Russian Treasures

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Album Summary

Performers

• Steven Isserlis (Cello)
• Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Dmitri Alexeev (Piano)
• Truls Truls Mork (Cello)
• Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
• Jean-Bernard Pommier (Piano)
• Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
• Gautier Capuçon (Cello)

Conductors

• Cluytens, Andre
• Foster, Lawrence
• Gardiner, John Eliot
• Gergiev, Valery
• Jansons, Mariss
• Jordan, Armin
• Litton, Andrew
• Mackerras, Charles, Sir
• Muti, Riccardo
• Nagano, Kent
• Paavo, Jarvi
• Pappano, Antonio
• Plasson, Michel
• Pletnev, Mikhail
• Previn, Andre
• Sawallisch, Wolfgang
• Schoenwandt, Michael

Ensemble

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Composers

• Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Alexander Glazunov (1865 - 1936)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
• Mikhail Glinka (1804 - 1857)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)
• Anatol Lyadov (1855 - 1914)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)

Notes & Reviews:

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical repertoire at a very attractive price. The first batch of this series is composed of 5 releases, including a selection of Mozart's most popular works such as Don Giovanni and The "Jupiter" Symphony; Piano classics including the "Moonlight" Sonata and Clair de Lune; Russian favorites such as Scheherazade and The Rite of Spring, Baroque masterpieces like The Four Seasons and Pachelbel's Canon in D; and celebrated Sacred Works such as Vespers and Verdi's Requiem. All of these timeless masterpieces are performed by world-class performers including Natalie Dessay, Yehudi Menuhin, Mikhail Pletnev, Riccardo Muti, and André Previn. The Treasures series provides a wide overview of the "must haves" in each of these popular genres.

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical repertoire at a very attractive price. The first batch of this series is composed of 5 releases, including a selection of Mozart's most popular works such as Don Giovanni and The "Jupiter" Symphony; Piano classics including the "Moonlight" Sonata and Clair de Lune; Russian favorites such as Scheherazade and The Rite of Spring, Baroque masterpieces like The Four Seasons and Pachelbel's Canon in D; and celebrated Sacred Works such as Vespers and Verdi's Requiem. All of these timeless masterpieces are performed by world-class performers including Natalie Dessay, Yehudi Menuhin, Mikhail Pletnev, Riccardo Muti, and André Previn. The Treasures series provides a wide overview of the "must haves" in each of these popular genres.

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Works Details

Borodin, Alexander : Prince Igor :: Polovtsian Dances no 1

• Conductor: Järvi Paavo
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1869-1887

Borodin, Alexander : Prince Igor :: Polovtsian Dances no 2

• Conductor: Järvi Paavo
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1869-1887

Borodin, Alexander : Prince Igor :: Polovtsian Dances no 3

• Conductor: Järvi Paavo
• Running Time: 1 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1869-1887

Borodin, Alexander : Prince Igor :: Polovtsian Dances no 4

• Conductor: Järvi Paavo
• Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1869-1887

Borodin, Alexander : Prince Igor :: Polovtsian Dances no 5

• Conductor: Järvi Paavo
• Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1869-1887

Borodin, Alexander : In the steppes of central Asia

• Conductor: André Cluytens
• Notes: Composition written: 1880.
• Running Time: 6 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Scheherazade

• Conductor: Armin Jordan
• Running Time: 44 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36

• Conductor: Armin Jordan
• Running Time: 15 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1888

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Flight of the Bumblebee

• Conductor: André Cluytens
• Running Time: 1 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1901

Mussorgsky, Modest : Night on the Bare Mountain

• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Running Time: 10 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1886

Mussorgsky, Modest : Khovanschina :: Prelude

• Conductor: Mariss Jansons
• Running Time: 5 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1872-1880

Mussorgsky, Modest : Pictures at an Exhibition :: The Great Gate of Kiev

• Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Overture 1812, Op. 49 :: [Excerpt]

• Conductor: Mariss Jansons
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Rococo Variations :: Theme

• Performer: Gautier Capuçon (Cello)
• Conductor: Valery Gergiev
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Rococo Variations :: Variation 1

• Performer: Gautier Capuçon (Cello)
• Conductor: Valery Gergiev
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Rococo Variations :: Variation 2

• Performer: Gautier Capuçon (Cello)
• Conductor: Valery Gergiev
• Running Time: 1 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Andante cantabile for Cello and Strings, Op. 11

• Performer: Steven Isserlis (Cello)
• Conductor: John Gardiner
• Running Time: 6 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1888

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Seasons, Op. 37b :: June

• Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1875-1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Swan Lake, Op. 20 :: Act 2. Scene moderato

• Conductor: Andre Previn
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1875-1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Nutcracker, Op. 71 :: Waltz of the Flowers

• Conductor: Järvi Paavo
• Running Time: 7 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1892

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 :: Valse

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1890

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 5 in E minor, op. 64 :: Valse

• Conductor: Andrew Litton
• Running Time: 5 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1888

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique" :: Allegro molto vivace

• Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev
• Running Time: 8 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1893

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique" :: Adagio lamentoso

• Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev
• Running Time: 10 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1893

Glinka, Mikhail : Ruslan and Lyudmila :: Ruslan and Ludmilla, G. xivov

• Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
• Running Time: 5 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1837-1842

Liadov, Anatole : The enchanted lake, Op. 62

• Conductor: Antonio Pappano
• Running Time: 6 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1909

Glazunov, Alexander : Raymonda, Op. 57 :: Entracte

• Conductor: Järvi Paavo
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1898

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Songs (14), Op. 34

• Performer: Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Conductor: Michael Schoenwandt
• Running Time: 5 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3

• Performer: Dmitri Alexeev (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23

• Performer: Dmitri Alexeev (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1901

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Danse Hongroise, Op. 6, no 2 (original) :: 2. Oriental Dance

• Performers: Truls Truls Mork (Cello); Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Concerto for Piano no 2 :: Moderato

• Performer: Jean-Bernard Pommier (Piano)
• Conductor: Lawrence Foster
• Running Time: 11 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1900-1901

Prokofiev, Sergei : Romeo and Juliette, Op. 64 :: Dance of the Knights

• Conductor: Järvi Paavo
• Notes: Composition written: 1935-36.
• Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1935-1936

Prokofiev, Sergei : The Love for Three Oranges :: Marche

• Conductor: Järvi Paavo
• Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1919

Prokofiev, Sergei : Peter and the Wolf :: Excerpt

• Conductor: Michel Plasson
• Running Time: 6 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1936

Stravinsky, Igor : The Rite of Spring :: L'Adoration de la terre. Danse des adolescentes

• Conductor: Kent Nagano
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1911-1913

Khachaturian, Aram : Ganayeh :: Sabre Dance

• Conductor: Järvi Paavo
• Notes: Composition written: 1941-42.
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1941-1942

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Suite for Variety Orchestra :: Waltz no 2

• Conductor: Järvi Paavo
• Notes: Composition written: 1938.
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1938