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Verdi: La Forza del Destino / Gergiev, Gorchakova, Putilin, Grigorian [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-04-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Alexashkin, Sergei; Gorchakova, Galina; Grigorian, Gegam; Karasev, Grigory; Putilin, Nikolai; Tarasova, Marianna
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Chorus; Kirov Theater Orchestra

Giuseppe Verdi's drama of love and destiny in times of war remains one of the best known operas by this Italian master. Conductor Valery Gergiev...continue...
Run Time: 160 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish
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Divos & Divas

2 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Agustín Lara: Granada; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Borodina, Olga; Caballe, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dan, Elena; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego...
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo; Harth Bedoya, Miguel; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Armiliato, Marco; Gemignani, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Bartoletti, Bruno; Chailly, Riccardo; Davis, Colin; Müller, Eduardo...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Les Arts florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; ...

Divos & Divas is a unique collection of all the great genuine opera stars appearing on the world's stages today and includes a galaxy of...continue...

Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko / Gergiev/Kirov Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Philips / 2006-09-12

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko
Performers: Aleksashkin, Sergei; Bezzubenkov, Genadij; Boitsov, Yevgeny; Diadkova, Larissa; Galusin, Vladimir; Tarasova, Marianna; Tsidipova, Valentina
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra

"A tight, well worked and beautifully scored opera whose time must come on our stages, Sadko is like Peer Gynt with a happy ending. The...continue...
Run Time: 175 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...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...

Portrait / Olga Borodina

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-05-09

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; La Cenerentola; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Don ...
Performers: Bezzubenkov, Gennady; Borodina, Olga; Focile, Nuccia; Gergieva, Larissa; Grigorian, Gegham; Guleghina, Maria; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Norberg-Schulz, Elizabeth; Putilin, Nikolai; Skigin, Semion; Stebli...
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Summers, Patrick; Gergiev, Valery; Haitink, Bernard; Davis, Colin; Bychkov, Semyon; Korniev, Nikolai
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Kirov Theater Chorus; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Orchestre de Paris; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; St. Petersburg Chamber Choir; Welsh Nation...

A specially compiled program that honors the rich recording legacy of outstanding Russian mezzo-soprano, Olga Borodina. She has carved out a premier position among today's...continue...

Valery Gergiev / Against Stalin [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Philips Import / 2005-11-08

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony no 4 in C minor, Op. 43; Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47; Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 54; Symphony no 7 in C major, Op. 60 "Leningrad"; Symphony no 8 in C minor, Op. ...
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra

This DVD presents Larry Weinstein's award - winning film 'Shostakovich against stalin', Musical response.Described by the composer as his ''tombstones'', simphonies 4 to 9 represented...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Prokofiev: Betrothal In A Monastery / Netrebko, Gergiev/Kirov Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Philips / 2005-09-13

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Betrothal in a Monastery, Op. 86
Performers: Akimov, Evgeny; Diadkova, Larissa; Gassiev, Nikolai; Gergalov, Alexandr; Netrebko, Anna; Tarasova, Marianna
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Chorus; Kirov Theater Orchestra

"Netrebko looks utterly gorgeous and sings beautifully. The crafty Don Jerome and the equally crafty Duenna are wonderfully acted and sung with great sympathy and...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese
Country of Or...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphonies no 5 & 9 / Gergiev, Kirov Orchestra

1 CD / Philips Import / 2004-05-11

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47; Symphony no 9 in E flat major, Op. 70
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra

"Valery Gergiev's live Shostakovich Five seizes hold of its relatively plain rock face right at the start and sculpts a convincing masterpiece from sometimes unpromising...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa / Gergiev/Kirov Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Philips Import / 2004-04-13

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa
Performers: Alexashkin, Sergei; Diadkova, Larissa; Loskutova, Irina; Putilin, Nikolai
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Chorus; Kirov Theater Orchestra

Valery Gergiev directs the Kirov Opera and Ballet in this dramatic staging of Tchaikovsky's historical opera, based on Pushkin's verse tale of the legendary Cossack...continue...
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Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: USA
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Heavenly Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2003-11-04

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die mu...
Performers: Agoult, Raymond; Berbié, Jane; Bonynge, Richard; Brown, Iona; Caracciolo, Franco; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chorus, Vienna State Opera; Davis, Colin, Sir [Conductor]; Dutoit, Charles; Gergie...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Bonynge, Richard; Dutoit, Charles; Agoult, Raymond; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Judd, James; Page, Neil; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rogé, Pasca...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Sinfonia; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Naples Rossini Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New...

