Mussorgsky, Modest > Piano

Vladimir Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca / Ashkenazy, Perlman, Harrell, Fistoulari, Solti, Kondrashin et al. [Limited Edition]

50 CD / Decca / 2013-04-02

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Belkin, Boris; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Cash, Teresa [Soprano Vocal]; Civil, Alan; Cohen, Franklin; Cooke, Terry; Corkhill...
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Fistoulari, Anatole; Maazel, Lorin; Segal, Uri; Zinman, David; Kertész, István; Previn, Andre; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Solti, S...

Decca Classics releases Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca on April 2, 2013, a limited edition box-set comprised of 50 CDs to celebrate the labels remarkable...continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibitioin; Schubert / Alice Sara Ott, piano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-02-26

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in A major, D 664/Op. 120
Performers: Ott, Alice Sara

Rising star Alice Sara Ott's new recording documents her summer 2012 rite of passage debut at the prestigious White Nights Festival.

Alice Sara Ott's challenging

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Recording information: Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia (07/2012)....continue...

Prokofiev: Sarcasms; Visions Fugitives / Steven Osborne, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-02-12

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Sergey Prokofiev: Sarcasms (5) for Piano, Op. 17; Visions fugitives (20) for Piano, Op. 22
Performers: Osborne, Steven

Steven Osborne is one of the finest pianists recording today. His recent release of Rachmaninov's Preludes was critically acclaimed as the greatest modern version since...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (12/17/2011-12/20/2011)....continue...

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin; Schumann: Fantasie, Op. 17; Mussorgsky: Bilder einer Ausstelkung / Alexis Weissenberg, piano. Salzburg Festival 1972

2 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29

Works: Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Robert Schumann: Fantasia in C major, Op. 17; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano in C sharp minor (doub...
Performers: Weissenberg, Alexis [Piano]

Weissenberg made his breakthrough in Salzburg during the Karajan era with his 1972 solo recital. His evening began with Tombeau de Couperin, played transparently and...continue...
Recording information: Mozarteum, Salzburg (08/07/1972)....continue...

In This Moonlit Night: Lieder by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky & Taneyev / Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone; Ivari Ilja, piano

1 CD / Ondine / 2013-01-29

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 73; Modest Mussorgsky: Songs & Dances of Death (Pesni y plyaski smerti; 4), song cycle for voice & piano, edited by Rimsky-; Sergei Taneyev...
Performers: Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Ilja, Ivari

This second release of star baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky for Ondine features Russian Lieder by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Taneyev. Dmitri Hvorostovsky is recognized as one of...continue...
Recording information: Moscow State Conservatory, Great Hall (07/13/2011-07/24/2011)....continue...

Rimsky-korssakoff: Mussorgsky

1 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition
Performers: Eckle, Gerhard
Conductors: Petroschoff, Vladimir

Piano Collection - Anniversary Series / Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, Mussorgsky et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major (Waldstein), Op. 53; Johannes Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117; Sergey Rachmaninov: Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3; Vocalise; Franz Joseph Hayd...
Performers: Bax, Alessio [Piano]; Crossland, Jill; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Lill, John; Nicolls, Sarah; Rhodes, James; Sweeney, Nicola; Vera, Ana-Maria; Williams, Llyr
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Ensemble: Zoo Duet

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...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...

Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii - Live at Carnegie Hall / Mussorgsky: Pictures; Beethoven: Sonata no 17; Chopin, Musto, Liszt et al. [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-09-25

Works: John Musto: Improvisation & Fugue, for piano; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"; Franz Liszt: Un sospiro, for piano in D flat major (Grande études...
Performers: Tsujii, Nobuyuki

Following on the heels of his 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition win in 2009, Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii experienced a dream come true as...continue...
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Country of Origin: Austria
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Medtner: Fairy Tales, Op. 34; Prokofiev: Sonata Op. 29; Mussorgsky: Pictures / Georgy Tchaidze, piano

1 CD / Honens / 2012-09-25

Works: Nikolay Medtner: Fairy Tales (Skazki) (4) for piano, Op. 34; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 4 in C minor, Op. 29; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition
Performers: Tchaidze, Georgy

Georgy Tchaidze's sophomore recording features repertory from his Wigmore and Carnegie Hall debuts. The Telegraph called this 2009 Honens Prize Laureate "a pianist of fine...continue...
Recording information: The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta (05/2012)....continue...

