RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsk-Korsakov - Pan Voyevoda, Suite; Sadko, Op. 5; Overture on Russian Themes, Op. 28; May Night (Overture) Elena Okolysheva, mezzo-soprano / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Igor Golovschin, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] Powerful orchestral music from one of Russias greatest orchestrators! |
MOZART / HAYDN / SHOSTAKOVICH / BEETHOVEN / RACHMANINOV / MOZART
The Complete Concerto Recordings Evgeny Kissin (piano) / Moscow Virtuosi, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra [ RCA Red Seal / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Reissued at a special price! |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
The Best Of Glazunov Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Ilya Kale (violin), POlish National Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Glazunov, a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov, received encouragement also from Belyayev, an influential patron and publisher whose activities succeeded and largely replaced the earlier efforts of Balakirev to inspire the creation of national Russian music.... |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - The Kremlin / From the Middle Ages / Poeme Lyrique / Poeme Epique Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Konstanstin Krimets [ Naxos / CD ] "The Moscow Symphony players show real feeling for the orthodox choruses and bellsongs of The Kremlin's middle movement…" Gramophone |
Golovchin/Moscow So
Rimsky-Korsakov:ivan The Terri [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 26 / etc. Mikhail Agafonov (tenor), Lyudmila Ivanova (mezzo-soprano) Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Capella, Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD ] "With the Kondrasgin-trained Igor Golvschin in charge, this fine new recording - the first of what I hope will be a complete cycle - provides a serious challenge both to older Soviet-era accounts and more modern Western competition from Muti and... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker & Rimsky Korsakov: Christmas Eve Suite Prunella Scales (narrator), Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz, Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Oct/2000 ] Narrated version with Prunella Scales |
KORNGOLD
Sea Hawk (The) / Deception Irinia Romishevskaya / Moscow Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / William Stromberg [ Naxos Film Music Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2007 ] "This isn't just essential for Korngold or film score collectors--this release also is perfect for mp3 players, long car trips, or any activity that needs a nice big chunk of orchestral music to while away an hour or two. If this isn't an... |
XENAKIS / FORNES / BERIO
Works for Violin and Orchestra Irvine Arditti (violin) / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Jonathan Nott [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/1996 ] "Three works for violin and orchestra by Mediterranean composers, the first two written in the early 90s for the spectacular skills of Irvine Arditti...Corale is glorious stuff, really - a benchmark of 20th Century concertante music - and it should... |
BACH / SCHNITTKE / SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concertos Ksenia Bashmet (piano) / Moscow Soloists / Yuri Bashmet [ Quartz / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Russian pianist Ksenia Bashmet, rising star and daughter of the legendary viola player and conductor Yuri Bashmet makes her solo debut on Quartz, performing two major 20th century Russian concertos - Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No 1 and Alfred... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV
Piano Concertos Terence Judd (piano) / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev [ Chandos / CD - released 21/May/2001 ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Organ Works Konstantin Volostnov (on the Röver organ (1898) of the Moscow Central Church of Evangelical Christians-Baptists) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] In contrast to the grand scale and public profile of his orchestral and choral works, Johannes Brahms saw the organ as an instrument 'for home use', and one in which he confided his most intimate feelings. |
GYORGY SVIRIDOV
The Snowstorm / Pushkin's Garland / (Three) Choruses Large Symphony Orchestra of Moscow [ Alto / CD - released 1/May/2016 ] (Snowstorm) "Sviridov created music for the film that was epic, romantic, tinged with nostalgia and above all, tuneful, which illustrated superbly his love for Russia, its history and its cultural heritage. Snowstorm was massively successful... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6 & Nutcracker Suite Large Symphony Orchestra of the Ministry of Culture, Russian Federation, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky / Moscow State Symphony, Pavel Kogan [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "As I have often felt with Rozhdestvensky's recordings, their warm, easy spontaneity...suggests sessions where the aim was to communicate immediately and warmly in a near equivalent to live performance" Gramophone Magazine |
HANDEL / ALBINONI / VIVALDI / BACH / TELEMANN
Michala Petri plays Concertos & Sonatas Michala Petri (recorder) Keith Jarrett (harpsichord) / I Solisti Veneti, Moscow Virtuosi, Claudio Scimone, Vladimir Spivakov [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2011 ] "What do you get when two 'big' names join forces to record 'little' music such as these sonatas? This disc gives you your answer: it's a rare treat" (MusicWeb June 2005 on the Handel) |
ALLA PAVLOVA
Symphony No. 6 / Thumbelina Suite Mikhail Shestakov (violin) / Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra / Patrick Baton [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] The highly romantic music of Alla Pavlova, a Russian composer now resident in the USA, has been praised for its 'surreal serenity…woven with unflinching sadness, without concessions to short attention spans and all within the long émigré tradition of... |
ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin: Complete Chamber Music Mndoiantz (piano), Gotthelf (cello) / Moscow String Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Alexander Borodin was a highly respected research chemist who published over 40 scientific works and composed in his spare time...The undoubted masterpiece is his Second String Quartet, one of the most famous and best loved works in the genre. |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Orchestral Works Vol 3: The King of the Jews (Incidental Music) Moscow Capella / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jan/2004 ] "...Golovshin's interpretation is undoubtedly effective ...At bargain price the...one to buy if you are trying out this intermittently beguiling music for the first time." - Classic CD - December 1996 |
SHOSTAKOVICH / BORIS TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / WEINBERG / KAREN KHACHATURIAN
Rudolf Barshai conducts Russian music Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai [ Brilliant Classics Russian Archives / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2012 ] Rudolf Barshai's influence as a conductor of Russian music is hard to overstate. Combining an inexhaustible work ethic with a commitment to perfecting every detail of a performance, he broke new ground with his studied interpretations. His... |