Melodiya
The Russian Label.
Melodiya was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union. It was established in 1964 as the All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya. It utilized gigantic resources of numerous recording studios, manufacturing facilities throughout the USSR as well as a powerful centralized distribution and promotion system. The best selling format at the time was 33 1/3 and 45 RPM Vinyl records. As of 1973 Melodiya released some 1,200 gramophone records with the total circulation of 190-200 million per year and 1 million compact cassettes per year and was exporting its production into more than 70 countries.
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Dmitry Masleev
28th Nov 2017
Ahead of his St John's Smith Square recital on Thursday, the Russian pianist talks to Katherine about his debut solo recording of Scarlatti, Prokofiev and Shostakovich.
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Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies
Republican Russian Academic Choir Capella, Boys Choir of the Moscow State Choral School, Arthur Eisen, Male Group of Republican Russian Academic Choir Capella, Evgeniya Tselovalnik (soprano), Yevgeny Nesterenko (bass), David Oistrakh (violin), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin
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Building A Library, July 2024, Recommended Recording (Symphony No. 5)
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Shostakovich: Complete Quartets
Borodin Quartet (string quartet), Prokofiev Quartet, Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
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Shostakovich: Symphonies, The Song of the Forests
Leningrad Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Petrov, Boys Choir of the Moscow State Choral School, Vitaly Kilichevsky, USSR State Academic Russian Choir, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky
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Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37
Alexander Sveshnikov, USSR State Academic Russian Choir, Klara Korkan, Konstantin Ognevoy
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New. Copland, Barber: Concertos
Lev Mikhailov, Lev Markiz Chamber Orchestra, Albert Gofman, Anatoly Lyubimov, Anatoly Maksimenko
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New. Peter Dmitriev Plays Rachmaninoff
Peter Dmitriev
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New. Avanti Competition 6: Prize Winners Concert. Moscow, 2026 (Live)
Maria Labetskaya, Gordey Miroshnikov, Taras Yasenkov, Chamber Choir of Moscow Conservatory, Polina Popova, Alexander Soloviev, Philipp Fitin, Philipp Karandeev, Yanai Yegudin, Ekaterina Shatrova, Stanislav Malyshev, OpensoundOrchestra, Fedor Osver, Luiza Mintsaeva
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