Incidental Music

The Bedbug, Op. 19

Conductor	Orchestra	Rec.	Label	Number	Note
ROZHDESTVENSKY, Gennady	USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra	1985	BMG-Melodiya	74321 59058 2	Melodiya-MCD 008(No. 5 only.), Melodiya-SM-1607(MT), Venezia-CDVE03220, Praga-PRD 250 356
HAYROUDINOFF, Rustem (Pf)		2000	Chandos	CHAN 9907	Arr. by composer(Nos. 3 - 6) and Lev Solin(Nos. 1, 2, and 7).
VIARDO, Vladimir (Pf)		1984-6	Melodiya	C10 28379 002	LP, ‘Intermezzo’ (No. 5).
WIKSTRÖM, Inger (Pf)		1981	Bluebell	BELL 126	LP, ‘Foxtrot’, ‘Waltz’, and ‘Galop’ (Nos. 3, 4, and 2).

G. Rozhdestvensky/USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra

2'06"

II:

III:

IV:

3'36"

VI:

2'30"

VII:

1'55"

R. Hayroudinoff (Pf)

3'45"

II:

2'43"

III:

1'18"

IV:

2'58"

3'15"

VI:

2'11"

VII:

2'50"

V. Viardo (Pf)

II:

III:

IV:

3'11"

VI:

VII:

I. Wikström (Pf)

II:

2'07"

III:

1'40"

IV:

1'54"

VI:

VII:

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Rule, Britannia!, Op. 28

Conductor	Orchestra	Chorus	Rec.	Label	Number	Note	Recommendation
FITZ-GERALD, Mark	Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra	Camerata Silesia (Artistic Director: Anna Szostak)	2008	Naxos	8.572138	Score reconstruction by Mark Fitz-Gerald.

M. Fitz-Gerald/Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra etc.
Total Time:	8'45"

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Conditionally Killed, Op. 31

Conductor	Orchestra	Rec.	Label	Number	Note
FEDOSEYEV, Vladimir	Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra	2000	Saison Russe	RUS 288 170	Nos. 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, and 19.
HAYROUDINOFF, Rustem (Pf)		2000	Chandos	CHAN 9907	Arr. by composer. ‘The field’, ‘Polka’, ‘The flight of angels’, ‘Jugglers’, ‘Dance’, and ‘Bacchanalia’.
WIKSTRÖM, Inger (Pf)		1981	Bluebell	BELL 126	LP, ‘Jugglers’ (No. 4) only.
Suite (by G. McBurney):
ELDER, Mark	City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra	1992	United	88001 CD
PONKIN, Vladimir	Orchestra of the Republican Guard	2002	Mandala	MAN 5039	Live(16 Jan.) ‘Overture’ and ‘Petrushka - Archangel Gabriel’.

V. Fedoseyev/Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra

2'00"

II:

III:

1'30"

IV:

2'00"

VI:

VII:

VIII:

3'55"

IX - X:

1'08"

XI:

XII:

XIII:

3'31"

XIV:

3'10"

XV:

0'52"

XVI:

1'17"

XVII:

2'29"

XVIII:

4'45"

XIX:

4'12"

R. Hayroudinoff (Pf)

1'36"

II:

1'27"

III:

IV:

1'42"

1'23"

VI:

VII:

VIII:

IX:

XI:

XII:

XIII:

XIV:

XV:

XVI:

XVII:

XVIII:

XIX:

1'16"

March:

1'46"

I. Wikström (Pf)

II:

III:

IV:

VI:

VII:

VIII:

IX:

XI:

XII:

1'33"

XIII:

XIV:

XV:

XVI:

XVII:

XVIII:

XIX:

M. Elder/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

1'42"

II:

1'33"

III:

1'02"

IV:

1'51"

1'19"

VI:

1'02"

VII:

3'19"

VIII:

4'44"

IX:

0'12"

1'13"

XI:

1'01"

XII:

1'33"

XIII:

2'30"

XIV:

2'21"

XV:

1'25"

XVI:

1'26"

XVII:

1'51"

XVIII:

3'32"

XIX:

3'44"

March(No. 12):

1'41"

The Arrival of the Lorry(No. 19):

0'17"

V. Ponkin/Orchestra of the Republican Guard

Petrushka & The Archangel Gabriel's Number(X & XVII):

4'20"

Overture & Destruction of the City:

5'40"

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Hamlet, Op. 32

Conductor	Orchestra	Soloist	Rec.	Label	Number	Note	Recommendation
ELDER, Mark	City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra	Romanova, Nina (Ms), WILSON-JOHSON, David (Br)	1994	CALA	CACD1021
PLETNEV, Mikhail	Russian National Orchestra		2008	PentaTone	PTC 5186 331	‘Introduction and Night Watch’, ‘Dinner Music’, ‘Dance Music’, ‘The Hunt’, ‘Monologue of Claudius’, ‘Musical Pantomime’, ‘Lullaby’, ‘Requiem’, ‘Signals of Fortinbras’, and , ‘March of Fortinbras’.
HAYROUDINOFF, Rustem (Pf)			2000	Chandos	CHAN 9907	Arr. by composer(‘The Hunt’) and Lev Solin(others). ‘Lullaby’, ‘The player's pantomime’, ‘Dead March’, ‘Gigue’, ‘March of fortinbras’, ‘The Hunt’, ‘Night watch’, and ‘Dance music’.
SEROV, Yuri (Pf)		SHKIRTIL, Liudmila (MS)	2002	Delos	DE 3309	‘Ophelia's Songs’.
DELIAN::QUARTET (Adrian Pinzaru, Andreas Moscho, Aida-Carmen Soanea, Romain Garioud)			2014	OEHMS	OC 451	Arr. by Elizabeth Wilson and Stefano Pierini(‘Dinner Music’), Viktor Ekimovsky(‘Pantomime’), and Elizabeth Wilson(others). ‘Dinner Music’, ‘Lullaby’, ‘Dialogue of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’, and ‘Pantomime’.
Suite Op.32a:
Conductor	Orchestra		Rec.	Label	Number	Note	Recommendation
FIEDLER, Arthur	Boston Pops Orchestra		1968	BMG	09026-63308-2
JÄRVI, Neeme	Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra		1989	DG	POCG-1424
MESTER, Jorge	Louisville Orchestra			Louisville First Edition Records	LS 683	LP. Order of the numbers rearranged: Nos. 1, 3, 12, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 10, 11, 8, and 4.
ROZHDESTVENSKY, Gennady	Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra		1961	EMI	ASD 3381	LP, Venezia-CDVE03220
SEROV, Eduard	Leningrad Chamber Orchestra			Melodiya	MCD 131	Melodiya-MCD 008(No. 13 only), Melodiya-C 10 22365 004(LP), Manchester-CDMAN129, Praga-PRD 250 356(Nos. 11 & 13)
1954 Production
ELDER, Mark	City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra		1994	CALA	CACD1021
PLETNEV, Mikhail	Russian National Orchestra		2008	PentaTone	PTC 5186 331	‘Jig’.
GERHARDT, Alban (Vc)	OSBORNE, Steven (Pf)		2005	Hyperion	CDA67534	‘Jig’ only. Arr. by Juozas Chelkauskas.
HAYROUDINOFF, Rustem (Pf)			2000	Chandos	CHAN 9907	‘Jig’ only.

M. Elder/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Act I:

9'27"

Act II:

5'13"

Act III:

10'03"

Act IV:

10'43"

Act V:

9'30"

M. Pletnev/Russian National Orchestra

Total Time:

17'04"

R. Hayroudinoff (Pf)

2'18

II:

2'03"

III:

2'05"

IV:

2'02"

1'23"

VI:

VII:

VIII:

IX:

1'08"

XI:

XII:

XIII:

2'17"

L. Shkirtil (MS), Y. Serov (Pf)

II:

III:

IV:

VI:

VII:

VIII:

IX:

1'54"

XI:

XII:

XIII:

Delian::Quartett

No.6:

1'52

No.15:

1'02"

No.22:

1'37"

No.34:

1'28"

A. Fiedler/Boston Pops Orchestra

2'19"

II:

1'35"

III:

2'08"

IV:

2'08"

1'22"

VI:

1'03"

VII:

0'57"

VIII:

1'06"

IX:

1'27"

