Opus 79: "From Jewish Folk Poetry", song cycle for soprano, contralto, tenor and piano

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Last update: 20 January 2012


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
Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 1000D. Shostakovich (piano), N. Dorliak (soprano), Z. Dolukhanova (mezzo-soprano), A. Maslennikov (tenor)19551989
Russian Disc RD CD 15 015D. Shostakovich (piano), N. Dorliak (soprano), Z. Dolukhanova (mezzo-soprano), A. Maslennikov (tenor)19551994
Revelation Records RV 7007(Excerpts) D. Shostakovich (piano), N. Dorliak (soprano), Z. Dolukhanova (mezzo-soprano), A. Maslennikov (tenor)19551998
Eclectra ECCD 2067D. Shostakovich (piano), N. Dorliak (soprano), Z. Dolukhanova (mezzo-soprano), A. Maslennikov (tenor)19552004
Pro Arte CD 411(No. 3) M. Forrester, J. Arpin19881990
Delos DE 3317Svetlana Sumatchova (soprano), Marianna Tarassova (mezzo-soprano), Konstantin Pluzhnikov (tenor), Yuri Serov (piano)19952004

Opus 79A: "From Jewish Folk Poetry", song cycle for soprano, contralto, tenor and small orchestra

Label and Code Performers P-Y R-Y
Berlin Classics 009016 2 BCBerlin SO, K. Sanderling, M. Croonen (soprano), A. Burmeister (alto), P. Schreier (tenor)19661995
Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 808USSR SO, Y. Svetlanov, R. Bobrineva (soprano), G. Borisova (mezzo-soprano), A. Maslennikov (tenor)19801986
Decca 417 581 2Concertgebouw Orchestra, B. Haitink, E. Söderström (soprano), O. Wenkel (contralto), R. Karczykowsky (tenor)19831987
Decca 425 069 2Concertgebouw Orchestra, B. Haitink, E. Söderström (soprano),O. Wenkel (contralto), R. Karczykowsky (tenor)19831993
Decca 444 430 2Concertgebouw Orchestra, B. Haitink, E. Söderström (soprano), O. Wenkel (contralto), R. Karczykowsky (tenor)19831995
Jerusalem Records SCD 8005(Eight Parts) Jerusalem SO, Y. Ahronovich, L. Tuneh (soprano), M. Zakai (alto), N. Jenkins (tenor)19851988
Chandos CHAN 8800I Musici de Montreal, Y. Turovsky, N. Pelle (soprano), M.A. Hart (mezzo-soprano), R. Nolan (tenor)19891990
Chandos CHAN 7061I Musici de Montreal, Y. Turovsky, N. Pelle (soprano), M.A. Hart (mezzo-soprano), R. Nolan (tenor)19891997
Chandos CHAN 6617I Musici de Montreal, Y. Turovsky, N. Pelle (soprano), M.A. Hart (mezzo-soprano), R. Nolan (tenor)19892000
DG 439 860 2Gothenburg SO, N. Järvi, L. Orgonasova (soprano), N. Stutzman (contralto), Ph. Langridge (tenor)19931994
Bridge BCD 9048J. DeGaetani (mezzo-soprano), B. Valente (soprano), J. Humphrey (tenor), S. Lipman (piano)19941995
RCA Victor Red Seal 9026-68434-2Rotterdam PO, G. Rozhdestvensky, M. Shaguch (soprano), K. Pluzhnikov (tenor), L. Diadkova (mezzo-soprano)19951996
Capriccio C5095Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michail Jurowski (cond), Nina Fomina (soprano); Tamara Sinjawskaja (mezzo-soprano); Arcadi Mischenkin (tenor)19952011
Chandos CHAN 9600Russian State SO, V. Polyansky, T. Sharova (soprano), L. Kuznetsova (mezzo-soprano), A. Martynov (tenor)19961998
Music Masters 67189-2Moscow Virtuosi, V. Spivakov, M. Zhukova (soprano), E. Svechnikova (contralto), N. Kurpe (tenor)19971998
Capriccio 10 778Cologne Radio SO, M. Jurovski, N. Fomina (soprano), T. Siniavskaya (alto), A. Mischenkin (tenor)19971998
CdM Russian Season RUS 288 166Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra and soloists, Tchisiakov19992000

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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