SELAOCOE / BACH / PLATTI
Where Is Home (Hae Ke Kae) Abel Selaocoe (cello) with Yo-Yo Ma, Colin Alexander, Simran Singh, Max Baillie, Rakhvinder Singh, Ruth Gibson & others [ Warner Classics / CD - released 23/Sep/2022 ] BBC Music AWARD NOMINATION 2023 - CHAMBER BBC Music AWARD NOMINATION 2023 - NEWCOMER |
PROKOFIEV & OTHERS
Peter And The Wolf In Hollywood Alice Cooper (narrator) / National Youth Orchestra of Germany, Alexander Shelley [ Deutche Grammophon / CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] A brand new DG recording of Prokofiev's childrens classic, "Peter and the Wolf" - now coupled for the first time with a specially-written prequel (pre-story). The best-loved story is now placed in an urban contemporary setting - Los Angeles! |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Piano Concerto / 5 Aphorisms / Gogol Suite Alessandro Deljavan (piano) / St. Petersburg String Soloists, Alexander Dmitriev [ Piano Classics / CD - released 28/Nov/2014 ] To commemorate the 80th birthday of Alfred Schnittke (1934‐1998) Russian pianist Denys Proshayev made a new recording of Schnittke's Concerto for Piano & Strings, the 5 Aphorisms for piano solo, and the Gogol Suite for piano 4‐hands. Schnittke's... |
Alexander
Alexander [ Rough Trade / CD - released 28/Feb/2011 ] Solo album from Alexander, of Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 Alexander Anissimov, National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2001 ] "Alexander Anissimov's Naxos account lingers nostalgically over lyrical episodes in a recording that's firmer at the bottom end than you'd expect from Dublin's airy National Concert Hall. Anissimov's Naxos account is an exceptional bargain" BBC Music |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Kashchey the Immortal (complete opera) Alexander Arkhipov, Irina Zhurina, Nina Terentieva, Vladislav Verestnikov / Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra & Yurlov Academic Choir, Andrey Chistiakov [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / CD - released 22/Jul/2013 ] By 1901 Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov had already been a professor at the St Petersburg Conservatory for thirty years and had achieved considerable renown as a composer. |
ALAN RAWSTHORNE
Rawsthorne: Cello Concerto / Oboe Concerto / Symphonic Studies Alexander Baillie (cello) Stephane Hancourt, oboe, Royal Scottish, Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Dec/2000 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Concerto |
COLIN MATTHEWS
Machines & Dreams (Incls 'Hidden Variables') Alexander Baillie / London Sinfonietta / Berlin Radio Symphony Orch. / John Carewe (cond.) / London Symphony Orch. / Michael Tilson Thomas (cond.) [ NMC / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "This set offers a rounded portrait of a restlessly questing composer … big architectonic pieces in performances of impressive might under Carewe." The Sunday Times 2004 |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Alexander Brailowsky plays Chopin: The Complete RCA Album Collection Alexander Brailowsky (piano) / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch [ RCA Red Seal / Sony / 8 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2019 ] Mr. Brailowsky has a sheer instinct for the secrets of the piano, declared the distinguished New York Times music critic Olin Downes in his review of the Ukrainian-American pianist s 1925 Carnegie Hall recital. He recreates his music with all the... |
Alexander / Brown / Ellis
Straight Ahead [ Concord Jazz / 2 CD - released 26/Sep/2011 ] 'Trio' and 'Overseas Special' - two classic albums in one unique package. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Armenian Rhapsody Alexander Chaushian (cello) / Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra / Eduard Topchjan / Emmanuel Hovhannisyan (duduk) / Vache Sharafyan (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] This disc offers a rare opportunity to sample music by Armenian composers, here represented by three works for cello and orchestra. |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Cello Sonatas Alexander Chaushian (cello) Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] "In the two Duo Sonatas Yevgency Sudbin once again confirms his credentials as a superbly incisive musician, bringing a wealth of colour and variety of tone to Weinberg's somewhat austere piano parts." BBC Music Magazine, February 2008 **** |
RACHMANINOV / BORODIN / SHOSTAKOVICH
Russian Cello Sonatas Alexander Chaushian (cello) / Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "The well-balanced, naturally spacious recording (CD and stereo SACD) is icing on the cake. An excellent disc. Strongly recommended." (10/10 ClassicsToday May 2011) |
RONN YEDIDIA
Ronn Yedidia: Impromptu, Nocturne and World Dance Alexander Fiterstein (clarinet) & Ronn Yedidia (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] Ronn Yedidia's music has been acclaimed for its vitality, variety and imagination, and his compositions for clarinet are especially touching and intimate... |
HAYDN / CHOPIN / MESSIAEN / VINE / SCRIABIN / PROKOFIEV / etc
Alexander Gadjiev - Live Alexander Gadjiev (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] ALEXANDER GADJIEV, winner of the 2021 Sydney International Piano Competition, makes his debut recording for Decca (Australia) on the Eloquence "New Series" imprint, devoted to brand new recordings. |
BRAHMS / LISZT
Alexander Gavrylyuk plays Brahms & Liszt Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano) [ Piano Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] On his third album for Piano Classics, Alexander Gavrylyuk chose works close to his heart, in which his unique gifts may equally shine: his amazing technical mastery and his deep emotional involvement. Never playing for the sake of mere effect, he... |
SCRIABIN
Piano Recital Alexander Ghindin (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Scriabin's cycle of Piano Sonatas is one of the most visionary and dramatic in the canon...The Poèmes and Morceaux represent, in even more concentrated form, the harmonic allure of Scriabin's writing. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto Nos 1 & 4 (Original versions) Alexander Ghindin (piano) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor [ Ondine / CD - released 26/Feb/2005 ] "This is a stellar recording in every respect" (American Record Guide) |
SERVAIS / GHYS / LEONARD / VIEUXTEMPS
Duos for Cello and Violin Alexander Hulshoff (cello) / Friedemann Eichhorn (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] Adrien François Servais, dubbed the 'Paganini of the cello', collaborated with three of the greatest violin virtuosi of his time, the Belgians Joseph Ghys, Henry Vieuxtemps and Hubert Léonard, to create the six duets for violin and cello heard on... |
GUBAIDULINA
In croce o Ten Preludes o Quaternion Alexander Ivashkin (cello) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Oct/2001 ] three works for cello by this contemporary Russian composer. |