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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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra - Legendary Masterwork Recordings

8 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; Concerto for Violin in D minor; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 6 in A major, WAB 106; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night ...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Hiltawsky, Kurt; Lang, Rosemarie; Moser, Edda; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Schreier, Peter; Stöckigt, Siegfried; Zechlin, Dieter
Conductors: Konwitschny, Franz; Bongartz, Heinz; Markevitch, Igor; Sanderling, Kurt; Neumann, Václav; Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Basics - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Rösel, Markevitch, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-09-09

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Scherzo for Piano in C sharp minor; Ein Kinderscherz; Une larme; Intermezzo for Piano in B minor "in modo classico"; Hopak; Night on the Bare Mountain
Performers: Rosel, Peter
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

The successful 'Basics' series is expanding its range with 2-CD sets: repertory classics in magnificent recordings that should be in every CD collection - at...continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, etc / Markevitch

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

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

All the way back in 1953 Igor Markevitch (1912-1983) recorded a classic performance of Pictures with the Berlin Philharmonic. Twenty years later he returned to...continue...

Peaceful Inspirations

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; El sombrero de tres picos; Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l'oye; Rapsodie espagnole; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Igor Stravinsky: Firebird;...
Performers: Czapski, Jutta
Conductors: Herbig, Günther; Kempe, Rudolf; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; ; Suitner, Otmar; Kegel, Herbert; Markevitch, Igor; Garaguly, Carl von
Ensemble: ; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden Staatskapelle Kammerharmonie Bläsersoliste ; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

This unusual and inspirational series - devoted to the concept of "releasing your inner power through the harmony of choice classical music" - continues with...continue...

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique / Markevitch, Lamoureux Orch

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-12-18

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Luigi Cherubini: Anacréon ou L'amour fugitif, opera-ballet in 2 acts; Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: La muette de Portici
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor
Ensemble: Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra

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...

Igor Markevitch in Italy - Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mahler

2 CD / Living Stage / 2004-04-03

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; et al / Markevitch

1 CD / Archipel / 2003-11-07

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60; Franz Liszt: Mephisto Waltz(es); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: German Dances (6), K 509; Emmanuel Chabrier: Le roi malgré lui, opéra-comi...
Performers: Dermota, Anton; Edelmann, Otto; Wagner, Sieglinde
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

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...

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings....continue...

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

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...

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...

Archiv - Cherubini: Requiem Mass no 2, Symphony in D

1 CD / Supraphon / 1999-12-24

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Requiem in D minor; Symphony in D major; Medea
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor;
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Chamber Orchestra; Prague Philharmonic Chorus

Cherubini: Requiem; Mozart: Coronation Mass / Markevitch

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-05-11

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Requiem no 2, for male chorus & orchestra in D minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass no 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major ("Coronation"), K. 317
Performers: Roux, Michel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Stader, Maria; Vocals], Ernst Haefliger [Tenor
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor;
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Lamoureux Concert Association Orchestra

"Markevitch's performance is incisively brilliant, and its sheer vigour is irresistible...He has a splendid team of soloists, and they are well matched in ensemble as...continue...

Favourite Piano Concertos Vol 1 - Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, etc

2 CD / Philips Import / 1998-03-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, ...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred; Dichter, Misha; Haskil, Clara; Janis, Byron; Richter, Sviatoslav
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Markevitch, Igor; Kondrashin, Kirill; Haitink, Bernard; Dorati, Antal
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Homage to Diaghilev / Igor Markevich, Philharmonia Orchestra

1 CD / Testament / 1997-07-10

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance, in D flat major J 260/Op. 65; Frédéric Chopin: Les sylphides, ballet (arrangement); Paul Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier; Manuel de Falla: Danza del...
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"...For all their chill, Markevitch's performances are never inhibited.On the contrary, their mixture of poison and poise is consistently gripping, often angry, sometimes overpowering: indeed,...continue...

Bartok: Dance Suite; Ravel, Busoni, et al / Igor Markevitch

1 CD / Testament / 1996-01-01

Works: Béla Bartók: Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Maurice Ravel: La valse; Erik Satie: Parade, ballet in 1 scene for orchestra; Ferruccio Busoni: Tanzwalzer, for orchestra, Op. 53, KiV 288; An...
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"...the sound is so vivid and full of presence that much of the time you would swear it was stereo...An illuminating portrait of a conductor...continue...

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Romeo & Juliet, Marche Slave

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1995-10-17

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49; Romeo & Juliet; Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32; Marche slave, Op. 31
Conductors: Slatkin, Felix; Markevitch, Igor; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Steinberg, William
Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Symphonies nos 1-3 / Markevitch, London SO

2 CD / Philips / 1995-04-11

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"; Francesca da Rimini, Op. ...
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

Stockholm Philharmonic - 75 Years 1914-1989

8 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-09-23

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b; Adolf Wiklund: Symphonic Prologue; Wilhelm Stenhammar: Florez and Blanzeflor, Op. 3; Seren...
Performers: Akestedt, Goran; Backelin, Gosta; Barkel, Charles; Berglund, Joel; Berlin, Leo; Bjorling, Sigurd; Brostrom, Tage; Crafoord, Gert; Grunfarb, Josef; Janson, Thore; Krogh, Erling; Lanzky-Otto, Wilhelm; ...
Conductors: Berglund, Paavo; Dorati, Antal; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Kletzki, Paul; Fricsay, Ferenc; Kleiber, Erich; Abendroth, Hermann; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Talich, Vaclav; Wiklund, Adolf; Schneevoigt, G...
Ensemble: ; Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Stockholm University Chorus