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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 |
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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) |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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... |
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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... |
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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 |
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EUGEN d'ALBERT
D'Albert: Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 2 / Esther Overture Joseph Banowetz (piano) / Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] "Either performance would make a welcome addition to a collection" Fanfare |