TCHAIKOSVKY / BORODIN / DARGOMYZHSKY / GLAZUNOV / LIADOV / PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH / etc
Sviatoslav Richter plays Russian Composers (recorded 1945-1963) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) with Nina Dorliak (soprano) / Brno Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Leningrad Philharmonic, Moscow Youth Symph [ Hanssler Profil / 13 CD Box Set - released 3/Sep/2021 ] "Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter was born on March 20, 1915 (Julian: March 7) in Zhitomir in present-day Ukraine. His father Teofil (Theophilus) came from a German commercial family. The famous Russian piano teacher Heinrich Neuhaus (of German origin)... |
BRAHMS
Mass & Motets Swedish Radio Choir, Peter Dijkstra [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Dec/2014 ] This programme features highlights of German Romanticism and one of the most familiar and frequently performed composers: Johannes Brahms. More particularly, Brahms's choral music 'in all its pureness', the genre that made him so well-known and... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 9/Feb/2019 ] "An impressive achievement...utterly coherent and never overwrought" The Guardian |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Swedish Radio Choir [ Linn / 2 CD - released 14/Oct/2016 ] Robin Ticciati's deserved reputation as one of the great Berliozian's of our age is evident on this, his second recording with the award-winning Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Ticciati has previously recorded Symphonie Fantastique, Les nuits... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-2 / Sonata for Solo Violin Tianwa Yang (violin) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony, Jun Märkl [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] Prokofiev first became fascinated by the violin upon hearing the playing of his private teacher, Reinhold Glière. A dozen years later Prokofiev wrote his Violin Concerto No. 1 - a work of contrasting open-hearted lyricism and whimsical playfulness... |
LEOS JANACEK / ZOLTA KODALY
Janacek - Glagolitic Mass / Kodaly - Psalmus Hungaricus, Op. 13 Tina Kiberg (sop) Randi Stene (mez) Peter Svensson (ten) Ulrik Cold (bass) Per Salo (organ) / Danish National Radio Choir, Charles Mackerras [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Mackerras's new version is of particular interest as it embodies another of the reconstructions that have been painstakingly made of Janacek's original intentions in different... |
BORIS LYATOSHINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lyatoshinsky: Symphony No 3 in B minor / Romeo and Juliet Suite Ukrainian Radio and TV Symphony, Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Gnedash [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1994 ] Recorded in 1976 |
BORIS LYATOSHINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lyatoshinsky: Symphony No 4 in B minor / On the Banks of the Vistula / Lyric Poem Ukrainian Radio and TV Symphony, Vladimir Gnedash / Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Igor Blazhkov [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1994 ] Recorded in 1989 & 1992 |
SERGEI TANEYEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Taneyev: Symphony No. 2 & 4 USSR Radio And Television Large Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev • Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, Arnold Katz [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1993 ] Taneyev graduated in 1875, the first student in the history of the Conservatory to win the gold medal both for composition and for performing (piano). He was also the first person ever to be awarded the Conservatory's Great Gold Medal. |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV / SERGEI LYAPUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glazunov/Lyapunov: Piano Concertos Alexei Nasedkin, Alexander Bakhchiev (piano) Tatiana Grindenko (violin) / USSR Radio & TV Large Symphony Orchestra, Algis Zhiuraitis [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1996 ] Rare recordings from Russia |
KIRKE MECHEM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mechem: Symphonies Nos 1 and 2 / The Jayhawk, Magic Bird Overture USSR Radio & TV Large Symphony Orchestra, Corrick Brown [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1992 ] Rare recordings from Russia Recorded live at the Hall of Columns, Moscow March 30, 1991 |
ANDREI ESHPAI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Eshpai: Symphonies Nos 4 "Symphony Ballet" & 5 USSR Radio & TV Large Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1996 ] Rare recordings from Russia |
EVGENI SVETLANOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Svetlanov: Piano Concerto / Red Guelder-rose / Preludes USSU Radio & television Large Symphony Orchestra, Maxim Shostakovich / USSR Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov (cond/piano) [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1994 ] Classic recordings from the Russian archieves. |
EMMERICH KALMAN / FRANZ LEHAR / ROBERT STOLZ / JOHANN STRAUSS II / CARL ZELLER
The Best Of Operetta Vol. 3 Soloists / Hungarian Operetta Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD ] "the performances are really first rate" Fanfare |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
The Best Of Schumann Jenö Jandó (piano), Maria Kliegel (cello), Kristin Merscher (piano), Balázs Szokolay (piano) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kodály Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Aug/2007 ] The very best of Robert Schumann compiled from the vast Naxos catalogue! |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
The Best Of Verdi [Incls 'Anvil Chorus' & 'Celeste Aida'] Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard, Miriam Gauci (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] Artists Miriam Gauci (soprano), Thomas Harper (tenor), Monika Krause (soprano), Yordy Ramiro (tenor), Alida Ferrarini (soprano), Giacomo Aragall (tenor), Eduard Tumagian (baritone) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Belgian Radio and Television... |
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Lutoslawski - The Best of: Symphonic Variations Overture for Strings etc The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, with Andrzej Bauer (cello) Krzysztof Bakowski (violin) Piotr Paleczny (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2001 ] One of the greatest 20th-century Polish music artists |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
The Best Of Berlioz (Includes Royal Hunt And Storm; March To The Scaffold & Reverie et Caprice, Op. 8 ) Rivka Golani (viola), Igor Gruppman (violin) San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Master Chorale, Polish State Phi [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Feb/2003 ] Way ahead of his time, misunderstood, and a rebel. It is difficult to believe, as we hail Beethoven's achievements, that the great German composer had only been dead three years when Berlioz wrote the erotic Symphonie Fantastique. |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
My First Tchaikovsky Album Maria Kliegel (cello) / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Queensland Symphony; Slovak Philharmonic Orches [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Feb/2012 ] Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: a great Russian name for a great Russian composer! Tchaikovsky was not always a happy man. He didn't laugh a lot. But he wrote music that is full of good melodies. |