In response to several requests re Mravinsky on video, here's what we have:
MRAVINSKY, Evgeny (1906-1988)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 4, rehearsal and performance 41:00/MRAV-4
Leningrad Philharmonic, c. 1970; from Russian television
Brahms, Symphony No. 4, rehearsal and performance 57:00/MRAV-4
Leningrad Philharmonic, c. 1970; from Russian television
Glazunov, Raymonda 3:40/A-141
Leningrad Philharmonic, 1941
Glinka, Waltz from Susanin 1:00/A-39
Leningrad Philharmonic, factory concert at Electrosile, c. 1939
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet 28:00/MRAV-5 BETA
Leningrad Philharmonic, from Soviet television, 1984 28:00/MRAV-6
Schubert, Symphony No. 8, rehearsal 00:30/A-39
Leningrad Philharmonic
Schubert, Symphony No. 8 29:00/MRAV-2 LD
Leningrad Philharmonic, November 20, 1983, Minsk. Toshiba/EMI 29:00/MRAV-3
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, moderato 10:00/AOC II PAL
Leningrad Philharmonic, 1973
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, finale 4:30/A-89
Leningrad Philharmonic, 1967; with interview in A-39 1:30/A-39, AOC II PAL
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 44:00/MRAV--2 LD
Leningrad Philharmonic, November 20, 1983, Minsk. Toshiba/EMI 44:00/MRAV-3
Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker 35:00/MRAV-5 BETA
Leningrad Philharmonic, from Soviet television, 1984 35:00/MRAV-6
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, finale 4:00/A-64 PAL, AOC II PAL
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolfinum 1957 1:00/CZECH-1, 2, A-24
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 42:00/MRAV-4, A-150 (best)
Leningrad Philharmonic, 1982 (1983?); from Russian television 13:00/AOC II PAL
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, finale 1:00/A-39
Leningrad Philharmonic, n.d.
Evgeny Mravinsky and the Leningrad Philharmonic 59:00/A-50, 53 PAL
Television documentary, ZDF, 1988 MRAV-1 PAL, A-93
~Beethoven Symphony No. 4, first movement, rehearsal 10:00/A-50, 53
Leningrad Philharmonic; in Russian, with German voice-over
~Brahms, Symphony No. 2, fourth movement, rehearsal 8:00/A-50, 53
Leningrad Philharmonic, ibid
~Brahms, Symphony No. 4, fourth movement, rehearsal and concert 10:00/A-50, 53
Leningrad Philharmonic, ibid
~Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, 1st and 4th movements,rehearsal 9:00/A-50, 53
Leningrad Philharmonic, 1973
~Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, 1st movement, rehearsal 10:00/A-50, 53
Evgeny Mravinsky 60:00/MRAV-5 PAL
1984 Soviet television documentary; includes Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky
60:00/MRAV-6
Timings, close to the minute, appear just before the catalogue numbers
of these works, as noted above. List members may know that Mravinsky is
seen in Volume II of The Art of Conducting (Warner-Teldec). Several of
his Soviet television performances also appear on Japanese and Italian
LDs, most of the latter being over-priced pirates. These documents are
irreplaceable evidence of the way this extraordinary conductor actually
worked. Those of us accustomed to Western wallowing in (say) Shostakovich
5 will be quite surprised by Mravinsky's work in this repertoire.
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