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The USSR Symphony Orchestra & Republican Russian Choir Chapel, Evgeni Svetlanov This symphony was an ambitious project for the young Russian composer. It was his first large
scale orchestral work and he set himself a monumental task. Huge orchestral forces combined with
a final choral fifth movement make this a large scale work by any standards. “Svetlanov's no-holds barred approach suits the emotionalism of Scriabin's neo-Wagnerian Symphony. Stunningly committed playing from the USSR State Symphony Orchestra is let down by the 1960s Soviet recording.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2008 ***** | 
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| |  | Three Russian Piano Concertos by Pabst, Rimsky Korsakov and Scriabin
Oleg Marshev South Jutland Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ziva “...the fleet, perky finale [of the E flat Concerto by Pabst] is full of rapid runs, arpeggios, trills and other mind-boggling effects that Marshev, well supported by the orchestra, invests with a sure sense that the whole exercise has been worthwhile...The aplomb and stylistic understanding of [the three] performances bring all three works to life.” The Telegraph, 2nd August 2008 “This is Oleg Marshev's finest disc since his stylish accounts of the two Shostakovich concertos. The sound is as crisp and clean as the performances.” BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008 *****  BBC Music Magazine
Orchestral Choice - August 2008 |
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| |  | Scriabin - Orchestral Music
Inger Blom (mezzo-soprano) & Lars Magnusson (tenor) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & Stockholm Philharmonic Choir, Leif Segerstam (3 CDs for the price of 2) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Daniel Barenboim Birthday Edition - The Conductor
Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestre de Paris, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & West-East Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim Extensive liner notes and biopic by Michael Church | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Yevgeny Sudbin plays Scriabin
“This is music that demands pianism of superlative quality, and here Yevgeny Sudbin miraculously combines the volcanic intensity of Vladimir Horowitz with the cat-and-mouse tonal reflexes of Mikhail Pletnev.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2008 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Vladimir Ashkenazy - A Personal Collection
Bach, J S: | Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052 Prelude in B minor BWV869 | Beethoven: | Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78 (Allegro ma non troppo) Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78 (Allegro Vivace) Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata' 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126 | Brahms: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 | Chopin: | Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 1999 recording Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 1999 recording Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2 | Liszt: | Mephisto Waltz No. 1 Transcendental Study, S139 No. 4 'Mazeppa' | Mozart: | Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K271 "Jeunehomme" | Prokofiev: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 | Rachmaninov: | Melody, Op. 21 No. 9 Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 | Ravel: | Gaspard de la Nuit | Schubert: | Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major, D850 | Schumann: | Kreisleriana, Op. 16 | Scriabin: | Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op. 20 Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30 | Shostakovich: | Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 | Sibelius: | Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 | Strauss, R: | Don Juan, Op. 20 | Tchaikovsky: | Romeo & Juliet: Fantasy Overture Méditation Op. 72 No. 5 |
Vladimir Ashkenazy (pianist & conductor) & Elisabeth Söderström (soprano) Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, David Zinman, István Kertész, Anatole Fistoulari, Bernard Haitink, Lorin Maazel & André Previn | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Evgeny Mravinsky - Historic Russian Archives Edition
Bartók: | Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106 | Beethoven: | Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 | Bizet: | Carmen, entr’acte to Act 4 L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 - Farandole | Bruckner: | Symphony No. 9 in D Minor | Debussy: | Trois Nocturnes: Nuages et Fêtes Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune | Glazunov: | Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 48 | Glinka: | Ruslan and Lyudmilla Overture | Khachaturian: | Symphony No. 3 'Simfoniya-poema' | Liadov: | Baba-Yaga, Op. 56 | Mozart: | Le nozze di Figaro, K492 - Overture | Mussorgsky: | Khovanshchina: Dawn on the Moscow River | Prokofiev: | Romeo and Juliet - Suite No. 2, Op. 64b | Rimsky Korsakov: | The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh: suite | Salmanov: | Symphony No. 2 in G major | Scriabin: | Le Poème de l'extase, Op. 54 | Shostakovich: | Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 | Steinberg: | Dance of the Buffons Dance of Gillina | Stravinsky: | Apollon musagète | Tchaikovsky: | Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 The Nutcracker Ballet, Op. 71 (Excerpts) Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Sleeping Beauty: Pas de deux, Act III Capriccio italien, Op. 45 | Wagner: | Siegfried's Funeral March from Götterdämmerung Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod | Weber: | Der Freischütz Overture | Zhivotov: | Heroic Poem |
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (some works with the State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR), Evgeny Mravinsky Conductor Evgeny Mravinsky has become a legend. This Russian musician died in 1988 but his name is still well-known world-wide. Until his death he held the post of chief conductor of the elite Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra for an incredible 50 years. He left behind numerous recordings of his, to say the least, moving interpretations. After 1961 he only allowed live performances to be recorded.
Thus most of the recordings in this set, made between 1946 and 1983, are registrations of actual concerts. Beginning with Tchaikovsky Russian composers took a prominent position in Mravinsky’s repertoire. In fact the majority of the works in this set are Russian ranging from Mussorgsky to Liadov and from Prokofiev to Zhivotov. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Horowitz - Studio Recordings, New York 85
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Scriabin - Piano Music
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| |  | Messe Noire
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