TCHAIKOVSKY
Hamlet (incidental music) / Romeo and Juliet (original version) Tatiana Monogarova (soprano) Maxim Mikhailov (bass) / Russian National Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 26/Jan/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - "Two Shakspearean fantasy overtures - but, excitingly, not as we know them." - Gramophone Recording of the Month March 2009 |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Rusalka (complete opera in 2021) Teatro Real / Asmik Grigorian, Eric Cutler, Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev, Katarina Dalayman, Karita Mattila / Ivor Bolton (cond) [ C Major DVD / 2 DVD - released 2/Nov/2021 ] 'Loy's concept works well and the stylish production values make this one of the most successful Rusalkas on film...Central to the success is Asmik Grigorian's outstanding, passionate Rusalka.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Opera |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Rusalka (complete opera recorded in 2021) ) [Blu-ray] Teatro Real / Asmik Grigorian, Eric Cutler, Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev, Katarina Dalayman, Karita Mattila / Ivor Bolton (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 2/Nov/2021 ] 'Loy's concept works well and the stylish production values make this one of the most successful Rusalkas on film...Central to the success is Asmik Grigorian's outstanding, passionate Rusalka.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Opera |
TIKHON KHRENNIKOV
Violin Concertos & Piano Concertos Vadim Repin (violin) Evgeny Kissin (piano) Maxim Vengerov (violin) / Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio, Vladimir Fedoseyev [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] Tikhon Khrennikov was certainly an equivocal figure in the history of 20thcentury Russian music. A composer with a tendency towards popular theatrical genres and lyricism, the naively optimistic nature of his music was soon noticed by the Soviet... |
ROSSINI
The Italian girl in Algiers (complete opera) Christianne Stotijn / Maxim Mironov / Marco Vinco / Riccardo Frizza (conductor) [ Bel Air Classique / DVD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] G : - Rossini's wonderful comic opera, written when he was only 21, to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, was first performed in Venice on May 22, 1813. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 5 / Sinfonia Concertante K364 Vilde Frang (violin) / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen, with Maxim Rysanov (viola) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 25/Feb/2015 ] 'The First Concerto is immediately captivating: light, energetic and brightly coloured, setting the scene perfectly for Vilde Frang's entry. Frang can turn fro Skittish to bold in the space of a bar.' BBC Concerto Recording of the Month April 2015 |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (piano version) (with Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet & strings, Op. 35) Vladimir Ovchinnikov (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Maxim Shostakovich, with John Wallace (trumpet) [ Piano Classics / CD - released 11/Apr/2011 ] An overwhelming performance of Mussorgsky's masterpiece, Pictures at an Exhibition by Russian virtuoso Vladimir Ovchinnikov. Ovchinnikov made an impressive career after winning the 1987 Leeds piano competition. He recorded extensively for EMI,... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Intense Tchaikovsky - a collection of Russian romantic masterpieces (LP) Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Maxim Vengerov (violin), Itamar Golan (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Viktoria Postnikova (piano), Berlin Philharmonic, [ Warner Classics / LP - released 3/May/2024 ] Tchaikovsky stands as the central figure of 19th-century Russian Romanticism, embodying its widespread and vibrant vitality alongside a profound and sincere depth. This collection seeks to encapsulate the epic and intense qualities inherent in the... |