More By Artist: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Displaying items 241 to 260 of 383
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 & Orchestral Works Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek [ Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 19/Aug/2016 ] "(In the Scherzo) the Czech blood rises, the cross-rhythms stamp home and one glimpses something of the genuine article. I like his fresh and very personal characterization in the Trio here: a folksy lilt in the phrasing and subtle shading in the... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 7 'Sinfonia Antartica' & 9 in E minor Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Andrew Manze (conductor), Rowan Pierce (soprano), Timothy West (narrator) [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 9/May/2019 ] For any Vaughan Williams lover, this series of recordings is well worth the acquaintance for its probing, sympathetic interpretations and beauty of sound" Gramophone |
ELGAR
Elgar: Enigma Variations / In the South (Alassio) / Serenade For Strings Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Onyx / CD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] The third Elgar album from Petrenko and the RLPO , a critically acclaimed team of Elgarians, brings together three masterpieces, In the South, a vibrant and colourful depiction of the Southern Italian coast, the Serenade for String Orchestra, and the... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphony No. 2 / Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2 / etc Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ ONYX / CD - released 10/May/2017 ] "What's the matter with them Billy? They sit there like a lot of stuffed pigs!" Elgar commented to his friend W.H Reid, the leader of the Queen's Hall Orchestra after the chilly reception given to the 2nd Symphony at its premiere in 1911. More... |
MUSSORGSKY / KHACHATURIAN / KABALEVSKY / SHCHEDRIN / RACHMANINOV
Mussorgsky, Khachaturian, Kabalevsky, Shchedrin, Rachmaninov Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Onyx / CD - released 18/Nov/2019 ] A Russian orchestral showcase from Vasily Petrenko and the award willing Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra present a programme of Russian orchestral classics - with some surprises! Ravel's brilliant orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete ballet) / Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Jan/2019 ] After the critically acclaimed Rite of Spring (ONYX4182) the award - winning team of Vasily Petrenko and the RLPO continue their survey of the Stravinsky ballets with The Firebird. As with the earlier album, the coupling is a fascinating one.... |
SERGI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances / The Isle of the Dead / The Rock Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Avie / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "Petrenko achieves a wonderfully integrated blend of orchestral sound, yet his attention to details of instrumentation and dynamic is achieved without artificial highlighting." Sunday Times, 21st February 2010 **** |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 11, The Year 1905 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "This is pretty terrific on all counts. I recommend it accordingly, and look forward to the continuation of the cycle." (ClassicsToday 9/9) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol. 2 - Symphonies Nos. 5 and 9 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "Petrenko's Fifth is remarkable for the tight discipline and detailed characterisation of musicians plainly on the up. The five-movement Ninth has sufficient energy and muscle to make it more than a mere divertissement." Gramophone Magazine Editor's... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol. 3 - Symphony No 8 in C minor Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "Excellent playing from all departments of the orchestra plus vividly natural engineering complete what is easily the best installment of this ongoing cycle to date." (10/10 ClassicsToday) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol. 4 - Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "Petrenko's Shostakovich cycle goes from strength to strength...If there has been a finer account of the Tenth in recent years, I confess I must have missed it." Gramophone Award WINNER 2011 - Orchestral |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol. 5 - Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "This series… is developing into something really special. These RLPO Shostakovich recordings withstand comparisons with some of the greatest performances on disc." Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol 9: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] "the Liverpool players get around the enormous technical challenges with great verve, and the self-destructive climaxes are never shirked. But there's a brittleness to how Petrenko treats some of the episodes. Much of his reading, though, is spot-on" |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 / Cockaigne Overture Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ ONYX / CD - released 10/Mar/2015 ] "The Symphony No 1…is given both monumental weight and graced with individual playing of character and loveliness, the woodwind particularly splendid." (Independent on Sunday) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13 / Prince Rostislav Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/May/2014 ] BBC Music Award Nomination 2015 - Orchestral |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 3, 4 & 6 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Onyx / 2 CD - released 9/May/2017 ] "The RLPO play their socks off and must rank as one of the finest 'Russian orchestras' in the UK today...I commend Petrenko's as the finest modern cycle of Tchaikovsky's symphonies currently available." Gramophone Disc of the Month March 2017 |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos 1, 2 & 5 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ ONYX / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "Alive and articulate, these three performances remind us that it's just as possible to be stunned by an original interpretation of a familiar symphony." RECORDING OF THE YEAR 2017 BBC Music Magazine |
![Great Russian Symphonies [10 CD set] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10546/10546430.jpg)
SHOSTAKOVICH / TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / RACHMANINOV / etc
Great Russian Symphonies [10 CD set] Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Vasily Petrenko / National Symphony of the Ukraine, Theodore Kuchar / Russian Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky, etc [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2015 ] The first attempts at a Russian Nationalist symphony were made in the late nineteenth-century by Balakirev and his acolytes, Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov as well as by Tchaikovsky, whose symphonies have a distinctly Russian flavour. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich; The Complete Symphonies (11 CD set) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, with Alexander Vinogradov (bass) & Gal James (soprano) [ Naxos / 11 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Vasily Petrenko was appointed principal conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in 2006 and in 2009 became Chief Conductor. He is also Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. He was the Classical BRIT Awards Male Artist of... |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphonic Queen [ DG Panorama / CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] Queen, the famed British glam-rock band, were distinguished by their harmonies and operatic allusions, reflecting the classical background and training of lead singer Freddie Mercury. 45 years after the band's first show in the classic line-up of... |
