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The Kostitsyn Symphony Orchestra and Choir
Evgeni Kostitsyn, conductor
$19.99 US
GW
Bush, Osama bin Laden, Abraham Lincoln, Amr Moussa, EE. Cummings, Walt Whitman,
Koran and Bible in American Requiem I, which opens the ring of three American
Requiems by Evgeni Kostitsyn.
Order an exclusive autographed copy
Mikhail
Glinka: Summer Night in Madrid
Evgeni Kostitsyn: Summer Night in Baghdad
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Evgeni Kostitsyn:
Seventy Virgins, Military and Funeral Marches
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The
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeni Svetlanov, conductor
The Kostitsyn Symphony Orchestra
Evgeni Kostitsyn, conductor
The USSR TV and Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Fedoseyev, conductor
$19.99 US
Two summer nights - one in Madrid, another in Baghdad. Two
works inspired by women - Scheherazade and Seventy Virgins. Two marches
- Military and Funeral.
The Traditional and New Hymns
of the Russian Orthodox Church
11th - 20th Centuries
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Choir
Blagovest
$19.99 US
This album introduces rare, first published hymns of Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra. The origin of these hymns is different, but all of them have been in use at this monastery during a long period of time. The roots of this music stretch back to the 11th century.
What Kind of Songs
Arrangements of Russian Folk Songs
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The
Leningrad M. Glinka Choir
Conductor - Vladislav Chernushenko
$19.99 US
Russian song folklore is a rich treasure – it houses the original culture of Russia. Professional interest in its preservation arose not more than a hundred years ago and has been developing more intensively with years. Composers began to turn to arrangements of Russian folk songs, often creating independent works in which the song appears enriched by the author.
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Van
Cliburn - Piano
Moscow Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin - Conductor
$19.99 US
Van Cliburn's performances were recorded live during the most memorable days of the pianist's career - his victory at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, in 1958. It is amazing that the quality of the recording is comparable with studios - the Russian audience does not clap during pauses and it does not chew popcorn!
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David
Oistrakh - Violin
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin - Conductor
$19.99 US
Critics
in many countries called him "King of
Violin", "King David."
The 20th century will, by all rights, enter the history of the violin performing art
as the epoch of David Oistrakh.
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The USSR
Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
$19.99 US
"If the tragic and wonderful chronicle of our time had not been imprinted on my consciousness, the seemingly chaotic but inwardly orderly chronicle of the 20th century, I would not have written this music..."
Ludwig Van Beethoven
33 Variations on A. Diabelli's Waltz
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Svyatoslav
Richter - Piano
$19.99 US
Thirty-Three Variations on the theme of a Waltz in C major by A. Diabelli, Op. 120 is one of Beethoven's most remarkable works, the culmination of a long evolution of structure in variation in his music.
Frederic Chopin, Alexander Scriabin
Preludes
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Igor Zhukov, piano
$19.99 US
Igor Zukov has
played at all the major venues around the world drawing acclaim and recognition.
His interpretation of Chopin's and Scriabin's preludes is notable for freshness
and delicacy. Zhukov's performance embraces the best features of great
Russian piano tradition.
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The
USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir
Artistic Director - Valeri Polyansky
The Leningrad Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
$19.99 US
"We came to the monastery near Linz where Anton Bruckner lived and worked. It was twilight time. A cold, gloomy baroque church was filled with mystery. Somewhere behind the wall a choir sang an evening mass - 'Missa Invisible'..."
Dmitry
Shostakovich
Sonatas
for Violin and Piano, Op. 134;
Viola and Piano, Op. 147
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Oleg Kagan - Violin
Yuri Bashmet - Viola
Svyatoslav
Richter - Piano
$19.99 US
Two remarkable chamber compositions by D. Shostakovich are presented in this album. Sonata for Viola and Piano is the composer's last work.
W. A. Mozart
Sonatas for Violin and Piano
in B flat major, KV 378; G major, KV 379
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Oleg Kagan - Violin
Svyatoslav
Richter - Piano
$19.99 US
S. Richter and O. Kagan make up a most cohesive ensemble with the age discrepancy causing no discord in their joint appearances: Svyatoslav Richter amazes us with his unfading youth while Oleg Kagan impresses with a genuinely ripe mastery.
Pyotr
Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme,
Souvenir de Florence
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Rostropovich - Cello
Borodin
Quartet
Rozhdestvensky - Conductor
$19.99 US
This album features top Russian artists: Mstislav Rostropovich, the Borodin String Quartet, Gennady Rozhdestvensky and the Leningrad Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra performing two of the most precious compositions of Russian classical repertoire: Variations on a Rococo Theme and Souvenir de Florence by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
J. S.
Bach
Sonatas No. 1-6 for Violin and Harpsichord
BWV 1014-19
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Igor
Oistrakh - Violin
Natalia Zertsalova - Harpsichord
$24.99 US (2 CD Set)
The musical language does not contain virtuoso effects to impress you by
vanity of fast fingers and sparkling passages. Instead you may feel a breath
of eternity. A spiritual world unfolds behind a natural flow of images. You
may finally understand, that music is not what you can hear. Music is what you
can feel.
Alfred Schnittke,
Symphony No. 3
Evgeni Kostitsyn, Symphony No. 3
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The
USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Kiev Philharmonic SymphonyOrchestra
National Choir of the Ukraine "Dumka"
Conductor - Evgeni Kostitsyn
$19.99 US
Synchronous music is a new style which demonstrates a new method of organization of musical material. Your perception will bounce between different compositions sounding at the same time and this shifting will evoke remarkable emotions and experiences. Synchronous music is perfect to portray the versatile, polyphonic nature of the modern world.
Frederic Chopin
Etudes, Op. 10, 25
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Lubov Timofeyeva
$19.99 US
Gentle lyricism – this is the main feature of L. Timofeyeva's readings. Soft, winsome sound, heartfelt emotion, love of romantic, expressive melody – these features of the pianist’s gift have determined her interpretations of these works.
Pyotr
Tchaikovsky
Seasons,
Romances
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Anatoli
Solovyanenko, tenor
Siberian Violinists Ensemble
Artistic Director, Mikhail Parkhomovsky
Rita Bobrovich, piano
$19.99 US
The Siberian Violinists Ensemble has, through virtuosi and a wealth of style and timbre, so enriched the expression of the violin that they have won the recognition of numerous listeners throughout Europe and the world. In their recording of "Seasons" by Tchaikovsky, the widely known piano interpretation of the cycle gains a new instrumental sound.
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The USSR Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Evgeni Svetlanov
$19.99 US
The Ballet "Sacre du Printemps" consists of two parts. The first presents the scene of nature’s awakening in spring. The second depicts the somber scene of a human sacrifice. The plot of "Jeu de Cartes" is a game of poker during which the nimble and smart Joker often unexpectedly destroys the natural course of the game.
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Vladimir Atlantov - Tenor
The USSR TV and Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Alexander Petukhov
The USSR Cinematography Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Konstantin Krimets
$19.99 US
Through these songs the most important theme of Atlantov’s art emerges in all its beauty and grandeur – love declaration, love – talent, a test of fortitude and depth of feeling, love defying and sentimentality.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Pieces
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Sviatoslav Richter - Piano
$19.99 US
Being
already an accomplished pianist Richter never passed the exam to enter the
Moscow
Conservatory as a student. He was enrolled without examination.
Can we imagine the same happening at our state music schools which charge 100$
only for applying and where composers and performers are evaluated by
accountants according to form-filling instead of personal inspiration and
experience? Indeed, real diplomas are issued in Heaven.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4, Cappriccio Italien
Fatum, symphonic fantasia
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The
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeni Svetlanov, conductor
$19.99 US
Regarding his fourth Symphony, Tchaikovsky wrote "Never yet has any of my orchestral works cost me so much labor, but I've never yet felt such love for any of my things. ...Perhaps I'm mistaken, but it seems to me that this Symphony is better than anything I've done so far."
Pyotr
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 2
Serenade for Strings
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The
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeni Svetlanov, conductor
$19.99 US
The second Symphony of Peter Tchaikovsky is partly an example of a popular trend of the time: to include in serious concert works characteristics of indigenous folk music. The folk melodies utilized in this symphony are of Ukrainian origin.
Armenian Sacred Music
5th - 13th Centuries
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Ensemble of Early Music of Armenia
Artistic Director:
Ervand Erkanyan
$19.99 US
Armenian sacred music is the most ancient among Christian musical cultures. It is distinctive not only in its melodies, but also in structure, which differs from the Western forms.
Sergei Rachmaninov
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
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The Moscow Chamber Choir
Conductor - Vladimir Minin
A. Karakuts, tenor
N. Gerasimova, soprano
$19.99 US
A pianist of genius, a composer, and a conductor - Sergei Rachmaninov was related in all essences to Russian culture. Only a few bars of his music are enough for the listener to trace back its pedigree.
Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances, Six Choirs, Op. 15,
Excerpts from the Opera "Aleko"
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The
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Evgeni Svetlanov
The male group of the USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus
Artistic Director:
Ludmila Ermakova
Evgeni
Svetlanov, piano
$19.99 US
Constantly addressing works of different epochs, styles, and national schools, Evgeni Svetlanov attaches great importance to performing Russian classics.
Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov
Scheherazade
Capriccio Espagnol
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The USSR TV and Radio Large Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Fedoseyev - Conductor
Boris Korsakov - Violin
$19.99 US
In 1888, N. Rimsky-Korsakov created his largest and most well-known symphonic work – the "Scheherazade" suite. Sultan Shakhriar pledged to execute each of his wives, but Scheherazade managed to save her life by entertaining the Sultan with tales that she narrated for 1001 nights.
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The USSR
Symphony Orchestra
The USSR Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Evgeni Svetlanov, conductor
$19.99 US
The role of Mikhail Glinka (1804-57) in Russian music is comparable to the role of Shakespeare in English literature. Glinka established the Russian national music school. Tchaikovsky wrote that "all Russian music was contained in Glinka's "Kamarinskaya" like a majestic oak in a tiny acorn".
Georgy Sviridov
5 Choruses, Poem Dedicated to S. Esenin
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The
Leningrad M. Glinka Choir
Conductor, V. Chernushenko
M. Maslennikov, tenor
Yurlov Russian Choir
Chief Choir Master, R. Pergudova
Leningrad Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Yu. Temirkanov
$19.99 US
In interpreting one of the greatest poetic works of the 20th century, Sviridov saw a man sharing his country's lot during fateful years of its
history. He was the first to speak in music of the fate of the Russian
people during the revolution.
Dmitry
Shostakovich
24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, Op. 87
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Tatiana
Nikolaeva, piano
$34.99 US (3 CD Set)
Inspired by his trip to Leipzig, the place where J. S. Bach died 200 years before, Shostakovich created 24 masterpieces that can be compared to Bach’s cycle.
Alaxender Scriabin
Symphony No. 2, Poem of Ecstasy
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The USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeni Svetlanov - Conductor
Lev Volodin - Solo Trumpet
$19.99 US
One of the greatest creations of A. Scriabin – "Poem of Ecstasy", Op. 54, was composed in 1907 in Lausanne. In the heroic, thrilling pathos of the poem we can feel the pre-storming mood of Russian life at the beginning of the century.
Sergei Rachmaninov Prince Rostislav,
Capriccio on Gypsy Themes, Piano Pieces
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The USSR Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Evgeni Svetlanov
Evgeni Svetlanov, piano
$19.99 US
Constantly addressing works of different epochs, styles, and national schools Evgeni Svetlanov attaches great importance to performing Russian classics.
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The USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir
Conductor - Valeri Polyansky
Irina Arkhipova, mezzo-soprano
Victor Rumyantsev, tenor
$19.99 US
"Vespers" maintains origins in traditional church music, bears the mark of the composer's unbounded imagination and is imbued with the poetry of antiquity and the enchantment of Russian folk art.
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The
USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
$19.99 US
Georgi Sviridov is one of the most prominent Russian contemporary composers. A deep devotion to his native culture continues Russian musical tradition and is expressed by laconic language rooted in folk-music.
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Rustavi Ensemble
Artistic Director - Anzor Erkomaishvili
$19.99 US
Georgian Chorales are an outstanding monument of Georgian music. Graphically, Georgian neumees differed from Greek and Latin ones. Their system of notation remained undeciphered until recently.
Claudio
Monteverdi, Guillaume de Machaut, Benjamin Britten
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Chamber Choir
Conductor - Valentin Nesterov
$19.99 US
Chamber Choir under V. Nesterov, a musician of great talent, appeared in 1967 at the Leningrad Choral Society and has been giving performances for more than 15 years, invariably winning the hearts of the listeners through excellent performing, variety and unique programs.
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The
Yurlov Russian Choir
The USSR Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Evgeni Svetlanov
$19.99 US
Rimsky-Korsakov's "Russian Easter Festival Overture" (1888) was inspired by his childhood impressions, living near the Tikhvin Monastery. The music, based on church melodies, draws a picture of the transition from Saturday's mysterious gloom to the joyous jubilation of Easter Sunday.
Nikolai
Rimsky-Korsakov
Pan Voyevoda, Snow Maiden,
and Cod d'or, suites from operas
Dubinushka
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The
USSR Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
The USSR Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Evgeni Svetlanov
$19.99 US
"Snow Maiden", the third opera by Rimsky-Korsakov, is a spring fairy-tale after the play by A. Ostrovsky. Through the work, the composer created for the first time images of nature and the life of Russian people in the remote, heathen past.
Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 1
The Rock
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The
Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Dmitri Kitaenko
$19.99 US
In
Symphony #1, the special traits of musical language typical of the composer
are vividly revealed.
The Rock was dedicated to N. Rimsky-Korsakov and was written under
the influence of his composition as well as M. Lermontov’s poem "The
Rock".
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony 8, Op. 65
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The USSR TV
and Radio Large Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Fedoseyev, Conductor
$19.99 US
Symphony
No. 8 was composed in 1943 during the siege of Leningrad. Hundreds of
thousands of defenders of the former Russian capital were killed by German
Nazis, or died from starvation. In Shostakovich's symphony, war’s
stern events are imprinted with colossal, tragically generalized force.
Fedoseyev lived in Leningrad during the siege. It
places his interpretation of the Eighth Symphony by Shostakovich in a special
category of personal experiences.
Arias From Operas
Russian Folk Songs
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Paata
Burchaladze, bass
The USSR Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Conductor, Mark Ermler
The Yurlov Choir
Artistic Director, Stanislav Gusev
$19.99 US
By his deep, beautiful voice, which pours down powerfully and with great inspiration, and through his outstanding artistic intuition and technique, Paata Burchuladze creates vivid vocal images. He is in perfect command of the principles of the Russian vocal school, with emotional artisism and an ability for transformation.
Sergei Rachmaninov
Aleko (opera)
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Aleko
- Evgeni Nesterenko, bass
The USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus
The Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Dmitri Kitaenko
$19.99 US
In spite of Rachmaninov's completion of the Opera Aleko at the age of 19, the music clearly reveals his style and has evoked the interest of many opera theatres during the last hundred years.
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Vocal
Soloists, Boys Choir, Kaunas State Chorus, Organ,
The Moscow Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Dmitri Kitaenko
$19.99 US
Vyacheslav Artyomov has dedicated his Requiem to "Martyrs of Long Suffering Russia" and, on a scale commensurate to the immensity of the tragedy, has created a gigantic sound epic, a majestic monument with meticulously elaborate details, fine treatment of each feature and all- immense.
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Male choir of the Moscow Patriarchate
Directed by Anatoli Grindenko
$19.99 US
Russian Orthodox Church singing occupies a special place in old Russia’s vast and varied spiritual heritage. Its fate was such that for a long time even the fact of its existence was denied.
Franz Liszt
Symphonic Poems
Festival Echoes, Hamlet, Hungary
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The USSR
Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Mark Ermler
$19.99 US
Liszt's commitment 'to translate literature into music' resulted in the creation of new aesthetics known as program symphonism. Many of Liszt's disciples turned his idea into an absurdity of primitive musical illustration of literary origins. They did not understand that music and literature might just have the same spiritual source, which was called by Liszt 'a program' and the unfolding of spiritual content as 'a plot'. The best music inspired by literary origins has never been an illustration /accompaniment/ of the literary work. The spiritual origin was inspirational to both forms of art.
Pyotr
Tchaikovsky
Grand Sonata, Children's Album
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Mikhail Pletnev - Piano
$19.99 US
As time passes, Pletnev’s treatments again and again puzzle many of his listeners with their innovative character. Often this novelty results from his own analysis of the work’s content which reflects the author’s vision of the world.
J. S. Bach
Cantatas BWV 78, 140
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Nelly Lee,
soprano
Irina Shikina, alto
Janis Sprogis, tenor
Mali Palm, bass
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
The Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director - Tonu Kaljuste
Conductor - Saulius Sondeckis
$19.99 US
The majority of J. S. Bach's cantatas (approximately 200) were written on sacred texts. Cantata "Jesu, der du meine Seele" was based on a sacred song by Johan Rist written in 1641 and then rearranged by an unknown author. Cantata "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" was written to be performed on the 27th Sunday after Easter.
Mily Balakirev
Symphony No. 2, "Tamara", "In Bohemia"
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The
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeni Svetlanov, conductor
$19.99 US
The Mighty Five collected and used in their compositions much more foreign folklore than any other national music school. A desire to become a voice of their own people and to talk to the world on their behalf encouraged many composers to learn different musical cultures.
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The
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Evgeni Svetlanov
$19.99 US
Symphony No. 2 is characterized by richness of melody, striking with the breadth of symphonic forms. The symphony’s color is vividly national, originally combining the epic style of A. Borodin and the lyrical style of P. Tchaikovsky.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5,
The Tempest
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The
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeni Svetlanov, conductor
$19.99 US
Pyotr Tchaikovsky's symphonic fantasy on William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" begins with a picture of the calm sea. But Ariel, by order of Prospero, raises the tempest, trying to sink the ship. The violence of the element is skillfully reflected in the music, where the breathing of the sea seems to be heard.
Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphony 1 Vocalise
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The USSR Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Evgeni Svetlanov
$19.99 US
In Symphony #1, the special traits of musical language typical of the composer are vividly revealed. "Vocalise", is one of Rachmaninov's most popular works. Artistic perfection, extraordinary plasticity of a melancholic melody, and lucidity rate the work among the best samples of the world’s vocal literature.
Modest Mussorgsky
Songs and Dances of Death,
Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestration by M. Ravel)
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Nelly Lee,
soprano
Irina Shikina, alto
Janis Sprogis, tenor
Mali Palm, bass
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
The Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director - Tonu Kaljuste
Conductor - Saulius Sondeckis
$19.99 US
The program of this album contains compositions which were not originally written for orchestra. Ravel and Shostakovich devoted their efforts to orchestrate the pieces.
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The
USSR Bolshoi Theatre Chamber Music Ensemble
Conductor - Mark Ermler
$19.99 US
Haydn was the author of over a hundred symphonies. Such a prolific output is a key to the understanding of his creative work as a life-time development of the same symphonic model. This album introduces conductor Mark Ermler's recordings of the first symphonies by Haydn made in 1987 and 1988 with the USSR Bolshoi Theatre Chamber Music Ensemble.
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The
USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
Pavel Kogan, conductor
$19.99 US
This album represents the most popular music of the Strauss
family. Johann Strauss I (Senior) begged his
three sons to refrain from becoming composers and conductors. His pleas were
not heard: all three -
Johann II (Junior; the elder son), Joseph and Edvard continued the family
business.
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David Oistrakh - Violin
USSR Radio Large Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin - Conductor
$19.99 US
The history of
performing art knows many artists who enjoy great popularity among their
contemporaries, the musicians that made valuable contributions to the
development of performance technique. There are just a few artists whose
creative activity brought a new aesthetic horizon in musical culture in
general. David Oistrakh was that kind of musician.
Alfred Schnittke
Concerto Grosso No. 1
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
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Tatiana
Grindenko - Violin
Gidon Kremer - Violin
Natalia Gutman - Cello
Moscow Philharmonic Ensemble
Conducted by Yuri Bashmet
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
$19.99 US
Concerto Grosso No. 1 (1977) is one of the most significant works of Alfred Schnittke. The basis of it is integration of different musical periods ranging from the epoch of Gregorian chorale and Renaissance to modern time. They create a peculiar type of integrity which the composer himself called "polystylistics".
Alfred
Schnittke
Concerto Grosso #2 for Violin, Cello and Orchestra
Concerto for Viola and
Orchestra
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Oleg
Kagan - Violin
Natalia Gutman - Cello
Yuri Bashmet - Viola
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
$19.99 US
Natalia Gutman, Oleg Kagan, Yuri Bashmet and Alfred Schnittle worked in close cooperation for a long time. The collaboration resulted in the creation of Concerto Grosso 2 and Viola Concerto.
W. A.
Mozart Concertos for Piano
and Orchestra
in F major, KV 37;
A major, KV 414;
C major, KV 415
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Vladimir
Krainev - Piano
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
S. Sondeckis - Conductor
$19.99 US
Vladimir Krainev (b. 1944) is one of the most brilliant representatives of the Russian piano school.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
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The USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir
Valeri Polyanksy, conductor
$19.99 US
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is the earliest sacred composition by Tchaikovsky. The performance, the acoustics of the Smolensk Cathedral and the quality of the recording are outstanding.
Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphony 3, Isle of the Dead,
Scherzo for Orchestra
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The
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Evgeni Svetlanov
$19.99 US
The images of the beloved Motherland, reminiscences and thoughts about it make up the content of the third symphony, deeply imbued with Russian national color. "Isle of the Dead" is one of Rachmaninov's most important program works. The poem was created under the influence of the canvas of painter A. Bocklin.
Rodin Shchedrin
Polyphonic Notebook (Transcription for Organ)
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Andrei
Chulovsky, organ
$19.99 US
Polyphonic Notebook evokes the analogy with J. S. Bach's inventions where the composer uses almost all the possible devices and stratagem of counter-point technique. It's remarkable that the author suggests conventional titles for the preludes, doing it at the end of each miniature, as if trying not to distract the listener's attention from music, fearing to dictate, advocate his own image.
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Mikhail Pletnev - Piano
$19.99 US
What warmth and passion in Grieg's melodic phrases, what teeming vitality in his harmony, what originality and beauty in the turn of his piquant and ingenious modulations and rhythms... add to all this that rarest of qualities, a perfect simplicity. This album embraces piano miniatures written in different periods of Grieg's life performed by one of the greatest Russian pianists of our time - Mikhail Pletnev.
Alexander
Scriabin
Symphony No. 1, Poem of Ecstasy
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The
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeni Svetlanov, conductor
The
Russian Choir
Alexander Yurlov, artistic director
Larissa Avdeyeva, mezzo-soprano
Anton Grigoriev, tenor
Lev Volodin, solo trumpet
$19.99 US
Scriabin was a composer-philosopher who "like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights". His Symphony #1 opened the new era of Russian symphonism. It reveals to us the new phenomenon in the Russian music known today as Scriabin.
Pavel Chesnokov
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
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The Moscow
Church of the Most Holy Mother of God Birth Choir
Conductor - Nikolai Georgievsky
Arkadi Leontiev, tenor
$19.99 US
Chesnokov left a vast musical heritage. The most essential and important part of his legacy is his sacred music. This is one of the most significant and perfect creations of the remarkable Russian composer Pavel Chesnokov. It is the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 42.
Georgy Sviridov
Romances to A. Blok's Lyrics,
Cast Off Russia to S. Esenin's Lyrics
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Elena
Obraztsova, mezzo-soprano
Georgi Sviridov, piano
Makvala Kasrashvili, soprano
$19.99 US
Poetical images created a large fresco which Sviridov so masterfully describes with rhythms and music. Music and melody enhance the poetry creating a song, not in genre form, but as an inherent creative pulse.
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The Ossipov Russian Folk Orchestra
Conductor, Nikolai Kalinin
$19.99 US
The Ossipov Russian Folk Orchestra continues to develop the ideas of their founder by collecting and making use of all existing folk instruments, through outstanding unity of which, the orchestra achieves bright, festive and pure Russian national colors.
J. S. Bach
Concertos for Two Pianos, Piano Concerto
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Larissa
Dedova, Mikhail Volchok, Tatiana Nikolaeva, pianos
The Lithuanian and Leningrad Chamber Orchestras
Saulius Sondeckis, Vladimir Altshuler, Conductors
$19.99 US
In these recordings, the cultural tradition of performing music by J. S. Bach is presented by pianists of different generations. Each piece is notable for continuity of music flow, bright melodious images, and, especially felt in finales, festive, playful tones.
Sergei Prokofiev
Five Piano Concerts
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Victoria
Postnikova, piano
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
$24.99 US (2 CD Set)
Prokofiev's works have been categorized as barbaric, eclectic, ironic, romantic, post-romantic and anti-romantic, neoclassical, sarcastic, cosmopolitan, cold, industrial, lyrical, full of adrenaline, epic, schizophrenic... It looks like he cannot perfectly match any box our musicologists have been attempting to put him into. It is interesting, that Prokofiev never was paid mechanical royalties by American publishers and record labels during his lifetime, being discriminated against as a Soviet citizen.
Moscow Virtuosi
Georg Frideric Handel, Karl Stamitz, Benjamin Britten, Giovanni Bottesini
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Yuri
Gandelsman, viola
Boris Garlitsky, violin
Evgeni Kovalevsky,
double-bass
"Moscow Virtuosi" Chamber Orchestra
Amayak Durgaryan, conductor
$19.99 US
The musicians performing here are widely known as the leading soloists of the world-famous "Moscow Virtuosi" Chamber Orchestra.
Moscow Virtuosi
Gioacchino Rossini, Luigi Boccherini, Giovanni Bottesini
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B. Garlitsky,
violin
A. Durgaryan, violin
M. Milman, cello
G. Kovalevsky, double-bass
E. Kovalevsky, double-bass
"Moscow Virtuosi" Chamber Orchestra
A. Durgaryan, conductor
$19.99 US
The musicians performing here are widely known as the leading soloists of the world-famous "Moscow Virtuosi" Chamber Orchestra.
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10, Op. 93
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Ostankino
Large Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Fedoseyev, Conductor
$19.99 US
Shostakovich's 10th Symphony is full of deep sorrow, disturbing meditations and gloom. The world of its artistic images wins the listeners by depth and docility of psychological implications and nuances.
W. A. Mozart
Concertos for two and three pianos and orchestra,
KV 365, 242
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Tatiana
Nikolaeva,
Eliso Virsaladze,
Nikolai Lugansky, pianos
The Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Conductor, Saulius Sondeckis
$19.99 US
The three pianists featured on this album are among the most prominent musicians of our time. Each being a unique, mature artist, they form a very remarkable ensemble.
Mily Balakirev
Symphony No . 1, Overture on Three Russian Songs,
"Russia"
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The
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Evgeni Svetlanov
$19.99 US
Mily Balakirev is an outstanding representative of Russian national symphonism. He remains a true adherent of Glinka's traditions.
Georgy Sviridov
Snow Storm for Large Symphony Orchestra,
Pushkin's Garland for Choir a capella
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The
USSR TV and Radio Large Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Fedoseyev - Conductor
Novosibirsk Chamber Choir
$19.99 US
Giorgi Sviridov is one of the most prominent Russian contemporary composers. A deep devotion to his native culture continues Russian musical tradition and is expressed by laconic language rooted in folk-music.
Waltzes and
Polonaises
by Russian Composers
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The
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Evgeni Svetlanov
$19.99 US
Russian musical culture - both operatic and symphonic - draws attention by the multiplicity of the two West-European dances: polonaises and waltzes. Theses dances first took root in the Russian "artistic soil" and gave rise to many masterpieces. They are an original and remarkable phenomenon of Russian music.
Russian Sacred Music
of
the 17 - 18 Centuries
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The Glinka Choir
Vladislav Chernushenko, conductor
$19.99 US
Vladislav Chernushenko, director of the Glinka Choir, succeeded in convincing the atheist-minded Soviet officials of the necessity to include forgotten masterpieces of Russian church music in their repertoire. Their performance restored the entirety of Russian musical tradition and made its roots much more obvious.
Russian Sacred Music
of
the 19 - 20 Centuries
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Irina
Arkhipova, mezzo-soprano
The USSR Chamber Choir
Conductor, Valeri Polyansky
$19.99 US
For centuries treasures of sacred music of vast and varied styles have been created in Russia: from ascetic one part tunes to splendid polyphony. The compositions on this CD demonstrate very interesting and different trends in music for choir a capella during the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries.
Choral
Music
Pavel Chesnokov, Sergey Taneyev
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The
Leningrad TV and Radio Chorus
Conductor, Grigori Sandler
$19.99 US
Chesnokov's scores are marked with richness of melodies and perfect expression of choral singing. Sergei Taneyev dedicated himself fully to the service of Russian musical culture as an outstanding composer, pianist, and conductor, a pedagogue in all spheres of music.
Mily Balakirev,
Alexander Borodin, Modest Mussorgsky
Choral and Orchestral Music
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The USSR TV
and Radio Large Chorus
The Moscow Chamber Choir
The Novosibirsk Chamber Choir
The USSR Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Evgeni Svetlanov
$19.99 US
The various pieces of this program represent the solidarity of Russian composers, without which they would not exist.
Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt,
Pyotr
Tchaikovsky,
Sergei Rachmaninov, Alexander Scriabin
Piano Music
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Sergei Tarasov,
piano
$19.99 US
At the "Prague Spring" competition, Sergei Tarasov, competing with musicians from 26 countries, came first, becoming the youngest winner in the 40 year history of the festival.
Russian and German
Organ Music
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Sergei
Tsatsorin, organ
$19.99 US
This program, dedicated to organ compositions, is built as a comparison between Russian and German music schools.
Vasily Kalinnikov,
Symphony I
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Orchestral Pieces
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The
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Evgeni Svetlanov
$19.99 US
Kalinnikov was poor and sick with tuberculosis. During his life, his name was known well only among members of his family. You may see, that nothing has changed in the music industry in a hundred years - the dead composers are much more welcome than alive!
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Utyosov
Jazz Orchestra
$19.99 US
Many rare and previously unreleased recordings by Leonid Utyosov, one of the world's most unique performers of popular music during the 20th century, are released exclusively on this CD.
Frederic Chopin; Valses
Robert Schumann; Blumentsuck, Toccata in C major
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Statislav
Bunin, piano
$19.99 US
The world of romantic music is close to the pianist. Bunin's playing manner is extremely noble, tender, fiery; it is inspired and elegant. French critics said the young pianist who won the Grand Prix at the Marguerite Long International Pianists Competition in 1983 has "the most interesting musical individuality".
Aram Khachaturian
La Viuda Valenciana, Masquerade
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The Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Veronica Dudarova
$19.99 US
Two major theatrical compositions by Khachaturian were written in the 1940s and 50s: six scenes of musical movements from "Widow from Valencia", the comedy by Lope de Vega, the democracy of which was very close to the composer, and music to Lermontov's drama, Masq