Discovering a Legend: Vera Gornostaeva, Vol. 2: Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-09-11

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano; Sergey Rachmaninov: Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3; Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Prelude for piano no 4 in ...
Performers: Gornostaeva, Vera

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Live at Carnegie Hall - works by Chopin, Musto, Liszt, Mussorgsky, Stephen Foster / Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-08-28

Works: John Musto: Prelude and Fugue; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Stephen Foster: Jeannie with the light br...
Performers: Tsujii, Nobuyuki

On November 10, 2011, Nobuyuki Tsujii, the blind pianist from Japan who was the winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medal in...continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Liszt: Sonata in B minor et al. / Mikhail Rudy, piano

2 CD / Phaia Music / 2012-07-31

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Rêverie on a theme of V. A. Loginov; Une larme; Hopak; Franz Liszt: Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178; La Lugubre gondola I, for piano (in 6/8), S...
Performers: Rudy, Mikhail

Mikhail Rudy is one of the major representatives of the Russian piano school in Europe. He has won several awards including The Liszt first prize...continue...
Recording information: 1980-1981....continue...

Piano Encores - Fur Elise; Rondo Alla Turca; Minute Waltz et al. / performed by Argerich, Weissenberg, Gilels

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen no 1 ("Von fremden Ländern und Menschen"), for piano, Op. 15/1; Kinderszenen no 7 ("Träumerei"), for piano, Op. 15/7; Waldszenen no 9 ("Abschied"), for piano, ...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Berman, Lazar; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gilels, Emil; Kempff, Wilhelm; Kissin, Evgeni; Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys; Luisada, Jean-M...

A captivating collection spanning three centuries, including music from the greatest ever composers for the piano. Mozart's mischievously infectious Rondo "alla Turca", Chopin's effervescent "Minute"...continue...

Mendelssohn: Trio no 1 in D Minor Op 49 / Reisenberg, Julliard String Quartet

2 CD / Romeo Records / 2012-07-18

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 49; Sergey Rachmaninov: Sonata for cello & piano in G minor, Op. 19; Piano Pieces, Op. 10; Gabriel Fauré: Quartet for Piano and...
Performers: Carlyss, Earl; Krosnick, Joel; Mann, Robert [Violin]; Reisenberg, Nadia; Rhodes, Samuel [Viola]

Recorded live in concert, April 29th, 1980 at the Julliard Theater Nadia Reisenberg's first major American appearance was in 1922 as the featured pianist in...continue...

Rudi Stephan: Complete Songs / Sophie Harmsen, mezzo sorprano; Alexander Vassisiev, bass; Miri Yampolsky, piano

1 CD / MD&G / 2012-06-19

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Forgotten (Zabïtïy), ballad for voice & piano; Rudi Stephan: Mitternacht, for voice & organ; Waldnachmittag, for voice & piano; Weihnachtsgefühl, for voice & piano; ...
Performers: Harmsen, Sophie; Morooka, Ryoko; Vassiliev, Anton; Yampolsky, Miri

Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (09/27/2011-09/29/2011)....continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Shostakovich: Preludes, Op. 34 (exc) / Katya Apekisheva, piano

1 CD / Onyx Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Dmitry Shostakovich: Preludes (24) for piano, Op. 34
Performers: Apekisheva, Katya

One of Europe's foremost pianists, Katya Apekisheva has been described by Gramophone magazine as, "a profoundly gifted artist." A prize-winner at the Leeds Piano Competition...continue...
Recording information: St. George's Church, Brandon Hill, Bristol (08/09/2010-08/10/2010)....continue...

Musorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Prokofiev: 10 pieces from Romeo and Juliet; Toccata / Nikolai Demidenko, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-06-12

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Sergey Prokofiev: Pieces (10) for Piano from "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 75; Toccata for piano in D minor, Op. 11
Performers: Demidenko, Nikolai

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Soirée Russe - works by Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev / Konstantin Scherbakov, piano

1 CD / TwoPianists / 2012-05-29

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Sergey Rachmaninov: Morceaux de Fantasie, Op. 3; Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Prelude for piano no 4 in D minor, Op. 23/3; Etudes-tableaux, Op. 39; S...
Performers: Scherbakov, Konstantin [Piano]

Russia has long been a source of musical inspiration in the West. The Romantics in particular found the music of Russia fascinating, and this recording...continue...
Recording information: Endler Hall, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (02/13/2011)....continue...

