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Albéniz: | Tango | Bach, J S: | St Matthew Passion, BWV244: Erbarme dich St Matthew Passion, BWV244: Buss und Reu Christmas Oratorio, BWV248: Bereite dich, Zion Mass in B minor, BWV232: Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris Mass in B minor, BWV232: Agnus Dei | Bizet: | Si vous aimez! Vasco da Gama: Ouvre ton coeur L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) | Bononcini, G B: | Vado ben spesso | Borodin: | Merknet svyet dnevnoy (from Prince Igor) Ty li, Vladimir moy? (from Prince Igor) | Brahms: | Two songs for contralto with viola obbligato, Op. 91 | Champagne, T: | Song of the Rose Shepherd Boy | Falconieri: | Bella rosa | Falla: | Siete Canciones populares españolas | Glinka: | Vanya's Aria (from Ivan Susanin/A Life for the Tsar) I zhar, i znoi smenila nochi ten (from Ruslan and Lyudmila) Ratmir's Romance (from Ruslan and Lyudmila) | Granados: | Tonadillas: Oh, muerte cruel! Ay majo de mi vida!: No. 1, La maja dolorosa Tonadillas: No. 3, La maja dolorosa: III 'De aquel majo amante' | Handel: | Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo) Te Deum in D major 'Dettingen', HWV283: Dignare, Domine Ombra mai fu (from Serse) Deggio morire, o stelle (from Siroe) | Mahler: | Symphony No. 3 in D minor: O Mensch, gib acht sung in Russian | Marcello, B: | Quella fiamma che m'accende | Martini, J P: | Plaisir d'amour | Massenet: | Elégie | Mozart: | Ombra felice!...Io ti lascio, K255 | Mussorgsky: | Khovanshchina - Marfa's Song (edited by Rimsky-Korsakov) Marfa's Prophecy (from Khovanshchina) | Parisotti: | Se tu m'ami | Ponchielli: | Voce di donna o d'angelo (from La Gioconda) | Prokofiev: | Incantation of Water and Fire (No. 1 from Fünf Gedichte von Kontantin Bal'mont, Op. 36) | Purcell: | When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas) | Rachmaninov: | Selected songs | Respighi: | E se un giorno tornasse, P. 96 sung in Russian Echo sung in Russian | Rimsky Korsakov: | Lel's Third Song (from The Snow Maiden) Lioubasha's aria (from The Tsar's Bride) | Rossini: | Ah! quel giorno ognor rammento (from Semiramide) | Saint-Saëns: | Printemps qui commence (from Samson et Dalila) Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse (Samson et Dalila) Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila) | Schubert: | Aufenthalt D957 No. 5 Die Forelle, D550 Erlkönig, D328 Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118 Im Frühling, D882 Ave Maria, D839 | Serov: | Varangian Ballad (from Rogneda) | Stradella: | Pieta, Signore | Tchaikovsky: | Countess's Scene (from Pique Dame) Selected songs | Verdi: | Stride la vampa (from Il Trovatore) | Vinci, Leonardo: | Confusa, smarrita (from Catone in Utica) |
and traditional Russian songs
Valentina Levko (contralto) A true discovery for many western ears: Valentina Levko, star contralto of the Bolshoi! “In a career of 50 years, I have rarely encountered such a voice, rounded, youthful, with an uncommon timbre and astonishing warmth” , thus said the legendary Sol Hurok, one of the most famous American Impresarios, who introduced Valentina Levko in the New York Met. Although she frequently toured the world, her real home was Russia, where she reigned for more than 40 years, and 25 years as the star contralto of the Bolshoi Theatre. This set features Levko in a wide variety of repertoire, ranging from moving Baroque arias by Bach and Handel, through the art songs of Schubert and Brahms, towards great opera scenes from Prince Igor, Ruslan & Ludmilla, Ivan Susanin, Queen of Spades, Rossini, Verdi, the songs of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, and a superb collection of Russian folk songs. An unrivalled breadth of recordings. Valentina Levko was another in the glorious line of Russian 20th‐century contraltos who in some ways defined the sound of Russian opera for ears, both Eastern and Western, which were often discovering the rich tradition of Russian opera for the first time through recordings. Levko's name, however, unlike compatriots such as Elena Obratzova, never travelled as far or as well. Committed to her contract at the Bolshoi, she spurned several opportunities to make a name for herself in the West, with the lucrative recording contracts that would surely have followed. And yet hers was, as this important set reveals, a voice and dramatic presence firmly in the mould of greats of the past such as Zara Dolukhanova. The set is carefully curated by themes, thereby revealing Levko's remarkable versatility. Arias from Bolshoi classics by Glinka, Rimsky‐Korsakov and Tchaikovsky sit alongside Western operas by Ponchielli, Verdi and others; her ability to scale her voice to an intimate environment results in warmly idiomatic recordings of art song by Schubert, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. The pleasure she took in the popular song of her own country also resulted in many recordings with the Ossipov Folk Orchestra, but her facility extended to folk songs of many languages, as the last CD reveals. Perhaps most remarkably of all, the first CD reveals a natural interpreter of Bach and Handel. An extensive booklet note discusses her life and career; for anyone interested in Russian voices, this set will be essential. | 
