Shostakovich: The Complete Symphonies

To celebrate the 100th birthday of the great Soviet composer Dmitry Shostakovich, Mariss Jansons assembled eight of the world's finest orchestras to determine which is the best of his 15 symphonies. There is no doubt that Jansons is the man for the job. Trained under Mravinsky and long steeped in Shostakovich's music, Jansons brings a lifetimes' love and intimacy to his interpretations -- not to mention a terrific baton technique and an unfailing sense of tempo. Listening to these performances recorded between 1988 and 2005, one is consistently aware of Jansons' unwavering conviction that while all Shostakovich's symphonies are great music and some of them are greater than others, each one deserves his best effort. In the lesser symphonies, he makes the strongest possible case for the ideological inanities of the Second and Third and Social Realist banalities of the Eleventh and Twelfth and makes us appreciate the musical worth in work done for the Party. In the better symphonies, Jansons finds the bone-deep humanity of the Seventh and Eighth and the bitterest ironies in the Fifth and Tenth and makes us experience our common terror and exaltation. And in the best symphonies, Jansons explores the existential profundities of the Fourth and Fifteenth and makes us connect to our inner atheist. Some orchestras are perhaps better than others -- the Wiener Philharmoniker's Fifth is absolutely incandescent -- and some orchestras are surely more apt than others -- the St. Petersburg Philharmonic is clearly the band to get for the "Leningrad" Symphony -- but all of the orchestras' performances are as good as their best. Listeners looking for a digitally recorded cycle of Shostakovich's symphonies could not do better than this set. ( sursa allmusic.com)

CD 1 - 1 I. Allegretto - Allegro non troppo: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op.10 - Berliner Philharmoniker/Mariss Jansons/Rainer Kubn
CD 1 - 2 II. Allegro: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op.10 - Berliner Philharmoniker/Mariss Jansons/Rainer Kubn
CD 1 - 3 III. Lento - Largo: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op.10 - Berliner Philharmoniker/Mariss Jansons/Rainer Kubn
CD 1 - 4 IV. Lento - Allegro molto - Adagio - Largo - Presto: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op.10 - Berliner Philharmoniker/Mariss Jansons/Rainer Kubn
CD 1 - 5 I. Allegretto: Symphony No. 15 in A, Op.141 - Mariss Jansons/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Joaki
CD 1 - 6 II. Adagio: Symphony No. 15 in A, Op.141 - Mariss Jansons/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Joaki
CD 1 - 7 III. Allegretto: Symphony No. 15 in A, Op.141 - Mariss Jansons/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Joaki
CD 1 - 8 IV. Adagio: Symphony No. 15 in A, Op.141 - Mariss Jansons/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Joaki
CD 2 - 1 I. Largo: Symphony No. 2, Op.14 'October' - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Mariss Jansons/Symp
CD 2 - 2 II. Poco meno mosso - Allegro molto: Symphony No. 2, Op.14 'October' - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Mariss Jansons/Symp
CD 2 - 3 III. Chor: "An den Oktober" (first recording with factory siren): Symphony No. 2, Op.14 'October' - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Mariss Jansons/Symp
CD 2 - 4 I. "Revolutionäres Petrograd"/"Revolutionary Petrograd": Symphony No. 12, Op.112 'The Year 1917' - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Maris
CD 2 - 5 II. Razliv: Symphony No. 12, Op.112 'The Year 1917' - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Maris
CD 2 - 6 III. Aurora: Symphony No. 12, Op.112 'The Year 1917' - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Maris
CD 2 - 7 IV. Morgentöte der Menscheit/"Dawn of Humanity": Symphony No. 12, Op.112 'The Year 1917' - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Maris
CD 3 - 1 I. Allegretto: Symphony No. 3 'First of May' - Mariss Jansons/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen
