Evgeny Mravinsky - Legendary Treasures Vol.2 (2002)

Tracks:

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique"
USSR State Symphony Orchestra; Recorded 1949
Francesca da Rimini - Symphonic Fantasia in E minor Op. 32
Moscow Phiharmonic Orchestra; Recorded 1940

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47
Leningrad Philharmonic Orch.; Rec. March 27, 1938

BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14: 2nd Mvt: Un bal
USSR State Symphony Orchestra; Recorded Moscow, 1949

WEBER: Invitation to the Dance, op. 65 (orchestration Weingartner); Oberon Overture
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra; Recorded January 2, 1951


Contains items transfered from some of the rarest Mravinsky 78 rpm recordings:
· This version of the Shostakovich Symphony No. 5: Only two sets are known to exist.
· The Tchaikovsky recordings are the only that Mravinsky ever recorded with an orchestra other than his own (Leningrad PhO).