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Salzburg Festival 2012: Opening Concert - Stravinsky; Prokofiev; Mussorgsky / Semishkur, Sergei [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-06-25

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Modest Mussorgsky: Songs and dances of death; Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, Op. 100
Performers: Semishkur, Sergey
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor

The opening concert of the Salzburger Festival is an annual highlight and features the vibrant heart of the festival - the Wiener Philharmonikere. The 2012...continue...
Run Time: 90 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Salzburg Festival 2012: Opening Concert - Stravinsky; Prokofiev; Mussorgsky / Semishkur, Sergei [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2013-06-25

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Modest Mussorgsky: Songs and dances of death; Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, Op. 100
Performers: Semishkur, Sergey
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor

The opening concert of the Salzburger Festival is an annual highlight and features the vibrant heart of the festival - the Wiener Philharmonikere. The 2012...continue...
Run Time: 90 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, Fr...continue...

The Art of Feodor Chaliapin - Songs and Romances Vol 1

1 CD / Melodiya / 2011-08-09

Works: Mikhail Strokine: Let Your Servant; Artemy Vedel: Open the Gates of Repentance; Alexander Arkhangel'sky: Symbol of Faith; Alexander Grechaninov: Great Ekthenia; Mikhail Glinka: Doubt; Night Review; A...
Performers: Chaliapin, Feodor

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...

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...

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...

Come Away, Death / Mussorgsky, Finzi, Ratkje, Sibelius, Korngold, Plagge / Marianne Kielland, mezzo soprano; Sergej Osadchuk, piano

1 Super Audio CD / 2 L Records / 2010-09-28

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Songs of the Clown, Op. 29; Wolfgang Plagge: Södergran-Sanger, for voice & piano, Op. 146; Jean Sibelius: Come Away, Death (Kom nu hit, död!), for voice, harp & str...
Performers: Kielland, Marianne Beate; Osadchuk, Sergej

Death is as natural as love. But whereas love is bright and beautiful, death is dark and irreversible. Our modern society encourages us to live...continue...
Recording information: Sofienberg Church 5th (01/05/2009-01/07/2009)....continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures Of An Exhibition; Song & Dances Of Death

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2010-08-27

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Songs and dances of death; The Capture of Kars (Vzyatiye Karsa), triumphal march for orchestra, edited by Rimsky-Korsakov; Night on the Bare Mountain
Performers: Arkhipova, Irina
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny

Works:
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Songs and Dances of Death; Triumphal March "The Capture of Kars"; Night on Bald Mountain

Artists:
Evgeny Svetlanov/USSR Symphon...continue...

George London, Vol. 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-08-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Gudunov; Songs and dances of death; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; Falstaff; J...
Performers: London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Ulanowsky, Paul
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf; Morel, Jean Paul

With the death of George London, the world lost a vital, masculine and at the same time deeply sensitive singer for whom the description "unique"...continue...

George London: Recital

1 CD / Orfeo / 2009-09-22

Works: Franz Schubert: Der Atlas ("Ich unglückselger Atlas"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/8; Ihr Bild ("Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang),...
Performers: London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Ulanowsky, Paul; Werba, Erik [Piano]

Bruce Martin: A Life in Song

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-07-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Franz Schubert: Il traditor deluso ("Ahimè, i...
Performers: Brimer, Michael; Charles, Ron; Martin, Bruce; Remedios, Alberto
Conductors: Measham, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Verbicky, Vladimir; Cree, Edgar

In a career lasting almost 40 years, the operatic bass bruce martin has taken his place among the great singers of the age. He has...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Boris Christoff Vol 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-02-10

Works: Alexander Nikolayevich Serov: Shrove Tuesday, for voice & chorus; Russian Traditional: Song of the Lumberjacks; The Bandore; Down Peterskaya Street; Down the Mother Volga, folksong; The Lonely Autumn...
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Moore, Gerald [Piano]
Conductors: Tzipine, George

Boris Christoff, a great but not uncontroversial singer, had 120 roles in his repertoire, the most famous of which were Boris Godunov, Mephistopheles and King...continue...

Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death; Rorem: Songs / Gerald Finley, Julius Drake

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2008-11-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Don Juan's Serenade, Op. 38, no 1; It Was in The Early Spring, Op. 38, no 2; Songs (6), Op. 38; Does the Day Reign, Op. 47, no 6; The mild stars shone for us, song for voic...
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]

Recorded Live at Wigmore Hall, 18 October 2007, this new release adds to Gerald Finley’s already illustrious career. After his initial appearances at Glyndebourne in...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Marko Rothmüller

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-09-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier;...
Performers: Gyr, Suzanne; Rothmuller, Marko
Conductors: Robertson, James; Erede, Alberto
Ensemble: Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Marko Rothmuller (1908-1993) was a citizen of the world but occupied an outstanding position in German musical life. Born in Croatia, he moved to Vienna...continue...

Edition 3

5 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2008-06-24

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 77 (published as Op. 99); Robert Sch...
Performers: Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, Barbara; Graham, Susan; Kotcherga, Anatoly; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Midori; Peeters, Harry; Perahia, Murray; Poschner, Brigitte; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Terfe...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Songs and Dances of Death - Mussorgsky, Shostakovich

1 CD / Gega New / 2006-11-01

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Songs and dances of death; Dmitri Shostakovich: Suite on Poems of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op. 145
Performers: Guechev, Guenko; Lemberskaya, Susanna

The spectre of death haunted both of these Russian masters. In the Songs and Dances of Death, Mussorgsky, using all of his formidable operatic craft,...continue...

Portrait - Dmitri Hvorostovsky

2 CD / Philips / 2006-05-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Don Pasquale; Vincenzo Bellini: I ...
Performers: Arkadiev, Mikhail; Boshniakovich, Oleg; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery; Marin, Ion; Marriner, Sir Neville; Skripka, Sergei; Kalinin, Nikolai; Korniev, Nikolai
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; St. Petersburg Chamber Choir; The Chorus O...

Dmitri Hvorostovksy is one of the leading representatives of a generation of Russian singers who, unlike their immediate predecessors, have able to establish themselves as...continue...

Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov / Hvorostovsky, Temirkanov

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-05-24

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Songs and dances of death; Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Performers: Hvorostovsky, Dmitri
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

This CD was recorded at the 2004 London Proms; the St. Petersburg Philharomonic, Yuri Temirkanov and the acclaimed Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky are ideal protagonists...continue...

Mussorgsky, Ibert, Dorumsgaard: Songs / Aage Haugland

1 CD / Point Classics / 2005-04-15

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Death's cradle-song (Kolïbel'naya), song for voice & piano (Songs & Dances of Death no 2); Songs and dances of death; Field-Marshal Death (Polkovodets), song for voice & piano...
Performers: Haugland, Aage; Rosenbaum, Poul

Mussorgsky: Songs Volume 1 / Aage Haugland, Poul Rosenbaum

1 CD / Point Classics / 2005-04-15

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: With Nurse (S nyaney), song for voice & piano (The Nursery no 1); In the Corner (V uglu), song for voice & piano (The Nursery no 2); The Beetle (Zhuk), song for voice & piano (The ...
Performers: Haugland, Aage; Rosenbaum, Poul

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, etc / Solti, et al

1 CD / Universal Classics / 2004-08-10

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Songs and dances of death; Sorochintsï Fair
Performers: Aleksashkin, Sergey
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Solti, Sir Georg; Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Chaliapin Edition, Vol. 5: 1921-1923, American & British Recordings

