Composers

• Brahms, Johannes (1833–97)
• Corelli, Arcangelo (1653–1713)
• Donizetti, Gaetano (1797–1848)
• Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (1843–1907)
• Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeievitch (1891–1953)
• Puccini, Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria (1858–1924)
• Rachmaninov, Sergey Vassilievich (1873–1943)
• Respighi, Ottorino (1879–1936)
• Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906–75)
• Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
• Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich (1840–93)

Works

• Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
• Corelli: Suite for Strings
• Donizetti: Miserere in D minor
• Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40
• Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 'Classical'
• Puccini: Messa di Gloria
• Rachmaninov: The Bells, Op. 35
• Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3, P. 172
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
• Strauss, R: Tanzsuite aus Klavierstücken von François Couperin
• Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasy, Op. 56

Conductors

• Kitayenko, Dmitri

Groups & Artists

• Larin, Sergej
• Leiferkus, Sergei

Firma Melodiya presents a boxed set dedicated to the 75th anniversary of one of the outstanding contemporary Russian conductors, Dmitri Kitayenko.

“Today he can be undoubtedly considered one of the five or six best conductors of the world. This phenomenon is out of the ordinary”, Herbert von Karajan wrote about Kitayenko after the young Soviet conductor gave a brilliant performance at the international competition in Vienna, receiving the second prize and winning the hearts of the Viennese audience and media. Evgeny Svetlanov also greeted his younger colleague on the pages of the Soviet press as a talented and promising conductor.

A graduate of the Leningrad Conservatory who also completed a postgraduate course at the Moscow Conservatory and a training course at the Vienna Academy of Music, Dmitri Kitayenko had a brilliant start to his conducting career. From 1976 to 1990 he headed the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. Under his leadership the celebrated orchestra substantially expanded its repertoire and actively toured.

During recent decades, the conductor worked with the orchestras of Western Europe, Japan, South Korea and the United States and regularly recorded.

This 6 CD set includes recordings made by Dmitri Kitayenko in the studio and in the concert hall between 1975 and 1987 with the orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonic Society and the USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra. The repertoire included showcases the conductor’s stylistic diversity and highest mastery.

These recordings will be of interest to those who remembers Kitayenko’s performances of the past years and to a new generation of listeners as well.