MRAVINSKY EDITION (12 CDS)

Any view of Shostakovich is seriously incomplete without knowledge of Mravinsky's recordings. It was he who premiered Symphonies Nos. 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 and although relations between composer and conductor cooled markedly in later years, for reasons not fully explained, the authority of the performances is undiminished…GRAMOPHONE Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Evgeny Mravinsky Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Evgeny Mravinsky Shostakovich: Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 'The Year 1917' Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Evgeny Mravinsky Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Evgeny Mravinsky Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Evgeny Mravinsky Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Ev