modern Music, E. Serov19841988
Melodiya MCD 008(No. 13) Leningrad Chamber Orchestra for Old and Modern Music, E. Serov19841989
DG 431 688 2Gothenburg Orchestra, N. Järvi19891991
DG 459 415 2Gothenburg Orchestra, N. Järvi19891998
CALA CACD 1021City of Birmingham SO, M. Elder19941995
Signum Classics SIGCD 052City of Birmingham SO, M. Elder19942004

Pieces from the Play "Hamlet", transcribed for piano

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
Chandos CHAN 9907R. Hayroudinoff (piano)20002001

Opus 32C: "The Big Lightning", comic opera

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
Melodiya 74321-59058-2 (2 CD-set)(Suite, excl. No. 6) USSR Ministry of Culture SO and Chamber Chorus, G. Rozhdestvensky, V. Gusev, A. Obraztsov, V. Rumyantsev, N. Myasoyedev, N. Konovalov, Y. Frolov19841999
Chandos 9522Russian State SO & Russian State Symphonic Cappella, V. Polyansky, V. Grivnov (tenor), D. Fadeyev (bass), O. Dolgov (tenor), A. Baturkin (bass), T. Sharova (soprano), A. Safiulin (bass)20002000

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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