Composer: Modest Mussorgsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergey Rachmaninov, Dmitri Shostakovich, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Denis Matsuev, Daniil Trifonov, Leonidas Kavakos
Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Mariinsky
Release: 2018
Size: 1.29 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
01. IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70
02. III. Presto
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
03. Variations IV – X
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
04. Waltz of the Flowers
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 131
05. II. Allegretto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
06. II. Allegro
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
07. I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99
08. IV. Burlesque: Allegro con brio – Presto
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
09. IX. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Orch. Ravel)
10. X. The Great Gate of Kiev (Orch. Ravel)
The second volume in a series of compilations exploring the jewels of Russian classical music as performed by the country’s greatest musical institution. Russian Classics Vol. 2 includes some of the most recognisable and well-loved pieces that Russian music has to offer, including Tchaikovsky’s delicate Waltz of the Flowers, the brooding opening to Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony and the Great Gate of Kiev from Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.