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Oistrakh Trio Plays Russian Piano Trios - works by Glinka, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Trio for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 50; Mikhail Glinka: Trio pathétique, for clarinet (or violin), bassoon (or cello) & piano in D minor, G. iv173; Nikolai Ri...
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Ensemble: Igor Oistrakh Trio

In this fascinating compilation, major and minor composers are all viewed through the lens of the somewhat underutilized piano trio, in differing states of maturity...continue...

Evgeny Mravinsky Conducts Russian Composers

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; The Nutcracker, suite, Op. 71a; Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66; Capriccio i...
Conductors: Mravinsky, Yevgeny
Ensemble: ; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

Famed for his colossal stature and rigorous rehearsal methods, Evgeny Mravinsky is generally considered to be the greatest of all Soviet conductors. The maestro was...continue...

Balakirev: Complete Piano Works / Alexander Paley, piano

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Mily Balakirev: Oriental Fantasy for Piano, Op. 18 "Islamey"; Reminiscences on "A Life for the Czar", for piano (2nd version of Fantasy on Glinka's themes); Phantasiestück, for piano in D flat m...
Performers: Paley, Alexander

Founder of the group of Russian composers called 'The Mighty Handful', Mily Balakirev is known for having helped create a distinctive Russian school of music...continue...

Chopin & His Contemporaries / Bart van Oort, piano

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: John Field: Nocturne no 1, for piano in E flat major, H. 24; Nocturne no 2, for piano in C minor, H. 25; Nocturne for Piano no 3 in A flat major, H 26; Nocturne no 4, for piano in A major, H. 36; Noc...
Performers: Groot, Cor De; Hoogland, Stanley; Mastroprimiano, Costantino; Oldenburg, Fred; Oort, Bart van; Vermeulen, Jan

This 6CD set charts not only the development of the Nocturne as a musical form, but also the development of the piano from the closing...continue...

Chopin, Field, Kalkbrenner, etc: Nocturnes / Bart van Oort

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: John Field: Nocturne for Piano no 1 in E flat major, H 24; Nocturne for Piano no 2 in C minor, H 25; Nocturne for Piano no 3 in A flat major, H 26; Nocturne for Piano no 4 in A major, H 36; Nocturne ...
Performers: Chabowska, Agnieszka; Van Oort, Bart