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ALLA PAVLOVA
Symphony No. 6 / Thumbelina Suite Mikhail Shestakov (violin) / Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra / Patrick Baton [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] The highly romantic music of Alla Pavlova, a Russian composer now resident in the USA, has been praised for its 'surreal serenity…woven with unflinching sadness, without concessions to short attention spans and all within the long émigré tradition of... |
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ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin: Complete Chamber Music Mndoiantz (piano), Gotthelf (cello) / Moscow String Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Alexander Borodin was a highly respected research chemist who published over 40 scientific works and composed in his spare time...The undoubted masterpiece is his Second String Quartet, one of the most famous and best loved works in the genre. |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Orchestral Works Vol 3: The King of the Jews (Incidental Music) Moscow Capella / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jan/2004 ] "...Golovshin's interpretation is undoubtedly effective ...At bargain price the...one to buy if you are trying out this intermittently beguiling music for the first time." - Classic CD - December 1996 |
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SHOSTAKOVICH / BORIS TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / WEINBERG / KAREN KHACHATURIAN
Rudolf Barshai conducts Russian music Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai [ Brilliant Classics Russian Archives / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2012 ] Rudolf Barshai's influence as a conductor of Russian music is hard to overstate. Combining an inexhaustible work ethic with a commitment to perfecting every detail of a performance, he broke new ground with his studied interpretations. His... |
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Moscow Chamber Orch/Orbelian
Shostakovich/Schnittke [ Delos / SACD - released 10/Sep/2001 ] |
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Moscow Co/Orbelian
Various: Favourite Italian Mov [ Delos / CD - released 27/Jun/2011 ] |
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Moscow Co/Orbelian
Various: Flute Concertos [ Delos / CD - released 27/Jun/2011 ] |
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TRADITIONAL
Russian Chants - Easter Liturgy Moscow Liturgic Choir, Father Amvrosy [ Erato / Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] Tradition in magnificent robes: Easter in Russia is the most important of all religious festivals, surpassing even the splendour of Christmas. People old and young flock to church in order to celebrate Christ's resurrection together in the Eucharist.... |
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LOUIS SPOHR
String Quartets, Volume 14: Quartets Nos.31 & 36 Moscow Philharmonic Concertino String Quartet [ Marco Polo / CD - released 10/Jan/2011 ] This is the 14th volume in Marco Polo's ongoing survey of the string quartets of Spohr, one of the greatest violinists of his day. Louis Spohr composed string quartets throughout his career, the String Quartet No. 36 being his last completed... |
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LOUIS SPOHR
Complete String Quartets Vol 14: String Quartets Nos 31 & 36 Moscow Philharmonic Concertino String Quartet [ Marco Polo / CD - released 16/Mar/2011 ] This is the 14th volume in Marco Polo's ongoing survey of the string quartets of Spohr, one of the greatest violinists of his day. |
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MYASKOVSKY
Symphonies Nos 24 & 25 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "An excellent sense of weight and balance throughout. This is vibrant and sensitive playing and does Myaskovsky proud." MusicWeb International, June 2003 |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Complete Symphonic Poems [3 CD set] Maria Jõgeva (soprano) / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] A complete recording of these immensely enjoyable and popular works by the great Russian conductor Vassily Sinaisky and the Moscow State Symphonic Orchestra in its full glory. |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Ballets (Incls 'Chout', 'Romeo & Juliet', 'The Stone Flower' & 'Cinderella') Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, USSR Ministry Of Culture Symphony Orchestra, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky [ Melodiya / 9 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2016 ] Firma Melodiya presents an anniversary set of recordings of Sergei Prokofiev's ballets. In 2016, the world will commemorate 125th anniversary of the Russian genius's birth. Prokofiev's contribution to 20th century music cannot be overestimated -... |
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Moscow Po/Tchaikovsky, B.
Tchaikovsky,B.: Symphony No.2 [ Profil / CD - released 5/Jul/2010 ] |
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RACHMANINOV
Piano Trios Moscow Rachmaninov Trio [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "Performances characterised by admirable technical fluency and innate musical quality" The Strad |
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RACHMANINOV
Piano Trios The Moscow Rachmaninov Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2000 ] 'Uniformly fine, sensitive and idiomatic playing and sound that alternately carresses and thunders as the music requires, this disc is a bargain even at Hyperion's full imported-from-England price. Of all these fine works it would be impossible to... |
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GRECHANINOV
Piano Trios The Moscow Rachmaninov Trio [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] 'Lovely and fresh-sounding tonal works full of emotional tune-spinning' (Audiophile) |
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Moscow Radio
Fine: Blue Towers [ Delos / CD ] |
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MIKHAIL GLINKA
"Kamarinskaya" Orchestral Dances Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mark Ermler, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Konstantin Ivanov [ Alto / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] "almost 80 minutes of Russian-sourced dance music by Glinka and all in vivacious, colourful and spatially well-upholstered recordings. Ballet recordings conducted by Ermler are already well known. Here we are treated to the pointedly delicate, airily... |
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NIKOLAJ RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / IGOR STRAVINSKY
Russian Symphonies Moscow Radio Symphone / Columbia Symphony / CBC Symphony / Boris Khanin (conductor) [ Praga Digitals SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 11/Aug/2017 ] Master and pupil? A youthful venture on the part of Rimsky-Korsakov while a naval officer, his first symphony deploys fine rhetoric, worthy of Haydn's 'military' model incorporating contemporary material. His 'cadet' applies himself studiously. After... |