VARIOUS ARTISTS – LEGENDS OF RUSSIA (2CD)

1-1 The Year 1941, Suite For Orchestra, Op. 90: In Battle
Composed By – Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor – Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
5:00
1-2 String Quartet No. 3 In F Major, Op. 73
Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer – Rudolf Barshai
4:09
1-3 Prelude No. 1 (From Porgy And Bess)
Composed By – George Gershwin
Performer – Leonid Kogan
1:42
1-4 Gnomenreigen, For Piano (Zwei Konzertetüden No. 2), S. 145/2 (Lw A218/2)
Composed By – Franz Liszt
Performer – Emil Gilels
2:28
1-5 Viola Concerto: 1. Andante Comodo
Composed By – William Walton*
Conductor – Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Performer – Yuri Bashmet
8:35
1-6 Prelude & Fugue For Piano No. 2 In A Minor, Op. 87/2
Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer – Dmitri Shostakovich
1:58
1-7 Violin Concerto In C Major, Op. 48: 1. Allegro
Composed By – Dmitry Kabalevsky
Conductor – Dmitry Kabalevsky
Performer – Leonid Kogan
4:09
1-8 Piano Sonata No. 6 In A Major (“War Sonata 1”), Op. 82: 2. Allegretto
Composed By – Sergei Prokofiev
Performer – Sviatoslav Richter
4:02
1-9 Symphony No. 2: 1. Adagio
Composed By – Rostislav Boiko*
Conductor – Evgeni Svetlanov
8:38
1-10 Satires (5), For Soprano & Piano, Op. 109: 2. Spring Awakening
Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer – Galina Vishnevskaya, Mstislav Rostropovich
2:31
1-11 Piano Sonata No. 3 In B Minor, Op. 58, Ct. 203: 2. Scherzo
Composed By – Frédéric Chopin
Performer – Vera Gornostayeva*
2:38
1-12 Violin Concerto, Op. 14: 2. Andante
Composed By – Samuel Barber
Conductor – Pavel Kogan
Performer – Leonid Kogan
8:18
1-13 Fantasiestück (“Traumes Wirren”), For Piano, Op. 12/7
Composed By – Robert Schumann
Performer – Sviatoslav Richter
2:13
1-14 Symphony No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 65 (Stalingrad)
Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor – Alexander Gauk
5:32
1-15 Symphony No. 1 In C Major: 4. Finale
Composed By – Mily Balakirev
Conductor – Evgeni Svetlanov
8:35
2-1 Symphony No. 5 In D Minor, Op. 47: 2. Allegretto
Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor – Yuri Temirkanov
4:59
2-2 Fantasias (7) For Piano, Op. 116: Capriccio In D Minor
Composed By – Johannes Brahms
Performer – Emil Gilels
2:05
2-3 Sonata For 2 Violins In C Major, Op. 56: 4. Allegro Con Brio
Composed By – Sergei Prokofiev
Performer – David Oistrakh*, Igor Oistrakh*
5:14
2-4 Variations On The Name “Abegg,” For Piano In F Major, Op. 1
Composed By – Robert Schumann
Performer – Yevgeny Kissin
7:21
2-5 Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G Major, BWV 1049: 3. Presto
Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor – Rudolf Barshai
5:44
2-6 Ma Curly-headed Baby (Babby) For Voice & Piano
Arranged By – George Clutsam
Performer – Paul Robeson
2:33
2-7 Carmen, Opera: Seguidilla And Duet
Composed By – Georges Bizet
Performer – Mario del Monaco, Irina Arkhipova*
4:19
2-8 Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 16: 2. Scherzo
Composed By – Sergei Prokofiev
Performer – Vladimir Ashkenazy
2:42
2-9 Sonata For Cello & Piano In D Minor, Op. 40: 4. Allegro
Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer – Dmitri Shostakovich, Daniil Shafran*
4:10
2-10 Concerto For 2 Violins, Strings & Continuo In D Minor (“Double”), BWV 1043: 1. Vivace
Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer – David Oistrakh*, Yehudi Menuhin
4:41
2-11 Piano Sonata No. 7 In D Major, Op. 10/3: 1. Prestissimo
Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer – Emil Gilels
6:58
2-12 Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op. 26: 3. Allegro energico
Composed By – Max Bruch
Conductor – Alexander Lazarev
Performer – Viktor Tretyakov*
7:01
2-13 Waltz For Piano In E Minor, KK IVa/15, Ct. 222 (B. 56)
Composed By – Frédéric Chopin
Performer – Yevgeny Kissin
2:38
2-14 Cello Concerto No. 1 In E Flat Major, Op. 107: 1. Allegretto
Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor – David Oistrakh*
Performer – Mstislav Rostropovich
6:02
2-15 Symphony No. 4 In F Minor, Op. 36: 4. Finale
Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor – Evgeny Mravinsky
7:50