Since you are interested in Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Works for Piano (Incls 'Carnaval, Op. 9') Ethella Chuprik (piano) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] The son of a bookseller, publisher and writer, Robert Schumann showed early abilities in both music and literature, the second facility used in his later writing on musical subjects. As a composer Schumann's gifts are clearly heard in his piano music... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
1812 Overture / Romeo and Juliet / Marche Slave / etc Philharmonia Cassovia / Johannes Wildner (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] Johannes Wildner was born in the Austrian resort of Mrzzuschlag in 1956 and studied violin and conducting, taking his diploma at the Vienna Musikhochschule and proceeding to a doctorate in musicology. As a member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,... |
HANDEL
Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks Prague Chamber Soloists / Andrew Mogrelia (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] Andrew Mogrelia has a varied conducting career on the concert platform and in the recording studio, and extensive experience of working with major dance companies since studying at the Royal College of Music in London and Tanglewood. |
RUSSIAN FAVOURITES
Russian Favourites (music by Borodin, Gliere, Glinka, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Kabalevsky, etc) Slovak Phil Orch, Slovak Radio SymphOrch, conductors: Bramall, Gunzenhauser, Halasz, Hayman, Jean [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] The second half of the nineteenth century brought with it a burgeoning of Russian culture, itself, whatever nationalist critics might have said, a result of that cross-fertilisation of ideas that has its origin in the reforms of Peter the Great. |
BEDRICH SMETANA
Ma Vlast [My Country/Fatherland] Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice / Reinhard Seifried (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] " Reinhard Seifried's gentle and persuasive account ...generally captures its immeasurable charm." (The Scotsman) |