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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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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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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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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... |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Symphony no.8, Raymonda (excerpts), Finnish Fantasy, etc Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra USSR TV & Radio Grand Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov [ Alto / CD - released 6/Jun/2025 ] 'Every time I listen to a Glazunov symphony I think, why isn't this more often performed? The sound is gorgeous and we set out with good symphonic material, so that the ear is captured and one's mind engaged" Gramphone |
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BORIS TCHAIKOVSKY
Sebastopol Symphony / Music for Orchestra / The Wind of Siberia Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Fedoseyev, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Apr/2005 ] The works on this disc represent some of Boris Tchaikovsky's finest orchestral music, and the release marks the start of a mini-series of Boris Tchaikovsky historical recordings which will feature some major Russian artists. |
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ALLA PAVLOVA
Elegy / Symphony No. 5 Moscow Radio Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Ziva [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] "The recording is bright and forward in the usual Naxos style. The orchestral playing of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio is accomplished enough. It's good to hear that the former Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra in its new guise and... |
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ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Korngold: Sea Hawk / Deception Moscow Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, William Stromberg [ Naxos Film Music Classics / 2 CD - released 28/May/2007 ] The two-CD set includes a 24 page booklet written by Korngold film music authorities Brendan Carroll, Rudy Behlmer, and John Morgan. |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5 - Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7 Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Anissimov [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/1997 ] "performed and recorded as handsomely, sympathetically, and idiomatically as on this Naxos release. The disc deserves a high recommendation" Fanfare |
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STRAVINSKY
Apollo / Concerto in D for Strings (with Prokofiev-20 Visions fugitives op 22) Moscow Soloists / Yuri Bashmet [ Onyx / CD - released 20/May/2007 ] Grammy Award Winner 2008 - Best Small Ensemble Performance |
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SHOSTAKOVICH / SVIRIDOV / VAINBERG
Chamber Symphonies Moscow Soloists / Yuri Bashmet [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] "Again, in both these works, the dynamism of the Moscow Soloists' playing has freshness and life, and the whole disc is superbly engineered to capture all the music's range and depth." (Matthew Rye Daily Telegraph) |
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JANIS IVANOVS
Ivanovs: Symphonies Nos. 8 and 20 Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Yablonsky [ Naxos 20th Century Baltic Composers / CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] "Yablonsky and the Moscow Symphony are among the most impressive combinations currently recording for Naxos, and they certainly bring these unfamiliar works alive." BBC Music |
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RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.3 / Symphonic Dances Moscow State Symphony Orchestra / Pavel Kogan [ ALTO / CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] "Sparky, strongly communicative Rachmaninov - and a bargain to boot. Kogan moulds genuinely compelling, authentically tangy accounts of these two masterworks, penetrating to the core of their homesick melancholy with often devastating candour."... |
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MAX STEINER
All This, and Heaven Too / A Stolen Life Moscow Symphony Chorus / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] All This, and Heaven Too came in 1940 when the composer's approach was very emotional with highly chromatic writing in the Wagner tradition. The music reflects and comments on the dialogue, surging dramatically and appropriately at every opportunity. |
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TIOMKIN
Red River (original film score) Moscow Symphony Chorus / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "All praise to the Moscow forces however – their vocal brethren perhaps excluded - for their powerful commitment to this score and its ebullient realisation in this performance." (MusicWeb Sept 2006) -- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com |
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MARIO PILATI
Pilati: Preludio, aria e tarantella; Quattro canzoni popolari italiane, Divertimento, Bagatelles Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Adriano [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jan/2020 ] Mario Pilati was a leading member of the Italian generation of composers born around the turn of the 20th century. His love of the Baroque can be felt in the sunny and joyful immediacy of Preludio, aria e tarantella, originally conceived for violin... |