Since you are interested in Evgeny Mravinsky: Historical Russian Archives (10 CD set), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream (overture, incidental music and play) Lynne Dawson (Soprano) Susanne Mentzer (mezzo) / Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under Jeffrey Tate [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 13/Mar/2006 ] Mendelssohn’s youthful genius produced hardly anything more attractive, fresh and sparkling than the music for Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Especially the overture has become a repertoire piece on its own. Not to mention the Wedding... |
BRAHMS
The Collection: Six CD set (Incls Piano Concerto no 2, Symphonies & Ein Deutsches Requiem) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / Berliner Symphoniker / London Symphony Orchestra / Karl Leister (clarinet) [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 8/May/2008 ] Enjoy Johannes Brahms' symphonies 3 and 4, the 2nd piano concerto, the violin and double concertos, Hungarian dances (version for orchestra), the 'German' Requiem and the Clarinet quintet. |
BRAHMS
Brahms - Symphonies (Complete), Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland. Jaap van Zweden [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 17/Aug/2005 ] This is the conductor's debut of Jaap van Zweden, formerly star violinist, soloist and concertmaste of Gothenborg, Dallas, Cleveland, WDR Symphoniorchester, Bayerische Rundfunk, Orchetre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, London Philharmonic... |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / KHACHATURIAN / WIENIAWSKI / SHOSTAKOVICH / etc
Leonid Kogan Edition [10 CD set] Oleg Kagan (violin) with Vladimir Yampolski, Grigory Ginzburg (pianos) / Various orchestras & conductors [ Brilliant Classics Historical Russian Archives / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2011 ] "I generally couldn't imagine listening to 11 eleven consecutive hours of violin music. With Kogan, however, the hours flew by, and I've returned to quite a few of these performances several times." Raymond Tuttle (Classical Net) |
BIZET
The Complete Orchestral Works (Incls Carmen Suites & Symphony in C) Orquestra Filarmonica de Maxico / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Enrique Batiz [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 29/Sep/2006 ] French composer Georges Bizet is famous for only one masterpiece: the opera Carmen. From that we can already hear that he is a brilliant orchestrator. |
DVORAK
Symphonies Nos 5, 7, 8 & 9 / Othello Overture / Scherzo Capriccioso Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Nov/2005 ] "If the coupling appeals this box will serve the listener well and deliver a Dvorak that is not merely affable but also lyrically urgent" (MusicWeb Nov 2005) |