Russian Masterpieces

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Album Summary

Performer

• Vladimir Panktratov

Conductors

• Altschuler, Vladimir
• Anichanov, André
• Gorkovenko, Stanislav
• Kantorov, Alexander
• Korkhin, Leo
• Mravinsky, Yevgeny

Ensemble

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Composers

• Mikhail Glinka (1804 - 1857)
• Alexander Glazunov (1865 - 1936)
• Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887)
• Russian Traditional
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
• Anton Rubinstein (1829 - 1894)
• Anonymous
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
• Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
• Anatol Lyadov (1855 - 1914)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Notes & Reviews:

Russian Masterpieces, a twofer by ZYX Music, presents all of its Russian classical pieces on the first CD, and provides a second disc that is an assortment of traditional folk melodies and pieces by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Grieg, and other non-Russian composers, played on folk instruments. If one regards the second disc as a bonus item, then the first may satisfy casual listeners who want a taste of Russian orchestral music. Included are pieces by Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Glazunov, Shostakovich, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Rubinstein, and Lyadov, and most of the selections are excerpts from famous ballets. With the exception of the opening track, which was recorded in 1973, the recordings on the first disc date from the 1990s, while the second disc offers tracks made in the 1970s and 1980s. For the most part, the sound is decent and adequate for background music. ~ Blair Sanderson

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Works Details

Glinka, Mikhail : Russlan and Lyudmila, Op. 5 :: Ouvertüre

• Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky
• Running Time: 5 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1837-1842

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Swan Lake, Op. 20 :: Danse Napolitaine

• Conductor: André Anichanov
• Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1875-1876

Prokofiev, Sergei : Pushkin Waltz, Op. 120 :: [Excerpt]

• Conductor: Vladimir Altschuler
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1949

Glazunov, Alexander : Raimonda, Op. 57 :: Spanish Dance

• Conductor: Leo Korkhin
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1896-1897

Shostakovich, Dmitri : The Human Tragedy, Op. 37 :: Waltz

• Conductor: Vladimir Altschuler
• Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1933-1934

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Flight of the Bumblebee

• Conductor: Stanislav Gorkovenko
• Running Time: 1 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1901

Glinka, Mikhail : Valse-Fantaisie, for orchestra in B minor, G. ii213

• Conductor: Leo Korkhin
• Running Time: 8 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1839-1856

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : The Golden Cockerel :: Procession

• Conductor: Stanislav Gorkovenko
• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1906-1907

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Gadfly, Op. 97 :: Waltz

• Conductor: Vladimir Altschuler
• Notes: Composition written: Soviet Union.
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Borodin, Alexander : Prince Igor :: Polovtsian dances

• Conductor: Alexander Kantorov
• Running Time: 7 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1869-1887

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Nutcracker, Op. 71 :: Valse de fleurs

• Conductor: André Anichanov
• Running Time: 6 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1892

Rubinstein, Anton : Feramors :: Dance of Kashemir brides

• Conductor: Leo Korkhin
• Running Time: 6 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Liadov, Anatole : Kikimora, Op. 63

• Conductor: Leo Korkhin
• Running Time: 8 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1910

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Swane Lake, Op. 20 :: Dance des petits signes

• Conductor: André Anichanov
• Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1875-1876

Prokofiev, Sergei : Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 :: Monteque and Capulet

• Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky
• Notes: Composition written: 1936.
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1936

Traditional, Russian : Kalinka (Little Snowfall), folk song

• Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.

Traditional, Russian : Down Peterskaya Street

• Performer: Vladimir Panktratov
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.

Anonymous : Barynia

• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.

Traditional, Russian : Why do you look so longingly at the road

• Performer: Vladimir Panktratov
• Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.

Traditional, Russian : A comic song

Traditional, Russian : Heave-Ho!

• Performer: Vladimir Panktratov
• Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.

Traditional, Russian : I Will Go, I Will Leave (Dance Song), folksong

• Running Time: 1 min. 24 sec.

Traditional, Russian : In the Meadows, folksong

• Performer: Vladimir Panktratov
• Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.

Traditional, Russian : The Moon Is Shining, folk song

• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55 :: Solveig's song

• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 :: Badineria

• Running Time: 1 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738-1739

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Waltz for piano in E flat major (spurious), KK IVa/14 (B. 46)

• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1827

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Wiegenlied ("Schlafe mein Prinzchen"), song for voice & piano (spurious, by Flies), K. 350 (K. Anh.

• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Schubert, Franz : Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94

• Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1823

Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Sylvia :: Pizzicato

• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1880

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59

• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1810

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Humoresques (8) for Piano, Op. 101/B 187

• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Lully, Jean-Baptiste : Gavotte en rondeau, for keyboard (spurious; attributed to Lully in Suzuki Method books)

• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 :: Dance no 5

• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Carnival of the animals

• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Rossini, Gioachino : La pastorella

• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1830-1835