1'05"

XI:

1'59"

XII:

0'49"

XIII:

1'49"

N. Järvi/Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

2'30"

II:

1'47"

III:

2'20"

IV:

1'54"

1'39"

VI:

1'03"

VII:

1'11"

VIII:

1'11"

IX:

1'45"

2'14"

XI:

1'21"

XII:

1'02"

XIII:

1'48"

J. Mester/Louisville Orchestra

Time: Unknown

G. Rozhdestvensky/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

Time: Unknown

E. Serov/Leningrad Chamber Orchestra

2'40"

II:

III:

2'14"

IV:

1'43"

1'41"

VI:

VII:

VIII:

IX:

1'44"

1'23"

XI:

1'47"

XII:

XIII:

2'12"

M. Elder/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Jig:

1'37"

Finale:

1'29"

A. Gerhardt (Vc), S. Osborne (Pf)

Jig:

1'41"

Finale:

R. Hayroudinoff (Pf)

Jig:

1'26"

Finale:

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The Human Comedy, Op. 37

Conductor	Orchestra	Rec.	Label	Number	Note
ALTSHULER, Vladimir	St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra	1995	Manchester	CDMAN129	‘Waltz’ only.
ORBELIAN, Constantine	Moscow Chamber Orchestra	1999	Delos	DE 3257	‘Waltz’ only.
SEROV, Eduard	Leningrad Chamber Orchestra	1984	Olympia	OCD 194	Melodiya-MCD 008(‘Gavotte’ only.), Melodiya-C 10 22365 004(LP)
HAYROUDINOFF, Rustem (Pf)		2000	Chandos	CHAN 9907	Arr. by Lev Solin.
VIARDO, Vladimir (Pf)		1984-6	Melodiya	C10 28379 002	LP, ‘Police March’ (No. 4).
FRÜHWIRTH, David (Vn), CHERNYAVSKA, Milana (Pf)		2010	Delta Classics	N 90 076	‘Waltz’ only, Arr. by Konstantin Fortunatov.
UGORSKI, Anatol (Pf)	Delian::Quartett (Adrian Pinzaru, Andreas Moscho, Aida-Carmen Soanea, Romain Garioud)	2014	OEHMS	OC 451	‘Gavotte’, ‘Sarabande’, and ‘The Panorama of Paris’. Arr. by Elizabeth Wilson.

V. Altshuler/St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

March:

Gavotte:

The Panorama of Paris:

Police March:

Sarabande:

Waltz:

2'21"

Bank of the Seine:

C. Orbelian/Moscow Chamber Orchestra

March:

Gavotte:

The Panorama of Paris:

Police March:

Sarabande:

Waltz:

2'33"

Bank of the Seine:

E. Serov/Leningrad Chamber Orchestra

March:

2'12"

Gavotte:

2'15"

The Panorama of Paris:

2'31"

Police March:

1'25"

Sarabande:

Waltz:

Bank of the Seine:

3'46"

R. Hayroudinoff (Pf)

March:

2'17"

Gavotte:

2'21"

The Panorama of Paris:

1'28"

Police March:

1'06"

Sarabande:

1'32"

Waltz:

3'27"

Bank of the Seine:

V. Viardo (Pf)

March:

Gavotte:

The Panorama of Paris:

Police March:

1'00"

Sarabande:

Waltz:

Bank of the Seine:

D. Frühwirth (Vn), M. Chernyavska (Pf)

March:

Gavotte:

The Panorama of Paris:

Police March:

Sarabande:

Waltz:

2'14"

Bank of the Seine:

A. Ugorski (Pf), Delian::Quartett

March:

Gavotte:

3'46"

The Panorama of Paris:

1'06"

Police March:

Sarabande:

1'27"

Waltz:

Bank of the Seine:

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Salute to Spain, Op. 44

Conductor	Orchestra	Soloist	Rec.	Label	Number	Note	Recommendation
FITZ-GERALD, Mark	Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra	Kamil Barczewski (B), Camerata Silesia (Artistic Director: Anna Szostak)	2008	Naxos	8.572138	Arr. by Mark Fitz-Gerald.
HAYROUDINOFF, Rustem (Pf)			2000	Chandos	CHAN 9907	Arr. by Lev Solin. ‘March’ and ‘Funeral march’.

