Tag: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Balalaika Favourites!
“virtuosity & splendid musicianship is the keynote…other instruments too between them they provide some very attractive sounds….(including) tremendously exciting Flight of the bumblebee, Dance of the Comedians and the charming Waltz of the Faun… Recording very natural-sounding with wide dynamic range” (Gramophone)
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Fifty Shades of Opera – 50 Sensual Arias
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Tchaikovsky: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Five Early Pieces
“the Shostakovich Quartet is notable for their powerful playing and their ability to get deeply into the emotions of a work” (MusicWeb, 2008) “versions by the Shostakovich Quartet are also masterly…the early pieces dating from Composer’s student days….are of interest as is anything that the master penned…” (c) Penguin Guide
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Tchaikovsky: The Seasons – Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1
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The Unknown Tchaikovsky
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Für Elise (Lullabies for Liz)
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Alexey Stadler – Karina Sposobina
Alexey Stadler was born into a family of musicians in 1991 in St. Petersburg and studied at the Rimsky-Korsakov Musical College in his native city. In 2003 he won First Prize at the Glazunov International Competition in Paris, and has also received the National Awards for “Young Talent” (2008, 2009), “Hope of Russia” (2008), and…
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Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence – Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 2 (“Little Russian”) and 3 (“Polish”)
The Second and Third Symphonies may be less well known than his last three, but they are brimming with imaginative and memorable melodies and high Romantic passion. Rozhdestvensky and his superb orchestra illuminate these works’ grandeur and dramatic episodes, captured in sensational sound.
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Rachmaninov: Music for Cello & Piano
Cello masterpieces by the twentieth century’s Russian romantic master Rachmaninov’s Cello Sonata dates from the same period as his Piano Concerto No. 2, and is dedicated it to Anatoliy Brandukov, who gave the first performance in Moscow with the composer at the piano. Rachmaniniov disliked calling the work a cello sonata as he’d written music…
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6; Nutcracker Suite
A fiery reading of Tchaikovsky’s final symphony from the end of the Soviet era.
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Music
The legendary Sviatoslav Richter brings Tchaikovsky’s elusive solo piano works to life. “…the only one of his kind.” That was how one critic described legendary soviet piano virtuoso Sviatoslav Richter when he first heard him play. Since his death in 1997, his reputation as indisputably one of the greatest pianists of all time has only…
