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Scribendum  SC603 (2 discs)

Stereo Single Layer

Classical - Orchestral

Tchaikovsky: Symphonic Fantasy "Francesca da Rimini" Op. 32; Symphony No. 5 in E minor OP. 64
Wagner: Siegfried's Funeral March; The Ride of the Valkyries (3 versions); Venusberg Music (Bacchanale) from Tannhäuser; Siegfried's Rhine Journey; Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III (2 versions)
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Op. 90
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op. 54 (2 versions)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat Op. 60; Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67
Glinka: Rulsan & Ludmila - Overture
Mussorgsky: Dawn on the Moskva River (2 versions)
Lyadov: Baba Yaga (2 versions)
Glazunov: Raymondo, Entr'acte Act 3
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro - Overture; Symphony No. 39 in E flat K543
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela No. 3 Op. 22; Symphony No. 7 in C Op. 105
Hindemith: Die Harmonie der Welt
Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète (ballet)
Debussy: Prelude a l'après-midi d'un faun
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta
Honegger: Symphony No. 3 "Liturgique"

Alexandra Vavilina (solo flute in L'après-midi d'un faun)
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Yevgeny Mravinsky

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Recorded live at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire, 1965 (Disc I, tracks 25-26; Disc II) & 1972 (Disc I, tracks 1-24).
Recording engineers: Igor Veprintsev, Alexander Grossman, David Gaklin.
Licensed from Firma Melodiya Moscow.
Digital remastering: Ian Jones, Abbey Road Studios.
SACD authoring: BK Audio, engineer: Bastiaan Kuijt.

Tracks

Extended-play single-layer SACD. Total timings 240'47" (Disc I), 255'17" (Disc II).

Works (24)

• Alexander Glazunov: Raymonda, Op. 57 Interlude
• Anatoly Lyadov: Baba-Yaga, Op. 56
• Arthur Honegger: Symphony No. 3, H 186 'Liturgique'
• Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106 BB 114
• Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L 86
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54
• Igor Stravinsky: Apollon musagète, K048
• Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 No. 2 The Swan of Tuonela
• Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105
• Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
• Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila, IMG 33 Overture
• Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (1872-80) Prelude
• Paul Hindemith: Symphony (1951) 'Der Harmonie der Welt'
• Peter Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
• Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
• Richard Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B Act III: Prelude 'Ride of the Valkyries'
• Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D Act III: Siegfrieds Funeral March
• Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D Prologue: Dawn and Siegfrieds Rhein Journey
• Richard Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 Act III: Prelude
• Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 Overture and Venusberg music (Paris version)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 Overture
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K. 543

Comments (1)

Comment by EugenF - June 21, 2026 (1 of 1)

The German label Scribendum are re-manufacturing this 2-SACD "Art of Mravinsky" set (with a program of a 4 hours of music due to the SACD's extended playing time feature) on June 5, 2026!
The previous release was issued on 21 October 2016.
Let's hope!

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