Suite No. 3 in G, Op. 55 (with Stravinsky - Divertimento & Ballet Suite from 'The Fairy's Kiss')

Hybrid/SACD - playable on all compact players

"The Russian National Orchestra, under its Principal Guest Conductor makes a wonderful job of these two colourful and tuneful works. I recommend it unreservedly."
(MusicWeb March 2006)

"An unusual coupling that brings near-perfect performances from the Russians"
(Gramophone)

"The performances are a consistent delight, and Jurowski is proving himself one of the rising podium stars, especially in his native Russian music.
(Hugh Canning, Sunday Times)

" The brilliant Jurowski secures refined but characterful playing from the Russian National Orchestra, backed up with the usual PentaTone recording finesse. Even played on conventional equipment, this SACD sounds superb. …A delightful disc",
(Geoff Brown The Times)

Vladimir Jurowski was born in Moscow, but moved with his family to Germany in 1990, finishing his studies at the Music Academy in Dresden and Berlin. In 1995 he made a highly successful debut at the Wexford Festival conducting Rimsky-Korsakov's May Night, which launched his international career. Since then he has been a guest at some of the world?s leading opera houses such as the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra Bastille de Paris, Welsh National Opera, Dresden Opera, Komische Oper Berlin and Metropolitan Opera, New York.

In January 2001 Vladimir Jurowski took up the position as Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera and in early 2003 was also appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Recently it has also been announced that he has been appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Russian National Orchestra.

Vladimir Jurowski has made highly successful debuts with a number of world's leading orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic and Oslo Philharmonic. Future engagements include debuts with such orchestras as the Dresden Staatskapelle, Royal Concertgebouw, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Symphony orchestras.

Recent operatic engagements have taken him to the Metropolitan Opera for The Queen of Spades, to Glyndebourne for Die Zauberflöte, The Miserly Knight and Gianni Schicchi and to Welsh National Opera for a highly successful new production of Wozzeck. This summer (2005) he conducts Rossini's La Cenerentola and Verdi's Otello at Glyndebourne. Next season (2006) he makes his debut at La Scala conducting Eugene Onegin.