M. Fitz-Gerald/Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra etc.
Total Time:			10'52"
R. Hayroudinoff (Pf)
V (Funeral March):	3'01"	VII (March):	2'29"

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King Lear, Op. 58a

Conductor	Orchestra	Soloist	Rec.	Label	Number	Note
ABBADO, Claudio	Berliner Philharmoniker	ZHIDKOVA, Elena (Ms), KOTSCHERGA, Anatoli (Br)	2003	Live Supreme	LSU1061-2	CD-R, Live(25 Apr.).
ELDER, Mark	City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra	ROMANOVA, Nina (Ms), WILSON-JOHSON, David (Br)	1994	CALA	CACD1021
JORDANIA, Vakhtang	KBS Symphony Orchestra		1994	Koch	3-7247-2H1
JUROWSKI, Michail	Rundfunk Symphonie Orchester, Berlin	ZAREMBA, Jelena (Ms), SULEIMANOW, Stanislaw (B)	1990	Capriccio	10 397	delta-36 000(‘Song of Cordelia’)
LEVIN, Anatoly	Orchestra of the Moscow Chamber Music Theatre	MOCHALOV, Alexei (B)	1995	Triton	17 008
NELSONS, Andris	Boston Symphony Orchestra		2017	DG	483 6728	Live(May).
ROZHDESTVENSKY, Gennady	USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra	BURNASHEVA, N. (Ms), NESTERENKO, Evgeni (B)	1982	Melodiya	SM-1607	MT, ‘Cordelia's Ballad’ and ‘Clown's Songs’.
SEROV, Eduard	Leningrad Chamber Orchestra	ROMANOVA, Nina (Ms)	1984	Melodiya	MCD 182	Melodiya-MCD 008(‘Fanfares’ only.), Melodiya-C 10 22365 004(LP), Manchester-CDMAN129
SEROV, Yuri (Pf)		SHKIRTIL, Liudmila (MS), LUKONIN, Mikhail (Br)	2002	Delos	DE 3309	‘Cordelia's Ballad’ and ‘Fool's Songs’.
SHENDEROVICH, Evgeni (Pf)		NESTERENKO, Evgeni (B)	1976	Victor	VICC-40082/83	‘Cordelia's Ballad’ and ‘Clown's Songs’. Melodiya-C10-09225-26(LP)
HAYROUDINOFF, Rustem (Pf)			2000	Chandos	CHAN 9907	Arr. by composer. Scene from Act III.
VIARDO, Vladimir (Pf)			1984-6	Melodiya	C10 28379 002	LP, Scene from Act III(No. 2).

C. Abbado/Berliner Philharmoniker

Total Time:

70'55"

M. Elder/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

4'44"

0'49"

3-12:

7'43"

13:

1'25"

14:

1'29"

15:

2'03"

16:

0'59"

17:

1'37"

18:

2'09"

19-23:

1'08"

V. Jordania/KBS Symphony Orchestra

4'08"

1'08"

3-12:

7'56"

13:

1'18"

14:

1'24"

15:

1'29"

16:

0'58"

17:

1'25"

18:

1'45"

19:

0'25"

20:

0'17"

21:

0'15"

22:

0'19"

23:

0'10"

M. Jurowski/Rundfunk Symphonie Orchester, Berlin

4'39"

0'48"

3-12:

8'54"

13:

1'45"

14:

1'47"

15:

1'53"

16:

1'17"

17:

2'04"

18:

1'31"

19:

0'22"

20:

0'17"

21:

0'09"

22:

0'12"

23:

0'15"

A. Levin/Orchestra of the Moscow Chamber Music Theatre

2'43"

3-12:

9'30"

13:

14:

15:

16:

17:

18:

19:

20:

21:

22:

23:

A. Nelsons/Boston Symphony Orchestra

4'34"

0'54"

3-12:

13:

14:

1'27"

15:

2'01"

16:

1'00"

17:

1'38"

18:

1'29"

19:

0'21"

20:

0'15"

21:

22:

0'13"

23:

0'17"

G. Rozhdestvensky/USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra

Time: Unknown

E. Serov/Leningrad Chamber Orchestra

4'40"

