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JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Concerto for Piano and Violin, Op. 17 / Violin Concerto Alexander Trostianski (violin) / Polina Osetinskaya (piano) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Gregory Rose (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] "Naxos is to be commended for bringing these two works to our attention, especially since the performances are very polished...the recording is beautifully natural." (American Record Guide) |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, opera in seven scenes (1869 version) Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Maxim Paster, Mika Kares, Sergei Skorokhodov, Göteborg Opera Chorus [ BIS SACD / 2 CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] "This new account, based on live performances, is beautifully sung and played, and recorded in surround sound" MusicWeb |
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MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (piano version) [with Tchaikovsky - The Seasons] Alexander Warenberg (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] |
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MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition Alexander Warenberg (piano) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Igor Markevitch [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2014 ] Ravel's orchestration of Pictures, performed with freshness and vision by Markevitch and the Leipzig Gewandhaus. |
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Alexander Zonjic
Reach for the Sky [ CD ] |
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NIKOLAI MEDTNER
Medtner: Piano Concerto No.1 / Piano Quintet in C Dmitri Alexeev (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev / Bew Pudapest Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Jul/2013 ] "The recordings are judiciously balanced in both works, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Lazarev are fully sympathetic." (Gramophone Classical CD Guide) |
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SILESTROV / PART / USTVOLSKAYA
Misterioso Alexei Lubimov (piano) / Alexander Trostiansky (violin) / Kyrill Rybakov (clarinet) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "These are all magnificent performances, as one might expect from these three musicians, who regularly perform together as a trio, and their sound is superbly and rawly caught by ECM's recording" - BBC Music Magazine |
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W.A. MOZART
Wind Concertos (flute, bassoon, clarinet) Alison Mitchell (flute) Ursula Leveaux (bassoon) Maximiliano Martin (clarinet) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Alexander Janiczek [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/May/2006 ] Formed in 1974 with a commitment to serve the Scottish community, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is one of Scotland's major cultural ambassadors, touring regularly in the Far East, Europe and the USA. |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (complete opera) Rah Graciela Alperyn, Giorgio Lamberti, Doina Palade, Alan Titus / Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Alexander Ra [ Naxos Opera Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2000 ] |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
The Tchaikovsky Cycle Volume II - Symphony No. 2 in C minor / Eugene Onegin excerpts (Recorded 1991) Alte Oper Frankfurt / Lydia Shernikh / Alexander Nenadovsky / The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Fedoseyev [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 16/Jul/2007 ] G :-Hailed by the press as "the definitive video production" of Tchaikovsky's music, this exceptional concert series, recorded live from the Alte Oper Frankfurt, features the leading Russian conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev and the Moscow Radio Symphony... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Fantasie in F Minor & other piano duets Andreas Staier, Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano Graf by Christopher Clarke) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] "The Graf-style fortepiano's clarity brings out the fabulous textural richness of the F minor Fantasy's third movement and the Rondo in A, illumined by the players' lovely touches" Sunday Times |
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BRAHMS
Cello sonatas Andrei Korobeinikov (piano) Alexander Kniazev (cello) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Dec/2015 ] Arnold Schoenberg acknowledged Brahms' extraordinary skill in opening out classical forms to new horizons. Some 20 years separate the composition of the cello sonatas of this composer preoccupied with the inner existence, who for all his respect for... |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Orchestral Works Volume 15: Symphonies 5 & 8 Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Anissimov [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2000 ] "Serviceable recordings and detailed notes added to an evocative front cover make this a very desirable bargain." (ClassicalNet) |
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JOHANN WENZEL KALLIWODA
Kalliwoda: Violin Concertinos & Overtures Ariadne Daskalakis (violin) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ CPO / CD - released 10/Apr/2017 ] Kalliwoda was perhaps the most important mediator between classicism and romanticism, and our new series featuring his overtures and violin concertos firmly substantiates this judgment. Kalliwoda was interested in composing works tailored to the... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Music for Violin I Ariadne Daskalakis (violin), Die Kölner Akademie / Michael Alexander Willens, Paolo Giacometti (fortepiano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] Violin music isn't what one normally associates with Franz Schubert, but he did in fact receive his first violin lessons as a young boy from his father. At the age of 11 he was accepted as a member of the choir of the imperial court chapel, and as... |
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AUGUSTA READ THOMAS
Thomas: Sol Alexander Hersh (cello), Marianne Parker (piano), Erica Neidlinger (conductor) [ Nimbus / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] 'For some twenty-five years I've had the inestimable privilege of collaborating with Augusta Read Thomas and so it is with some authority that I claim she is a singular refutation of Newtonian physics: she creates energy. In countless workshops,... |
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ALEXANDER TIKHONOVICH GRETCHANINOV
Gretchaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom No. 4 Father Alexei Godunov / Father Alexander Korotsky / Ludmila Arshavskaya / Cantus Sacred Music Ensemble [ Alto / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] "One hardly expects such richness of harmony simply looking at the page. Grechaninov employs some very subtle harmonic shading (for example, in the first and second antiphons and the memorable Creed) to decorate what are essentially plain liturgical... |
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FRANK BRIDGE
Bridge: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 / etc Ashley Wass (piano) Jack Liebeck (violin) Alexander Chaushian (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Frank Bridge's reputation as the teacher of his most famous student, Benjamin Britten, has long hindered appreciation of his own impeccably crafted music. Between the early Phantasie Trio (1907) and Miniatures (1908) and the masterful Piano Trio No.... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (The Valkyries) (complete opera recorded live in 1941) Astrid Varnay / Helen Traubel / Lauritz Melchior / Kerstin Thorborg / Friedrich Schorr / Alexander Kipnis / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Erich Leins [ Naxos Great Opera Performances / 3 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Saturday 6th December 1941 was a momentous afternoon in the history of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, The opera - Die Walkure - was well enough known to the theatre and radio audiences that day, but this particular performance was eagerly... |
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STEFAN LEVIN
Written on Water - A Dance Film by Pontus Lindberg BLU-RAY Aurélie Dupont, Alexander Jones, Pontus Lidberg, Stina Ekblad, Leslie Caron [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Written on Water is a dance feature film about an artist whose happy and comfortable married life is upended when she unexpectedly falls in love with someone else. |