Markevitch, Igor

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel Suite; May Night Overture; Tchaikovsky; Borodin; Glinka; Liadov / Markevitch

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-09

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or (The Golden Cockerel; Zolotoy petushok), concert suite for orchestra; May Night; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32; Alexander Borodin: In the...
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor
Ensemble: ; Orchestre Lamoureux

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Markevitch's performances are excellent, with subtlety as well as pungency in The Golden Cockerel, dashing rhythmic precision in Russian and Ludmilla and a charmingly Weber-ish...continue...

Verdi: Requiem / Vishnevskaya, Isakova, Ivanovska, Petrov - Igor Markevitch (Live, Moscow 1960)

2 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La scala di seta; Guillaume Tell; La gazza ladra; L'italiana in Algeri; La Cenerentola
Performers: Isakova, Nina; Ivanovsky, Vladimir; Petrov, Ivan; Vishnevskaya, Galina
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor

The great Russian conductor Igor Markevitch (1912 - 1983) was born in Kiev and spent his formative years in Switzerland. At the height of his...continue...

Portrait: Claude Debussy [10 CDs]

10 CD / Red/membran / 2011-12-06

Works: Claude Debussy: La mer; Images for Orchestra; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Petite su...
Performers: Agosti, Guido; Collart, Claudine; Cortot, Alfred; Danco, Suzanne; Gieseking, Walter; Gulda, Friedrich; Horowitz, Vladimir; Plantey, Bernard; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Inghelbrecht, Désiré-Emile; Markevitch, Igor; Monteux, Pierre; Ansermet, Ernest; Mengelberg, Willem; Cluytens, André

Irma Gonzalez En Vivo, 1945-1965

2 CD / Urtext (Mexico) / 2011-01-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Arrigo Boit...
Performers: de la Pena, Dora; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Dominguez, Oralia; Gonzalez, Irma; Vickers, Jon; Woodrow, Aurora
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Ochoa, Salvador; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Guadagno, Anton; Markevitch, Igor

Tchaikovsky: Complete Symphonies / Markevitch

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-01-25

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 1 in G minor, Op. 13 "Winter daydreams"; Symphony no 2 in C minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian"; Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 29 "Polish"; Symphony no 4 in F minor,...
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor

Having abandoned composition for conducting in the late 1930s, Igor Markevitch became one of the 20th century's greatest Russian conductors. Among his most highly regarded...continue...

Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Markevitch

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-01-11

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor

Recording information: Leipzig, Versöhnungskirche (05/1973)....continue...

Mozart: Piano Concertos K.466 & K.491 / Haski., Markevitch.

1 Super Audio CD / Philips Import / 2010-12-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Concerto for Piano no 24 in C minor, K 491
Performers: Haskil, Clara
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor

Recording information: Paris (11/14/1960-11/18/1960)....continue...

Clara Haskil Edition [17 CDs]

17 CD / Decca / 2010-11-30

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 9 in E flat major, K 271 "Jeunehomme"; Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in A major, K 386; Concerto for Piano n...
Performers: Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Haskil, Clara
Conductors: Sacher, Paul; Paumgartner, Bernhard; Markevitch, Igor; Fricsay, Ferenc; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Swoboda, Henry; Otterloo, Willem Van; Zecchi, Carlo

This is the first comprehensive edition containing all of Clara Haskil's recordings for the Decca, Philips, Deutsche Grammophon and Westminster labels. The 17-CD set is...continue...

111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Fr...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Anda, Geza; Andre, Maurice; Antonietti, Jean; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Askenase, Stefan; Baldwin, Dalton; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kat...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Ancerl, Karel; Stadlmair, Hans; Nelson, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Blech, Leo; Böhm, Karl; Previn, Andre; Boulez, Pierre; Karajan, Herbert von; Marcon, Andrea; Pletnev, Mikhail; ...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's...continue...

