Re: [ARSCLIST] Shostakovich recordings

[Larry Friedman <disquod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David:

Yes, this bothered me ever since I got the same recordings pressed as
Rarities Collection 122. From "Dmitri Shostakovich: A Catalogue,
Bibliography, and Discography" by Derek C. Hulme, I was able to ascertain
that the Concert Hall/Rarities Collection disk is a rip-off of Melodiya D
06459-60, a release of 1960. The recording dates are:

Thursday, 6/XII/1951 (P&F #s 3, 5 and 16)
Tuesday, 5/II/1952 (P&F #s 2, 4, 12 and 14)

These recordings were also issued on CD on Russian Revelation RV 70001 in
1997.

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
-Larry

P.S. The Hulme book is good (oversized but informative), and the discography
seems reasonably reliable, but it is quite old and outdated as far as modern
transfers and pressings are concerned. Still, it seems to list almost all of
Shostakovich's recordings.





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> 
> Is there a reliable discography of Shostakovich's own recordings anywhere/
And
> can anyone provide date and source for the collection of 7 Preludes &
Fugues
> from Op. 87 on CONCERT HALL CHS 1314? WERM doesn't list an original. I'd
have
> presumed a Russian source, but USSR D873/4 contains entirely different
> selections.
> 
> dl