Since you are interested in Symphonies Nos 1 & 15, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No 7 Kirov and Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestras / Valery Gergiev [ Philips / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] This is another key release in The Year of Celebration of Valery Gergiev's 50th birthday. |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No 4 in C minor Op 43 Kirov Orchestra / Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg / Valery Gergiev [ Decca SACD / SACD - released 7/Dec/2004 ] Hybrid/SACD (SACD Surround ) Playable on all CD players - "As usual, there isn't a dead bar or an underarticulated phrase in Gergiev's latest Shostakovich recording - all the more amazing as the composer's wildest symphony constantly tries to trick... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony no.4 Kirov orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, St.Petersburg / Valery Gergiev [ Philips / Decca / CD - released 30/Mar/2005 ] "A notable addition to the on-going Shostakovich cycle from Gergiev and his colleagues, aided and abetted by the recording" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Nose (complete opera) Vladislav Sulimsky, Alexei tanovitski, Tatiana Kravtsova / Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg / Valery Gergiev [ Mariinsky SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jun/2009 ] "Shostakovich was never so obviously the youthful genius as in this brilliant operatic jape" (Recording of the Month BBC Music July 2009) |