CD 3 - 2 II. Piu mosso: Symphony No. 3 'First of May' - Mariss Jansons/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen
CD 3 - 3 III. Allegro: Symphony No. 3 'First of May' - Mariss Jansons/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen
CD 3 - 4 IV. Andante: Symphony No. 3 'First of May' - Mariss Jansons/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen
CD 3 - 5 V. Allegro: Symphony No. 3 'First of May' - Mariss Jansons/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen
CD 3 - 6 VI. Andante: Symphony No. 3 'First of May' - Mariss Jansons/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen
CD 3 - 7 VII. Moderato 'Pervoe Maya': Symphony No. 3 'First of May' - Mariss Jansons/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen
CD 3 - 8 De Profundis: Symphony No.14, Op.135 for Soprano, Bass and Chamber Orchestra - Larissa Gogolewskaja/Sergei Aleksashkin/Mariss Jan
CD 3 - 9 Malaguena: Symphony No.14, Op.135 for Soprano, Bass and Chamber Orchestra - Larissa Gogolewskaja/Sergei Aleksashkin/Mariss Jan
CD 3 - 10 Loreley: Symphony No.14, Op.135 for Soprano, Bass and Chamber Orchestra - Larissa Gogolewskaja/Sergei Aleksashkin/Mariss Jan
CD 3 - 11 The Suicide (Der Selbstmörder): Symphony No.14, Op.135 for Soprano, Bass and Chamber Orchestra - Larissa Gogolewskaja/Sergei Aleksashkin/Mariss Jan
CD 3 - 12 On the Alert (Auf der Wacht): Symphony No.14, Op.135 for Soprano, Bass and Chamber Orchestra - Larissa Gogolewskaja/Sergei Aleksashkin/Mariss Jan
CD 3 - 13 Look here, Madame! (Sehen Sie, Madame!): Symphony No.14, Op.135 for Soprano, Bass and Chamber Orchestra - Larissa Gogolewskaja/Sergei Aleksashkin/Mariss Jan
CD 3 - 14 At the Sante Jail (Im Kerker der Santé): Symphony No.14, Op.135 for Soprano, Bass and Chamber Orchestra - Larissa Gogolewskaja/Sergei Aleksashkin/Mariss Jan
CD 3 - 15 Reply to the Sultan of Constantinople (Antwort der Zaporoger Kosaken): Symphony No.14, Op.135 for Soprano, Bass and Cha - Larissa Gogolewskaja/Sergei Aleksashkin/Mariss Jan
CD 3 - 16 O Delvig! (An Delwig): Symphony No.14, Op.135 for Soprano, Bass and Chamber Orchestra - Larissa Gogolewskaja/Sergei Aleksashkin/Mariss Jan
CD 3 - 17 The Poet's Death (Der Tod des Dichters): Symphony No.14, Op.135 for Soprano, Bass and Chamber Orchestra - Larissa Gogolewskaja/Sergei Aleksashkin/Mariss Jan
CD 3 - 18 Conclusion (Schlußstück): Symphony No.14, Op.135 for Soprano, Bass and Chamber Orchestra - Larissa Gogolewskaja/Sergei Aleksashkin/Mariss Jan
CD 4 - 1 I. Allegretto poco moderato: Symphony No. 4, Op.43 - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Maris
CD 4 - 2 II. Moderato con moto: Symphony No. 4, Op.43 - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Maris
CD 4 - 3 III. Largo - Allegro: Symphony No. 4, Op.43 - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Maris
CD 4 - 4 No. 8: Romance: Suite from the Gadfly Film Music, Op.97a - Mariss Jansons/London Philharmonic Orchestra
CD 4 - 5 No. 3: Folk feast: Suite from the Gadfly Film Music, Op.97a - Mariss Jansons/London Philharmonic Orchestra
CD 5 - 1 Moderato: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op.47 - Mariss Jansons/Wiener Philharmoniker/Werner Hink
CD 5 - 2 Allegretto: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op.47 - Mariss Jansons/Wiener Philharmoniker/Werner Hink
CD 5 - 3 Largo: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op.47 - Mariss Jansons/Wiener Philharmoniker/Werner Hink
CD 5 - 4 Allegro non troppo: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op.47 - Mariss Jansons/Wiener Philharmoniker/Werner Hink
CD 5 - 5 I. Largo: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op.54 - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons/Stig Ni
CD 5 - 6 II. Allegro: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op.54 - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons/Stig Ni
CD 5 - 7 III. Presto: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op.54 - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons/Stig Ni
