Radio Moscow
3 and 3 Quarters (Vinyl) [ Alive Natural Sounds / LP - released 23/Apr/2012 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. |
Radio Moscow
3 and 3 Quarters (Digipak) [ Alive Natural Sounds / CD - released 23/Apr/2012 ] |
ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT
Abraham Lincoln: A Likeness in Symphony Form / etc Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2001 ] wonderfully varied accomplishments cry out for further exploration and rediscovery. |
MAX STEINER
All This, and Heaven Too / A Stolen Life Moscow Symphony Chorus / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] All This, and Heaven Too came in 1940 when the composer's approach was very emotional with highly chromatic writing in the Wagner tradition. The music reflects and comments on the dialogue, surging dramatically and appropriately at every opportunity. |
STRAVINSKY
Apollo / Concerto in D for Strings (with Prokofiev-20 Visions fugitives op 22) Moscow Soloists / Yuri Bashmet [ Onyx / CD - released 20/May/2007 ] Grammy Award Winner 2008 - Best Small Ensemble Performance |
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... |
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 |
Trevisani/Orbelian/Moscow Co
Bach, Cpe: 3 Concs For Flute [ Delos / CD - released 9/Sep/2002 ] |
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) |
RACHMANINOV
The Bells / John of Damascus, op.1 Mescheriakova - Larin - Chernov / The Moscow State Chamber Choir. Mikhail Pletnev [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 25/Aug/2002 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2002: Choral -- Rosette Recording (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
The Best Of Glazunov Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Ilya Kale (violin), POlish National Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Glazunov, a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov, received encouragement also from Belyayev, an influential patron and publisher whose activities succeeded and largely replaced the earlier efforts of Balakirev to inspire the creation of national Russian music.... |
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. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Organ Works Konstantin Volostnov (on the Röver organ (1898) of the Moscow Central Church of Evangelical Christians-Baptists) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] In contrast to the grand scale and public profile of his orchestral and choral works, Johannes Brahms saw the organ as an instrument 'for home use', and one in which he confided his most intimate feelings. |
Radio Moscow
Brain Cycles [ Alive Records / CD - released 14/Apr/2009 ] "Call it blues rock, call it psychedelic, call it hard-grooved stoner rock. Call it whatever the hell you want, as long as you just call it ROCK. Iowa-based Radio Moscow's second album, 'Brain Cycles'... |
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... |
HASSE / C.P.E BACH / HERTEL
Cello Concertos Musica Viva (Moscow Chamber Orchestra) [ Chandos / CD - released 27/May/2016 ] This album presents three rarely performed or heard early German cello concertos, played by Alexander Rudin. The multi-prize winning soloist is also a well-established conductor, in his native Russia as well as worldwide, fulfilling both roles in... |
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. |
SHOSTAKOVICH / SVIRIDOV / VAINBERG
Chamber Symphonies Moscow Soloists / Yuri Bashmet [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] "Again, in both these works, the dynamism of the Moscow Soloists' playing has freshness and life, and the whole disc is superbly engineered to capture all the music's range and depth." (Matthew Rye Daily Telegraph) |
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) |