Portrait: Maurice Ravel

10 CD / Membran Import / 2010-07-06

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Ma mère l'oye; Rapsodie espagnole; La valse; Le tombeau de Couperin; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Daphnis et Chloé; Concerto for Piano in G major; Conce...
Performers: Bobillier, Gisele; Bonneau, Jacqueline; Casadesus, Robert; Cuenod, Hugues; Danco, Suzanne; Delecluse, Ulysse; Gieseking, Walter; Heifetz, Jascha; Laskine, Lily; Long, Marguerite; Lovano, Lucien; Mich...
Conductors: Ravel, Maurice; Inghelbrecht, Désiré-Emile; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Markevitch, Igor; Cluytens, André; Gracis, Ettore; Ormandy, Eugene; Ansermet, Ernest; Lindenberg, Edouard

Barhms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 2; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3

2 CD / Archipel / 2010-05-05

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Performers: Arrau, Claudio
Conductors: Kletzki, Paul; Markevitch, Igor; Schuricht, Carl

Mendelssohn: Concerto For Violin & Orchestra In E Minor Op 64

1 CD / Archipel / 2009-12-02

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77
Performers: Milstein, Nathan
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor; De Sabata, Victor

111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-10-20

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Joha...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Benson, Clifford; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bielecki, Andre; Ble...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Chung, Myung-W...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Concerto Köln ; English Baroque Soloists; English Consort; Gabrieli Consort; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ...

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to celebrate its 111th birthday this year (December 6th, to be exact) and as part of the celebration will release a...continue...

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2; Stravinsky: Le Sacre de Printemps; Honegger: Symphony No. 5 ' Di Tre Re'

1 CD / Audite / 2009-07-17

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2; Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Arthur Honegger: Symphony no 5 in D major ("Di Tre Re"), H. 202
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor

For decades, Markevitch was thought of as the conductor who was able, like no other, to master the considerablecomplexities of The Rites of Spring. The...continue...
Recording information: Titania Palast, Berlin....continue...

Schubert: Symphony No. 3; De Falla, Roussel, etc / Igor Markevitch, et al

1 CD / Audite / 2009-06-26

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 3 in D major, D 200; Manuel de Falla: Danza del molinero (from "El sombrero de tres picos"); Albert Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Suite no 2; Modes...
Performers: Mascia Predit
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor

Igor Markevitch's analytical performances with the RIAS Symphony Orchestra present the Schubert Symphony in a new light and reveal the rhythmic structures of music by...continue...

Berlioz: Harold in Italy; Beethoven: 4 Overtures / Igor Markevitch, et al

1 CD / Archipel / 2009-02-12

Works: Hector Berlioz: Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16; Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 2 in C major, Op. 72; Fidelio, overture, Op. 72c; Consecration of the House, overture Op. 12...
Performers: Kirchner, Heinz
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor

Masterpieces Of The Russian Music

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; In the steppes of central Asia; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Ov...
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor; Frémaux, Louis; Maazel, Lorin; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady

Collection Du Millenaire....continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 5, etc; Wagner / Markevitch, et al

1 CD / Living Stage / 2003-03-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62; Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72a; Fidelio, Op. 72; Consecration of the House, overture Op. 124; ...
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra

Berlioz: Damnation Of Faust, Harold En Italie

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-10-23

Works: Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16
Performers: Mollet, Pierre; Roux, Michel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Rubio, Consuelo; Verreau, Richard
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor

Poulenc: Histoire De Babar

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-07-29

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Francis Poulenc: L'histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant, melodrama for narrator & piano (or orch...
Performers: Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Weissenberg, Alexis [Piano]
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor

Recording information: Salle Wagram, Paris (1965-1975)....continue...

Impressions

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2002-03-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Erik Satie: Gymn...
Performers: Bohle, Walter; Flachot, Reine; Sitzius, Bianca; Souter, Martin
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Markevitch, Igor; Rajski, Wojciech

Musical pictures of nature form the inspiration for this relaxing album of piano and orchestral masterworks by Grieg, Chopin, Beethoven and others....continue...

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 24

1 CD / Philips Import / 2000-12-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Concerto for Piano no 24 in C minor, K 491
Performers: Haskil, Clara
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor

Fairy Music

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 1999-11-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un fa...
Performers: Souter, Martin
Conductors: Rainer, Christian; Scholz, Alfred; Markevitch, Igor; Rezucha, Bystrik; Siegel, Laurence Gordon

Classical music by the great composers inspired by fairies. Music inspired by fairies and fairy tales from the magical sounds of Mendelssohn's 'Scherzo' to the...continue...