Tag: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Cozy Autumn Classics
A collection of classical music favourites designed for sweaters and warm mugs of fall-flavoured joy.
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Evgeny Svetlanov is the most recorded Russian conductor of all time. He recorded practically every major orchestral work by Russian composers over a period of four decades, with many of his recordings considered benchmarks against which all others are judged. His recording of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony with the USSR Symphony Orchestra, newly remastered, joins the…
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 – The Recording Debut of Van Cliburn
At the height of the Cold War in 1958, Van Cliburn — at the time a 23-year-old — was America’s participant in the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, a contest that had been planned to demonstrate Soviet cultural superiority on the heels of the country’s launch of Sputnik. Among the judges was pianist Sviatoslav…
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Dvořák: Cello Concerto & Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Northern Flowers presents two of the cello repertoire’s most beloved masterworks receive authoritative, deeply felt performances from one of Russia’s most distinguished cellists in this new studio recording from Moscow’s “Palace on the Yauza.” The album leads with Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, written to represent the atmosphere and styles of what Tchaikovsky believed to…
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Emil Gilels & Tatiana Nikolayeva play Tchaikovsky
Alto is proud to present landmark recordings of Tchaikovsky masterworks from two legendary Russian pianists, Emil Gilels and Tatiana Nikolayeva with the USSR State Symphony under the direction of the great Kirill Kondrashin. This new production features Emil Gilels in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in a live recording from 1962, first issued by Musica…
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Daniil Shafran: More Cello Masterworks
Parnassus presents legendary recordings of cello masterworks from one of the greatest cellists of the early 20th Century, Daniil Borisovich Shafran. It was a quirk of fate that the Soviet Union should have produced, within the space of four years, two of the greatest cellists of the age, Mstislav Rostropovich and Daniil Borisovich Shafran. It…
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Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies & Other Orchestral Works
The complete Symphonies of Tchaikovsky along with other favourite orchestral works in one box set. Featuring famous Russian conductors such as Rozhdestvensky, Mravinsky, Svetlanov, Kogan and Kondrashin along with famous artists such as Richter, Oistrakh and Rostropovich.
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Leopold Stokowski: Complete Everest & Vanguard Masters
Leopold Stokowski was not only one of the greatest conductors of the twentieth century but a celebrity of international stature. He rose to fame as the music director of the PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA; when he left the directorship in 1940, he would spend the next four decades as a globetrotting guest conductor and frequent visitor to…
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Iain Sutherland’s Christmas Cracker
Conductor Iain Sutherland is internationally recognized as British light music’s leading champion. “Christmas Cracker” brings together Sutherland’s holiday season favourites, including the Leroy Anderson favorite “Sleigh Ride”, selections from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker”, and seasonal favorites by Leopold Mozart, Johann Strauss II, Victor Herbert, and many others – including a Nutcracker-style twist on Beatles favorites and Sutherland’s…
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Michael Rabin on the Bell Telephone Hour, Vol. 2: 1954-62 Broadcasts
Michael Rabin’s short life and career are one of the saddest stories in the history of classical music. Fortunately, he left behind enough splendid recordings – for Columbia Masterworks and Capitol/Angel/EMI – that document the extravagant praise his playing received during his all-too-brief life. Rabin made frequent appearances on the radio, in particular on a…
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Tchaikovsky: Ballet Music
Evgeny Svetlanov achieved international acclaim as one of the leading maestros of his time. While his repertoire was among the largest of any conductor, ranging from Baroque to modern works, he is best known for his recordings of Russian and Soviet state repertoire. His recordings of Russian romantic-era repertoire are considered by many critics and…
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Michael Rabin on The Bell Telephone Hour – The Complete Broadcasts, Vol. 1: 1950-1954
Michael Rabin’s short life and career are one of the saddest stories in the history of classical music. Fortunately, he left behind enough splendid recordings – for Columbia Masterworks and Capitol/Angel/EMI – that document the extravagant praise his playing received during his all-too-brief life. Rabin made frequent appearances on the radio, in particular on a…
