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BALAKIREV
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Grande Fantaisie on Russian Folksongs Anastasia Seifetdinova (piano) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "..this is a fascinating release well worthy of investigation." MusicWeb May 2009 |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Konstantin Scherbakov, piano / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - "the best Third Concerto I've ever heard; stupefying brilliant sound in 8 different flavours" (MusicWeb) |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Jazz Suites Nos. 1 And 2 Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / DVD-Audio - released 2/Feb/2003 ] DVD audio only |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (highlights from the complete ballet) Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ] Tchaikovsky was ideally equipped to write the music for the ballet Swan Lake. His gift for vivid theatricality, for lively, memorable melodies, and for rich characterisation was allied to a mastery of dance rhythms. These qualities were augmented by... |
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PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky / Pushkiniana Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jan/2005 ] "Naxos offers a well-planned and by and large admirably executed and recorded disc, to which the 'Dance of the Oprichniks' from Ivan the Terrible makes arousing conclusion." - David Fanning, Gramophone, June 2003 |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Jazz Suites Nos. 1-2 / The Bolt / Tahiti Trot Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 17/Apr/2005 ] Shostakovich's involvement in popular music came about quite fortuitously, as the result of a bet with the conductor Nikolay Malko, who had given the first performance of the First Symphony in 1926, to orchestrate Vincent Youmans' famous number Tea... |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Complete Ballet) Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2003 ] "Let me say immediately that this new complete Swan Lake is thoroughly recommendable" (Gramophone) |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Complete Ballet) [SACD version] Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor) [ Naxos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / STRAVINSKY / DELIBES / KHACHATURIAN / etc
Great Ballet [10 CD set] Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Andrew Mogrelia / etc [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2015 ] This collection starts in France, with one of the most haunting and memorable examples of the ballet form: Giselle. We are then swept along in a whirlwind tour of some of the greatest Russian ballets by such composers as Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky. |