Opus 58A: Music to the Play "King Lear" by W. Shakespeare

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).

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
Melodiya 74321-53457-2USSR Ministry of Culture SO, G. Rozhdestvensky, N. Burnasheva (mezzo-soprano), Y. Nesterenko (bass)197.1998
Olympia OCD 182Leningrad Chamber Orchestra for Old and Modern Music, E. Serov, N. Romanova (mezzo-soprano)19841988
Melodiya MCD 008("Fanfares") Leningrad Chamber Orchestra for Old and Modern Music, E. Serov, N. Romanova (mezzo-soprano)19841989
Capriccio 10397Berlin Radio SO & Chorus, M. Jurovski, J. Zaremba (mezzo-soprano), S. Suleimanov (bass)19901992
Northern Flowers NF 9912(Fool's Song) Mikhail Lukonin (baritone), Yuri Serov (piano)19982003

Opus 58B: "King Lear", reduction for piano

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

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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