Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer: Luba Organosova, Elisabeth Söderström, Larissa Dyadkova, Nathalie Stutzmann, Elena Zaremba, Philip Langridge, Ilya Levinsky, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, John Shirley-Quirk, Sergei Leiferkus, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de l’Opéra Bastille
Conductor: Neeme Järvi, Myung-Whun Chung
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Decca
Release: 2006
Size: 1.26 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Two Fables of Krylov, Op. 4
01. 1. The Dragonfly And The Ant
02. 2. The Ass And The Nightingale
Three Romances on Poems by Pushkin, Op. 46a
03. 1. Regeneration
04. 2. A Jealous Maiden, Sobbing Bitterly
05. 3. Premonition
Six Romances, Op.62 – Op.140 – Orchestral version
06. 1. To His Sonne (Sir Walter Raleigh)
07. 2. On Wert Thou In The Cauld Blast (Robert Burns)
08. 3. Mc Pherson’s Farewell (Robert Burns)
09. 4. Jenny (Robert Burns)
10. 5. Sonnet LXVI (William Shakespeare)
11. 6. The King’s Campaign (Traditional)
From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op.79 – Op.79a – orchestral version
12. 1. Lament For A Dead Infant
13. 2. Fussy Mummy And Auntie
14. 3. Lullaby
15. 4. Before A Long Separation
16. 5. A Warning
17. 6. The Deserted Father
18. 7. A Song Of Poverty
19. 8. Winter
20. 9. The Good Life
21. 10. A Girl’s Song
22. 11. Happiness
CD 02
Six Romances on Texts by Japanese Poets, Op. 21
01. 1. Love
02. 2. Before Suicide
03. 3. An Immodest Glance
04. 4. The First And Last Time
05. 5. Love Without Hope
06. 6. Death
Six Poems of Marina Tsvetayeva, Op. 143a (for contralto and chamber orchestra)
07. 1. My Poems
08. 2. Where does this tenderness come from?
09. 3. Hamlet’s dialogue with conscience
10 .4. The Poet And The Tsar
11. 5. No, the drum beat
12. 6. To Anna Akhmatova
Suite on verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti, for bass & orchestra, Op. 145a
13. 1. Truth
14. 2. Morning
15. 3. Love
16. 4. Separation
17. 5. Anger
18. 6. Dante
19. 7. To the Exile
20. 8. Creativity
21. 9. Night
22. 10. Death
23. 11. Immortality
CD 03
Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin
01. 1. The Love of Captain Lebyadkin
02. 2. The Cockroach
03. 3. The Ball for the Benefit of Governesses
04. 4. A Radiant Personality
Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, Op. 127
05. 1. Pesnya Ofelii
06. 2. Gamayun, ptitsa veshchaya
07. 3. My byli vmeste
08. 4. Gorod spit
09. 5. Burya
10. 6. Tayniye znaki
11. 7. Muzyka
Suite on Poems of Michelangelo, Op.145
12. 1. Truth (Sonnet 3)
13. 2. Morning (Sonnet 20)
14. 3. Love (Sonnet 25)
15. 4. Separation (madrigal)
16. 5. Anger (Sonnet 4)
17. 6. Dante (Sonnet 1)
18. 7. To the Exile (Sonnet 2)
19. 8. Creativity (Sonnet 61)
20. 9. Night (dialogue)
21. 10. Death (Sonnet 69)
22. 11. Immortality
CD 04
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District / Act 1
01. Akh, ne spítsya ból’se, popróbuyu
02. Gribkí segódnya búdut?
03. Govorí – … – Cegó vstal?
04. Interlude
05. Ay! Ay! Ay! – Otpustíte bábu
06. Mnógo vï – Cto ego?
07. Interlude
08. Spat’ porá. Den’ prosól
09. Zerebyónok k kobïlke torópitsya
10. Kto eto – … – Uydí tï
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District / Act 2
11. Cto znácit stárost’: Ne spítsya
12. Proskáy – … – Smotrí, Katerína
13. Ustál – … – Progolodálsya ya
14. Vídno – … – Akh, Borís Timoféyevic
15. Interlude
CD 05
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District / Act 2
01. Sergéy, Seryóza! Vsyo spit
02. Opyát’ usnúl – … – [Andante] (Orchestra)
03. Slúsay, Sergéy – … – Tepér’ sabás
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District / Act 3
04. Cto tï – … – Interlude (Orchestra)
05. Sózdan policéyskiy – … – Skóro
06.Interlude
07. Slá va suprúgam – … – Cto takóye?
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District / Act 4
08. Vyórstï odná za drugóy dlínnoy polzút verenícey
09. Stepánïc! Propustí menyá
10. Ne legkó pósle pocóta da poklónov péred sudóm stoyát’!
11. Moyó poctén’ye! – … – [Adagio] (Orchestra)
12. V lesú – Znáyes’ li
13. Vstaváy! Po mestám! Zívo!