1 Elegy, Op. 3 5.28

2 Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5 4.14

3 Lilacs (Ekaterina Beketova), Op. 21, No. 5 2.10

4 The Angel (Mikhail Lermontov), Op. 15, No. 6 2.46

5 Hungarian Dance for violin and piano, Op. 6, No. 2 5.33

6 Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 (transcription for cello and piano by Anatoly Brandukov) 6.56

7 String Quartet No. 2 in G minor (unfinished) (1896)

I. Allegro moderato 6.53

8 Aleko’s Cavatina The Camp’s Asleep from the opera Aleko (1892) 5.55

9 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

I. Moderato 10.16

10 The Bells, a poem for soloists, choir and symphony orchestra, Op. 35

(Edgar Allan Poe, translated and freely adapted by Konstantin Balmont)

I. The Silver Sleigh Bells. Allegro, ma non tanto 6.39

11 Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

I. Non Allegrо 11.06



Total time: 68.03



Dmitry Masleev, piano (1) Grigory Sokolov, piano (2)

Hibla Gerzmava, soprano, Ekaterina Ganelina, piano (3)

Vladimir Krainev, piano (4, 9) Alexey Lundin, violin, Yury Martynov, piano (5)

Mstislav Rostropovich, cello, Alexander Dedukhin, piano (6)

Evgeny Nesterenko, bass (8) Sergei Larin, tenor (10)

Shostakovich Quartet (7) The Bolshoi Theatre Choir (10)

The Moscow Youth and Students Choir, conductor – Boris Tevlin (4)

The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, conductors: Dmitri Kitaenko (8, 10), Kirill Kondrashin (11)

The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor – Yuri Temirkanov (9)

Recorded in 2017 (1), 2018 (5), 2014 (3), 1988 (4), 1972 (7), 1987 (8), 1985 (10), 1963 (11).

Recorded live in 1988 (2), 1973 (9).