Music of the wartime (N. Myaskovsky, V. Shcherbachev, G. Popov, M. Weinberg, L. Knipper, D. Shostakovich) (2009) FLAC

 1 CD
Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
1 – Ballad Symphony No. 22, Op. 54 (1941)
Symphony No. 23, Op. 56 (1941)
1 – Lento
2 – Andante molto sostenuto
4 – Allegro vivace
St. Petersburg State
academic symphony orchestra
Conductor – Alexander Titov

2 CD

Vladimir Vladimirovich Shcherbachev
Symphony No. 5 (1940-1950)
1 – Lento assai
2 – Allegro drammatico
3 – Lento
4 – Allegro moderato
Suite ‘Tobacco Captain’ (1942)
5 – Allegro
6 – Tempo di Menuetto
7 – Alla breve
8 – Andantino
9 – Allegro. Alla breve
10 – Tempo di Polca
11 – Moderato. Quasi lento
St. Petersburg State
academic symphony orchestra
Conductor – Alexander Titov

3 CDs

Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Symphony No. 24, Op. 63 (1943)
1 – Allegro deciso
2 – Molto sostenuto
3 – Allegro appassionato
Symphony No. 25, Op. 69 (1945-1946)
4 – Adagio
5 – Moderato
6 – Allegro impetuoso
St. Petersburg State
academic symphony orchestra
Conductor – Alexander Titov

4 CDs

Gabriel Nikolaevich Popov
Symphony No. 3 ‘Heroic’, for large scale
string orchestra, op. 45 (1939 – 1946)
1 – Intrada. Andante maestoso e molto espressivo
2 – Allegro con fuoco, quasi presto
3 – Prestissimo
4 – Largo espressivo, molto cantabile e sempre con moto
5 – Presto impetuoso
Symphonic aria for cello
and string orchestra, Op. 43 (1945)
6 – Largo
Dmitry Khrychev – cello (6)
St. Petersburg State
academic symphony orchestra
Conductor – Alexander Titov

5 CDs

Mechislav Samuilovich Weinberg
Symphony No. 1, op. 10 (1942)
1 – Allegro moderato
2 – Lento
3 – Vivace
4 – Allegro con fuoco
Concerto for cello and orchestra, Op. 43 (1945-48)
5 – Adagio
6 – Moderato
7 – Allegro
8 – Allegro
Dmitry Khrychev – cello (5-8)
St. Petersburg State
academic symphony orchestra
Conductor – Alexander Titov

6 CDs

Lev Konstantinovich Knipper
Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 1 (1943)
1 – Largo. Allegro
2 – Andantino
3 – Allegro energico
Symphony No. 8 (1942)
4 – Andante solemnis
5 – Andante semplice
6 – Adagio. Allegro moderato
Mikhail Krutik – violin (1-3)
St. Petersburg State
academic symphony orchestra
Conductor – Alexander Titov

7 CDs

Dmitry Dmitrievich Shostakovich
Symphony No. 9, Op. 70 (1945)
1 – Allegro
2 – Moderato
3 – Presto
4 – Largo
5 – Allegro
‘Russian River’, music for the theater
program, op. 66 (1944)
6 – March
7 – Football
8 – Battle of Stalingrad
Words by I. Dobrovolsky
9 – Closing song
Words by I. Dobrovolsky
‘Native Leningrad’, vocal-symphonic suite
from music from the theatrical program ‘Fatherland’,
op. 64 (1942). Words by S. Alymov
10 – Overture
11 – Song of the October Victory
12 – Dance of youth
13 – Ode to Leningrad
Boris Stepanovich – tenor (11)
Andrey Slavny – baritone (11, 13)
Chamber Choir of Smolny Cathedral
St. Petersburg (8-11, 13)
St. Petersburg State
academic symphony orchestra
Conductor – Alexander Titov

8 CDs

Gabriel Nikolaevich Popov
Symphony No. 2 ‘Motherland’, Op. 39 (1943)
1 – Chorus
2 – Presto giocoso
3 – Largo
4 – Finale
Music for the film ‘The Great Turning Point’, op. 44 (1945)
5 – Threat theme
6 – Breakthrough
7 – Death of the Minute
8 – Silence
9 – German offensive
10 – Capturing Klaus
11 – Russian offensive
‘Campaign of the Red Cavalry’ (1941)
Symphony poster for the big
orchestra with male choir
12 – Alla Marcia
Male Chamber Choir group
Smolny Cathedral in St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg State
academic symphony orchestra
Conductor – Alexander Titov