Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai > Christmas

Pierre Monteux conducts Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky

1 CD / Guild / 2008-11-11

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36; Christmas Eve Suite (Noch' pered rozhdestvom), for orchestra (with optional chorus ad lib); Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34; Alexander Bo...
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Monteux, arguably the greatest French conductor of the 20th century, was music director of the Boston Symphony from 1918-1924. He maintained a close association...continue...

The Spirit Of Russia - Rimsky-Korsakov Orchestral Suites

2 CD / Vox Classical / 2008-02-14

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh (Skaza o nevidimom grade Kitezhe), suite for orchestra; Mlada; May Night; Christmas Eve (Noch' pered rozhdestvom), opera in 4 acts; O...
Performers: Ponti, Michael; Rosand, Aaron [Violin]
Conductors: Kapp, Richard; Mága, Othmar M. F.; Katims, Milton; Froment, Louis de
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Hungarica

This 2-CD set contains wonderful performances of some really great music of Rimsky-Korsakov which, unfortunately, has not achieved the popularity of works like Scheherezade and...continue...

The Very Best of Christmas

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-25

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noël, H9; F...
Performers: Andjaparidze, Eteri; Bloss, Michael; Bungard, Jonathan; Davidson, Angus; Evanson, John; Houssart, Robert; Johnston, Raymond; Kertesi, Ingrid; Langridge, Philip; Lewis, J. Reilly; Mukk, József;...
Conductors: Hunt, Donald; ; Mallon, Kevin; Edison, Noel; Scribner, Norman; Rossiter, Grace; Sackett, Andrew; Robinson, Christopher; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Oberfrank, Géza; Krcek, Jaroslav; Schuldt-Jensen,...
Ensemble: Aradia Baroque Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana; Elora Festival Singers; Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Finchley Children's Music Group; Hungarian Radio Chamber Choir; Leipzig Chamber Orchestra; Moscow Sy...

"Naxos' double-disc compilation, The Very Best of Christmas, presents an agreeable and balanced assortment of holiday favorites, with vocal and choral numbers assigned to the...continue...

Dance Music from Russia / Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-06-26

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Raymonda, Op. 57; Les Ruses d'amour, ballet, Op. 61; Scènes de ballet, suite for orchestra in A major, Op. 52; Anton Rubinstein: Valse-Caprice for Piano in E flat major; Py...
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra

This program offers selections from these three different genres, andalthough it focuses on just two dance forms - the waltz and the polonaise - there's...continue...

Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux - California 1941-52

13 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-03-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Consecration of the House, overture Op. 124; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84; Fidelio, overture, Op. 72c; Leo...
Performers: Blinder, Boris; Blinder, Naoum; Cherkassky, Shura; Cutner, Solomon; Kapell, William; Kraus, Lili [Piano]; Warenskjold, Dorothy
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Standard Symphony Orchestra

"Is this ever a generous sampling of Pierre Monteux and the San Francisco Symphony! Music and Arts' Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux collects broadcast performances...continue...

Rimsky-Korsakov: Overtures & Suites from the Operas

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-06-27

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night; The Snow Maiden; Mlada; Christmas Eve Suite (Noch' pered rozhdestvom), for orchestra (with optional chorus ad lib); The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane...
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

"Neeme Jarvi draws the most seductive response from the SNO; he consistently creates orchestral textures which are diaphanously sinuous. Yet the robust moments...are caught just...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Natalya Shpiller

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-12-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Mikhail Glinka: A Life for the Tsar; Charles Gounod: Faust; Anton Rubinstein: The demon; Eduard Nápravnik: Dubrovsky, opera, Op 58; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: ...
Performers: Shpiller, Natalia
Conductors: Melik-Pashaev, Alexander; Slavinskoj, E.M.; Nebolsin, Vasili; Saharov, S.; Golovanov, Nikolai

Older listeners are likely to be familiar with Shpiller's name if they recall the postwar era when Russia music appeared only as hard-to-find imports or...continue...

Expanded Edition -Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker (excerpts)/Ormandy, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-09-30

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve Suite (Noch' pered rozhdestvom), for orchestra (with optional chorus ad lib); The Snow Maiden; Mlada; The ...
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

"The Philadelphia Orchestra made this wonderful music universally famous in Walt Disney's 'Fantasia'... the music making has suitable moments of reticence as well as plenty...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Nutcraker; Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-07-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve Suite (Noch' pered rozhdestvom), for orchestra (with optional chorus ad lib)
Performers: Golovschin, Igor; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Golovschin, Igor

The Childrens' Classics series on Naxos continues with a new narrated recording of Tchaikovsky's timeless classic, The Nutcraker. Magically brought to life by the voice...continue...
Nutcracker is divided into two sections, a 30-minute suite from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker and a 30-minute suite from Rimsky-Korsakov's Christmas Eve. Michael Halasz and the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestr...continue...

Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve, etc / Golovschin, Moscow SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-02-04

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve Suite (Noch' pered rozhdestvom), for orchestra (with optional chorus ad lib); Mlada; The Tsar's Bride; At the Grave (Nad mogiloy), prelude for orchestra "in mem...
Conductors: Golovschin, Igor

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Xenia Belmas Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-01-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Elégie; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsa...
Performers: Belmas, Xenia

Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites / Jurowski, Berlin RSO

1 CD / Capriccio / 1997-01-01

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Snow Maiden; Christmas Eve; Tale of Tsar Saltan
Conductors: Jurowski, Michail
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, etc / Ernest Ansermet

2 CD / Decca / 1995-02-14

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; May Night; The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), musical pictures (suite) for orchestra, Op. 57; Tale of Tsar Saltan; Russian Easter Festival Overtu...
Performers: Fenyves, Lorand
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest; Horneffer, Jacques
Ensemble: Geneva Motet Choir; Suisse Romande Orchestra