Glinka, Mikhail > Naxos (USA)

Collage - Glinka, Schoenberg, Sousa, et al / Parker, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-02-27

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila; Arnold Schoenberg: Theme and Variations for wind band in G minor, Op. 43a; Arthur Bird: Suite for double wind quintet in D major, Op. 29; Guy Woolfenden: Gallimau...
Conductors: Parker, Harlan D.

Glinka's ever-popular overture to Ruslan and Lyudmilla sets the stage for a journey through the wind band repertoire that includes one of its cornerstones, Theme...continue...

Discover - Music of the Romantic Era

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-01-18

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Frédéric Ch...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Banowetz, Joseph; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Biret, Idil; Devoyon, Pascal [Piano]; Hill, Peter; Jando, Jeno; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Orgonasova, Luba; Podles, Ewa; Russell, L...
Conductors: Drahos, Béla; Talmi, Yoav; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Bramall, Anthony; ; Morandi, Pier G.; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Wildner, Johannes; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Wit, Antoni; Kosler, Zden...
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Kodál...

The 'Discover Series' opens the door to key areas of classical music. Through a combination of illustrative music tracks and a richly filled booklet, the...continue...

Amore, sublime amore - Tenor Arias / Lotric, Wildner, Tansky

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-07-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Il Trovatore; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Mikhail Glinka: A Life for the Tsar; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Adolphe A...
Performers: Lotric, Janez; Poberezhina, Yaroslava; Tansky, Ruslan
Conductors: Wildner, Johannes
Ensemble: Kiev Chamber Chorus; Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra

Following this earlier recording of arias and duets with baritone Igor Morozov, Janez Lotric presents his first solo recital for the label. Born in Slovenia,...continue...

Russian Opera Arias Vol 2 / Vladimir Grishko

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-02-01

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko; The Tsar's Bride; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Slippers (Oxana's Caprices), comic-fantasy opera, Op. 14 (revised version of "Vakula the Smith"); Maid of Orleans; Iol...
Performers: Grishko, Vladimir
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore; Sirenko, Vladimir
Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine; Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

This recital brings together some of the best loved as well as little-known tenor arias from nineteenth century Russian opera, interspersed with orchestral excerpts adding...continue...

Life and Works - Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-07-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Narration with Musical Excerpts; Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Dumka for Piano in C minor, Op. 59 "...
Performers: Archer, Karen; Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Grishko, Vladimir; Kliegel, Maria; Nishizaki, Takako; Siepmann, Jeremy; Yablonskaya, Oxana
Conductors: Bramall, Anthony; Sanderling, Stefan; Wit, Antoni; Leaper, Adrian; Mogrelia, Andrew; Markson, Gerhard; Jean, Kenneth; Lenárd, Ondrej; Entremont, Philippe; Halász, Michael

Tchaikovsky is one of the most popular composers of all time. His melodies are known to many people who may never have heard his name....continue...

Music for Solo Harp - Rosetti, Spohr, Glinka, et al / Hainen

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-05-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Concert Etudes (3) for Piano, S 144; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Mikhail Glinka: Nocturne, for harp (or piano) in E flat major, G. vi62; H...
Performers: Hainen, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Hainen has won international recognition as one of today's foremost virtuoso harpists. Currently principal harp of the Philadelphia Orchestra, she has done much to...continue...

Classical Heat

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-05-01

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Alberto Ginastera: Dances from Estancia, dance suite from the ballet, Op. 8a; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde...
Performers: -Lloyd, David; Alsop, Marin; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bramall, Anthony; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dalayman, Katarina; Engeset, Bjarte; Geringas, Da...
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David; Bramall, Anthony; Bátiz, Enrique; Mund, Uwe; Wildner, Johannes; Morandi, Pier G.; Jean, Kenneth; Mogrelia, Andrew; Wit, Antoni; Rahbari, Alexander; Alsop, Marin; Gunzenhauser...
Ensemble: ; Vlach Quartet Prague

Classical Heat collects two discs' worth of fire-related and/or energetic classical music. The first disc, cryptically titled "By the Electric Fire," includes Khachaturian's Sabre Dance, Mars, the Bri...continue...

Spanish Festival / Keith Clark, CSR Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1988-06-30

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra, also arranged for 2 pianos; Jules Massenet: Le Cid; Don César de Bazan, comic opera in 4 acts (2 versions); Edward Elgar: Sevillana (S...
Conductors: Clark, Keith