DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich - Music From The Films 'New Babylon' and 'Golden Hills' Soloists from the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] Rare recordings of these Shostakovich Russian film scores. |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Works for Cello and Orchestra Alexander Rudin (cello) / Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD ] "I would draw your attention to the Concerto Ballata. Sweet, very Russian, and just the right amounts of melancholy and drama. Recorded only three times." Penguin Guide |
PUCCINI / CILEA / VERDI / DONIZETTI / FRANCK / SCHUBERT / TRADITIONAL
Viaggio Italiano Andrea Bocelli (tenor) / Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Philips / CD - released 8/Nov/1998 ] Viaggio Italiano sees Bocelli perform a concert of famous opera arias and traditional songs. It's an imaginary journey through the melodrama of the Italian opera |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov - Orchestral Works Vol 10: The Sea / Oriental Rhapsody / etc Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovchin [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] "An enjoyable disc, on the whole, and the sound is good too." ClassicsToday |
W. A. MOZART
Rudolf Barshai Vol.1 (LP) The Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai [ Melodiya / LP - released 7/Oct/2014 ] Firma Melodiya revisits the art of the Rudolf Barshai, an outstanding domestic musician and founder of the first chamber orchestra in the USSR. Once the Moscow Chamber Orchestra founded by Barshai and a few other enthusiasts in the Thaw period... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 in B falt minor Op 23 / Violin Concerto in D major Op 35 Boris Berezovsky (piano) Akiko Suwanai (violin) / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitri Kitaenko [ Teldec Basic Edition / CD - released 1/Apr/2001 ] "Berezovsky, born in 1969, is the 1990 winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Ever since then he has been in demand with leading orchestras. He is, to say the least, a virtuoso of the keyboard, able easily to dazzle the ear... |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Encores Byron Janis (piano) / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra & Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Mercury Living Presence / CD - released 11/Oct/1990 ] The original 35 mm Magnetic Film recording made on location in Moscow in 1961 & 1962 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
David Oistrakh Volume 1 (LP) David Oistrakh (violin) Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin [ Melodiya / LP - released 8/Oct/2014 ] "The world had one of the greatest violinists in the person of David Oistrakh", wrote the prominent conductor Eugene Ormandy. His other fellow musicians - violinists, pianists, composers and conductors - spoke about Oistrakh with as much admiration.... |
BORIS TISHCHENKO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tishchenko: Symphony No. 7, Op. 119 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jun/2004 ] Often considered the direct heir to the legacy of Shostakovich, Tishchenko studied with both Galina Ustvolskaya, a one-time pupil of Shostakovich, and the great man himself. A professor at the St Petersburg Conservatory since 1986, Tishchenko is a... |
FRITZ BRUN
Brun: Complete Orchestral Works Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Adriano [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2019 ] "...if you have yet to explore the music of this Swiss master, this release affords a very reasonably priced way of immersing yourself into the gorgeous musical world of Fritz Brun." Fanfare |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 9 & 14 Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) Mark Reshetin (bass) / USSR Symphony Orchestra, David Oistrakh / Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1993 ] Recorded live in the Large Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire October (No.14) & December 1969 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS CCOLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Symphony No. 4 Emil Gilels (piano) / Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin [ Russian Revelation / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] Recorded Feburary 1968 (Op. 37) and 22 March 1945 (Op. 60) |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Orchestral Works Vol 9: Finnish Fantasy / Karelian Legend / etc Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] It is becoming increasingly unnecessary to defend the reputation of Glazunov. He belonged to a generation of Russian composers that was able to benefit from more professional standards of compositional technique. |
NIKOLAY KARLOVICH MEDTNER
Medtner: Piano Concertos 1 and 3 Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Ziva, conductor [ Naxos Romantic Piano Concertos / CD - released 15/Feb/2002 ] "He and his partners are entirely sympathetic to freely associating ideas that sprout wings of the spirit and evolve into endlessly changing hues and patterns contained within a disciplined if idiosyncratic sense of form." - Gramophone |
NIKOLAY KARLOVICH MEDTNER
Medtner: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Piano Quintet Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) Zuzana Bourova (viola) Ewald Danel (violin) Jozef Podhoransky (cello) Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) / Moscow Symphony Or [ Naxos Romantic Piano Concertos / CD - released 29/Oct/2005 ] "virtuosic and brilliant playing from Konstantin Scherbakov" (Penguin Guide) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies National Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Academy Symphony, Mstislav Rostropovich [ Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 19/Mar/2007 ] Composed over a period of nearly 50 years, Dmitri Shostakovich's 15 symphonies are astonishingly diverse in conception and expression, reflecting the composer's personal experiences, the history of the 20th century and the tensions and struggles of... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Op. 61 / Romance for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 40 & Op. 50 Manrico Padovani (violin) / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Boris Perrenoud [ Cascavelle / CD - released 14/Jun/2002 ] Recorded in the National Radio Moscow, Great Hall, in 1999 |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (complete ballet recorded in 2005) Moscow Classical Ballet / Marina Rzhannikova / Nikolay Chevychelov / Maxim Guerasimov / Alexei Pryadkin / Pavel Salnikov (conductor) [ Decca Music Group Limited / DVD - released 25/Oct/2006 ] G :- A beautiful and authentic staging in the great tradition of Russian classical ballet (including the authentic Russian happy ending!) Featuring the remarkable ballerina Marina Rzhannikova in the demanding double role of Odette/Odile. |
