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FAGO / HEINICHEN / TERRADELLAS / SARRO / FEO / HASSE / etc
Anima Sacra: Sacred Baroque Arias Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) / Il pomo d'oro, Maxim Emelyanchev [ Erato Classics / CD - released 26/Oct/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Recital |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten / Walton: Violin & Viola Concertos Maxim Vengerov (violin & viola) / London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] ""The result is a superlative performance of a concerto that hasn't really been taken up by top-flight violinists a work of contrasts: technically, it is ruthlessly difficult." MusicWeb |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide (complete opera) Alessandra Marianelli, Silvia Beltrami, Maxim Mironov, Randall Bills / Camerata Bach Choir, Poznań, Virtuosi Brunensis, José Miguel Pérez-Sierra [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2018 ] "High standards of florid singing allow this performance to take flight and remain in the air: in fact..it's a vocal feast. Conductor José Miguel Pérez- Sierra shows considerable expertise" Opera, June 2018 |
PACINI / BELLINI / MENDELSSOHN / HUMMEL / ROSSI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - Maria Cecilia Bartoli (soprano) with Maxim Vengerov (violin) / Orchestra La Scintilla / International Chamber Soloists / Adam Fischer [ Decca / CD - released 19/Sep/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2008 - Recital - "Diva Bartoli is on brilliant form in this recording and Adam Fischer provides loving and sensitive handling of the orchestra, which plays superbly." (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
RACHMANINOV / PONCE / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Virtuoso Vengerov Maxim Vengerov (violin) / Virtuosi, Vag Papian, piano [ EMI Classics / CD ] "Here is a young virtuoso at the peak of his form enjoying himself from first to last in music undemanding on the ear if not the technique." Gramophone |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
An introduction to Shostakovich (Incls 'Piano Concerto No 2' & 'Symphony No 5') Dmitri Shostakovich Jnr (piano) / I Musici de Montreal / Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi / Maxim Shostakovich [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] 'Neeme Järvi's understanding of the bleak world inhabited by Shostakovich's symphonies continues to impress. Chandos's sound is superb as always.' American Recird Guide |
CAVALLI / BONONCINI / HANDEL / MATTEIS / SCARLATTI / HASSE / etc
Jakub Józef Orliński - Beyond Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) / Il pomo d'oro, Maxim Emelyanchev [ Erato Classics / CD - released 13/Oct/2023 ] "With that album and this very specifically selected program I want to focus on the general meaning of word "beyond". Mostly to show people that this music is beyond its times. It is still relevant, it is still alive, vibrant, touching, entertaining" |
SERGEY AKHUNOV / FRANCIS POULENC / OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Jazz Julia Igonina (violin) & Maxim Emelyanychev (piano) [ Aparte / CD - released 30/Jun/2023 ] 'Igonina combines a mellow luminescence with a sense of yearning...Emelyanychev is typically superb throughout, seeming at times to strum the strings directly, and a finely-judged performance of the 'Louange' provides a suitably mesmerising end.' BBC |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Maxim Fedotov (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2009 ] "It is…good to welcome these new accounts to the market…the advantages of state-of-the-art recording techniques are immediately apparent in the immense gains in clarity and orchestral translucence." MusicWeb |
DEBUSSY / DUBUGNON / FAURE / RAVEL
Pavane Maxim Rysanov (viola) & Ashley Wass (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] On this new disc, Maxim Rysanov and Ashley Wass present works illustrating the striking affinity between the timbre of the viola and the colours in French music. The disc includes arrangements of music by Ravel, Fauré and Debussy: Alongside two... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Chamber Works with Viola Maxim Rysanov (viola), Kristine Blaumane (cello) & Jacob Katsnelson (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] "Arranging and unearthing are key words here...Hard though it might be to sum up this assortment in a simple category, it is chamber music playing of intimacy, range and flair." The Observer, 5th August 2012 |
BACH / SHCHEDRIN / YSAYE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vengerov plays Bach, Shchedrin & Ysaye Maxim Vengerov (violin) [ EMI Music / CD - released 11/Jul/2001 ] Gramophone Magazine - Editor's Choice - Awards Issue 2002 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Phaedra, Op. 93 / A Charm of Lullabies / Lachrymae / Two Portraits / Sinfonietta, Op. 1 Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) / Maxim Rysanov (viola) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 26/Apr/2011 ] "Gardner's sensitivity to the bittersweet Thirties idiom of the first portrait and the elegiac eloquence of viola soloist Maxim Rysanov in the second combine to highly atmospheric effect. Imaginative programme, highly recommended." Editor's Choice... |