Personnel: Anthony Way (treble); Marie Goosens, Marisa Robles (harp); Michael Kennedy, Iona Brown (violin); Julian Lloyd Webber, Miklós Perényi (cello); Pascal Rogé (piano)....continue...

Tchaikovsky - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Decca / 2003-04-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Romeo & Jul...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Boshniakovich, Oleg; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Gabarro, Francisco; Garbarro, Francisco; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Josefowicz, Leila; London...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Ozawa, Seiji; Bonynge, Richard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Pletnev, Mikhail; Karajan, Herbert von; Markevitch, Igor; Gergiev, Valery; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Järvi, Neeme; Gotting, Ove
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Russian National Orchest...

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Tchaikovsky, Miaskovsky: Violin Concertos / Repin, et al

1 CD / Philips / 2003-01-14

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Nikolay Myaskovsky: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 44
Performers: Repin, Vadim [Violin]
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra

"The Tchaikovsky is well known and these performers give a fine, pungent reading, but it is the magnificent concerto by Myaskovsky that makes this disc...continue...

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Gergiev, Kirov Orchestra

1 CD / Philips / 2002-10-08

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Alexander Borodin: In the steppes of central Asia; Mily Balakirev: Oriental Fantasy for Piano, Op. 18 "Islamey"
Performers: Levitin, Sergei
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra

"Valery Gergiev's new version of Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Scherazade' pins you back with its red-blooded thrust and sound of a fullness and brilliance I have never known...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame / Gergiev/Kirov Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Philips / 2002-07-16

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68
Performers: Alexashkin, Sergei; Grigorian, Gegam; Leiferkus, Sergei; Solodovnikov, Vladimir
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Chorus; Kirov Theater Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
Country of Origin: Russia
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Essential Tchaikovsky - 22 of his Greatest Masterpieces

2 CD / Decca / 2002-03-12

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Romeo & Juliet; Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74; Swan Lake; Sextet for Strings in D major, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Boshniakovich, Oleg; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Hajdu, Istvan [Piano]; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Moll, Phillip; Suwanai, Akiko
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Karajan, Herbert von; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gergiev, Valery; Mehta, Zubin; Dutoit, Charles; Markevitch, Igor; ; Korniev, Nikolai
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Gabrieli String Quartet; Kirov Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchest...

Essential Rachmaninoff - 15 of his greatest masterpieces

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-01-15

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Songs (14), Op. 34; Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3; Suite for 2 Pianos no 1, Op. 5 "Fantaisie-tableaux"; Symphony no 2 in E minor, O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Fleming, Renee; Kocsis, Zoltan; Lenehan, John [Piano]; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Mostovoy, Vladimir; Orozco, Rafael; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Rachmaninov, Sergei
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Tate, Jeffrey; Gergiev, Valery; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; De Waart, Edo; Fistoulari, Anatole; Korniev, Nikolai
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; St. Petersburg Chamber Choir

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring; Scriabin / Gergiev, Kirov

1 CD / Philips / 2001-10-09

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Alexander Scriabin: La poème de l'extase
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra

Gubaidulina: Johannes-Passion / Gergiev, Kornewa, Lutsiuk

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2001-09-04

Works: Sofia Gubaidulina: Johannes-Passion, for soloists, double chorus, organ & orchestra
Performers: Bezzubenkov, Gennady; Kornewa, Natalia; Lutsuk, Viktor
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra

"Sofia Gubaidulina's St. John Passion is a phenomenal feat of composition. It's hard to believe that anyone could make so much from so little... The...continue...

Eloquence - Movie Classics - Music From Famous Films

1 CD / Philips / 2001-03-27

Works: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Requiem in D minor, K 6...
Performers: Brymer, Jack; Civil, Alan; Domingo, Placido; Grumiaux, Arthur; Hajdu, István; Magaloff, Nikita; Marshall, Margaret; McNair, Sylvia; Shicoff, Neil
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Haitink, Bernard; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Davis, Colin, Sir; Mauceri, John; Monteux, Pierre; Prêtre, Georges; Gergiev, Valery; Marriner, Sir Neville; ; Negri, Vittorio
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Chorus; Boston Symphony Orchest...