Voyage to Russia: Rachamninov, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, et al / Claire-Marie Le Guay, piano

1 CD / Mirare / 2012-05-08

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; Alexander Scriabin: Pieces (2) for Piano left hand, Op. 9; Preludes (5) for Piano, Op. 15; Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 2; Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 8;...
Performers: Guay, Claire Marie le

From nostalgic memories, the sound of bells, the winds of the steppes, to visions of a flickering future; Russian piano music, from Mussorgsky to Scriabin,...continue...
Recording information: Temple de l'Annonciation à Paris (10/11/2011-10/14/2011)....continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Medtner: Piano Sonata No. 1; Taneyev: Prelude and Fugue / David Kadouch, piano

1 CD / Mirare / 2012-05-08

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Nikolay Medtner: Forgotten Melodies (8) for Piano, Op. 38; Sergei Taneyev: Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor, Op. 29
Performers: Kadouch, David

In a program centering around Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, pianist David Kadouch assumes the role of storyteller in a selection of musical legends, mythical...continue...
Recording information: Temple de l'Annonciation à Paris (10/25/2011-10/28/2011)....continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Beethoven, Brahms / Stephen De Pledge, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-04-24

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Johannes Brahms: Rhapsodies (2) for piano, Op. 79
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen

New Zealand pianist Stephen De Pledge is one of the most exciting and versatile musicians of his generation. Stephen's solo performances have taken him throughout...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, Sussex (12/11/2008-12/12/2008)....continue...

Sweet Remembrance: works by Brahms, Kreisler, Ysaye, Massenet, Elgar et al. / Rudens Turku, violin; Yumiko Urabe, piano

1 CD / Avie Records / 2012-04-10

Works: Maria Theresia von Paradis: Sicilienne for keyboard in E flat major; Henryk Wieniawski: Kujawiak for Violin and Piano in A minor; Niccolò Paganini: Cantabile e Valtz in E major; Moto perpetuo fo...
Performers: Turku, Rudens; Urabe, Yumiko

Since making his Avie recording debut in 2005, Rudens Turku has amassed a devoted following for his effortless virtuosity. Following albums devoted to solo works,...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk (11/18/2010-11/20/2010)....continue...

The Voice of Emotion / Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Savall

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2012-03-13

Works: Spoken Word: Nunc iam cessit Pontus et omnis partitur leges / Vienient annis sæcula (from Act 2 of Seneca's "Mede; Berber Traditional: Amazigh Lullaby ("I met my big brother"); Sephardic Traditi...
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Arruabarrena, Maite; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Barona, Enrique [Jarana]; Brandao, Eunice [Viola da Gamba]; Carnovich, Daniele; Casademunt, Sergi; Climent, Lambert; Coin, Christophe; Dí...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi;
Ensemble: Hespèrion XX ; Hespèrion XXI ; La Capella Reial de Catalunya

In November 2011, the music world suffered a huge loss with the passing of the great soprano Montserrat Figueras. Acclaimed in recent years for her...continue...
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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...

Tresors de Russie / Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Racmnaninov

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-02-14

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Hopak; Une larme; Nanny and I (Nyanya i ya), for piano (From Memories of Childhood no 1); Scherzo for Piano in C sharp minor;...
Performers: Engerer, Brigitte; Kogerman, Tiit
Conductors: Gatti, Daniele; Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Russian classical music seems to have a dual consciousness: sometimes grave and introspective, sometimes luminous and resolutely forward looking. At root, this sentiment draws on...continue...

Impromptu: A Treasury of Extemporaneous Piano Compositions 1821-2008 / Margarita Glebov

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-02-14

Works: Jan Václav Vorísek: Impromptu for piano in B major, Op. 7/6; Franz Liszt: Impromptu for Piano in F sharp major, S 191 "Nocturne"; César Cui: Impromptu-Caprice for piano in E major; Mil...
Performers: Glebov, Margarita

A treasury of extemporaneous compositions written between 1821 and 2008 that includes several first recordings is offered by the Russian-American pianist Margarita Glebov....continue...
Recording information: University of Maryland, Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Claric (10/2009); University of Maryland, Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Claric (12/2008/05/2009)....continue...

Russian Fantasy: Piano Duets by Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff and Glinka / Vladimir and Vovka Ashkenazy

1 CD / Decca / 2012-01-24

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Sergey Rachmaninov: Suite for 2 Pianos no 1, Op. 5 "Fantaisie-tableaux"; Mikhail Glinka: Valse-Fantaisie, for piano in B minor, G. vi193; Alexander Scri...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ashkenazy, Vovka

Following their album of French music for two pianos, father and son Vladimir and Vovka Ashkenazy revel in their musical heritage with this dazzling programme...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk (08/07/2011-08/09/2011)....continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Vladimir Sverdlov

1 CD / Piano Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Mily Balakirev: Oriental Fantasy for Piano, Op. 18 "Islamey"; Nocturne for piano no 1 in B flat minor; Vladimir Sverdlov: Pieces (4) for piano
Performers: Sverdlov, Vladimir

Vladimir Sverdlov was born in 1976 into a family with a long tradition of producing great artists. His grandfather David Ashkenazy, formidable composer and pianist,...continue...
Recording information: CMS Studio Moscow (02/2011)....continue...

