Khachaturian, Aram

Laugh with Classical Music - Vieuxtemps; Rimsky-Korsakov / Orbelian, Moscow CO; Italian Saxophone Quartet, John Aler, Donald George

1 CD / Delos / 2013-03-26

Works: Henri Vieuxtemps: Souvenir d'Amérique; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; Wolseley Charles: The Green-Eyed Dragon, for voice & piano; Dmitry Shostakovich: Ballet Suite no 1; The...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; George, Donald; Gershon, Grant; Khakhamov, Dmitry; Mauro, Lucy; Sergeev, Oleg
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine;
Ensemble: ; Italian Saxophone Quartet; Moscow Chamber Orchestra

"Laugh with classical music? Well, I never!" No doubt that's what far too many soberly dignified classical music fans might say upon learning of this...continue...

50 Best London Symphony Orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 8 in F, Op. 93; Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 4; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony ...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; de Peyer, Gervase; Isserlis, Steven; Loriod, Jeanne; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Previn, Andre; Boult, Adrian; Gardelli, Lamberto; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Khachaturian, Aram; Hickox, Richard; Davis, Colin; Barbirolli, John

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks from the catalogues of EMI Records, EMI Classics and Virgin Classics of recordings by the London Symphony Orchestra under...continue...

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

Khachaturian: Orchestral Suites from Spartacus & Gayaneh; Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Temirkanov

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-04

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus Suite no 1; Spartacus Suite no 2; Gayaneh; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: ; St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

The St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra are one of the classical world's most popular touringensembles, bringing an inimitable style and character to their performances under the...continue...
Recording information: Great Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg (12/2005/12/2010)....continue...

Khachaturian: Concerto-Rhapsody; Sonata-Monologue for solo violin; Lyapunov: Violin Concerto / Udagawa, violin

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-04

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concerto-Rhapsody for violin & orchestra in B flat minor; Sonata-Monologue, for solo violin; Sergey Lyapunov: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 61
Performers: Udagawa, Hideko
Conductors: Buribayev, Alan

Hideko Udagawa returns to disc on Signum with a new album of Russian Romantic music from Aram Khachaturian and Sergei Lyapunov. The two composers represented...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (10/28/2011-10/29/2011)....continue...

Russian Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; In the steppes of central Asia; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36; Flight of the Bumblebee; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on t...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Capuçon, Gautier; Dessay, Natalie; Isserlis, Steven; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]; Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi; Cluytens, André; Jordan, Armin; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Gergiev, Valery; Gardiner, John Eliot; Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Litton, Andrew; Pletnev, Mikhai...

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...continue...

Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto, Piano Concerto / Leonid Kogan, violin; Antonin Jemelik, piano

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-07-31

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Concerto for Cello in E minor; Ode in Memory of Vladimir Ilich Lenin, for orchestra; Gayane, ballet suite; Garun Yerevan, song for voice & piano; Za...
Performers: Jemelik, Antonin; Khachaturian, Aram; Knushevitsky, Svyatoslav; Kogan, Leonid
Conductors: Khachaturian, Aram; Gauk, Aleksandr

Soviet composer, conductor and spontaneous musician - the three faces of Aram Khachaturian

"I am firmly convinced that truly great music must in all its

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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Giulini - Chicago SO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel; Night on Bald Mountain (Noch' na Lïsoy gore), symphonic poem, edited by Rimsky-Kor...
Performers: Sporsen, Torgny
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Maazel, Lorin; Järvi, Neeme; Knussen, Oliver; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Pictures at an Exhibition is an imaginative series of musical tableaux inspired by an art exhibition. Originally composed as a piano suite, it wasn't published...continue...

Khachaturian conducts Khachaturian, Vol. 1 - Symphony no 2

1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-06-12

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Symphony no 2 in A minor ("Symphony with Bells"); Gayane, ballet; Circus
Conductors: Khachaturian, Aram
Ensemble: ; USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Along with Shostakovich's Sixth and Prokofiev's Fifth, Khachaturian's Symphony No. 2 - composed in the years of the Great Patriotic War - was inspired with...continue...
Recording information: Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory (02/15/1977)....continue...

