J.S. BACH
Inventions and Partita Janine Jansen (violin) Maxim Rysanov (viola) Torleif Thedeen (cello) [ Decca / CD - released 15/Nov/2007 ] "At nearly 80 minutes there can be no grumbles about value, and with musicianship of the highest order this has to be a Bach collection for anyone with an interest in chamber music for strings and an alternative view on the Inventions." (Recording... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D956 (with Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4) Janine Jansen (violin) with Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Amihai Grosz (viola), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Jens Peter Maintz (cello) [ Decca / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] "...all the players converse with a single voice - the herding calls of the third movement [of the Schubert], for instance, have their own distinct colour simply by virtue of the other-worldly accuracy of their tuning." (Gramophone) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Agrippina (complete opera) Joyce DiDonato, Elsa Benoit, Biagio Pizzuti, Franco Fagioli, Andrea Mastroni, Jakub Józef OrliĆski / l Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato Classics / 3 CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "With DiDonato nonpareil in the title-role and a uniformly strong cast, this now becomes a first choice for Handel's Venetian masterpiece." Gramophone Awards 2020 WINNER - Opera |
HANDEL / LEO / PURCELL / GESUALDO / STRAUSS
In War & Peace - Harmony Through Music (recorded in Barcelona, June 2017) Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato DVD / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/May/2018 ] ""DiDonato sings with poise and elegance, a few pitchy notes above the stave notwithstanding; her sorrow and passion are clear to see and appreciate - it is an incredibly giving performance." Opera Now |
HANDEL / LEO / PURCELL / GESUALDO / STRAUSS
In War & Peace - Harmony Through Music (recorded in Barcelona, June 2017) BLU-RAY Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2018 ] "DiDonato sings with poise and elegance, a few pitchy notes above the stave notwithstanding; her sorrow and passion are clear to see and appreciate - it is an incredibly giving performance." Opera Now |
AULETTA / LEO / PERGOLESI / PORPORA / SCARLATTI / VINCI
Arie Napoletane Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor) / Il Pomo D'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Decca / CD - released 27/Jan/2016 ] Gramophone Magazine - Editor's Choice - December 2015 |
SERGEY AKHUNOV / FRANCIS POULENC / OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Jazz Julia Igonina (violin) & Maxim Emelyanychev (piano) [ Aparte / CD - released 30/Jun/2023 ] 'Igonina combines a mellow luminescence with a sense of yearning...Emelyanychev is typically superb throughout, seeming at times to strum the strings directly, and a finely-judged performance of the 'Louange' provides a suitably mesmerising end.' BBC |
JOHN CAGE
Complete Works for Flute, Vol. 1 Katrin Zenz (flute), Maxim Mankovski (percussion), Ludovic Frochot (piano), Uwe Grodd (flute), Chara Iacovidou (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] This first volume of John Cage's complete works for flute spans a fifty year period, from the Three Pieces for Flute Duet of 1935 - deft studies in chromatic writing - to the 1984 Ryoanji, which involves the use of pre-recorded flutes and percussion |
JOHN CAGE
Complete Works for Flute, Vol. 2 Katrin Zenz (flutes), Tobias Liebezeit (vibraphones), Maxim Mankovski (vibraphones), Chara Iacovidou (piano) & Ludovic Frochot (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2016 ] The beauty and purpose of Cage's music lies in an intimacy and spirituality that he said should "sober and quiet the mind thus rendering it susceptible to divine influences." |
Kogan/Maxim Shostakovich
Shostakovich: 2 Violin Concs [ Delos / CD ] |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Cherevichki (The Slippers) (complete opera recorded in 2009) Larissa Diadkova / Maxim Mikhailov / Vladimir Matorin / Olga Guryakova / Vsevolod Grivnov / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Alexander Polianichko [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection DVD / DVD - released 19/Dec/2010 ] |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E minor London Symphony Orchestra / Maxim Shostakovich [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Alto returns this outstanding recording of Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony to international availability in this value-priced edition. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 / "Gadfly" Suite London Symphony Orchestra / Maxim Shostakovich [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] Maxim Shostakovich leads the London Symphony Orchestra in powerful, characterful recordings of two of his father's masterpieces - the witty, colorful musical portraits of The Gadfly, and the overwhelming sweep and monumental impact of the great... |
ROSSINI
La Donna Del Lago (complete opera recorded in 2006) Mariana Pizzolato / Sonia Ganassi / Maxim Mironov / Prague Chamber Choir / SWR Radio Orchestra / Alberto Zedda [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] "Maxim Mironov is memorable as the King and there are equally compelling performances by Sonia Ganassi, Marianna Pizzolato and Ferdinand von Bothmer." (Gramophone) |
Maxim
Hell's Kitchen [ XL Recordings / CD - released 19/Oct/2000 ] Prodigy frontman with guests Sneaker Pimps, Tony Titanium, Divine Styler |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN / SERGEI RACHMANINOFF / FREDERIC CHOPIN / DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Hommage à Horowitz Maxim Bernard (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] On his PENTATONE debut album Hommage à Horowitz, pianist Maxim Bernard revives Vladimir Horowitz's legendary 1986 Moscow concert with a programme containing gems by Scarlatti, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Moszkowski, Scriabin and... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major 'The Great', D. 944 Maxim Emelyanychev, Scottish Chamber Orchestra [ Linn / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] "This is Schubert's Great C major, mighty heir to Beethoven's Seventh, in its ferociously rhythmical glory - and with all movements III and IV's repeats observed. A feast." Sunday Times |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata / Violin Sonata Maxim Fedotov (Violin) / Dmitry Yablonsky (Cello) / Galina Petrova (piano) / Ekaterina Saranceva (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Nov/2006 ] "..the accompanied sonata - those for cello, violin and viola counting among his most significant instrumental creations." |
LYAPUNOV
Violin Concerto in D minor / Symphony No. 1 Maxim Fedotov (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Mar/2011 ] Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov belonged to the second generation of Russian nationalist composers who were professionally trained and strongly influenced by Balakirev and his associates. |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Maxim Fedotov (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2009 ] "It is…good to welcome these new accounts to the market…the advantages of state-of-the-art recording techniques are immediately apparent in the immense gains in clarity and orchestral translucence." MusicWeb |