The Liszt Legacy / Claudio Arrau, Alicia Larrocha, Raymond Lewenthal, Benno Moiseiwitsch and Egon Petri

10 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-11-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"; Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonli...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; De Larrocha, Alicia; Lewenthal, Raymond; Moiseiwitsch, Benno; Petri, Egon

The pièce de résistance of Deutsche Grammophon's Liszt 200th anniversary celebration is a 10-CD box that brings together five great piano virtuosos of the past...continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures; Janacek: Sonata; Prokofiev: Sonata 7 / Fazil Say, piano

2 CD / Naïve / 2011-10-25

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Leos Janácek: Sonata 1.X.1905 "From the street"; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 7 in B flat major, Op. 83
Performers: Say, Fazil

For his new solo album, first one since '07, Fazil Say selects 3 powerful pieces that he plays very often in concert. Works in which...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium - MC2, Grenoble, France (02/2011)....continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (3) for Piano, S 144; Paraphrase on Quartet from Verdi's "Rigoletto", S 434
Performers: Tsujii, Nobuyuki

The second album for Challenge Classics from the Japanese pianist - this time a solo album! Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii was joint Gold Medalist of the...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (05/06/2010-05/07/2010)....continue...

Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibtion / Lars David Kellner, Piano

1 CD / Enharmonic Records / 2011-10-11

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; On the Southern Shore of the Crimea (Na yuzhnom beregu Krïma), for piano; Méditation (Razdumye), albumleaf for piano; Une larme; Au village (In...
Performers: Kellner, Lars David

German pianist Lars Kellner studied at the conservatories in Nürnberg, Freiburg and Munich. He has performed extensively in southern Germany and is also a physician,...continue...

Winter Classics: Klassische Musik zum Kuscheln

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Max Reger: Träume am Kamin, Op. 143; Maurice Ravel: Klavierkonzert G-Dur; Modest Mussorgsky: Scherzo for Piano in C sharp minor; Antonio Vivaldi: Fagottkonzert a-Moll, P. 72; Johannes Brahms: In...
Performers: Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Kretzschmar, Erwin; Rosel, Peter; Walter, Johannes; Zechlin, Dieter
Conductors: Rögner, Heinz; Kegel, Herbert; Kurz, Siegfried; Neumann, Václav; Suitner, Otmar; Koch, Helmut

A perfect soundtrack to complement a roaring log fire and a cup of eggnog - selected classical pieces to warm your heart and make you...continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Richter

1 CD / Melodiya / 2011-08-09

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Sonata for Piano in G major, Op. 37 "Grande Sonate"; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav

Very Best of Leif Ove Andsnes

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Études-Tableaux, Op. 33; Robert Schumann: Fantasy in C, Op. 17; Franz Liszt: Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S 514 "Mephisto Waltz ...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Hardenberger, Hakan [Trumpet]
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Jansons, Mariss; Paavo, Järvi
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 / Richter, piano

1 CD / Regis Records / 2011-07-03

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano & orchestra, orchestrated by Lawrence Le; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 7 in B flat major, Op. 83; Concerto...
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav
Conductors: Ancerl, Karel
Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra

Sviatoslav Richter gives idiomatic studio performances of Mussorgsky and Prokofiev. The first piano concerto features the Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Karel Ancerl....continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures; Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1

1 CD / Piano Classics / 2011-06-14

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition
Performers: Ovchinnikov, Vladimir; Wallace, John [Trumpet]
Conductors: Shostakovich, Maxim
Ensemble: The Philharmonia

Winner of the 1987 Leeds competition, Russian virtuoso Vladimir Ovchinnikov offers up staggering performances of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and Shostakovich's first Piano Concerto....continue...

Pure... Classical

4 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2011-06-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier; Orchestral Suite no 3, BWV 1068; Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Brandenb...
Performers: De Larrocha, Alicia; De Maistre, Xavier; Donat, Zdislawa; Entremont, Philippe; Feltsman, Vladimir [Piano]; Gould, Glenn; Graffman, Gary; Hering, Jorg; Holzl, Barbara; Hyman, Dick; Newman, Anthony; Op...
Conductors: Spivakov, Vladimir; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Salter, Robert; Ormandy, Eugene; ; Newman, Anthony; Levine, James; Leppard, Raymond; Davis, Colin; Stokowski, Leopold; Szell, George; Munch, Charles; Bruno, ...
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Collegium; Moscow Virtuosi; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Piano Works by The Mighty Handful

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-05-31

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano; César Cui: Nocturne for piano in F sharp minor, Op. 22/3; Alexander Borodin: Scherzo for piano in A flat ma...
Performers: Fisher, Philip Edward [Piano]

For his first solo recital album for Chandos, Philip Edward Fisher performs piano works by members of the 'Mighty Handful' - a group of 5...continue...
Recording information: Symphony Hall, Birmingham (08/25/2010-08/26/2010)....continue...