1 CD / Arbiter / 2004-07-27

Works: Robert Schumann: Romances and Ballades ii, Op. 49; Feodor Feodorovich Koenemann: When the King Went Forth To War, for voice & piano, Op. 7/6; Song of the Volga Boatmen; Mikhail Glinka: The Night Revi...
Performers: Chaliapin, Feodor
Conductors: Pitt, Percy; Pasternack, Josef A.; Byng, George W.; Goossens, Eugene, Sir

Classic Library - Mussorgsky: Pictures, etc / Temirkanov

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-04-20

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanschina; Songs and dances of death; Pictures at an exhibition
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"Sergei Leiferkus' heartfelt Songs and Dances of Death is notable for its rich vocal tone and telling timbral variety. The baritone's distinctly different styles of...continue...

Ewa Podles and Garrick Ohlsson Live

1 CD / Dux (Poland) / 2003-05-27

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Gdzie lubi (There Where She Loves), song for voice & piano, Op. 74/5, CT. 133; Sliczny chlopiec (Handsome Lad), song for voice & piano, Op. 74/8, CT. 136; Pierscien (The Ri...
Performers: Ohlsson, Garrick

Aho: Symphony no 3; Mussorgsky / Vänskä, Lahti SO, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2003-04-05

Works: Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 3; Modest Mussorgsky: Songs and dances of death
Performers: Kuusisto, Jaakko; Salminen, Matti
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Melodrama - Russian Romantic Music for Trombone & Piano

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-01-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Snow Maiden, incidental music, Op. 12; Iolanta, Op. 69; None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, no 6; Alexei Konstantinovich Lebedev: Concert Allegro, for tuba; Concerto no 2...
Performers: Goodson, Kathryn; Hawes, Randall

Russian Arias / Podles, Orbelian, Philharmonia of Russia

1 CD / Delos / 2002-01-01

Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Sergey Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Maid of Orléans (Jeanne d'Arc), opera; Moscow, coronation cantata for mezzo-soprano, ...
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine
Ensemble: Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

"...The recital is intelligently chosen, with beautiful performances of Prokofiev's own battlefield survey of the girl moving among the fallen, and Tchaikovsky's Joan bidding farewell...continue...

Pora! and Other Russian Romances / Amaize, Korevaar

1 CD / MSR Classics / 1999-12-01

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: To the poet, Op. 45; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Songs (7), Op. 47; Songs (6), Op. 6; Songs (6), Op. 38; Songs (12), Op. 60; Songs (6), Op. 63; Sergei Rachmaninov: Songs (12), ...
Performers: Amaize, Odekhiren; Korevaar, David

Bernstein Century - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-09-29

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Songs and dances of death
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard; Tourel, Jennie
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: ; New York Philharmonic

"...You can't go wrong with one of the best 'Pictures' on records - and it's all at mid-price to boot. The orchestral material here, in...continue...
"St. John's Night on Bare Mountain" is an arrangement by Rimsky-Korsakov of an intermezzo from Mussorgsky's incomplete opera, 'Sorochintsy Fair.' An orchestral showcase, this work is given a feverish...continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, etc / János Sólyom

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-09-22

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Death's cradle-song (Kolïbel'naya), song for voice & piano (Songs & Dances of Death no 2); Songs and dances of death; Field-Marshal Death (Polkovode...
Performers: Palsson, Hans; Saeden, Erik; Solyom, Janos

Mussorgsky:Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1992-10-02

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Songs and dances of death
Performers: Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif; Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: ; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Feodor Chaliapin Song Book

2 CD / Preiser / 1992-08-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133; Franz Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen, D 531/Op. 7 no 3; Schwanengesang, D 957; Robert Schumann: Romances and Ballades ii, Op. 49; Mikhai...
Performers: Bazilevsky, Jean; Chaliapin, Feodor; Coppola, Piero; Newton, Ivor; Sharpe, Cedric
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Collingwood, Lawrance; Byng, George W.; Bourdon, Rosario; Scriabin, A.A.; Afonsky, Nicolai P.; Ibert, Jacques
Ensemble: ; Orchestra