CD 6 - 1 I. Allegretto: Symphony No.7 in C Major, Op.60 'Leningrad' - Mariss Jansons/St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestr
CD 6 - 2 II. Moderato (poco allegretto): Symphony No.7 in C Major, Op.60 'Leningrad' - Mariss Jansons/St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestr
CD 6 - 3 III. Adagio: Symphony No.7 in C Major, Op.60 'Leningrad' - Mariss Jansons/St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestr
CD 6 - 4 IV. Allegro non troppo: Symphony No.7 in C Major, Op.60 'Leningrad' - Mariss Jansons/St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestr
CD 7 - 1 I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo - Adagio: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op.65 - Mariss Jansons/Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
CD 7 - 2 II. Allegretto: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op.65 - Mariss Jansons/Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
CD 7 - 3 III. Allegro non troppo -: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op.65 - Mariss Jansons/Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
CD 7 - 4 IV. Largo -: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op.65 - Mariss Jansons/Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
CD 7 - 5 V. Allegretto: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op.65 - Mariss Jansons/Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
CD 7 - 6 Mariss Jansons in rehearsal - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Mariss Jansons
CD 8 - 1 I. Allegro: Symphony No. 9 in E Flat, Op.70 - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons/Per Han
CD 8 - 2 II. Moderato: Symphony No. 9 in E Flat, Op.70 - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons/Per Han
CD 8 - 3 III. Presto: Symphony No. 9 in E Flat, Op.70 - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons/Per Han
CD 8 - 4 IV. Largo: Symphony No. 9 in E Flat, Op.70 - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons/Per Han
CD 8 - 5 V. Allegretto: Symphony No. 9 in E Flat, Op.70 - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons/Per Han
CD 8 - 6 I. Moderato: Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op.93 - Philadelphia Orchestra/Mariss Jansons
CD 8 - 7 II. Allegro: Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op.93 - Philadelphia Orchestra/Mariss Jansons
CD 8 - 8 III. Allegretto - Largo - Più mosso: Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op.93 - Philadelphia Orchestra/Mariss Jansons
CD 8 - 9 IV. Andante -: Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op.93 - Philadelphia Orchestra/Mariss Jansons
CD 8 - 10 Allegro: Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op.93 - Philadelphia Orchestra/Mariss Jansons
CD 9 - 1 I. Tha Palace Square (Adagio): Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op.103 'The year 1905' - Various Artists
CD 9 - 2 II. The 9th January (Allegro): Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op.103 'The year 1905' - Various Artists
CD 9 - 3 III. In Memorium (Adagio): Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op.103 'The year 1905' - Various Artists
CD 9 - 4 IV. The Toscin (Allegro non troppo): Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op.103 'The year 1905' - Various Artists
CD 9 - 5 I. Waltz: Jazz Suite No. 1 - Various Artists
CD 9 - 6 II. Polka: Jazz Suite No. 1 - Various Artists
CD 9 - 7 III. Foxtrot: Jazz Suite No. 1 - Various Artists
CD 9 - 8 VI. Waltz 2 from Jazz Suite No. 2 - Philadelphia Orchestra/Mariss Jansons
CD 9 - 9 Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two), Op.16 - Various Artists
CD 10 - 1 I. Babi Jar/Babi Yar: Symphony No. 13 in B Flat Minor, Op.113 - Various Artists
CD 10 - 2 II. Der Witz/Humour: Symphony No. 13 in B Flat Minor, Op.113 - Various Artists
CD 10 - 3 III. Im Laden/At the store: Symphony No. 13 in B Flat Minor, Op.113 - Various Artists
CD 10 - 4 IV. Ängst/Fears: Symphony No. 13 in B Flat Minor, Op.113 - Various Artists
CD 10 - 5 V. Karriere/Career: Symphony No. 13 in B Flat Minor, Op.113 - Various Artists