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Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra & Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Adriano Respighi's reputation depends largely on his symphonic poems whose bold use of orchestral colour derived from Rimsky-Korsakov’s example. His rarely heard ballet La pentola magica (The Magic Pot) pays tribute to other Russian composers including Arensky, Grechaninov, Pachulski, Rebikov and Anton Rubinstein. His triumphant cantata La Primavera (Spring) was based on Constant Zarian’s adaptations of ancient Armenian poetry, while the song cycle Quattro liriche su poesie popolari armene uses archaic church modes and a quasi-Armenian ensemble to create an exotic religious mood. | 
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| |  | Mstislav Rostropovich - The Complete EMI Recordings
This set of 25 CDs Plus Bonus DVDs is divided into four sections:
1. The Bach Suites - CDs 1 & 2
2. The EMI Recordings - CDs 3 To 12
3. The Russian Years (1950-1974) - CDs 13 To 25
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The Bach Suites - 2 DVDs Bach, J S: | Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV1007-1012 | Beethoven: | Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56 David Oistrakh (violin), Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66 Vasso Devetzi (piano) 12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45 Vasso Devetzi (piano) Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56 David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin | Bloch, E: | Schelomo Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein | Brahms: | Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 David Oistrakh (violin) Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 Alexander Dedyukhin (piano) Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 Itzhak Perlman (violin) Concertgebouworkest, Bernard Haitink | Britten: | Suite No. 1 for cello solo, Op. 72 Suite No. 2 for cello solo, Op. 80 Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Britten | Chopin: | Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 Alexander Dedyukhin Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C, Op. 3 Alexander Dedyukhin | Dutilleux: | Tout un monde lointain (Concerto for cello and orchestra) Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo | Dvorak: | Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult | Glazunov: | Concerto ballata in C major for cello and orchestra, Op. 108 USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov | Gubaidulina: | The Canticle of the Sun London Voices, Ryusuke Numajiri | Haydn: | Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1 Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) | Honegger: | Cello Concerto USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Victor Dubrovsky | Kabalevsky: | Cello Sonata in B flat, Op. 71 Dmitry Kabalevsky (piano) | Khachaturian: | Cello Sonata Karen Khachaturian (piano) Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello in D minor Aza Amintayeva | Knipper: | Concerto-Monologue USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | Lopes Graca: | Concerto da cámera Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin | Lutoslawski: | Cello Concerto Orchestre de Paris, Witold Lutoslawski | Miaskovsky: | Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 66 Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 66 USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81 Alexander Dedyukhin | Piazzólla: | Le Grand Tango Igor Uriash | Prokofiev: | Sinfonia Concertante in E minor for cello & orchestra, Op. 125 Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119 Sviatoslav Richter Sinfonia Concertante in E minor for cello & orchestra, Op. 125 USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Cello Concertino in G minor, Op. 132 Moscow Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | Rachmaninov: | Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 | Respighi: | Adagio con variazioni for cello and orchestra Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin | Saint-Saëns: | Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini | Schnittke: | Concerto for Three Gidon Kremer (violin), Yuri Bashmet (viola) Moscow Soloists String Trio Gidon Kremer (violin), Yuri Bashmet (viola) Minuet for String Trio Gidon Kremer (violin), Yuri Bashmet (viola) Cello Sonata No. 2 Igor Uriash Epilogue from the ballet Peer Gynt, for cello, piano and tape Igor Uriash | Schumann: | Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | Shaporin: | Five Pieces Alexander Dedyukhin | Shostakovich: | Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, Op. 127 Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Ulf Hoelscher (violin), Vasso Devetzi (piano) Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Cello Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 126 USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 Dmitri Shostakovich (piano) | Strauss, R: | Don Quixote, Op. 35 Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 6 Vasso Devetzi (piano) Don Quixote, Op. 35 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin | Taneyev: | Canzona in F minor Alexander Dedyukhin | Tchaikovsky: | Variations on a Rococo Theme in A, Op. 33 USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | Tchaikovsky, B: | Suite in D minor Partita for Cello & Chamber Ensemble Alexander Dedyukhin, Boris Chaykovsky, Mr Khovov, Mr Malichko, Mr Godin Cello Concerto Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin | Tishchenko: | Concerto for Cello, 17 Wind Instruments, Percussion and Organ Igor Blazhkov | Toyama: | Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Moscow Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Yuzo Toyama | Ustvolskaya: | Grand Duet for Cello & Piano Alexei Lubimov | Vainberg: | Cello Concerto in D Minor, Op. 43 USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | Villa-Lobos: | Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 for at least 8 cellos |
and short pieces and transcriptions of works by: Stravinsky; Scriabin; Milhaud; De Falla; Dvorák; Strauss; Sinding; Fauré; Debussy; Shaporin; Popper; Schubert; Prokofiev & Handel