Essential Ballroom Classics - Over 2 hours of captivation dance music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Morgenblätter, Op. 279; An der schönen blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), waltz; Frühlingsst...
Performers: Garello, Raul; Giaimo, Jose Alberto; Morris, Gareth; Nilsson, Stig; Pane, Julio
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Karajan, Herbert von; Jansons, Mariss; Boskovsky, Willi; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Auge, J. Casas; Mari, Jean-Baptiste; Ozawa, Seiji; Plasson, Michel; Paavo, Järvi; Beecham, Thomas, Sir;...

Famous Ballet Music - works by Adam, Delibes, Massenet, Khachaturian, Tchaikovsky

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; The Sleeping Beauty, suite, Op. 66a; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh, suite; Spartacus, suite; Masquerade, suite; Léo D...
Performers: Cairns, Christine; Watson, Lillian
Conductors: Bátiz, Enrique; Simonov, Yuri; Davis, Carl; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

For lovers of ballet music, this superb 5-disc set is an attractive collection of famous ballet music, featuring such immortal ballets from Tchaikovsky, Adam, Khatchaturian,...continue...

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade; Aram Khachaturian: Gayane / Zdenek Chalabala

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-05-03

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Aram Khachaturian: Gayane, ballet
Conductors: Chalabala, Zdenek
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Owing in large part to their exotic inspiration, Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade and Aram Khachaturian's Gayane are among the most beautiful and most frequently performed Russian and...continue...
Recording information: Rudolfinum, Prague....continue...

Great Ballet - Adam, Delibes, Tchaikovsky Glazunov et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Adolphe Adam: Giselle; Léo Delibes: Coppélia; Sylvia; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Alexander Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67; Raymonda; Ar...
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Lenárd, Ondrej; Anissimov, Alexander; Anichanov, André; Kuchar, Theodore; Jun, Märkl,; Rahbari, Alexander; Craft, Robert

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Khachaturian: Gayaneh, Spartacus Ballet Suites / Svetlanov

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh, ballet suite; Spartacus Suite, for orchestra no 1
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: ; Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Khachaturian's earliest musical influences were the folk music of Georgia and of his ancestral homeland, Armenia. Gayaneh (1942) tapped into this...continue...
Recording information: Moscow (01/03/2000-01/06/2000)....continue...

Classic FM Hall of Fame 2012

3 CD / Decca Import / 2012-04-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Concerto for Cello; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1; Giacomo Puccini: Tur...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Benedetti, Nicola; Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Einaudi, Ludovico; Freni, Mirella; Gendron, Maurice; Johnson, Emma [Clarinet];...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor; Previn, Andre; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Kempe, Rudolf; López-Cobos, Jesús; Boskovsky, Willi; Khachaturian, Aram; Wordsworth, Barry; Dorati, Antal; Malone, Gareth; Leppard, ...
Ensemble: ; The English Concert

Magical Music Box / Classical Clubhouse

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Leopold Mozart: Toy Symphony; Gabriel Pierné: March of the Little Lead Soldiers, for orchestra/piano, Op. 14/6; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 4...
Performers: Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; Strauss, Paul
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Mehta, Zubin; Lanchbery, John; Previn, Andre; Blomstedt, Herbert; Boult, Adrian; Frémaux, Louis; Temirkanov, Yuri; Jansons, Mariss

Bringing magic and music together in a fun, interactive collection this compilation encourages children to explore their imaginations, expand their minds with fun facts and...continue...

Dance Along / Classical Clubhouse

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20; The Nutcracker, Op. 71; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Se...
Performers: Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]
Conductors: Lanchbery, John; Mehta, Zubin; Marriner, Sir Neville; Karajan, Herbert von; Wordsworth, Barry; Muti, Riccardo; Jansons, Mariss; Temirkanov, Yuri; Rosenthal, Manuel; Foley, Timothy; Previn, Andre; Bos...

This collection encourages children to get up and moving! Featuring the best dance music in the Classical world this compilation will keep little ears occupied,...continue...

In Memoriam: Yakov Kreizberg, 1959-2011 / Works by Dvorak, Debussy, Wagner, Tchaikovsky & Struss Jr.

