Product DescriptionDmitri Shostakovich was the Soviet Union s greatest composer and a prime example of the artist under a totalitarian system. His works including the 15 symphonies in this collection unite powerful emotional expression with formal mastery. These acclaimed recordings are conducted by Leonard Bernstein, Myung-Whun Chung, Neeme Järvi, Herbert von Karajan, André Previn and Mstislav Rostropovich among his finest interpreters.
::Tracklisting
CD 1 2
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein
CD 3
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
Suite from the ballet 'The Bolt'
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi
CD 4
Symphony No. 4
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orc hestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen
CD 5
Symphony No. 5
National Symphony Orchestra /Mstislav Rostropovich
CD 6
Symphonies Nos. 6 & 9
Wiener Philharmoniker/ Leonard Bernstein
CD 7
Symphony No. 8
London Symphony Orchestra/ André Previn
CD 8
Symphony No. 10
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
CD 9 10
Symphonies Nos. 11 12
Oktober · October op. 131
Ouvertüre · Overture op. 115
Hamlet, Suite op. 32a
Das goldene Zeitalter · The Age of Gold op. 22
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi
CD 11 12
Symphonies Nos. 13 15
Anatoli Kotscherga
Sergei Leiferkus
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya
National Male Choir of Estonia
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi