Tag: Modest Mussorgsky
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Dawn on the Moskva River
Modest Mussorgsky’s piano suite “Pictures at an Exhibition”, with its contrasting and characterful depictions of paintings by Mussorgsky’s friend Viktor Hartman, was already a virtuoso favorite among pianists – and had been orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov – when Russian conductor Serge Koussevitzky approached Maurice Ravel just after World War I about creating a new orchestration of…
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Black Swans: at Mid-Century
Parnassus Records is pleased to release a follow-up to their acclaimed “Black Swans” anthology, which returned to international availability extraordinarily rare early recordings of African-American opera singers. The new release, “Black Swans at Mid-Century”, contains over two hours of music and focuses on Black artists of the mid-twentieth century. Selections span the late 78 era…
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Richter in Sofia
Parnassus Records has long championed rare recordings of Sviatoslav Richter, one of the greatest pianists in history. In its newest digital release, Richter’s most acclaimed live recording – including an epic performance of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” – is now available to wider global audiences.
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Mussorgsky Song Cycles
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Russia – Romance and Drama
“Ahronovitch is direct and exciting and the title is well borne out by the performances. The recording is brilliant without being aggressively so, and has plenty of weight (with splendid brass sonorities in Night on the Bare Mountain) plus an effective ambience. The Sabre Dance has great energy and the Prokofiev March from Love for…
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Sviatoslav Richter – The Early Years: Rise of a Virtuoso Legend
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25 Thunderous Classics
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Stravinsky: Petrushka
“Mackerras evokes atmosphere in every piece, with more consciously dramatic attack, more pointing of rhythm, more swagger in the playing. An admirable account with really brilliant and incisive playing-in Gnomus, for instance. The acoustic in general sounds very well and the performance is both imaginative and really well-played.”(Gramophone) (Petrushka) “qualities of confidence and finesse that…
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Great Russian Arias and Art Songs
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Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Vol. 2
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Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves: Greatest Opera Choruses
“For many, Opera is not just about large sopranos and dashing tenors sharing tender moments in duets, or villainous baritones, or even erring daughters; we also relish the thrill of a fine chorus rising to an old favourite such as the Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, the Aida Grand March and other noble melodies. Such…
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Boris Godunov (complete opera)
“A superbly authentic Boris at a near-irresistible price: The old Bolshoi style was irresistible: huge choruses on stage, dozens of extras – and great personalities. In this 1982 Boris Godunov (re-mastered 1992, 2012), the voices are well forward…but one senses a performance tradition, a way of declaiming the text that would be impossible for non-Russian…
