Country: UK
Genre: classic
Year of manufacture: 2003
Format: FLAC (image + .cue)
Duration: 100
Size: 6.1 GB
1. Volume 1 – Symphonies (4 CDs)
Symphony No. 1 in D major, op. 25, “Classical” (dir. Rostropovich) – CD2
Symphony No. 2 in d-moll, op. 40 (dir. Rostropovich) – CD3
Symphony No. 3 in c minor, op. 44 (dir. Rostropovich) – CD3
Symphony No. 4 in C major, op. 47 (dir. Rostropovich) – CD1
Symphony No. 4 in C major, op. 112 (dir. Rostropovich) – CD1
Symphony No. 5 in B major, op. 100 (dir. Rostropovich) – CD4
Symphony No. 6 es-moll, op. 111 (dir. Rostropovich) – CD2
Symphony No. 7 cis-moll, op. 131 (dir. Rostropovich) – CD4
Performed by the French National Orchestra under the direction of Mstislav Rostropovich.
2. Volume 2 – Concerts (4 CDs)
Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 1, op. 19 (Vengerov – violin, conductor Rostropovich) – CD1
Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 2, op. 63 (Repin – violin, conductor Nagano) – CD2
Symphony-concerto for cello and orchestra, op. 125 (Rostropovich – cello, conductor Seidshi Ozawa) – CD2
Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 1, op. 10 (Kraynev – piano, dir. Kitayenko) – CD3
Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 2, op. 16 (Krainev – piano, dir. Kitayenko) – CD4
Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 3, op. 26 (Kraynev – piano, dir. Kitayenko) – CD4
Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 4, op. 53 (Krainev – piano, dir. Kitayenko) – CD2
Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 5, op. 55 (Kraynev – piano, dir. Kitayenko) – CD3
3. Volume 3 – Ballets, operas, film scores (6 CDs)
Ballet ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (concert suites 1, 2, 3)
Ballet ‘Prodigal Son’ (concert suite)
Ballet ‘Cinderella’ (concert suite)
Musical fairy tale ‘Peter and the Wolf’
Music from the film ‘Alexander Nevsky’
Scythian Suite
Ballet ‘Steel Leap’ (concert suite)
Opera ‘The Love for Three Oranges’ (concert suite)
Opera ‘Lieutenant Kizhe’ (concert suite)
4. Volume 4 – Instrumental & Chamber Music (5 CDs)
Sonata for violin and piano No. 1 (violin – Repin, piano – Berezovsky)
Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 (violin – Repin, piano – Berezovsky)
Five melodies for violin and piano (violin – Repin, piano – Berezovsky)
Sonata for two violins
Sonata for flute and piano
Sonata for cello and piano
Piano Sonata No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 7
Piano Sonata No. 8
Music for children (12 pieces for piano)
Prelude No. 7 of 10 pieces for piano
Piano Suite from the ballet Romeo and Juliet
Toccata for piano
Old Grandma’s Tales
5. Volume 5 – War and Peace (4 CDs)
Opera ‘War and Peace’
National Orchestra of France (conductor Mstislav Rostropovich)
In the role of Natasha Rostova – Galina Vishnevskaya
+Bonus:
An absolute rarity: archival recordings of Prokofiev. Prokofiev plays his own and other people’s works + two interviews with Sergei Prokofiev in English and Russian.
Scythian suite and music from the film ‘Alexander Nevsky’ performed by an orchestra led by Valery Gergiev.