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SCRIABIN
Piano Sonatas 2, 3 & 9 Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2014 ] "There is no better guide to Russia's most mysterious composer than this pianist...These Sonatas and exquisite trifles are played with poise and grace." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
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ALEXANDRA SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Piano Works (Incls Sonata for Piano No 2 & 5 Preludes Op. 74) Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Jun/2006 ] "Scriabin's strange genius played as if in the first white heat of inspiration" (Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2006) |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas nos. 1, 3 & 5 - Visions fugitives Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 6/May/2022 ] "With the three so-called 'war' sonatas 6, 7 and 8 covered in the two previous releases, you might think that the third instalment of Alexander Melnikov's Prokofiev cycle is a mopping-up job." BBC Music Five Stars |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano sonatas Nos 2, 6 & 8 Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Jan/2017 ] "Melnikov eschews barnstorming and mere effect, yet his refined, thoughtful approach never lacks power or impact; cataclysmic passages are revealed afresh, tender moments meltingly exquisite" Classical Music |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Préludes (Book 2) / La Mer (version Debussy for 4-hand piano) Alexander Melnikov (piano Erard) with Olga Pashchenko [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] "It's special because the playing is so good. Plus his instrument is exceptional. Brilliance can shine through the Érard mist, but the sound is always warm and humane, never mechanical." The Times |
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PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Sonatas Alexander Melnikov (piano) with Isabelle Faust (violin) Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet) Teunis van der Zwart (althorn), etc [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Dec/2014 ] 'The patron saint of neglected instruments, Hindemith composed more than 30 sonatas for very diverse resources … The Hindemith anniversary of 2013 opened the gates to a welcome flood of excellent recordings, and this new release stands high among the |
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Alexander Monty
Stir It Up [ CD ] |
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Alexander O'neal
Favourite Arias [ Vocalion / CD ] |
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WOLFGANG RIHM
Musik fur Oboe und Orchester / Styx und Lethe / etc Alexander Ott (oboe) Lucas Fels (cello) Gottfried Schneider (violin) / SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg / Hans Zender (cond) [ Hanssler / CD - released 12/Sep/2007 ] "I recommend this disc without reservation to anyone who is curious about the prolific contemporary German composer - it instantly becomes the best introduction to Rihm." (Amazon.com) |
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CARL MARIA von WEBER
Piano Works Vol.3 Alexander Paley (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] |
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CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber - Piano Works Vol.4 Alexander Paley (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] |
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Druschetzky / FISCHER / GRAUPNER / MOLTER / PHILIDOR
Virtuoso Timpani Concertos Alexander Peter (timpani/conductor) / Dresden Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jun/2005 ] Alexander Peter (timpani/conductor) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D.821 'Arpeggione' / Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 100, D. 929 Alexander Rudin (arpeggione/cello), Erich Hobarth (violin), Appo Hakkinen (fortepiano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jan/2021 ] Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata has today become part of the cello repertoire but it was originally written for the arpeggione, a form of bowed guitar invented by the Viennese maker Johann Georg Staufer in 1823. With a unique ethereal sound, this... |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Music For Cello And Orchestra Alexander Rudin (Cello) / National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine / Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Sep/2007 ] "Alexander Rudin is, both technically and interpretively, one of the most authoritative cellists of his generation...all in all the most successful recording of this score in years....Highly Recommended" - Fanfare |
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DMITRY KABALEVSKY
Kabalevsky: Cello Concertos. Nos 1&2 Alexander Rudin (cello) / Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Sep/2016 ] "these performances convey the flow and character of the music admirably" (BBC Music) |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninoff & Prokofiev: Cello Sonatas Alexander Russakovsky (cello) & Amber Shay Nicholson (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 22/Feb/2016 ] This new recording (recorded in 2012) brings together two great, but altogether different 20th century Cello Sonatas from Russia: the gorgeous and deeply romantic cello sonata by Rachmaninoff, of near‐symphonic proportions, and the cello sonata by... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS / KELLY-MARIE MURPHY / KEVIN LAU
Poema 1. Ad Astra Alexander Shelley, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra [ Analekta / CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] Poema 1. Ad Astra is the first in a series of recordings by Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra in which Music Director Alexander Shelley asked Canadian Composers to craft compositions that respond to masterpieces by German Composer, Richard... |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: American Suite / Silent Woods / Prague Waltzes / Suite in A major American / Rondo in G minor / etc Alexander Trostianski (violin) / Dmitry Yablonsky (cello) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "These essentially undemanding works played with buoyancy to animate them and not too much weight to submerge their real, if slight, charms." - MUsicWeb Feb 2005 |