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Andrey Baranov (violin), Alexey Zhilin (cello) & Miki Aoki (piano) This project focuses on the work of Mitrofan Belyayev – a Russian publisher who helped to bring works by Russian composers to the attention of the world. This disc includes works by Glazunov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Liadov and Blumenfeld. |
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Music by Khachaturian, Borodin, Glinka & Rimsky-Korsakov
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| |  | Jussi Björling in Concert in Finland and USA 1940-1957
Bartlett, J C: | A Dream | Bizet: | La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) | Denza: | Funiculì-Funiculà | Geehl: | For You Alone | Giordano, U: | Amor ti vieta (from Fedora) Come un bel dì di maggio (from Andrea Chénier) | Gounod: | De grâce demeurez… Ange adorable (Roméo et Juliette) | Grieg: | En svane (No. 2 from Seks Digte af Henrik Ibsen, Op. 25) Seks Sange, Op. 48 No. 6 'Ein Traum' Seks Sange, Op. 48 No. 6 'Ein Traum' | Handel: | Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù (from Serse) | Hardelot: | Because | Mascagni: | Mamma, quel vino (from Cavalleria Rusticana) | Morgan, O: | Clorinda | Nordqvist: | Till havs (Towards the Sea) | Puccini: | Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) | Rachmaninov: | Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 V molchanii nochi taynoy, Op. 4 No. 3 | Rimsky Korsakov: | Song of the Hindu Guest (from Sadko) | Rossini: | Soirées musicales: La Danza | Schubert: | Frühlingsglaube, D686 Die Forelle, D550 Ständchen 'Leise flehen meine Lieder', D957 No. 4 | Sibelius: | Flickan kom från sin älsklings möte, Op. 37, No. 5 Säf, säf, susa, Op. 36 No. 4 (Text: Gustav Fröding) Var det en dröm? Op. 37 No. 4 (J.J. Wecksell) Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (Wecksell) Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (Wecksell) Svarta rosor, Op. 36 No. 1 (Ernst Josephson) | Sjöberg: | Tonerna (text: Erik Gustaf Geijer) Tonerna (text: Erik Gustaf Geijer) | Strauss, R: | Traum durch die Dämmerung, Op. 29 No. 1 Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 | Tosti: | L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra Ideale | Verdi: | La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Giovanna, ho dei rimorsi (from Rigoletto) È il sol dell'anima (from Rigoletto) | Wagner: | In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) |
“More inveterate collectors will want this latest issue - which also is
reported to be the last issue from Bluebell, who have done a sterling job
over the years to put on disc innumerable previously unavailable Jussi
titles. The team behind this set and all the previous issues of Jussi
Björling recordings have done sterling service to his memory and their
best reward would be that even more people would invest in all the riches
that this and the previous issues contain. A cultural achievement of the
utmost importance”.” MusicWeb International |
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| |  | Orchestral Organ ClassicsGreat Music on Eight Famous Organs
Bach, J S: | Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String') arr. David Briggs | Dukas: | The Sorcerer's Apprentice arr. David Briggs | Elgar: | Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 - Larghetto arr. Thomas Murray Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39 No. 1 arr. Edwin Lemare | Hérold: | Zampa - Overture arr. Adrian Lucas | Khachaturian: | Gayane: Lullaby arr. Thomas Murray | Rimsky Korsakov: | Flight of the Bumble Bee arr. David Briggs | Saint-Saëns: | Danse macabre, Op. 40 arr. H.Goss Custard | Strauss, J, I: | Radetsky March, Op. 228 arr. Malcolm Archer | Strauss, J, II: | Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 arr. Lowry | Tchaikovsky: | The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy arr. Keith John | Walton: | Orb and Sceptre arr. William McKie |
David Briggs, Keith John, Adrian Partington, Adrian Lucas, Thomas Murray, Ian Tracey and Malcolm Archer |
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Mikhail Stepanovich Grishko (Grigory Grigor'yevich Gryaznoy),Elizaveta Ivanovna Chavdar (Marfa), Vera Lyubimova (Domna Ivanovna Saburavova), Boris Gmyria (Vasily Stepanovich Sobakin), Pyotr Belinnik (Ivan Sergeyevich Lykov), Antonina Sopova (Dunyasha), Larisa Arkhipovna Rudenko (Lyubasha), Zinaida Kushnareva (Petrovna), Vladimir Matveyev (Grigory Luk'yanovich Malyuta-Skuratov), Vasili Babenko (Servant), Pavel Ivanov (Elisa Bomelius) Kiev Opera Orchestra, Kiev Opera Chorus, Vladimir Piradov |
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Ödön Rácz (double bass) & János Balázs (piano) On this new release, the double bass soloist of the Vienna Philharmonic, Ödön Rácz, born in Budapest in 1981, brilliantly performs the operatic fantasias Lucia di Lammermoor and Beatrice di Tenda by Giovanni Bottesini after the eponymous operas by Gaetano Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini respectively and the Fantasia on a Theme from the Opera Moses by Rossini by Niccolò Paganini. Besides Paganini’s fantasia, another extremely virtuoso work that was originally written for violin is the Valse triste in C minor by Ferenc Vecsey. Originating later in the 20th century, there are the Sonata Enigmatica for Double Bass Solo by Gottfried von Einem and the commissioned work Bass Trip, which the Latvian Pēteris Vasks composed for the ARD Music Competition in 2003. It shows bravura from the best side, perfected by the excellent playing of the pianist János Balázs Jr. |
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| |  | Mischa Maisky: 10 Classic Albums
anon.: | Catalan Folksong arr. Pablo Casals with Pavel Gililov (piano) When I met you … arr. by Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovsky with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Arensky: | Do not kindle the fires Op. 38 No. 3 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Bach, J S: | Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV1007-1012 Recorded July & August 1999 | Bizet: | Adieux de l'hotesse Arabe Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Brahms: | Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby) arr. Mischa Maisky with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Chausson: | Quatre Mélodies Op. 13: 2. Sérénade (Jean Lahor) Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Cantique à l'épouse, Op. 36 No. 1 (Jounet) Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Le temps des lilas Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Chopin: | Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor Russian Arrangement for Cello and Piano with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Cui: | The burnt letter Op. 33 No. 4 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Dargomïzhsky: | I am sad ... Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Debussy: | Beau Soir Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Duparc: | Soupir Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Chanson triste Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Extase Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Dvorak: | Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 Recorded December 2002 Live recording Berliner Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta | Elgar: | Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Recorded March 1990 Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli | Falla: | Nana (No. 5 from Siete canciones populares españolas) arr. by Mischa Maisky with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Fauré: | Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 arr. for Cello and Piano by Mischa Maisky with Pavel Gililov (piano) Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 arr. Pablo Casals for Cello and Piano with Daria Hovora (piano) Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8 No. 1 (Prudhomme) Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Les berceaux, Op. 23 No. 1 Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Tristesse, Op. 6 No. 2 Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Glazunov: | Desire, Op. 60 No. 2 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Glinka: | The Lark Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Gluck: | Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice): Dance of the Blessed Spirits arr. for cello and piano with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Gounod: | Ave Maria arr. Mischa Maisky with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Gurilyov, A: | I am weary and sad ... Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Hahn, R: | L'heure exquise Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Handel: | Sonata in D major for violin and continuo, HWV371, Op. 1 No. 13: Larghetto arr. by Mischa Maisky for Cello and Piano with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Kreisler: | Liebesleid arr. Mischa Maisky with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Lully: | Gavotte arr. for Cello and Piano with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Massenet: | Elégie arr. Mischa Maisky with Pavel Gililov (piano) Elégie Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Mendelssohn: | Cello Sonata No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 45 Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58 Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Variations concertantes Op. 17 Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Song without Words for Cello & Piano, Op. 109 Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 1 in G major 'May Breezes' Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 6 in A major 'Spring Song' Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34 No. 2 Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Schilflied, Op. 71 No. 4 Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Suleika (Goethe/von Willemer) Op. 34 No. 4 Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Die Liebende schreibt (Goethe) Op. 86 No. 3 Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Song without Words for Cello & Piano, Op. 109 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Mussorgsky: | Une Larme (A Tear) original for piano solo, arr. by Alexander Krein with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Poulenc: | Violon Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Métamorphoses: C'est ainsi que tu es Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) La Courte Paille: 3. La Reine de coeur Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Deux Poems de Louis Aragon: 1. "C" Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Les chemins de l'amour Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Rachmaninov: | Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 for cello and Piano with Pavel Gililov (piano) Sing not, O lovely one (Ne poi, krasavitsa, pri mne), Op. 4 No. 4 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) How fair this spot, Op. 21 No. 7 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Ravel: | Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera with Pavel Gililov (piano) Deux mélodies hébraïques Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Là-bas, vers l’eglise Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Rimsky Korsakov: | The clouds begin to scatter (Elegy), Op. 42 No. 3 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) The Nymph Op. 56 No. 1 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) Eastern Song: Enslaved by the rose, the nightingale Op. 2 No. 2 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Rubinstein: | Night Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Saint-Saëns: | Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 Recorded March 1997 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne Recorded March 1997 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Allegro Appassionato in B minor Op. 43 Recorded March 1997 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Romance in F major, Op. 36 Recorded March 1997 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Suite for Cello & Piano, Op. 16 Recorded March 1997 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor Op. 32 Recorded March 1998 with Daria Hovora (piano) Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne transcription for Cello and Piano with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Schubert: | Ave Maria, D839 arr. Johannes Palaschko with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Schumann: | Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 Recorded December 1999 with Martha Argerich (piano) Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70 Recorded December 1999 with Martha Argerich (piano) Stücke im Volkston (5), Op. 102 Recorded December 1999 with Martha Argerich (piano) Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 Recorded March 1997 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Traümerei for cello and Piano with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Shostakovich: | Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107 Recorded August 1993 London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas Cello Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 126 Recorded August 1993 London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas | Strauss, R: | Don Quixote, Op. 35 Recorded December 2002 Live recording with Tabea Zimmermann (viola) Berliner Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta | Tchaikovsky: | Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 Recorded March 1990 Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli Nocturne for cello & small orchestra (or cello & piano), Op. 19 No. 4 arr. Tchaikovsky for cello and piano with Pavel Gililov (piano) Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) Nochy bezumnïye, Op. 60 No. 6 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) Noch' (Night), Op. 60 No. 9 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) To bilo ranneyu vesnoy (It happened in the early spring), Op. 38 No. 2 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) |
Mischa Maisky will be 65 on 10 January 2013; he made his first recording for Deutsche Grammophon 30 years ago; and he left the Soviet Union 40 years ago. 10 Classic DG Albums, balanced carefully between his great concerto and recital CDs and presented in Original Jacket artwork. Elegant slipcase presentation, with 10 mint-packs offering gatefold presentation for each album inside. This release is not a limited edition. |
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| |  | Rachmaninov: Complete Works for Piano Solo
Rachmaninov: | Études-Tableaux, Op. 33 Hanna Shybayeva (piano) Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39 Hanna Shybayeva (piano) Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28 Mariana Izman (piano) Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 Mariana Izman (piano) Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 Mariana Izman (piano) Oriental Sketch (1917) Mariana Izman (piano) Morceau de fantaisie 'Delmo' in G minor (1899) Mariana Izman (piano) Preludes Op. 23 Nos. 1-10 (complete) Nino Gvetadze (piano) Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 1-13 (complete) Nino Gvetadze (piano) Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3 Pieter-Jelle de Boer (piano) Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42 Pieter-Jelle de Boer (piano) Morceaux de Salon, Op. 10 Pieter-Jelle de Boer (piano) Prelude in D minor Op. post. (1917) Thomas Beijer (piano) Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22 Thomas Beijer (piano) Prelude in F major (1891) Thomas Beijer (piano) Moments Musicaux, Op. 16 Thomas Beijer (piano) | Rimsky Korsakov: | Flight of the Bumble Bee trans. Rachmaninov Mariana Izman (piano) |
A 5 CD box set for the price of 2, this release offers Rachmaninov’s Complete Works for Piano Solo performed by various current critically acclaimed performers. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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