Northern Flowers
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Tishchenko: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 1
Dinara Mazitova (piano), Boris Ivanovich Tishchenko (piano)
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A valuable disc of great music from a little known but seriously good composer. —
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1941-1945: Wartime Music Vol. 17
Wartime Songs
Boris Pinkhasovich (baritone), Mikhail Lukonin (baritone), Boris Stepanov (tenor), Olga Kondina (soprano), Vitaly Psaryov (baritone), Sergey Muravyov (tenor)
Smolny Cathedral Chamber Choir, St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Titov
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Leningrad Violin Concertos
Marina Yashvili (violin), Sergey Staadler (violin), Maxim Vengerov, Arkady Gutnikov (violins)
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gintaras Rinkevicius, Vladimir Ponkin, Alexander Dmitriev
Most substantial here is the Violin Concerto by Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn. The influence of his teacher Shostakovich may be evident in the opening Sinfonia…but the hypnotic Ostinato and sardonic... —
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Leningrad Symphonies II
Vassily Kan, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Arcady Schtenlucht, Saulius Sondeckis, Timur Mynbaev
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Wartime Music Vol. 11: 1941 - 1945
Olesya Petrova
St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Titov
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Boris Tischenko: Yaroslavna
Symphony Orchestra and Choir of Leningrad Maly Opera and Ballet Theater, Kirov Opera and Ballet Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Dmitriev, Igor Blazhkov
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Tishchenko: The Twelve & Shostakovich Variations
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Pavel Bubelnikov, State Estonian Symphony Orchestra, Peeter Lije
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Galina Ustvolskaya: Chamber Music
Mikhail Waiman (violin), Oleg Malov (piano), Maria Karandashova (piano), Oleg Stolpner (cello)
Here is an excellent introduction to Galina Ustvolskaya, whose direct and uncompromising style amazingly reached maturity under Stalin…Only the earliest recording really shows its age with a... —