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Mstislav Rostropovich was born on 27th March 1927 and died from cancer a month after his 80th birthday. Whereas Pablo Casals was the leading cellist of the first half of the 20th century, Rostropovich took on this mantle for the second half. He was more than just a cellist however as he conducted and was an excellent piano accompanist to his wife, the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. He also became a leading citizen of the world by his support for the Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn, then stripped of his Russian citizenship by the Communists after being granted a visa to work abroad in 1974 and flying back to assist Boris Yeltsin when the new Parliament was besieged by Communist renegades in 1991. This collection brings together all the recordings with cello that he made for EMI Classics including both versions of the Brahms Double Concerto made with Oistrakh and Szell in 1969 and Perlman and Haitink in 1979; the Dvorák Concerto with Boult in 1957 and Giulini in 1977 and Saint-Saëns Concerto No. 1 with Sargent in 1956 and Giulini in 1977; the Bach Cello Suites both on CD and DVD and the 13CDs of recordings which Rostropovich brought to EMI entitled “The Russian Years”. Such was his enthusiasm and remarkable playing he inspired numerous composers to write for him. He always expressed his view that the greatest were Sergei Prokofiev, who died on the same day as Stalin, 5th March 1953, Dmitri Shostakovich, died on 9th August 1975 and Benjamin Britten, died on 4th December 1976. Both Rostropovich and Shostakovich had lost their fathers whilst teenagers so when Shostakovich became his teacher he was more of a surrogate father and you may imagine his anguish at not being able to return to Moscow for the funeral (having been stripped of his citizenship); it was thus at Britten’s funeral service that he could give vent to his sadness at the loss of both great friends. Slava, as he was universally known by his countless friends and colleagues, has left the world a matchless recorded legacy of his genius. We should all listen and be grateful. “…the unmissable: the Shostakovich Sonata with the composer at the piano, Rozhdestvensky conducting idiomatic accounts of Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto and Concertino, the first tow Britten Cello Suites, a glorious Myaskovsky Concerto with Svetlanov from 1964, Piazzolla's Le Grand Tango, and Schnittke's Second Sonata and Epilogue.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2008 |
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| |  | 20th Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music
Adams, J: | The Chairman Dances City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | Adčs: | Asyla City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle | Barber: | Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas | Bartók: | Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119 Martha Argerich (piano) Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit | Berg: | Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935) Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Gianluigi Gelmetti | Bernstein: | West Side Story - Symphonic Dances City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi | Birtwistle: | Tragoedia Melos Ensemble, Lawrence Foster | Boulez: | Le Soleil des Eaux Josephine Nendick, Barry McDaniel & Louis Devos BBC Chorus & Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez | Britten: | Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | Copland: | Fanfare for the Common Man Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México, Enrique Bátiz | Debussy: | La Mer Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini | Delius: | Brigg Fair Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham | Dutilleux: | Cello Concerto Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo | Elgar: | Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Jacqueline du Pré (cello) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli | Falla: | Noches en los jardines de Espana Gonzalo Soriano Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | Gershwin: | Rhapsody in Blue orch. Grofé London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn | Gorecki: | Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' Zofia Kilanowicz Kraków Symphony Orchestra, Jacek Kaspszyk | Henze: | Barcarola City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | Hindemith: | Symphony 'Mathis der Maler' Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch | Holst: | The Planets, Op. 32 Geoffrey Mitchell Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult | Honegger: | Movement symphonique No. 1 'Pacific 231' Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons | Janacek: | Sinfonietta Pro Arte Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | Khachaturian: | Masquerade Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | Landowski: | Adagio cantabile for string orchestra Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Marcel Landowski | Lutoslawski: | Concerto for Orchestra | Mahler: | Der Abschied (from Das Lied Von Der Erde) Christa Ludwig (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | Maw: | Dance Scenes Philharmonia Orchestra, Daniel Harding | Messiaen: | Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum Ensemble de Percussion de l'Orchestre de Paris & Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo | Milhaud: | La Création du Monde, Op. 81 Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein | Nielsen: | Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 (FS97) Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt | Orff: | Carmina Burana Lucia Popp, Gerhard Unger, Raymond Wolansky & John Noble Wandsworth School Boys' Choir & New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | Penderecki: | Tren (Threnody), "To the Victims of Hiroshima" Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki | Poulenc: | Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings & Timpani Gillian Weir City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | Prokofiev: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10 Martha Argerich (piano) Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit | Pärt: | Spiegel im Spiegel Tasmin Little & Martin Roscoe | Rachmaninov: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Antonio Pappano | Ravel: | Boléro Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan | Respighi: | Pines of Rome London Symphony Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli | Rodrigo: | Concierto de Aranjuez Angel Romero London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn | Schnittke: | Minuet for String Trio Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet & Mstislav Rostropovich | Schoenberg: | 5 orchestral pieces, Op. 16 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | Shostakovich: | Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 Wiener Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons | Sibelius: | Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund | Strauss, R: | Four Last Songs Nina Stemme Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano | Stravinsky: | The Rite of Spring London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | Takemitsu: | Water-ways London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen | Tavener: | The Protecting Veil Steven Isserlis (cello) London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rhozdestvensky | Tippett: | Concerto for double string orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra & Bath Festival Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai | Turnage: | Drowned Out City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle | Vaughan Williams: | The Lark Ascending Sarah Chang (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink | Walton: | Cello Concerto Lynn Harrell (cello) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | Webern: | Six Pieces for Orchestra Op. 6 (revised version) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle |
At no time in its long history did European music go through a period of such revolution and diversification as in the 20th Century. Wagner had transformed music in the 19th century to the extent that every composer coming after had to acknowledge his existence, to a lesser or greater extent. The advent of the new century saw a great flourishing of compositional styles and techniques that were largely the direct result of Wagner's influence. Not only that, the new century was to be one of great technological advance and invention. The gramophone and, later, the spread of radio, brought about massive changes in the way that ordinary people accessed and perceived music. Suddenly a whole new world of serious music was to open up to an audience that had hitherto been excluded from what had previously been, albeit unintentionally, an elitist art form. The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition and the first disc begins with a work from 1901 that has become one of the most popular works in the classical repertoire, mainly through it's use in another great 20th-century art form – the film: Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto. Thereafter each disc in the set takes the listener on a fascinating journey through the century, composer by composer and work by work, from Russian Romanticism, French Impressionism, English Pastoralism, Atonalism, Neo Classicism right up to Post Modernism, and from as wide a range of countries and genres as possible. |
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| |  | String Quartets By Opera Composers
Ruth Ziesak (soprano) Leipziger Streichquartett “What could be a more seductive five minutes that Puccini’s Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums), a lovely crystellisation of his idiom…….Verdi’s four-movement E minor quartet is substantial, original and unforgettable.” Sunday Times, 4th May 2008 *** “Is an interesting collection of curiosities. The neglected piece of real interest here is Verdi's String Quartet in E minor… played with exemplary lucidity and feeling by the Leipzig Quartet… and immaculately recorded by MDG.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 **** “Respighi’s heavenly Il tramonto, a ‘lyric poem’ (based on Shelley) for soprano and string quartet, shifts the stylistic points of reference forward to Richard Strauss and early Schoenberg. Once again the Leipzig Quartet
sets the emotional temperature at precisely the right level, scoring interpretive points over most rivals by never overindulging the music’s natural opulence. Atmospheric, well-balanced sound too.” The Strad, August 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Respighi - The Roman Trilogy
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano "I feel very honoured and privileged to be able to conduct this music with the Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia not only because it's my orchestra now but because the Fountains and the Pines of Rome were written for this orchestra and were premiered by this orchestra. And the Roman Festivals were premiered by the New York Philharmonic with Toscanini conducting but this orchestra played the Italian premiere." Antonio Pappano “Pappano's gift to constantly delve well beyond the reputation these tone-poems have as technically brilliant display pieces devoid of deeper content. Try to listen, for instance, to the plangency of the woodwind playing at the rapt opening of 'Fountain of Valle Giulia', or the translucent sifting of textures in a magical 'Villa Medici Fountain', without becoming riveted.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2007 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Pavarotti in Concert
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) Richard Bonynge Recorded in 1973 at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Frank Almond (violin) & William Wolfram (piano) Recorded July 29-31, 2005 at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin “unassailable technical mastery and absolute temperamental harmonisation. Some sort of standard is offered by Perlman and Ashkenazy; Almond and Wolfram are not out of place in such company.” – BBC Music Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Respighi - Orchestral Music
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Elisabetta Scano (soprano) & Reinihld Mees (piano) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Damiana Pinti (mezzo-soprano) Orchesta Sinfonica del Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Marzio Conti | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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