Since you are interested in Symphony No. 3 / Coronation March, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
PROKOFIEV / RAVEL
Piano Concertos (plus Schlime - 3 Improvisations) Francesco Tristano Schlime (piano) / Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] "A shining new talent forces you to listen to these concertos anew. If you can judge a pupil by his teachers, Schlimé comes with the highest pedigree, counting Mikhail Pletnev as his tutor. It is the Russian who conducts him here and his faith is... |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Orchestral Suites Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] "Pletnev and his virtuoso orchestra make a charming sound picture of the Dance of the Birds, woodwind all a-twitter, and leap with plenty of vigour into the single most popular item, the Dance of the Clowns, or Skomorokhi" Gramophone Magazine, Aug 2010 |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 11 Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 11/Mar/2006 ] “The Russian National Orchestra is in top form, with its brass department in resplendent form.” --Robert Benson, classicalcdreview.com |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 15 / Hamlet Op. 32 Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Nothing is as it seems here. And everything seems futile here. Can one say it any more briefly? Shostakovich's Symphony No. 15 remains a complete enigma for the observant listener. |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 'Little Russian' Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] "Here [Pletnev] presents not only the standard version, but also the first movement in its original form, which several of Tchaikovsky's colleagues thought far superior to the revised version...Pletnev's performance of this with the Russian National... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4, op. 36 / Romeo and Juliet Russian National Orchestra. Mikhail Pletnev [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] "[Pletnev] is without any quirks or deviations and leads the Russian National Orchestra in passionate and powerful performances, often with tempos quicker than the norm...and conjures compellingly direct accounts that are full-blooded, subtle and... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5, op. 64 / Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 Russian National Orchestra. Mikhail Pletnev [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "... the orchestra is superbly responsive, shaping the love melody with nobility and warmth…" BBC Music Magazine Disc of the Month Oct 2011 |