2 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2012-03-27

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Water Goblin, Op. 107/B 195; Noon Witch, Op. 108/B 196; Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109; Wood Dove, Op. 110/B 198; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un...
Performers: Fischer, Julia [Violin]; Kreizberg, Yakov [Conductor]; Tsibulevsky, Vadim
Conductors: Kreizberg, Yakov
Ensemble: ; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam; Russian National Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Music allows us to really find our inner self, to be free to search for those things that we normally don't have the opportunity or...continue...

My First Ballet Album / Halasz - Slovak PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; The Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker; Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird; Petrushka; Léo Delibes: Coppélia; Sylvia; Aaron Copland: Rodeo; Darius Milhaud: The...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Rahbari, Alexander; Mogrelia, Andrew; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Lenerd, Ondrej; Casadesus, Jean-Claude; Kuchar, Theodore; Anichanov, André; Craft, Robert; Lyndon-Gee, Christop...

A bird dancing, an ox on a roof, flowers doing a waltz, a swan twirling about... what world is this? This is the magical world...continue...

Mercury Living Presence Collection [51 CDs]

51 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97; Romanian...
Performers: Bachauer, Gina; Belov, Rudolf; Fischer, Irwin; Glenecke, Thomas; Graham, Allan; Hood, Boyde [Trumpet]; Janis, Byron; Koves, Toni; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin, Yehudi; Metzenger, Edward; Miquel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Hanson, Howard; Dorati, Antal; Fennell, Frederick; Paray, Paul; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Menges, Herbert; Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gnutov, Vitaly; Alessandro, ...
Ensemble: ; Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of...continue...
Includes work(s) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky....continue...

Boris Berezovsky: The Teldec Recordings

10 CD / Teldec / 2012-02-28

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10; Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 25; Trois nouvelles études, for piano, KK IIb/3, CT. 38-40 (B. 130); Etude for piano no 1 in C major, Op. 10/...
Performers: Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]
Conductors: Wolff, Hugh; Masur, Kurt; Liss, Dmitri; Inbal, Eliahu

Boris Berezovsky has established a great reputation, both as the most powerful of virtuoso pianists and as a musician gifted with a unique insight and...continue...

I Love Ballet / Tchaikovsky, Delibes, Walton, Prokofiev, etc.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; The Nutcracker; Sleeping Beauty; Léo Delibes: Coppélia; Sylvia; William Walton: Façade; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet; Cinderella; Adolphe Adam...
Conductors: Lanchbery, John; Mari, Jean-Baptiste; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Previn, Andre; Irving, Robert; Karajan, Herbert von; Rosenthal, Manuel; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Frémaux, Louis; Temirkanov, Yuri; Wo...

These two richly-filled CDs provide a perfect introduction to the joys of ballet music. The set is intended to appeal specifically to young girls who...continue...

Russian Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan et Lyudmila; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades); Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Anatol Lyadov: Preludes Op. 39; Nikolay M...
Performers: Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Kniazev, Alexander; Krainev, Vladimir; Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]; Markovich, Aleksandr; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet]; Rostropovich, Mstisl...
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Masur, Kurt; Lazarev, Alexander; Sado, Yutaka; Inbal, Eliahu; Kitaenko, Dimitri; ; Serebrier, José
Ensemble: ; Beaux Arts Trio

1 1/2 hours of Russian romance and tragedy...continue...

Two Souls: Khachaturian and Barber violin concertos / Mikhail Simonyan, violin

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-11-01

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Samuel Barber: Concerto for Violin Op. 14; Adagio for Strings
Performers: Simonyan, Mikhail
Conductors: Järvi, Kristjan

When Mikhail Simonyan arrived at the London Symphony Orchestra's home base, St. Luke's, on a beautiful spring day in2011, it marked both his first meeting...continue...
Recording information: Jerwood Hall, LSO - St. Lukes, London, England (05/30/2011-06/01/2011)....continue...

100 Best Waltzes & Polkas

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Künstlerleben, Op. 316; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald; Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333; Wiener Blut; Das Spitzentuch der König...
Conductors: Boskovsky, Willi; Rosenthal, Manuel; Karajan, Herbert von; Mari, Jean-Baptiste; Kurtz, Efrem; Jansons, Mariss; Davis, Andrew; Muti, Riccardo; Hochlov, Dmitri; Irving, Robert; Lanchbery, John; Hickox,...

BBC Legends: Mstislav Rostropovich Box Set [3 CDs]

3 CD / BBC Legends / 2011-09-27

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concert-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 2 in G major, Op. 126; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococ...
Performers: Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Hurst, George; Davis, Colin; Britten, Benjamin; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady

Considered one of the greatest cellists of the second half of the 20th century is the Russian musician and conductor, Mstislav Rostropovich. Collected here in...continue...

Sounds of the Sea

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-09-27

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, in D major Op. 27; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Claude Debussy: La Mer; Petite Suite...
Performers: Cole, Nadia; Haas, Werner [Piano]; Jones, Della; Klass, Myleene
Conductors: Brüggen, Frans; Khachaturian, Aram; Ansermet, Ernest; Britten, Benjamin; Wordsworth, Barry; Gergiev, Valery; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Vinden, Maurice; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Godfrey,...

Pentatone: The First 10 Years [11 Hybrid SACD - DSD]

11 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Sextet for Strings in D major, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"; Romeo & Juliet; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95...
Performers: Beekman, Bram; Chen, Sa; Fischer, Julia [Violin]; Helmchen, Martin; Kodama, Mari [Piano]; Marriner, Andrew; Steinbacher, Arabella
Conductors: Boni, Marco; Kreizberg, Yakov; Murphy, Simon; Foster, Lawrence; Janowski, Marek; Marriner, Sir Neville; Vonk, Hans; Pletnev, Mikhail; Nagano, Kent; Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: ; Chamber Soloists of The New Dutch Academy; New Dutch Academy

Celebrating over a decade of quality releases is Pentatone's newest compilation; 'Pentatone, The First 10 Years'. This 10-disc set, recorded in SA-CD sound for superior...continue...

All Time Classics with Marian Arnold

3 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-19

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 174 'Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte' (I love the most High with my whole heart; François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Book 2; Claud...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Peter; Forbes, Colin; Harvey, Michael Kieran; Hutchinson, Joyce; Kirkby, Emma; Kovacevich, Stephen; Lacey, Genevieve; Pinn...
Conductors: ; Kleiber, Carlos; Pesek, Libor; Tate, Jeffrey; Kempe, Rudolf; Khachaturian, Aram; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Santi, Nello; De Waart, Edo; Challender, Stuart; Thomas, Patrick; Hopkins, John
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players; The English Concert

Classical Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Franz Liszt: Liebestr...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Benedetti, Nicola; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Domingo, Placido; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Fisc...
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo; Fischer, Adam; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Chailly, Riccardo; Armiliato, Marco; Lanchbery, John; Fischer, Iván; Dutoit, Charles; Ahronovitch, Yuri; Mackerras, Charles, Sir;...
Ensemble: ; International Chamber Soloists

This stunning collection showcases the greatest stars of classical music with dazzling performances from Gustavo Dudamel, Cecilia Bartoli, Lang Lang and Anna Netrebko, to name...continue...

Russian Ballet Music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-17

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Gayaneh; Alexander Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67; Dmitry Shostakovich: The Golden Age; Vincent Youmans: Tea For Two, song
Performers: Carol, Norman
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Khachaturian, Aram; Temirkanov, Yuri; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Irving, Robert; Paavo, Järvi

Khachaturian conducts Khachaturian, Vol. 2

1 CD / Melodiya / 2011-05-10

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Piano in D flat major; Concerto for Violin in D minor
Performers: Oistrakh, David; Petrov, Nikolay
Conductors: Khachaturian, Aram

The second disc from the series Khachaturian Conducts Khachaturian includes two concertos for piano and orchestra played by Nikolai Petrov, and a concerto for violin...continue...
Recording information: Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, Moscow, Russia....continue...

50 Best Ballet / EMI

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker; Eugene Onegin; Léon Minkus: Don Quixote; La Bayadère; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Cinderella; Aram Khachaturia...
Performers: Truman, Robert; Warren-Green, Christopher [Violin/Conductor]
Conductors: Lanchbery, John; Paavo, Järvi; Irving, Robert; Previn, Andre; Khachaturian, Aram; Temirkanov, Yuri; Wordsworth, Barry; Kern, Terence; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Rosenthal, Manuel

Khachaturian: Cello Concertos / Tarasova, cello

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-03-08

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Cello in E minor; Concert-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra
Performers: Tarasova, Marina [Cello]
Conductors: Dudarova, Veronika

An inventive and appealing composer, perhaps best known for his ballet "Spartacus," Khachaturian now turns his hand to music for the cello and orchestra with...continue...
Recording information: Moscow Radio Studio 5 (1994)....continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Lightly Classical

1 CD / Guild / 2011-02-08

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; Claude Debussy: Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Gustav Holst: St. Paul's Suite; William Walton: Façade Suite no 2; Peter DeRose: The Lamp Is ...
Conductors: Challet, Pierre; Morley, Angela; Walton, William; De Vol, Frank; Torch, Sidney; Gamba, Piero; Williams, Charles; Munro, Ronnie; Green, Philip; Jones, Leslie; Kostelanetz, André; Carroll, David; ...

The collection of music on this recording proves that the so-called boundaries between light and classical music are not insurmountable; that many composers had lighter...continue...

Khatchaturian: Spartacus; Gayaneh Highlights

1 CD / Onyx Classics / 2011-01-11

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus (excerpts); Gayaneh (excerpts)
Conductors: Karabits, Kirill

Kirill Karabits is without doubt one of the most exciting conductors of the younger generation. Now principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, his reputation...continue...
Recording information: Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset (07/01/2010/07/02/2010)....continue...

100 Best Children's Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-01-11

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; The Snow Maiden; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell Overture; Ser...
Performers: Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer, Annie; Kok, Felix; Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; Lympany, M...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Mehta, Zubin; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Previn, Andre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Tortelier, Paul; Ozawa, Seiji; Lysy, Alberto; Jansons, Mariss; Jacquillat,...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Camerata Lysy Gstaad

Each CD included in this 6-CD set from EMI Classics is inspired by the wonders of childhood. The first CD, CARNIVAL, includes works by Camille...continue...

Khachaturian: Symphonic Highlights from Gayane, Spartacus, Masquerade

1 CD / Royal Philharmonic Masterworks / 2011-01-11

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Gayane; Spartacus; Masquerade
Conductors: Simonov, Yuri

Aram Khachaturian was born in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, in 1903, and died in Moscow in 1978. He came to the study of music quite...continue...

Musical Handyman

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-08-17

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjez; Georges ...
Performers: Duck-Chong, Jenny; Dudman, Michael; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Morgan, Alison; Munro, Ian; Olding, Dene; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Russell, Sally-Anne; Schaupp, Karin; Spina, Rosario La; Tedeschi, Si...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Northey, Benjamin; Woods, Thomas; Dommett, Leonard; Measham, David; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Challender, Stuart; Swierczewski, Michel; Nicholls, Christopher; Bonynge, Richard; Stanhope,...

Bonnet Dramas Revisited

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-08-10

Works: Carl Davis: Pride and Prejudice; Cranford; The Far Pavilions; Wojciech Kilar: The Portrait of a Lady; Jim Parker: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling; Rachel Portman: Emma; The Duchess; Thomas Newm...
Performers: Barron, Rob; Buchanan, Isobel; Davis, Catherine; Kenny, Yvonne; Kinder, Charlotte; Pringle, John; Rieu, André; Tan, Melvyn [Piano]; Zamfir, Gheorghe [Pan Flute]
Conductors: Davis, Carl; Konícek, Stepán; Parker, Jim; Alwyn, Kenneth; Motzing, William; Burgon, Geoffrey; Fennell, Frederick; Emrys-Roberts, Kenyon; Bateman, Paul; Noble, Guy; Rieu, André; Hales,...
Ensemble: ; ABC Showband

20th Century Classics: Khachaturian - Piano Concerto

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-10

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Concerto for Piano in D flat major; Pictures of Childhood; Gayaneh; Concerto for Violin in D minor; Masquerade Suite
Performers: Katz, Mindru; Oistrakh, David; Ortiz, Cristina
Conductors: Khachaturian, Aram; Boult, Adrian; Newman, Alfred

Mellnas, Khachaturian, Rimsky-Korsakov & Others

1 CD / Caprice Records / 2010-07-20

Works: Arne Mellnäs: Blow, for wind instruments; Aram Khachaturian: Uzbek March and Dancing Song; Armenian Folk Song and Dance; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Concerto (Concertstück), for clarinet & mil...
Performers: Fageus, Kjell
Conductors: Priestman, Brian; Vänskä, Osmo

50 Best Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Coronation Anthem; Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto no 1 in E 'La primavera'; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Double Concerto in D mi...
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bell, David [Organ]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Eisenberg, Matthias; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Gutierrez, Horacio; Harper, Heather; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Voca...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Boskovsky, Willi; Davis, Andrew; Plasson, Michel; Ormandy...

Music of Aram Khachaturian

1 Super Audio CD / Non Profit Music / 2010-06-08

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Masquerade
Performers: Malikian, Ara
Conductors: Amigo, Jesús

Recording information: Palacio de Congresos de Badajoz Manuel Rojas (03/26/2008/03/27/2008)....continue...

Khatchaturian: Gayne Ballet Suite

2 CD / Classic / 2010-06-08

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Gayne Ballet Suite
Conductors: Fistoulari, Anatole

This three perennial favorite was originally released on Everest Records and features true audiophile recordings in CD and DVD audio combo presentations. It was recorded...continue...
Recording information: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, England....continue...

Khachaturian: Famous Ballet Suites

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2010-05-04

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh, ballet suite; Spartacus, ballet suite; Maskarade (Masquerade), ballet suite
Conductors: Simonov, Yuri

These are the Essential Works of Aram Khachaturian performed by the RPO under the inspired baton of Yuri Simonov, unrivalled in this repertoire....continue...

Khachaturian: Cello Concerto; Concerto Rhapsody

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-02-23

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Cello in E minor; Concert-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra
Performers: Yablonsky, Dmitry
Conductors: Fedotov, Maxim

The Naxos series devoted to the orchestral music of Aram Khachaturian continues with his two works for cello and orchestra. The 'Cello Concerto', whose brooding...continue...
Recording information: Studio 5, Russian State TV & Radio Company KULTURA, Mos (10/20/2007-10/25/2007)....continue...

Dance! The World's Favorite Ice-Skating Music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Gayaneh; Spartacus; Ennio Morricone: The Mission; George Gershwin: Concerto in F; Rhapsody in Blue; John Williams: Schindler's List; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lak...
Performers: Bran, Tim; Chang, Sarah; Donohoe, Peter; Garello, Raul; Giaimo, Jose Alberto; Kalibi, Nabil; Lane, Piers; Little, Tasmin; Lockhart, Peter; Mrvica, Maksim; Ogdon, John; Ousset, Cécile; Pane, Ju...
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Morricone, Ennio; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Sutherland, Iain; Lanchbery, John; Boskovsky, Willi; Temirkanov, Yuri; Irving, Robert; Dragon, Carmen; Jansons, Mariss; Federico, Leopoldo; Ozawa, ...
Ensemble: ; Virtuosi Saxoniae

This 2-CD set contains a wide selection of popular classical pieces used by ice skaters in their programs at major international competitions, including the World...continue...
EMI's Dance! The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music is a splendid idea; one place where classical music remains a required element is in the world of figure skating. The music used in figure skating ...continue...

I Love Ballet

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Léo Delibes: Coppélia; Sylvia; William Walton: Façade, for reciter & e...
Conductors: Lanchbery, John; Mari, Jean-Baptiste; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Previn, Andre; Irving, Robert; Karajan, Herbert von; Rosenthal, Manuel; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Frémaux, Louis; Temirkanov, Yuri; Wo...

These two richly-filled CDs provide a perfect introduction to the joys of ballet music. The set is intended to appeal specifically to young girls who...continue...

White Nights: Romantic Russian Showpieces

1 CD / Decca Import / 2010-01-26

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Spartacus; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Anatol Lyadov: Baba-Yaga, Op. 56; Kikimora, Op. 63; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overtur...
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: ; Members of the Royal Dutch Marine Band (Members)