ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin: Prince Igor (Complete Opera recorded in 1967) Constantin Chekerliksi, Boris Christoff, Todor Todorov / Orchestra & Chorus of the National Opera theatre of Sofia, Jerzy Semkow [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] "Boris Christoff is a past master at subtly altering his vocal colour: at this stage of his career, he was in full command of a magnificent voice with many shades of colour in it. This is superlative artistry." (Gramophone) |
LUCIANO BERIO
Berio: Sequenzas I-XIV (Complete) Darrett Adkins (Cello) / Tony Arnold (Soprano) / Boris Berman (Piano) / Steven Dann (Viola) / Guy Few (Trumpet) / Erica Goodman (Harp) [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] In 1994, Berio invited the author Edoardo Sanguineti to pen epigraphs for each of the (then twelve) Sequenzas. These verses, which can be recited by the musician or read by the listener prior to performance, are not intended either as an explanation... |
Detlef Tewes, mandolin; Boris Bjarn Bagger, guitar
Romantic Mandolin Moments: 11 famous pieces for Mandolin (Piazolla; Paganini; Preema; Marucelli; Kangro; etc) [ Hanssler / CD - released 10/Jan/2004 ] With well over 1000 solo concerts world-wide and numerous guest engagements with large orchestras and ensembles (for example, the Berlin Philharmonic and lead mandolin on all of the late Frank Zappa's productions…), instrumentalist Detlef Tewes is the... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani (complete opera remastered recorded live 1953) Maria Callas, Boris Christoff, Enzo Mascherini, Giorgio Kokolios-Bardi / Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Erich Kleiber [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Live Remastered / 3 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] "Callas is terrific in the Act 1 aria and cabaletta, as well as in the long duet with Arrigo in Act 4… Boris Christoff is magnificent as the gloomy, unforgiving Procida… Erich Kleiber… leads a vigorous performance…" (Gramophone) |
J. S. BACH
George Malcolm Plays Bach George Malcolm (harpsichord), with Pro Arte Orchestra, Boris Ord [ Heritage / CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] George Malcolm performs the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, the Italian Concerto, Toccata in D major, 5th French Suite and the concertos for three and four harpsichords. He collaborates with Eileen Joyce, Thurston Dart, Denis Vaughan and the Pro Arte... |
MEDTNER
Piano Sonatas / Piano works (complete on 7 CDs) Hamish Milne (piano) with Boris Berezovsky & Geoffrey Tozer [ Brilliant Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2008 ] Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951) was a Russian composer who slowly invaded the recording industry. Especially his piano concertos, mainly no.'s 2 and 3, are receiving attention. But Medtner did write just music just involving the piano. Of his solo works... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms & Schumann - Chamber Music with piano Hrachya Avanesyan (violin) Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Alexander Chaushian (cello), Diemut Poppen (viola), Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Dec/2017 ] "Each of the movements has tempi that is lively but never rushed, brought forth in a crystal clear recording. The slow movements really linger and break the heart." Nicholas Butler |
Ilya Kaler & Boris Slutsky
Schumann:violin Sons.1 & 2 [ Naxos / CD ] |
SCHUMANN
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 Ilya Kaler (violin) / Boris Slutsky (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "These performances, powerfully recorded in Indiana by young Russian artists, are most enjoyable" - Gramophone |
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) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.):Complete Tone Poems & Concertos [13 CD set] Jean Yves Thibaudet, Dimitri Ashkenazy, Boris Belkin, Barry Tuckwell, Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Various orchestras [ Decca Records / 13 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2015 ] Decca celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Richard Strauss with this new Collector edition containing many of the composer's most popular works in acclaimed performances. |
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... |
GABRIEL PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev, (G.): Concerto for turntables No 1 / Cello Concerto Mr Switch (turntables) Boris Andrianov (cello) / Ural Philharmonic, Alexey Bogorad (cond) [ Signum / CD - released 22/May/2020 ] Concerto for turntables No 1 Sometimes composers write a piece that takes on a life of its own, and that's what has happened to this concerto. Much credit is due to the phenomenal skills of Mr Switch who has become the unofficial lead soloist. |
ALEXANDER KNAIFEL
Knaifel: Lukomoriye Oleg Malov (Piano), Tatiana Melentieva (Soprano), Piotr Migunov (Bass), Lege Artis Choir, Boris Abalian (Conductor) [ ECM / CD - released 20/Apr/2018 ] The fourth New Series album from the St Petersburg-based composer Alexander Knaifel may be his most wide-ranging to date, voyaging from the sacred to the secular and back again via several inspired detours. It includes two Prayers to the Holy Spirit,... |
MILHAUD / BERLIOZ / SCHUMANN / BLOCH / RACHMANINOV / RAVEL / etc
Leonard Bernstein: An American In Paris - Recordings & Concerts with Orchestre National de France Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein, with Boris Belkin (violin) Donald McInnes (viola) Marilyn Horne (mezzo) etc [ Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2018 ] This 7CD set is the fruit of the love affair that developed in Paris between Leonard Bernstein and the Orchestre National de France in the 1970s. Beside long-admired studio recordings, featuring Mstislav Rostropovich and Alexis Weissenberg among the... |
EDOUARD LALO / ARTHUR COQUARD
Eduard Lalo & Arthur Coquard: La Jacquerie Véronique Gens, Nora Gubisch, Charles Castronovo, Boris Pinkhasovich / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / 2 CD/Book - released 16/Sep/2016 ] "Castronovo's Robert is all persuasive elegance and ringing high notes: you believe in him as a charismatic revolutionary, and he brings real passion to his scenes with Véronique Gens's smoky toned Blanche, who is equally convincing as a refined aris |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvořák: Quintets Op. 81 & 97 Pavel Haas Quartet, with Boris Giltburg (piano), & Pavel Nikl (viola) [ Supraphon / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] "From the off, they make the music their own...the sense of story-telling is very persuasive...Another triumphant addition to the Pavel Haas's already Award-laden discography." Gramophone Award WINNER 2018 - Chamber |
RUDYARD KIPLING
Jungle Book & Just So Stories Read by Boris Karloff [ Alto / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] "Karloff ideal for children with characterful readings and a smiley inviting voice" |
ADOLPHE-CHARLES ADAM
Adam: Giselle (Complete ballet recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY The Royal Ballet / Alina Cojocaru / Johan Kobborg / Marianela Nunez / Martin Harvey / Boris Gruzin (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2009 ] BLU-RAY - 'Cojocaru's interpretation, everyone seems to agree, is one of the greatest of all time, and she continues to refine it with every performance' The Observer |