Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs And Twelve Other Songs With Orchestra

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Tracks

Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)

Four Last Songs, Op. Posth.
01 - Frühling (Hesse)
02 - September (Hesse)
03 - Beim Schlafengehen (Hesse)
04 - Im Abendrot (Eichendorff)

05 - Muttertändelei, Op. 43 - No. 2 (Bürger)
06 - Waldseligkeit, Op. 49 - No. 1 (Dehmel)
07 - Zueignung, Op. 10 - No. 1 (Von Gilm)
08 - Freundliche Vision, Op. 48 - No. 1 (Bierbaum)
09 - Die Heiligen Drei Könige, Op. 56 - No. 6 (Heine)
10 - Ruhe, Meine Seele, Op. 27 - No. 1 (Henckell)
11 - Meinem Kinde, Op. 37 - No. 3 (Falke)
12 - Wiegenlied, Op. 41 - No. 1 (Dehmel)
13 - Morgen, Op. 27 - No. 4 (Mackay)
14 - Das Bächlein, Op. 88 - No. 1 (Goethe?)
15 - Das Rosenband, Op. 36 - No. 1 (Klopstock)
16 - Winterweihe, Op. 48 - No. 4 (Henckell)

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Soprano

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin (Tracks 1-9)
London Symphony Orchestra (Tracks 10-16)
George Szell

Recording Dates
Tracks 1-9 - 1966
Tracks 10-16 - 1969

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Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto - Cello Concerto

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Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978)

Violin Concerto In D Minor (1940)
To David Oistrakh
01 - 1. Allegro Con Fermezza
02 - 2. Andante Sostenuto
03 - 3. Allegro Vivace

Lydia Mordkovitch - Violin
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi

Cello Concerto In E Minor (1946)
04 - 1. Allegro Moderato
05 - 2. Andante Sostenuto -
06 - 3. Allegro [A Battuta]

Raphael Wallfisch - Cello
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bryden Thomson

Recording Dates
Violin Concerto - 5 & 7/9/1990
Cello Concerto - 5 & 6/5/1987

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Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4

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Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)

Symphony No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 43
01 - 1. Allegro Poco Moderato
02 - 2. Moderato Con Moto
03 - 3. Largo - Allegro

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin

Recording Date
1962

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Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5

Tracks

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)

Symphony No. 5 In D Minor, Op. 47
01 - 1. Moderato - Allegro Non Troppo - Moderato
02 - 2. Allegretto
03 - 3. Largo
04 - 4. Allegro Non Troppo - Allegro

05 - Symphony No. 3 In E Flat Major, Op. 20 "The First Of May"

Choirs Of The Russian Republic (Symphony No. 3)
Alexander Yourlov

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin

Recording Dates
Symphony No. 5 - 1964
Symphony No. 3 - 1972

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