Recording News

Regis Records are reissuing on July 24th Yevgeny Mravinsky's 1982 recording of Symphony No. 8 (reviewed in DSCH No. 11). Previous releases of this recording by Philips, Philips Virtuoso and Icone were approximately a semitone sharp and are no longer in the catalogue. Regis have consulted with DSCH Journal to ensure the correct transfer pitch for their reissue (RRC 1250).

To commemorate the Shostakovich centenary, Universal Classics have released five boxed sets of recordings drawn from the Decca, Philips and Deutsche Grammophon catalogues. The entire edition occupies 35 CDs. The first two sets, released in April, comprised the complete symphonies conducted by Bernard Haitink (Decca 475 7413; 11-CDs) and the quartet cycle by the Emerson String Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon 475 7407; 5-CDs; from Deutsche Grammophon 289 463 284-2; reviewed in DSCH No. 13). May releases surveyed the concertos, orchestral suites and chamber symphonies (Decca 475 7431; 9-CDs); piano music and other chamber works (Decca 475 7425; 5-CDs); and song cycles (with orchestra or piano) and opera (Decca 475 7441; 5-CDs).

Hyperion have reissued the complete Shostakovich quartet cycle from the St. Petersburg Quartet, reviewed in these pages in single-CD issues, as a 6-CD set (CDS44091/96).