Hommage / Joseph Rouleau, bass

3 CD / Analekta / 2011-05-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Claudio Monteverdi: Work(s); Gabriel Fauré: Tristesse, Op. ...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baril, Louise-Andree; Dobson, John; Glossop, Peter; Jasmin, Pierre; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame [Soprano Vocal]; Pelletier, Colombe; Prevedi, Bruno; Reiner, Charles; Rouleau, Joseph; ...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello

Whatever he does, and wherever he goes, whether singing or sharing the memories of an enviable career, Joseph Rouleau is filled with a contagious fervor....continue...

Voyage / Romantic works for voice & piano

1 CD / Supraphon / 2011-04-03

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: The nursery; Richard Strauss: Mädchenblumen, songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 22 (TrV 153); Antonin Dvorák: Love Songs (Písne milostmé) (8) for voice & piano, B...
Performers: Jankov, Martina; Wyss, Gerard

The gracious young soprano Martina Janková has established a firm position amidst fierce international competition. Since 1998 she has been an Oper Zürich soloist and...continue...
Recording information: Radio Studio DRS, Zürich, Switzerland (09/2004)....continue...

Dokovska: Russian Songs / Svetlov, tenor

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-03-29

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Mephistopheles' song of the flea; A Society Tale; The Street Urchin (Ozornik; The Ragamuffin), song for voice & piano; The Seminarist, song for voice & piano; Songs and dances of d...
Performers: Dokovska, Pavlina; Svetlov, Mikhail

When the Russian art historian and critic Vladimir Stasov declared in 1867 "how much poetry, feeling, talent, and intelligence are possessed by the small but...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, USA (03/15/2009-03/17/2009)....continue...

Musical Journey to Russia and France / Yoshizumi

1 CD / Genuin / 2011-03-29

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Une larme; Méditation (Razdumye), albumleaf for piano; Claude Debussy: Images for Piano, Set 1; L'isle joyeuse
Performers: Yoshizumi, Rieko [Piano]

In her new Genuin CD, pianist Rieko Yoshizumi draws the listener into a whirlwind of pictures, from the opening promenade of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an...continue...
Recording information: Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bielefeld, Germany (10/13/2009-10/15/2009)....continue...

Pictures at an Exhibition

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-02-15

Works: Mikhail Glinka: L'alouette; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Romance for Piano in F minor, Op. 5; Waltz, for piano in A flat major, Op. 40/8; Op. 51; Op. 40; Op. 10; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhib...
Performers: Shelest, Anna

Recording information: Patrych Sound Studios, New York (12/2010)....continue...

Sari Biro Legacy: Historic Performances

4 CD / Cambria / 2011-01-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Keyboard no 2 in C minor, BWV 826; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in D major, K 492/L 14; Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 380/L 23; Sonata for Harp...
Performers: Biro, Sari
Conductors: Vardi, Emanuel; Loibner, Wilhelm

In celebration of her 100th birthday, Cambria releases The Sari Biro Legacy - a 4 CD boxed set (with 44 page booklet) authorized by the...continue...

Artist's Choice

3 CD / Decca Import / 2011-01-18

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971; Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 17 in G major, K 453; Franz Schubert: Fantasy for P...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Abbado, Claudio

Mussorgsky Dis-Covered

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-01-11

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Hopak; The Street Urchin (Ozornik; The Ragamuffin), song for voice & piano; Songs and dances of death; With the Doll (S kukloy), song for voice & piano (The Nursery no 4); Darling ...
Performers: Kulman, Elisabeth; Shilkloper, Arkady; Skuta, Miki; Theissing, Tscho

Arranged by violinist Tscho Theissing, these songs by Mussorgsky are a combination of the composer's musical material and Theissing's experience as a jazz musician. The...continue...
Recording information: Studio Wavegarden, Mitterretzbach, Austria (08/30/2009-09/03/2009)....continue...

Pictures At An Exhibition

1 CD / Signum UK / 2010-11-05

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Claude Debussy: Estampes (3) for Piano; Franz Liszt: Sposalizio; Années de pèlerinage no 3, S 163; Ave Maria
Performers: Williams, Llyr

Recording information: Wyastone, Monmouthshire (11/20/2009-11/22/2009)....continue...