0'50"

3-12:

13:

14:

1'15"

15:

2'02"

16:

17:

1'22"

18:

1'35"

19-23:

1'19"

L. Shkirtil (MS), M. Lukonin (Br), Y. Serov (Pf)

2'24"

3-12:

9'40"

13:

14:

15:

16:

17:

18:

19:

20:

21:

22:

23:

E. Nesterenko (B), E. Shenderovich (Pf)

2'52"

3-12:

8'44"

13:

14:

15:

16:

17:

18:

19:

20:

21:

22:

23:

R. Hayroudinoff (Pf)

3-12:

13:

14:

15:

16:

17:

1'57"

18:

19:

20:

21:

22:

23:

V. Viardo (Pf)

3-12:

13:

14:

15:

2'07"

16:

17:

18:

19:

20:

21:

22:

23:

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Native Leningrad, Op. 63

Conductor	Orchestra	Chorus	Rec.	Label	Number	Note
CARDON, Roland	De Muziekkapel van de Rijkswacht			Dureco Benelux	66.038	LP. No. 3 Arr. by Frank Erickson, Titled ‘Folk Dances’.
RAYMOND, Iniguez	California State University, Los Angles Wind Ensemble		1980	Sony	SRCR 8911	Live(26 Apr.), No. 3 Arr. by Iniguez Raymond, Titled ‘Folk Dances’.
SHIOZAWA, Yasuhiko	Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra		1980	Sony	SRCR 9891	No. 3 Arr. by Frank Erickson, Titled ‘Folk Dances’.
TITOV, Alexander	St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra	Chamber Choir of Smolny Cathedral	2009	Northern Flowers	NF/PMA 9976

R. Cardon/De Muziekkapel van de Rijkswacht
I:		II:		III:	4'05"	IV:
I. Raymond/California State University, Los Angles Wind Ensemble
I:		II:		III:	3'06"	IV:
Y. Shiozawa/Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
I:		II:		III:	4'09"	IV:
A. Titov/St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra etc.
I:	3'38"	II:	1'43"	III:	4'09"	IV:	2'54"

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Russian River, Op. 66

Conductor	Orchestra	Chorus	Rec.	Label	Number	Note
SILANTIEV, Yuri	Stage Symphony Orchestra of All-Union Radio			Supraphon	EP 34030	7"45rpm. Football.
TITOV, Alexander	St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra	Chamber Choir of Smolny Cathedral	2009	Northern Flowers	NF/PMA 9976
HAYROUDINOFF, Rustem (Pf)			2000	Chandos	CHAN 9907	Arr. by V. Samarin. Football.

Y. Silantiev/Stage Symphony Orchestra of All-Union Radio

Time: Unknown

A. Titov/St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra etc.

0'16"

II:

2'26"

III:

7'10"

IV:

2'32"

R. Hayroudinoff (Pf)

II:

2'21"

III:

IV:

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Victorious Spring, Op. 72

Performer	Rec.	Label	Number	Note
EVTODIEVA, Victoria (S) & SEROV, Yuri (Pf)	2002	Delos	DE 3313
ALL-UNION RADIO SONG ENSEMBLE		MK	D 5062-3	10" mono, No. 1 only.
BUNCHIKOV, Vladimir (T), Victor Knushevitsky/Orchestra	1946	Melodiya	33D-15329-30	10" mono, No. 1 only. USSR 13842-3(10" 78rpm)
GERHARDT, Alban (Vc), OSBORNE, Steven (Pf)	2005	Hyperion	CDA67534	No. 2 only. Arr. by S. Kalyanov.
KUTLUER, Şefika (Fl), Peter Breiner/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	2005	Gallo	CD-1168	No. 2 only. Arr. by P. Breiner.

V. Evtodieva (S), Y. Serov (Pf)
I:	2'53"	II:	2'11"
All-Union Radio Song Ensemble
Time: Unknown
V. Bunchikov (T), V. Knushevitsky/Orchestra
Time: Unknown
A. Gerhardt (Vc), S. Osborne (Pf)
I:		II:	1'22"
Ş. Kutluer (Fl), P. Breiner/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
I:		II:	2'51"

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