Alexander Lokshin composed eleven symphonies, but only No.4 included here, is purely orchestral. Symphony No. 9 was only performed once in the composer’s lifetime, conducted by Barshai. Symphony No. 9 is a lyrical chamber work.
Lokshin:
Symphony No. 4 ‘Sinfonia Stretta’
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai
Symphony No. 9 for baritone and string orchestra, to poems by Leonid Martynov
Yuri Grigoriev (baritone)
Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai
Symphony No. 11 for soprano and orchestra, to a sonnet by Luís de Camões
Ludmila Sokolenko (soprano)
Ensemble of soloists, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Hungarian Fantasy for violin and orchestra
Yulian Sitkovetsky (violin)
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling