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Johannes Brahms: Complete Symphonies / USSR SO, Svetlanov

2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Khachaturian Conducts Khachaturian 3: Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra; Symphony No. 1 / Natalia Shakhovskaya: cello

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-04-09

Conductors: Khachaturian, Aram
Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Aram Khachaturian' s music is a sort of chronicle of his time and his motherland; it is an enthusiastic tale of the life of his...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Rococo Variations / David Oistrakh, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello

1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-11-13

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33
Performers: Oistrakh, David; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra; USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Recording information: 1957/1963....continue...

Beethoven, Sibelius: Violin Concertos / Gidon Kremer, violin

1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-11-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47
Performers: Kremer, Gidon
Conductors: Nelsson, Woldemar; Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow State Philharmonic Society; USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Menuhin in Moscow: Beethoven, Brahms, Bach / Yehudi Menuhin, violin; Hephzibah Menuhin, piano - Svetlanov

1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-09-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata no 1 for Violin Solo; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61
Performers: Menuhin, Hephzibah; Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: ; USSR State Symphony Orchestra

People still remember outstanding American violinist Yehudi Menuhin's concerts in Moscow, beginning in 1945. The tour of 1962 was particularly triumphant; Menuhin arrived not alone...continue...
Recording information: Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (1962)....continue...

Khachaturian conducts Khachaturian, Vol. 1 - Symphony no 2

1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-06-12

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Symphony no 2 in A minor ("Symphony with Bells"); Gayane, ballet; Circus
Conductors: Khachaturian, Aram
Ensemble: ; USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Along with Shostakovich's Sixth and Prokofiev's Fifth, Khachaturian's Symphony No. 2 - composed in the years of the Great Patriotic War - was inspired with...continue...
Recording information: Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory (02/15/1977)....continue...

Alexander Glazunov Orchestra Works - Ballet Suite, Op. 52; Characteristic Suite, Op. 9 et al. / Svetlanov

2 CD / Melodiya / 2012-06-12

Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865 - 1936) was a Russian composer, conductor, and public personality. In his works, Glazunov developed the traditions established by the composers...continue...

Alexander Borodin: Symphonies Nos. 1-3; Petite Suite; Prince Igor, overture

2 CD / Melodiya / 2012-06-12

Works: Alexander Borodin: Symphony no 1 in E flat major; Symphony no 2 in B minor; Symphony no 3 in A minor; Petite Suite for orchestra (orchestrated by Glazunov); In the steppes of central Asia; Prince Igor
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: ; USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Borodin's Symphony No. 1, epic in scope and Russian by nature, bears the genuine symphonism of the development of the major thematic grain. It took...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake / Svetlanov, USSR State SO

3 CD / Melodiya / 2011-08-09

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Legends of the XX Century: Yakov Zak, piano

1 CD / Melodiya / 2011-07-12

Works: Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 4 in C minor, Op. 29; Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Performers: Zak, Yakov
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny; Sanderling, Kurt
Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra

The name Yakov Zak is well known in Russia and abroad. His win during the 1937 International Chopin Piano Competition, and his brilliant concert activity,...continue...

Legends of the XX Century: German Galynn, Composer

1 CD / Melodiya / 2011-07-12

Works: German Germanovich Galynin: Concerto for Piano no 1; Sonata Triad, for piano; Piano Trio; Aria for violin & string orchestra
Performers: Bashkirov, Dmitri; Berlinsky, Valentin; Dubinsky, Rostislav; Kotorovich, Bogodar; Vedernikov, Alexander; Yedlina, Lubov
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny; Kozharsky, Zakhary
Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra

This disc is devoted to one of the most tragic figures of Russian music. As a young orphan Galynin became proficient playing various instruments and...continue...