Yuri Temirkanov - Shostakovich, Prokofiev - St.Petersburg Philharmonic (1997) FLAC

Shostakovich - The Song of the Forests, oratorio, for tenor, bass, childrens chorus, chorus & orchestra, Op. 81    
1. No. 1, "When the War was over" 5:52    
2. No. 2, "Clothe the homeland in forests" (The call rings throughout the land) 2:43    
3. No. 3, "Recollection of the past" 7:15    
4. No. 4, "Pioneers plant the forests" 2:02    
5. No. 5, "Young Communists forge onwards" 3:05    
6. No. 6, "A walk into the future" 7:08    
7. No. 7, "Glory" 9:22
   
Prokofiev - On Guard of Peace, oratorio for narrator, mezzo-soprano, chorus, boys' chorus & orchestra, Op. 124    
8. "Scarce had Earth Recovered from the Thunder of War" 3:25    
9. "To Those Who are Ten Years Old" 2:15    
10. "Stalingard, City of Glory" 2:47    
11. "Let Unshakeable Peace on Earth be the Heroes' Reward" 2:37    
12. "We Do Not Want War" 2:43    
13. "Dove of Peace" 2:14    
14. "Lullaby" 7:29    
15. "At the Peace Celebration" 4:17    
16. "Conversation in the Ether" 2:45    
17. "The Whole World is Poised to Wage War on War" 5:35

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra,
Yuri Temirkanov - conductor


Great Hall, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, St. Petersburg, Russia
Recording: April 15, 1997 - April 16, 1997