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. |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, opera in seven scenes (1869 version) Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Maxim Paster, Mika Kares, Sergei Skorokhodov, Göteborg Opera Chorus [ BIS SACD / 2 CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] "This new account, based on live performances, is beautifully sung and played, and recorded in surround sound" MusicWeb |
MERCADANTE
I Briganti (complete opera) Bruno Praticò, Vittorio Prato (bass), Maxim Mironov, Jesús Ayllón (tenor), Petya Ivanova (soprano) / Virtuosi Brunensis, Antonino Fogliani [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "Antonino Fogliani, conducting a Czech orchestra and Polish choir, must take credit for the spirit and style of performance." Financial Times, 29th June 2014 |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: The Great Edition Daniel Adni, Martha Argerich, Wayner Marshall, Marie-Claire Alain, Emmanuel Pahud, Maxim Vengerov, Victoria de los Angeles, Janet Baker, Sabine Meyer [ Warner Classics / 40 CD Box Set - released 16/Feb/2024 ] A child prodigy, Felix Mendelssohn is considered one of Europe's greatest composers. A virtuoso conductor and pianist, he was a respected all-round musician for whom Robert Schumann had great friendship and admiration. |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Op.102 / Symphony for Strings in A flat Op.118a Dmitri Shostakovich Jr. (piano) / I Musici de Montreal / Maxim Shostakovich [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "In the concerto the immediacy of Cd is also exciting, and the touch of hardness that the piano takes on once or twice did not strike me as inappropriate, nor even the slight trace of harshness in the deliberately vociferous tutti in the first... |
KHATCHATURIAN
Cello Concerto / Concerto-Rhapsody Dmitry Yablonsky (cello) / Moscow City Symphony Orchestra / Maxim Fedotov [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] The Naxos series devoted to the orchestral music of Aram Khachaturian continues with his two works for cello and orchestra. The Cello Concerto, whose brooding emotional unease did not endear it to the authorities at a difficult time for Soviet... |
GLINKA
Ivan Susanin (A Life for the Tsar) (complete opera recorded in 1947 & 1950) Elizaveta Antonova / Alexander Hosson / Maxim Mikhailov / Bolshoi Theatre Chorus / Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra / Alexander Melik-Pashayev (conductor) [ Naxos Historical / 3 CD - released 29/Jan/2006 ] Mikhail Glinka, the founder of the Russian nationalist school of opera, was the first Russian composer to have his works accepted outside Russia itself. Berlioz admired his compositions and Liszt used them as the basis for several of his piano... |
ALBAN BERG
Wozzeck (complete opera recorded at the Bolshoi in 2010) Bolshoi Theatre / Georg Nigl, Mardi Byers, Maxim Paster / Teodor Currentzis (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Opera |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi [with Rachmaninov - The Miserly Knight] (complete operas recorded in 2004) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Alessandro Corbelli / Massimo Giordano / Richard Berkeley-Steele / Maxim Mikhailov / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Blu-Ray - "Alessandro Corbelli delivers a masterclass in how to extract every ounce of humour from comedy by playing it straight. He is the king of comedy and an international treasure." The Stage |
CAVALLI / BONONCINI / HANDEL / MATTEIS / SCARLATTI / HASSE / etc
Jakub Józef Orliński - Facce d'Amore Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) / Il pomo d'oro, Maxim Emelyanchev [ Erato Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Gramophone Awards 2020 Shortlisted - Recital International Opera Awards 2021 - Winner (Solo recital) |
CAVALLI / BORETTI / BONONCINI / Orlandini / HANDEL / etc
Jakub Józef Orliński: Facce d'Amore (LP) Jakub Józef Orliński (counter-tenor) / Il pomo d'oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 1/Jun/2020 ] "It's music by Luca Antonio Predieri (a nearcontemporary of Handel's) that really hits the mark. Predieri's gentle lyricism and clean lines suit Orliński's soft-grained voice well." Gramophone |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Agrippina (complete opera) Joyce DiDonato, Elsa Benoit, Biagio Pizzuti, Franco Fagioli, Andrea Mastroni, Jakub Józef Orliński / l Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato Classics / 3 CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "With DiDonato nonpareil in the title-role and a uniformly strong cast, this now becomes a first choice for Handel's Venetian masterpiece." Gramophone Awards 2020 WINNER - Opera |
HANDEL / LEO / PURCELL / GESUALDO / STRAUSS
In War & Peace - Harmony Through Music (recorded in Barcelona, June 2017) Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato DVD / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/May/2018 ] ""DiDonato sings with poise and elegance, a few pitchy notes above the stave notwithstanding; her sorrow and passion are clear to see and appreciate - it is an incredibly giving performance." Opera Now |
HANDEL / LEO / PURCELL / GESUALDO / STRAUSS