Philips 50 - Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet / Gergiev, Kirov

2 CD / Philips / 2001-03-13

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra

"When this urbane performance was first released, it stood with Ozawa's Boston recording as the most luxuriously colored and most scrupulously detailed version of the...continue...

Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges / Gergiev, et al

2 CD / Philips / 2001-02-13

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Love for three oranges
Performers: Akimov, Evgeny; Bulycheva, Zlata; Diadkova, Larissa; Gerelo, Vassily; Karasev, Grigory; Kit, Mikhail; Korzhenskaya, Olga; Kuznetsov, Fyodor; Morozov, Alexandr; Netrebko, Anna; Pluzhnikov, Konstantin;...
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra

"Recorded live at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, this is the Kirov at its considerable best. 'The Love for Three Oranges' is very much an ensemble piece...continue...

Essential Verdi - 40 of His Greatest Masterpieces

2 CD / Decca Import / 2001-02-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Nabucco; La forza del destino; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Don Carlos; Ernani; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Requiem Mass; Otello; Mac...
Performers: Aliberti, Lucia [Soprano Vocal]; Antoniak, Mieczyslaw; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borodina, Olga; Bruson, Renato; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara, Maria; Domingo, Pla...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Gergiev, Valery; Pritchard, John; Santi, Nello; Davis, Colin; Haitink, Bernard; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Downes, Edward; Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, ...
Ensemble: Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Kirov Theater...

2001 is the Verdi Year - Verdi's 100th Anniversary. "Essential Verdi" is packed with 40 selections from the great Verdi operas sung by the greatest...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6, etc / Gergiev, Kirov Orchestra

1 CD / Philips / 2000-01-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 74; Romeo & Juliet
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra

Valery Gergiev's recent recordings of the music of Tchaikovsky have been met with unanimous critical acclaim. Symphony No. 5 received four stars from USA Today...continue...

Stravinsky: The Firebird; Scriabin: Prometheus / Gergiev

1 CD / Philips / 1998-10-20

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Alexander Scriabin: Prometheus, Op. 60 "Poem of Fire"
Performers: Toradze, Alexander
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra

"Gergiev's 'Firebird' is certainly a startling performance. All manner of things probably contribute here to the impression of distinctive but completely natural pacing, timing, voicing...continue...

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker / Gergiev, Kirov Orchestra

1 CD / Philips / 1998-10-20

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra

Tchaikovsky at Tea Time

1 CD / Philips / 1996-06-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Quartet for Strings no 1 in D major, Op. 11; Swan Lake; Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op....
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Maguire, Hugh; Mullova, Viktoria
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Monteux, Pierre; Davis, Colin; Gergiev, Valery; Ozawa, Seiji; Shostakovich, Maxim; Fistoulari, Anatole
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Beaux Arts Trio; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Shostakovich: Symphony no 8 / Gergiev, Kirov Orchestra

1 CD / Philips / 1996-03-12

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 8 in C minor, Op. 65
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Rachmaninoff for Romance

1 CD / Philips / 1995-10-17

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Work(s); Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op....
Performers: Berman, Lazar; Davidovich, Bella; Janis, Byron; Kocsis, Zoltan
Conductors: ; Järvi, Neeme; Gergiev, Valery; De Waart, Edo
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Kirov Theater Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony

Prokofiev: War and Peace / Valery Gergiev, Kirov Opera

3 CD / Philips / 1993-09-14

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Symphonic Suite from 'War and Peace'
Performers: Aleksashkin, Sergey; Bezzubenkov, Gennady; Bogachova, Irina; Boitsov, Evgeny; Borodina, Olga; Bulatov, Mikhail; Chazanova, Julia; Chepkov, Antatoli; Chernykhovsky, Mikhail; Fedotov, Evgeny; Filatova,...
Conductors: Strautman, Giorgy; Gergiev, Valery; Vasiliev, Alexandr
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra