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BERNARD HERRMANN
The Snows of Kilimanjaro / 5 Fingers (complete soundtracks) Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "This is another fine addition to Naxos's growing catalogue of Film Music Classics. Stromberg brings strong and intelligent performances from the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and the sound is bright and clear in the label's best manner." (MusicWeb July... |
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ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT
Abraham Lincoln: A Likeness in Symphony Form / etc Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2001 ] wonderfully varied accomplishments cry out for further exploration and rediscovery. |
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MAX STEINER
King Kong (1933 film score reconstructed by J. Morgan) Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jan/2006 ] "An essential addition to any serious film music collection, it has all been lovingly restored by John Morgan, performed with gusto by William Stromberg and the Moscow Symphony, and vividly recorded by Naxos (formerly Marco Polo). Now reissued at... |
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HASSE / C.P.E BACH / HERTEL
Cello Concertos Musica Viva (Moscow Chamber Orchestra) [ Chandos / CD - released 27/May/2016 ] This album presents three rarely performed or heard early German cello concertos, played by Alexander Rudin. The multi-prize winning soloist is also a well-established conductor, in his native Russia as well as worldwide, fulfilling both roles in... |
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JOHANN STAMITZ
Stamitz: Symphonies, Vol. 3 - Op. 3, Nos. 1 and 3-6 Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Rudin [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] Johann Stamitz was one of the pioneering figures in symphonic music before the emergence of Haydn. |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker (complete ballet) Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow / Alexander Vedernikov [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] "I suspect this is the Nutcracker Ballet by which all others will be judged - past and future...Performed with such professionalism and sense of place which immediately shows, "this is it"." (SA-CD.Net) |
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KHACHATURIAN
Piano Concerto / Concert Rhapsody Oxana Yablonskaya (Piano) / Moscow Symphony Orchestra Dmitry Yablonsky, Conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] "Oxana Yablonskaya on Naxos is a remarkable virtuoso" |
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ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Piano Concerto / Prometheus Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) / Russian State TV and Radio Choir / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "This budget-priced production from the composer's compatriots certainly holds its own against all comers. Konstantin Scherbakov plays the concerto with steel and sensitivity in equal measure, and he's particularly successful in knitting together the... |
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CARLO GIORGIO GAROFALO
Violin Concerto / Romantic Symphony Sergei Stadler (violin) / New Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Joel Spiegelman [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "Garofalo has a melodic gift and with a bit more experience might have given Respighi a run for his money." American Record Guide |
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BERNHARD HEINRUCH ROMBERG / ANTON KRAFT / NIKOLAUS KRAFT
Works for two cellos Alexander Rudin, Emin Martirosian (cello) / Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Rudin [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Jul/2022 ] The emergence of the cello as a solo instrument at the beginning of the 19th century encouraged composers to explore its melodic and sonorous potential, with compositions for two or more cellos becoming increasingly popular. Bernhard Romberg and... |
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GLINKA / DARGOMIZHSKY / TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV / BORODIN
The Bolshoi Experience: Highlights from Russian Operas - Volume 1 Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, conducted by Alexander Vedernikov [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 5/Jul/2006 ] During the eighteenth century, especially at the time of Catherine the Great, Russia enjoyed a lively opera life; however, it was not until the nineteenth century that the national Russian opera was created. |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
The Nose / The Gamblers (complete operas) Chorus & Orchestra of the Moscow Chamber Musical Theatre & Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Melodiya / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2009 ] "Both performances are magnificent, and all self-respecting Shostakovich enthusiasts should have them." BBC Music Magazine, October 2007 |
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KHACHATURIAN
Spartacus (Suite No. 4) / Masquerade / Circus / Dance Suite St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Andre Anichanov / Dmitry Yablonsky [ NAXOS / CD - released 27/Oct/2007 ] "At the price it is easy to recommend" - Fanfare |
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TCHAIKOSVKY / BORODIN / DARGOMYZHSKY / GLAZUNOV / LIADOV / PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH / etc
Sviatoslav Richter plays Russian Composers (recorded 1945-1963) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) with Nina Dorliak (soprano) / Brno Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Leningrad Philharmonic, Moscow Youth Symph [ Hanssler Profil / 13 CD Box Set - released 3/Sep/2021 ] "Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter was born on March 20, 1915 (Julian: March 7) in Zhitomir in present-day Ukraine. His father Teofil (Theophilus) came from a German commercial family. The famous Russian piano teacher Heinrich Neuhaus (of German origin)... |
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HIKARU HAYASHI
Viola Concerto (with Tan Dun: Pipa Concerto) Yuri Bashmet (violin, viola) Moscow Soloists, with Wu Man (pipa) [ Onyx / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] This disc is their most enterprising so far, and features Bashmet as violist and violinist as well as director : a Pilgrimage from Russia to the Far East an enterprising mix of cultures and flavours in works from China and Japan. |
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NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY
Myaskovsky: Cello Concerto/Cello Sonatas Tarasova/Polezhaev/Moscow Oper [ Alto / CD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 (with Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64) Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio, Vladimir Fedoseyev [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 10/Dec/2013 ] Filmed in one of the world's most prestigious concert halls, the Musikverein in Vienna, a cycle of the concerts of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra under conduction of Vladimir Fedoseyev. The Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra headed by its artistic... |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 (with Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique') Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio, Vladimir Fedoseyev [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 10/Dec/2013 ] Filmed in one of the most prestigious world concert halls, the Musikverein, in Vienna, this is the third volume of a triumphal cycle of the concerts of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra under conductor, Vladimir Fedoseyev. The Tchaikovsky Symphony... |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 (with Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36) Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio, Vladimir Fedoseyev [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 10/Dec/2013 ] Filmed in one of the most prestigious concert halls: the Gold concert hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, this is volume one in a cycle of concerts by the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, under Vladimir Fedoseyev. The programme of the concerts includes... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3, Op.30 / The Bells, Op.35 Van Cliburn (piano), Elizaveta Shumskaya (soprano), Mikhail Dovenmann (tenor) & Alexei Bolshakov (bass) Moscow Philharmonic & Russian Republic Capella [ Praga Digitals / CD - released 6/May/2016 ] "Is he the best?" Khrushchev asked a nervous Jury in 1958, "Then give him the prize". At the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow during the height of the Cold War, the gold medal went to the young American pianist Van Cliburn. On... |