Tag: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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25 Romantic Classics
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25 Piano Favorites
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Great Russian String Quartets
(Borodin) “movement-by-movement comparison makes it clear that …the Borodins win hands down … their internal balance at every point is irreproachable (Gramophone) (Glazunov): “reconciliation between the traditions of Borodin and Tchaikovsky … Shostakovich Quartet have great feeling for this music and play with real conviction” (Penguin Guide); (Tchaikovsky): “their earlier recordings (as here) are unassailable…
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David Oistrakh Plays Works for Violin and Piano
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Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 2; Souvenir de Florence
The Second Quartet in particular is a most memorable piece, with its first-movement fusion of song, dance and symphonic rhetoric, its action-packed sequences and strong melodies. (Souvenir): Rostropovich is, of course, a compelling presence … driving tempos, distinguished solo work and an overall interpretation that is notably exciting in its own right.’ (Gramophone) ‘Both their…
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A Portrait of Mischa Elman
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Russian Favorites for Strings
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Jewels of Russian Ballet
“Consistently, one registers the idiomatic feeling as well as of the finesse … If anyone thought that to get these players … would result in a routine account, that is the opposite of what has happened … they have responded with both refinement and red-blooded commitment … sound is exceptionally full and open” (Gramophone) “There’s…
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Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Vol. 1
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Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Vol. 2
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Tchaikovsky: Complete Music for String Quartet
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Schumann & Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos
(Schumann): “lacks no style” (Tchaikovsky): “The element of struggle for which this work is famous is all too clear: these two musical giants did not always agree” -Penguin Guide
