Shostakovich - Symphonies Nos 5,9 / Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov (1997)

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Shostakovich - Symphonies Nos 5,9 / Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov (1997)

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Shostakovich - Symphonies No. 5,9 / Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov (1997)
Unknown Rip, FLAC (tracks), no cue, no log, covers | RAR rec. 3% | 267 MB | hotfile, filesonic
Classical | Label: Red Seal | Time: 1:10

Yuri Temirkanov has been the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra since 1988 and he regularly undertakes major international tours and recordings with this orchestra. Other positions he holds are Music Director Emeritus of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Teatro Regio di Parma.

Yuri Temirkanov made his debut with the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (formerly the Leningrad Philharmonic) in early 1967 and was then invited to join the orchestra as Assistant Conductor to Yevgeny Mravinsky. In 1968, he was appointed Principal Conductor of the Leningrad Symphony Orchestra where he remained until his appointment as Music Director of the Kirov Opera and Ballet (now called the Mariinsky Theatre) in 1976. He remained in this position until 1988.

Maestro Temirkanov is a frequent guest conductor of major orchestras in Europe and Asia including the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Dresden Staatskapelle, London Philharmonic, London Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Santa Cecilia, Rome and La Scala. In the USA, he conducts the major orchestras in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

His numerous recordings include collaborations with the St Petersburg Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with whom he recorded the complete Stravinsky ballets and the Tchaikovsky symphonic cycle. For ten days over the Christmas holiday, Maestro Temirkanov hosts the annual International Winter Festival Arts Square in St Petersburg, Russia, to which he invites many of the world’s leading soloists.