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TIOMKIN
Red River (original film score) Moscow Symphony Chorus / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "All praise to the Moscow forces however – their vocal brethren perhaps excluded - for their powerful commitment to this score and its ebullient realisation in this performance." (MusicWeb Sept 2006) -- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com |
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MARIO PILATI
Pilati: Preludio, aria e tarantella; Quattro canzoni popolari italiane, Divertimento, Bagatelles Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Adriano [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jan/2020 ] Mario Pilati was a leading member of the Italian generation of composers born around the turn of the 20th century. His love of the Baroque can be felt in the sunny and joyful immediacy of Preludio, aria e tarantella, originally conceived for violin... |
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GLAZUNOV
Raymonda (complete ballet) Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Anissimov [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 29/Sep/2007 ] "Annissimov positively luxuriates in this music...in terms of both sound and performance this is the Raymonda to have." - American Record Guide |
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GLAZUNOV
Orchestral works Vol 13: Symphony No. 6 / The Forest Moscow Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Anissimov, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Feb/2004 ] "Anissimov and his Moscow players give an excellent account of themselves, and the engineers have obliged with truly room-filling volume" American Record Guide |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Orchestral Works Vol 7: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Alexander Anissimov, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Oct/2003 ] "Anissimov gets an eminently sympathetic performance from the Moscow orchestra" - Penguin Guide |
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MALIPIERO
Symphonies Vol. 2 - Nos. 1 & 2 / Sinfonie del silenzio e de la morte Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Antonio de Almeida [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Gian Francesco Malipiero may be considered the most original and inventive of the generation of Italian composers born around 1880 (the so-called "generazione dell'Ottanta"). This second Naxos issue of the cycle of 11 numbered and 6 unnumbered... |
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GIAN FRANCESCO MALIPIERO
Symphonies, Vol. 3 - Nos. 5, 6, 8, 11 Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Antonio de Almeida [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] This third volume of Malipiero's symphonies features the most widely played of all his Symphonies, the strikingly original Sixth (for strings) from 1947. The adventurous, at times dissonant Fifth, with its concertante part for two pianos, juxtaposes... |
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GIAN FRANCESCO MALIPIERO
The Symphonies Volume 5 - Symphonies Nos. 9 and 10 Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Antonio de Almeida [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Mar/2011 ] One of the most significant threads in Malipiero's huge and many-sided output, they strengthen his claim to be regarded as the most important and original Italian composer of his generation. Sinfonia dello zodiaco vividly depicts the ever-changing... |
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GIAN FRANCESCO MALIPIERO
Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Antonio de Almeida (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "..the playing by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and their conductor Antonio de Almeida is stimulating. To my mind, they are great advocates of Malipiero's music. The programme notes...are informative, well written and essential reading." (MusicWeb... |
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BERNARD HERRMANN / ALFRED NEWMAN
The Egyptian (complete film score) Moscow Symphony orchestra & Choir / William Stromberg [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] "This beautifully recorded performance, conducted by Willam Stromberg, features 71 minutes of the mysterious, brooding and evocative joint score." --Review by Andy Cooper, The Leader-Post, |
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ANTON ARENSKY
Arensky: Egyptian Nights - Complete Ballet Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Aug/2021 ] A student of Rimsky-Korsakov and the teacher of Rachmaninov and Scriabin, Anton Arensky holds a distinguished place in the history of Russian music as both an academic and a composer. For his 1900 ballet Egyptian Nights, based on Pushkin, he chose an... |
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ANTON ARENSKY
Three Orchestral Suites Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] Anton Stepanovich Arensky was one of the most lyrically gifted Russian composers of the nineteenth century. Today he is best remembered for his wonderful Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32 and the delightful Waltz from the two-piano suite, Opus 15 |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Orchestral Works Vol 14: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 ; Variations on a Russian Theme Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos Orchestral Works 14 / CD - released 1/May/2004 ] "The recorded sound is very fine, as re the notes. Naxos's bargain price is just an added incentive to buy this well-filled disc." - Fanfare (John Bauman) January/February 2001 |
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NIKOLAY TCHEREPNIN
Tcherepnin: Le Pavillon d'Armide Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Henry Shek [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jan/2021 ] Nikolay Tcherepnin, a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov in St Petersburg, achieved fame as a conductor, directing the premiere of his ballet Le Pavillon d'Armide as the opening to Diaghilev's first Ballets Russes season in 1911 which also marked the Paris... |
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GLAZUNOV
Glazunov - Orchestral Music Vol.16: the Sea / Oriental Rhapsody / Ballade Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovchin [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2001 ] "An enjoyable disc, on the whole, and the sound is good too." (Classics Today) |
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Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovchin
Rimsky-Korsakov - The Maid of Pskov Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2001 ] rarely heard Rimsky-Korsakov overtures and opera suites |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6 - Carnaval / Spring / Salome / Concert Waltzes Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD ] "...warm, idiomatic performances, richly recorded." Penguin Guide |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Orchestral Works Vol 10: Suite Caracteristique / Le Chant du Destin Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Igor Golovschin, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Oct/2003 ] "The two Preludes date from 1906 and 1908 respectively. The second... is inscribed 'a la memoire de Rimsky-Korsakov' and is played most impressively, as indeed is the Suite. The recording is very good too. At Naxos's prices this is well worth... |
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Christmas Eve / Night on Mount Triglav Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Igor Golovschin, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Oct/2004 ] "worthy performances of wonderful music " - Fanfare |
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ALBENIZ
Iberia (orchestrated by Peter Breiner) Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Igot Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2011 ] |