In War & Peace - Harmony Through Music (recorded in Barcelona, June 2017) BLU-RAY Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2018 ] "DiDonato sings with poise and elegance, a few pitchy notes above the stave notwithstanding; her sorrow and passion are clear to see and appreciate - it is an incredibly giving performance." Opera Now |
IVES / MAHLER / COPLAND / CAVALLI / GLUCK / HANDEL / MYSLIVECEK / etc
Joyce DiDonato - Eden Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato Classics / Warner Classics / CD - released 25/Jan/2022 ] "I'm brought to tearful wonder by the album's close. DiDonato's farewell, 'Ombra mai fù' from Handel's Serse, is a performance so beautiful that it makes your insides ache." Gramophone Editor's Choice March 2022 |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) Michael Spyres (baritenor) Fatma Said (soprano) / Il Pomo d'Oro Choir, Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/2025 ] The acclaimed mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato stars as Dido in this recording of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, captured at Essen Philharmonie as part of a celebrated European tour in 2024. |
JOHN CAGE
Complete Works for Flute, Vol. 1 Katrin Zenz (flute), Maxim Mankovski (percussion), Ludovic Frochot (piano), Uwe Grodd (flute), Chara Iacovidou (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] This first volume of John Cage's complete works for flute spans a fifty year period, from the Three Pieces for Flute Duet of 1935 - deft studies in chromatic writing - to the 1984 Ryoanji, which involves the use of pre-recorded flutes and percussion |
JOHN CAGE
Complete Works for Flute, Vol. 2 Katrin Zenz (flutes), Tobias Liebezeit (vibraphones), Maxim Mankovski (vibraphones), Chara Iacovidou (piano) & Ludovic Frochot (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2016 ] The beauty and purpose of Cage's music lies in an intimacy and spirituality that he said should "sober and quiet the mind thus rendering it susceptible to divine influences." |
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Kogan/Maxim Shostakovich
Shostakovich: 2 Violin Concs [ Delos / CD ] |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Cherevichki (The Slippers) (complete opera recorded in 2009) Larissa Diadkova / Maxim Mikhailov / Vladimir Matorin / Olga Guryakova / Vsevolod Grivnov / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Alexander Polianichko [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection DVD / DVD - released 19/Dec/2010 ] |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora (complete oratorio) Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Michael Spyres, John Chest / Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato / 3 CD Box Set - released 18/Nov/2022 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Nomination 2023 - Choral |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E minor London Symphony Orchestra / Maxim Shostakovich [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Alto returns this outstanding recording of Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony to international availability in this value-priced edition. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 / "Gadfly" Suite London Symphony Orchestra / Maxim Shostakovich [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] Maxim Shostakovich leads the London Symphony Orchestra in powerful, characterful recordings of two of his father's masterpieces - the witty, colorful musical portraits of The Gadfly, and the overwhelming sweep and monumental impact of the great... |
ROSSINI
La Donna Del Lago (complete opera recorded in 2006) Mariana Pizzolato / Sonia Ganassi / Maxim Mironov / Prague Chamber Choir / SWR Radio Orchestra / Alberto Zedda [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] "Maxim Mironov is memorable as the King and there are equally compelling performances by Sonia Ganassi, Marianna Pizzolato and Ferdinand von Bothmer." (Gramophone) |
W. A. MOZART
Martin Fröst: Mozart (Incls 'Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622') Martin Fröst (basset clarinet & clarinet), with Leif Ove Andsnes, Janine Jansen, Antoine Tamestit, Boris Brovtsyn, Maxim Rysanov & Torleif Thedéen [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Sep/2013 ] "The recorded sound is excellent and the notes contain thorough essays about all three works, as well as biographies of most of the performers. Even if you already have a recording of the concerto, this disc is definitely worth catching." (MusicWeb) |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN / SERGEI RACHMANINOFF / FREDERIC CHOPIN / DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Hommage à Horowitz Maxim Bernard (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] On his PENTATONE debut album Hommage à Horowitz, pianist Maxim Bernard revives Vladimir Horowitz's legendary 1986 Moscow concert with a programme containing gems by Scarlatti, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Moszkowski, Scriabin and... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major 'The Great', D. 944 Maxim Emelyanychev, Scottish Chamber Orchestra [ Linn / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] "This is Schubert's Great C major, mighty heir to Beethoven's Seventh, in its ferociously rhythmical glory - and with all movements III and IV's repeats observed. A feast." Sunday Times |
