Ear-witness #17: Oktjabr 1917 ‘All in memory of you’, Russian music of the 20th century
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891-1953)
1. Visions fugitives, opus 22 (1915-1917)
Jascha Nemtsov, piano
EDA 012-2
2. Piano sonata no 4 in c minor, opus 29 (1908-1917)
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Decca 475 8130
3. Varshavianka.
Red Army Choir
Silkd 6034
Dmitri Dmitryevich Shostakovich (1906-1975).
4. Piano sonata no 1 opus 12, ‘October Symphony’ (1926).
Martin Jones, piano.
AVM Classics AVMCD 1003
5. Second Symphony, ‘To October’ in B Major, opus 14 (1927).
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kirill Kondrashin.
Melodyia Aulos music AMC2-043-1-10
Gavril Nikolayevich Popov (1904-1972).
6. Septet in C Major opus 2, ‘Chamber symphony’ (1927), 2. Scherzo-allegro.
Soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre conducted by Alexander Lázariev.
Melodyia MCD 170
