DUE CELLI
Due Celli: music for two cellos Alexander Ivashkin (cello) Natalia Pavlutskaya (cello) [ Ode Records / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] Natalia and Alexander, originally from Moscow (presently based in London) are both naturalised New Zealanders. The repertoire on the CD features works from some of the great composers. |
JOHN CAGE
As it is Alexei Lubimov (piano) / Natalia Pschenitschnikova (voice) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] A fresh approach to one of contemporary composition's most iconoclastic and inventive figures, issued on the occasion of John Cage's 100th birthday. Early Cage is the subject here, strikingly original songs and piano pieces from the 1930s and 1940s.... |
BORIS ASAFIEV
The Flames of Paris (complete ballet) BLU-RAY Bolshoi Ballet / Natalia Osipova / Denis Savin / Ivan Vasiliev / Pavel Sorokin (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Dec/2010 ] Under the aegis of its now acting artistic director, Alexei Ratmansky, the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet Company, continues its foray into the history of Russian ballet with a revival of The Flames of Paris. |
BORIS ASAFIEV
The Flames of Paris (complete ballet) Bolshoi Ballet / Natalia Osipova / Denis Savin / Ivan Vasiliev / Pavel Sorokin (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] "And then there's Vasiliev and Osipova. A gasping squeal went round the theatre at his first big leap. The jump is high, his legs and feet taut - but it's his nonchalance that makes it amazing. There's a lot more where that came from." The Independent |
LUDWIG MINKUS
Minkus: La Bayadère (complete ballet recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY The Royal Ballet / Marianela Nuñez, Vadim Muntagirov, Natalia Osipova / Boris Gruzin (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 21/Feb/2020 ] "A very enjoyable release with a great deal to offer even if you already own another version." MusicWeb April 2020 |
ANTONIN DVOARK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Symphonic Variations Natalia Gutman (cello) / The Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Swallisch [ EMI Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Recorded At - Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, February 1991 |
STRAVINSKY / SZYMANOWSKI
Violin and piano works Graf Mourja - violin ; Natalia Gous - piano [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 15/Mar/2003 ] Born in 1973 in Vilak (Ukraine) into a family of Hungarian musicians, Graf Mourja began studying the violin at the age of three with his father as teacher. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Cello Conerto (with Brahms:- Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 11) Natalia Gutman (cello) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Apr/2007 ] "This is prime-quality Abbado: points are made but never overstated, and there's always the sense that quality musicians are working together with a common musical aim. Who could possibly ask for more?" Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Russian Oboe Ivan Paisov (oboe) / Natalia Scherbakova (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] This recording offers a fascinating survey of Russian oboe music spanning over 150 years. Though now widely neglected, Johann-Heinrich Luft held an important position as an oboist in 19th century Russia and was the acknowledged founder of the Russian... |
MAURICE JARRE
Notre Dame de Paris (Complete Ballet, recorded live in March 2013) La Teatro alla Scala Ballet / Natalia Osipova, Roberto Bolle, Eris Nezha, Mick Zeni / Paul Connelly (cond) [ Opus Arte La Scala Collection DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] With Roland Petit's cool, cabaret-style choreography and chic costumes by Yves Saint Laurent, Notre Dame de Paris has been a modern ballet hit ever since its 1965 premiere. Petit's deft condensation of Victor Hugo's epic and tragic novel is now... |
MAURICE JARRE
Notre Dame de Paris (Complete Ballet, recorded live in March 2013) BLU-RAY La Teatro alla Scala Ballet / Natalia Osipova, Roberto Bolle, Eris Nezha, Mick Zeni / Paul Connelly (cond) [ Opus Arte La Scala Collection Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2014 ] With Roland Petit's cool, cabaret-style choreography and chic costumes by Yves Saint Laurent, Notre Dame de Paris has been a modern ballet hit ever since its 1965 premiere. Petit's deft condensation of Victor Hugo's epic and tragic novel is now... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Complete Songs 1 Victoria Evtodieva (soprano), Natalia Biryukova (mezzo-soprano), Fyodor Kuznetsov (bass), Mikhail Lukonin (baritone), Yuri Serov (piano) [ Delos / CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ] "Here are two CDs dedicated to some of the finest and most under-recorded song repertoire of the 20th century. Yury Serov is the presiding spirit; his sharply characterised piano playing radiating musical and cultural understanding, and his singers... |
GIYA KANCHELI
Exile Maacha Deubner (Soprano) Natalia Pschenitschnikova (Alt und Bassflate) [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Feb/2001 ] "the most important Soviet composer since Shostakovich" Time Magazine |
GOUNOD
La nonne sanglante [The Bloody Nun] (complete opera) Marco Vassalli, Genadijus Bergorulko, Yoonki Baek, Natalia Atmanchuk / Osnabruecker Symphonieorchester, Hermann Baeumer [ CPO / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2012 ] "Gounod's writing for the voice, even at this early stage, is highly characteristic, as are many of the melodies...[Baek] is firm and his well defined, high-lying voice seems suited to the French repertoire...it's good that the Nun should have seen t |
KABALEVSKY
Cello Concertos 1, 2 / Improvisato (violin & piano) / Rondo (violin & piano) Marina Tarasova (cello) Natalia Likhopoi (violin) Ludmilla Kuritskaya (piano) / Symphony Orchestra of Russia [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "These are successful performances that are impressive for Tarasova's sense of flow and colour as well as for the mercurial fantasy and power of Likhopoi." (MusicWeb Jan 2011) |
MAX RICHTER
Richter: Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works Max Richter, Louisa Fuller, Natalia Bonner, John Metcalfe, Ian Burdge, Chris Worsey [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 3/Feb/2017 ] Max Richter explores time and memory in his latest Deutsche Grammophon album, Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works Virginia Woolf's sharp eye for the detail of life guided her work as a writer, its presence felt in everything from pioneering... |
MAX RICHTER
Richter: The Blue Notebooks Max Richter (piano), with Louisa Fuller, Natalia Bonner (violins), Chris Worsey, Philip Sheppard (cellos), John Metcalfe (viola) with Tilda Swinton [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 8/Jun/2018 ] A 15th anniversary reissue of Max Richter's masterpiece The Blue Notebooks. Released in 2004, the album was written and recorded in 2003 in response to the US invasion of Iraq. It's become one of the most iconic pieces of classical and protest music... |
MAX RICHTER
Richter: Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works (2 LP) Max Richter, Louisa Fuller, Natalia Bonner, John Metcalfe, Ian Burdge, Chris Worsey [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 2/Mar/2018 ] Max Richter explores time and memory in his latest Deutsche Grammophon album, Three Worlds: Music from Woolf Works Virginia Woolf's sharp eye for the detail of life guided her work as a writer, its presence felt in everything from pioneering... |
MAX RICHTER
Richter: Infra Max Richter, Nick Barr, Natalia Bonner, Ian Burdge, Christ Worsey, Louisa Fuller [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Jun/2017 ] "Even if it conjures nothing of the night for you, it is some of Richter's very best work. And if you've ever cared about his music, it will make you feel something." Pitchfork |
KROMMER
Oboe Quartet No. 3 / Oboe Quintets Nos. 1-2 Nancy Ambrose King (Oboe) / Joseph Ho-Pang Kam (Viola) / Natalia Khoma (Cello) / Solomia Soroka, violin / Eva Stern (Viola) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] Writing mainly in the style of Haydn and Mozart, he served as Kapellmeister in three major European courts, including that of the Emperor Franz I of Austria, to whom he was appointed court composer in 1818. |