IGNAZ JOSEPH PLEYEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pleyel: Quartet in B / Symphony in A / Sinfonia - Concertante Moscow Concertino, Evgueni Bushkov [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] "Pleyel had a strong and solid technique, a good command of form and considerable enterprise in his ideas" Gramophone |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Complete Symphonic Poems [3 CD set] Maria Jõgeva (soprano) / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] A complete recording of these immensely enjoyable and popular works by the great Russian conductor Vassily Sinaisky and the Moscow State Symphonic Orchestra in its full glory. |
BORIS PARSADANIAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Parsadanian: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 Moscow Radio Symphony, USSR Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov, with Klara Kadinskaya (soprano) [ Russian Compact Disc / CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] Rare recordings from Russia Recorded 1966 (Sym. 1) and 1969 |
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... |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov - Orchestral Works Vol 17: Chopiniana / Overtures on Greek Themes / Serenades Nos 1 & 2 Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ziva [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Oct/2003 ] Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was born in St Petersburg in 1865, the son of a publisher and bookseller. |
EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Chamber Music [3 CD set] The Moscow Trio, with Alexander Vinnitsky (violin) Vladimir Ovchinnikov (piano) Alexander Rudin (cello) Vladimir Skanavi (piano) etc [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2013 ] "A dryish acoustic suits the two quartets, played with warmth and some urgency," (BBC Music) |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante K364 / Concertone K190 Moscow Virtuosi, Vladimir Spivakov (violin/conductor), with Shlomo Mintz (viola) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Dec/1993 ] Recorded in Munich April 1990 |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rare Mozart Arias Nathalie Stutzmann (soprano) / Moscow Virtuosi, Vladimir Spivakov [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 20/Jan/1999 ] Recorded July 1994 at the Reitstadel, Neumarkt, Germany |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Piano Concerto / Prometheus Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) / Russian State TV and Radio Choir / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "This budget-priced production from the composer's compatriots certainly holds its own against all comers. Konstantin Scherbakov plays the concerto with steel and sensitivity in equal measure, and he's particularly successful in knitting together the... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Monna Vanna (Act 1) & Songs Soile Isokoski (soprano) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / Moscow Conservatory Opera Soloists & Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Ondine / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] "Ashkenazy and his forces inject considerable dramatic impetus into the music...this is a tantalising disc of a what-might-have-been, Vladimir Avtomonov's rich, fluid baritone bearing the brunt of the action." (Gramophone Awards Issue 2014) |
GLINKA / DARGOMIZHSKY / TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV / BORODIN
The Bolshoi Experience: Highlights from Russian Operas - Volume 1 Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, conducted by Alexander Vedernikov [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 5/Jul/2006 ] During the eighteenth century, especially at the time of Catherine the Great, Russia enjoyed a lively opera life; however, it was not until the nineteenth century that the national Russian opera was created. |
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)... |
ALEXANDER MOSOLOV
Mosolov: Symphony No. 5 / Harp Concerto Taylor Ann Fleshman, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Arnold [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Alexander Mosolov was one of the foremost composers of the Russian avant-garde during the 1920s. His music was considered 'a testament to the revolutionary spirit of his time', but the legacy of his fame from that period now rests solely on The Iron... |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE / RODION SHCHEDRIN / SOFIYA GUBALDULINA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Modern Portraits II Vladimir Spivakov (director) / Moscow Virtuosi [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Dec/1993 ] "The performance is first-rate" Gramophone |
KARL HARTMANN / IGOR STRAVINSKY / KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI / ALFRED SCHNITTKE / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Modern Portraits Vladimir Spivakov (violin & director) / Moscow Virtuosi [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Dec/1990 ] "Cleanly and brightly recorded...recommended.'" Gramophone |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schnittke: Concerto for viola / Trio Sonata Yuri Bashmet (viola) / Moscow Soloists, London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rozhdestvensky (conductor) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 10/Aug/1991 ] "works were composed specifically for these star players whose recordings have generally been accepted as definitive" |
GEORGE TEMPLETON STRONG
Strong: Orchestral Music Vol.2 Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Adriano [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2001 ] |
GEORGE TEMPLETON STRONG
Strong: Orchestral Works Vol.3 Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Adriano [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 4/Nov/2002 ] George Templeton Strong was born in New York on 26th May 1856. His father, a lawyer and a friend of Abraham Lincoln, was President of the New York Philharmonic Society. |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 Alexander Ivashkin (cello) / Symphony Orchestra of Moscow / Valeri Polyansky [ Ode Records / CD - released 23/Apr/2007 ] ALEXANDER IVASHKIN is one of three Russian cellists (after Mstislav Rostropovich and Natalia Gutman) for whom Schnittke wrote his cello works. |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
TchaikovskY: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58 (with Miaskovsky: Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 66) Alexander Knyazev (cello) / Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio, Vladimir Fedoseyev [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 10/Dec/2013 ] Filmed in one of the most prestigious world concert halls, the Musikverein, in Vienna, this fourth volume concludes a cycle of the concerts by the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra under conductor, Vladimir Fedoseyev. This programme included the... |
DMITRY KABALEVSKY
Kabalevsky: Cello Concertos. Nos 1&2 Alexander Rudin (cello) / Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Sep/2016 ] "these performances convey the flow and character of the music admirably" (BBC Music) |