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. |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Cello Concerto / Piano Concerto No. 3 Alexander Baillie (cello) Malcolm Binns (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite, conducter [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "This CD is a must for all enthusiasts of Stanford's music. I guarantee that it will not disappoint: in fact it will inspire you and make you want to explore the music of this Great Man in much more detail. And that can be no bad thing!" (MusicWeb... |
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. |
JOHN DOWLAND / THOMAS CAMPION / JOHN DANYEL / THOMAS FORD / HENRY PURCELL / etc
Drop Not, Mine Eyes Alexander Chance (counter-tenor), Toby Carr (lute) [ Linn / CD - released 28/Apr/2023 ] "Chance's tone is pellucid; notes fall round and clear as water drops...a recording in which Chance stakes serious claim to the title of his generation's most exciting British countertenor." Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2023 |
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) |
Alexander Desplat (music)
The French Despatch - OST [ Search Light / CD - released 27/Jul/2021 ] The eclectic soundtrack features Jarvis Cocker, Grace Jones, Ennio Morricone, Charles Aznavour and more. |
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. |