MIECZYSLAW SAMUILOVICH VAINBERG
Compact discography

Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 61 (1957, rev. 1961) Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Kirill Kondrashin // Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 67 (1960) Leonid Kogan (violin); Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Kirill Kondrashin // Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes, Op. 47 No. 1 (1949) USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra/Yevgeny Svetlanov [Olympia OCD 622] ***

Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 76 (1962) Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Kirill Kondrashin // Trumpet Concerto in B flat major, Op. 95 (1967) Timofei Dokshiter (trumpet); Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Algis Zhiuraitis [Russian Disc RDCD 11006] ***
Symphony No. 6 in A minor (1963) Moscow School Boys Choir; Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Kyrill Kondrashin // Symphony No. 10 in A minor (1968) Moscow Chamber Orchestra/Rudolf Barshai [Olympia OCD 471] **
Symphony No. 7 in C major for strings and harpsichord, Op. 81 (1964) Moscow Chamber Orchestra/Rudolf Barshai // Symphony No. 12, "In memoriam D. Shostakovich", Op. 114 (1976) USSR TV & Radio Symphony Orchestra/Maxim Shostakovich [Olympia OCD 472] **
Symphony No. 12, "In memoriam D. Shostakovich", Op. 114 (1976) Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra/Maxim Shostakovich // Flute Concerto in D minor, Op. 75 (1961) Alexander Korneyev (flute); Moscow Chamber Orchestra/Rudolf Barshai [Russian Disc RDCD 11010] *
Symphony No. 14, Op. 117 (1977) // Symphony No. 18, "War - there is no word more cruel", Op. 138 (1984) USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra/Vladimir Fedoseyev [Olympia OCD 589] *
Symphony No. 17, "Memory", Op. 137 (1984) // Symphonic Poem, "The Banners of Peace", Op. 143 (1985) USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra/Vladimir Fedoseyev [Olympia OCD 590] *
Symphony No. 19, "The Bright May", Op. 142 (1985) // Chamber Symphony No. 3, Op. 151 (1991) USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra/Vladimir Fedoseyev [Olympia OCD 591] **
The Golden Key, Ballet, Op. 55 (1955/61/64) (Suites 1-3; Suite 4, excerpts) Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra/Mark Ermler [Olympia OCD 473] *
Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 43 (1948) // coupled with:
 LEV KNIPPER Concerto-monologue for cello, wind, and timpani in C major (1964) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello); USSR Symphony Orchestra/Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
YURI LEVITIN Concertino for cello and orchestra in E minor, Op. 54 (1961)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello); Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Kirill Kondrashin [Russian Disc RDCD 11111] ***
§This recording is deleted, but appears as part of the boxed set "Rostropovich: The Russian Years 1950-1974" [EMI Classics 7243 572016-2]. ***
Cello Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 (1945) // Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 (1959) Alla Vasilieva (cello); Moishei Vainberg (piano) // coupled with:
BORIS TCHAIKOVSKY Cello Sonata in E minor (1957) Alla Vasilieva (cello); Boris Tchaikovsky (piano) [Russian Disc RDCD 11026] **
24 Preludes for Solo Cello, Op. 100 (1968) // Sonata for Solo Cello No. 1, Op. 72 (1960) Yosif Feigelson (cello) [Olympia OCD 594] **
Piano Quintet, Op. 18 (1944) Moishei Vainberg (piano); Borodin Quartet // String Quartet No. 12, Op. 103 (1969-70) Yevgeny Smirnov (violin); Arnold Kobyhyansky (violin); Vyatcheslav Trushin (viola); Alla Vasilieva (cello) [Olympia OCD 474] ***
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2/141 (1937/85) // String Quartet No. 10, Op. 85 (1964) // String Quartet No. 17, Op. 146 (1987) Gothenburg Quartet [Olympia OCD 628] **
Children's Notebooks I-III (1944-5) Anatoli Sheludyakov (piano) // Piano Trio, Op. 24 (1945) Anatoli Sheludyakov (piano); Irina Tkachenko (violin); Tatiana Zavarskaya (cello) [Olympia OCD 581] ***
Piano Sonata No. 4 in B minor, Op. 56 (1956) // coupled with:
STRAVINSKY Suite from Petrushka (1911); SCRIABIN Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30 (1903); PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 (1907, rev. 1917); MEDTNER Sonata Reminiscenza in A minor, Op. 38 No. 1 (1918)
Emil Gilels (piano) [Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga MK 417072] **

*** = worth buying ** = worth trying * = completists only

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