Tag: USSR State Symphony Orchestra
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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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Gavriil Popov: Symphony No. 2 “Motherland” & Symphony No. 5 “Pastoral”
Most music-lovers are aware how the Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky met his death at the age of just 42: put bluntly, he drank himself to death. Other composers, however, met a similar fate, and one of these was Gavriil Nikolayevich Popov. The Soviet Composers’ Union was never a teetotal organization, but Popov was certainly thirstier…
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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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Cello Masterworks: Shostakovich, Schubert, Haydn
Parnassus is pleased to return to international availability early stereo recordings of Daniil Shafran, including the Haydn Cello Concerto conducted by Neeme Järvi, one of the most recorded conductors of all time, in one of his earliest commercial recordings, transferred from a pristine analog source by Paul Arden-Taylor. Also included are Shafran’s American recordings of…
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David Oistrakh – Violin Masterclass
10CD deluxe clamshell box including 24 Concertos, two Sonatas (Devil’s Trill etc), Scottish Fantasia, and many short Encores
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Balakirev: Symphony No. 2, In Bohemia, Overture on Three Russian Songs
“[Symphony No. 2] is an attractive piece – I am inclined to think the Svetlanov account is finer (than) Rozhdestvensky. … Svetlanov plays with great élan, driving the Cossack scherzo on, and drawing almost risky sweetness from the orchestra in the Andante. … [T]he USSR orchestra has much to recommend it: their strings certainly have…
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Shostakovich: The Complete Symphonies by Great Russian Conductors
Alto has gathered fifteen critically acclaimed, Russian-led recordings of all of Shostakovich’s symphonies – including such landmarks as Kiril Kondrashin’s legendary premiere performance of the Thirteenth Symphony, Evgeny Mravinsky’s blistering live recording of the Eighth Symphony, and Mstislav Rostropovich’s uncompromising live recording of the Eleventh, along with a “Who’s Who” of other Russian maestros including…
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Rachmaninov: Complete Orchestral Works
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Sviatoslav Richter – The Early Years: Rise of a Virtuoso Legend
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Shostakovich: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 and Suite from ‘Alone’
“Similar feelings (soaring spontaneity and deeply perceptive intelligence) attend his readings of the Shostakovich concertos – added to which is my growing certainty that this version of No.I (accompanied by the great Mravinsky) is his finest. … It was with Mravinsky and the Leningrad that Oistrakh (as dedicatee) gave the first performance … Oistrakh plays…
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BALAKIREV: Symphony 1; Symphonic Poems: “Tamara”, “Russia”
“These performances have passion and urgency … a natural feeling for idiomatic phrasing and rhythm … rarely if ever on disc has there been such a radiant account on disc of the lovely slow movement” (Penguin Guide) “….his masterpiece Tamara: this is a very good Tamara and every bit as colourful and mysterious” (Gramophone)
