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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." |
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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. |
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MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 / Serenade, Op. 75 Maxim Fedotov (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Nov/2004 ] "A warm welcome for Bruch's neglected Serenade and his compelling Fantasy" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Dec 2004 |
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MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Konzertstuck / Romance, Op. 42 Maxim Fedotov (Violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] "Fedotov's playing takes no hostages; it is full-blooded in sound and passionately committed, at the same time clinically judged in clean intonation and phrasing, nevertheless the famous Adagio in the G minor concerto should bring a tear to the eye.... |
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J. S. BACH
Cello Suites Nos. 1, 4 and 5 (arr. for viola) Maxim Rysanov (viola) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Rysanov eschews both puritan authenticity and inappropriate Romantic emoting. His phrasing pays due acknowledgement to the suites' dance roots." (BBC MUsic Five Stars) |
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Maxim Rysanov plays Martinu Maxim Rysanov (viola) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek, with Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/May/2015 ] Maxim Rysanov, one of today's leading viola players, explores Martinů's clear fascination with the viola on this disc, opening with the Rhapsody-Concerto from 1952. |
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J. S. BACH
Suites for Solo Cello transcribed for the viola Maxim Rysanov, viola [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 22/Feb/2014 ] "Rysanov's playing has grown in depth of feeling, virtuosity and tone colour...Wit and springy rhythms mark his Courantes, Bourrées, Menuets and Gavottes; his Gigues are joyous apotheoses of the dance." (Sunday Times) |
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PETERIS VASKS
Vasks: Viola Concerto & 'Voices' Maxim Rysanov (viola & conductor) / Sinfonietta Rīga [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Apr/2020 ] "The BIS recording is exceptionally good, offering some very striking music, in authoritative performances and excellently recorded." MusicWeb |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Chamber Works (Incls Viola Sonata by Glinka) Maxim Rysanov (viola), Evelyn Chang (piano) [ AVIE / CD - released 30/Sep/2007 ] "In this beautifully recorded recital Rysanov makes out an excellent case for taking up teh Franck A major sonata, his arrangement judiciously steering a middle course between the violin and cello versions, but gaining an extra degree of richness of... |
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GIYA KANCHELI
Styx (with Tavener-The Myrrh-Bearer) Maxim Rysanov (viola) / Liepaja Symphony Orchestra / Chorus 'Kamere' / Men of the State Choir Latvija / Maris Sirmais [ Onyx / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "Rysanov yields little to Bashmet in terms of intensity of expression and the capacity to sustain an atmospheric melodic line." (BBC Music) |
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SCHUBERT / TCHAIKOVSKY / BRUCH
Works for Viola & Orchestra Maxim Rysanov (viola) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Muhai Tang [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "Max Bruch's meltingly beautiful Romance makes for a serene envoi to this delectable disc...[Rysanov] makes [the Rococo's] viola transformation sound thoroughly idiomatic." (Daily Telegraph Five Stars) |
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BRAHMS
Music for Viola Vol II Maxim Rysanov (viola) with Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) & Ashley Wass (piano), etc [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] Maxim Rysanov completes his survey of all Brahms's chamber works to feature the viola. |
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BRAHMS
Music for Viola (2 CD set) Maxim Rysanov (viola) with Katya Apekisheva & Jacob Katsnelson (pianos) [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Jan/2009 ] "Strong-handedness and humour win over understatement, but nostalgia remains." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (January 2009) |
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AVSHALOMOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (recorded 2017) Maxim Vengerov (violin) Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Long Yu [ Accentus DVD / DVD - released 25/Jan/2020 ] "With first desk players of exceptional ability, the orchestra plays with exemplary polish and a fine sense of ensemble under their conductor Long Yu…Vengerov brings lustrous singing tone to Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto" BBC Music |
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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-6, Manfred Symphony, Overtures, Rococo variations Maxim Vengerov (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "Rostropovich goes again for a broad, epic view, which provides some interesting alternative approaches to this music, including the slowest version of the Finale which I have heard. Instead of trying to barrel through the movement with sheer... |
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GRAZYNA BACEWICZ / BENJAMIN BRITTEN / MORTON FELDMAN / PAUL MCCARTNEY / SANDOR VERESS
Blackbirds: Music from the 1960s - Bacewicz, Britten, Feldman, Veress Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Maxim Emelyanychev (piano), Thomas Dunford (lute, voice), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Nicolas Altstaedt's starting point for this recording was the magnificent Second Concerto for Cello and Orchestra by Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969): "On reading through the work for the first time, I immediately thought: why is this... |
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NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Paris National Opera / Aida Garifullina, Yuriy Mynenko, Martina Serafin, Maxim Paster / Dmitri Tcherniakov (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/May/2021 ] "Tatarnikov is sensitive to the score's brilliant colours and vividly imagined textures, drawing on the fine playing of the Paris Opera Orchestra and the enthusiastic engagement - both vocal and dramatic - of the chorus." BBC Music Five Stars |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
100 Best Beethoven (6 CD set) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Maxim Vengerov (violin), Emil Gilels (piano), Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin), and others [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2019 ] Sit back, relax and take a wild Beethoven journey. Some of the world's most popular music are here performed by some of the finest artists from the Warner and Erato catalogue. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Concertos Riccardo Minasi (violin & direction), Johannes Hinterholzer (horn) / Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev (harpsichord, conductor) [ Warner / Erato Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Jul/2016 ] The period-instrument orchestra Il Pomo d'Oro, founded in 2012, has rapidly built a substantial international reputation. It now boasts two chief conductors: Riccardo Minasi, the Italian violinist and musicologist, and Maxim Emelyanychev, the young... |
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DOBRINKA TABAKOVA
Tabakova: Concertos - Earth Suite - Orpheus' Comet The Halle, Deylana Lazarova (conductor), Maxim Ryanov (viola), Guy Johnston (cello) [ Halle / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] This album marks the culmination of two special Hallé collaborations and includes four major pieces from one of the most distinctive of current British compositional voices. |