Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Modest Mussorgsky: Sorochintsï Fair; Sergey Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges
Performers:
Wilson-Johnson, David Conductors:
Rozhdestvensky, Gennady Ensemble:
; BBC Symphony Orchestra
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky is the last living survivor of a great Russian quartet of conductors and now, for the first time issued on CD are his...continue...
Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Alexander Scriabin: Concerto for Piano in F sharp minor, Op. 20
Performers:
Demidenko, Nikolai Conductors:
Lazarev, Alexander Ensemble:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
'A major achievement' (Classic CD)
'It is something of an achievement when one manages to hear afresh such an over-familiar work' (BBC Music Magazine)
Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Dmitry Shostakovich: The Bolt, suite from the ballet, Op. 27a; Igor Stravinsky: Scènes de ballet, for orchestra Conductors:
Rozhdestvensky, Gennady Ensemble:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
"Rozhdestvensky is not only a superb ballet conductor -- his years at the Bolshoi in the 60s taught him to keep his tempos inviting and...continue...
Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35
Performers:
Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Arrau, Claudio Conductors:
Davis, Colin Ensemble:
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra